Esoteric Lesson

GA 266c/1913-02-17/p008 ·1913-02-17 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.
Record: mixed sources. This volume draws on more than one kind of record (transcripts, notes, documents). Check the volume's own front matter before weighing a single passage. Evidence: «Gedächtnisaufzeichnungen von Teilnehmern und Meditationstexte nach Niederschriften Rudolf Steiners» (Participants' records written from memory, and meditation texts from Rudolf Steiner's own manuscripts). Rudolf Steiner Verlag Gesamtverzeichnis 2022, volume subtitle. The translation is the maintainer's, not a published one.

Now there is another exercise, meditation. The ancient Essenes were instructed not to speak a word relating to worldly, material things from sunset to sunrise. In addition, every morning before sunrise, the Essenes had to pray fervently for the sun to rise and then thank the deity for bringing the sun up again. There was even a specific formula: “You gods, I owe you...” Modern man can no longer practice these beautiful, uplifting customs and meditations. The esotericist should be completely true, true to the innermost core of his heart, and it would be untruthful if today's esotericist wanted to implore the sunrise every morning in fervent prayer and give thanks for it.

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