Esoteric Lesson

GA 266b/1912-02-22/p010 ·1912-02-22 · English LowLow alignmentMost translators re-paragraphed Steiner substantially. The locus identifies the same chapter or section, but paragraph-N to paragraph-N mapping is loose. For exact-quotation precision, compare with the German.
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.

When stepping out of the body, the eyes lose their ability to see. They no longer see the physical sun, nor what it illuminates. Instead, the human being illuminates his surroundings himself and perceives the colors and sounds of the spiritual world. His spiritual part increases in abilities. However, if one exaggerates the act of stepping out, the physical eyes can suffer. They then no longer see clearly, but everything appears to be surrounded by an aura. In England, there are now even certain instruments for seeing the auras of things. However, this is directly harmful to the eyes, and healthy stepping out of the body does not require such practices.

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