Esoteric Lesson

GA 266b/1912-01-06/p003 ·1912-01-06 · English MediumMedium alignmentSome paragraph re-numbering between this translation and the German original — the locus may slip by a paragraph or two.
Record: listeners' notes. Written from listeners' notes, summaries, or memory rather than a shorthand transcript. The wording is the note-taker's as much as Steiner's: weigh a single striking phrase here far more cautiously than the same phrase in a stenographic volume, and do not rest an argument on one word. Evidence: «Gedächtnisaufzeichnungen von Teilnehmern» (Participants' records written from memory). Rudolf Steiner Verlag Gesamtverzeichnis 2022, volume subtitle. The translation is the maintainer's, not a published one.

By advancing through meditation and concentration on the occult path, one gets to know one's double, to whom one is chained. One experiences within oneself a feeling of loneliness towards the world, even towards one's loved ones. This feeling gives strength, and one should cultivate it. Another feeling that should be cultivated is a sense of gratitude toward spiritual beings during meditation:

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