Esoteric Lesson

GA 266b/1912-11-19/p004 ·1912-11-19 · 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.

It has often been said in esoteric contemplations how the meditator must allow complete calm to enter his soul after meditation. At first, the meditation still plays in the soul like a sound that slowly fades away. Then this too must disappear from the soul. The soul must become empty, completely empty, in order to receive the spiritual worlds. This must be practiced with patience and perseverance. One must remain calm, even if one experiences nothing for a long time. One must rejoice that one has achieved this calm at all.

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