Esoteric Lesson

With this thought, “It thinks me,” one can permeate every moment, even if only for seconds, when one is free in [daily] life: the thought that world thoughts have created through their thinking what otherwise appears to me as “I” — that even my sense of self is a thought that thinks me. But this thought should never arise without being accompanied by a certain feeling. The person who stands in the world thinks that one can think anything; the esotericist knows that there are certain thoughts that must not be thought unless they are accompanied by the corresponding feelings. The sensation or feeling that should accompany “It thinks me” is that of piety. Only when we connect this feeling with that thought do we think the thought in the right way. The esotericist should consider it his greatest sin if he can have the thought: “It thinks me,” without the feeling of piety.