Esoteric Lesson

At the time of the ancient Essenes, it was still believed that the world system was not fixed, but that, for example, the course of the stars, etc., was subject to the whims of divine beings, so that one morning the sun might not rise. This exercise is therefore meaningless for modern people, because modern people know that there is a fixed world system. It would therefore be untruthful to do this exercise. The first exercise of the Essenes between sunset and sunrise would also be impossible in the present day. However, today's esotericists know that every night the astral body and the I leave the physical and etheric bodies. Now the esotericist must bring this mental image before his soul: a demon has taken possession of the physical and etheric bodies, and the astral body and I cannot return to their dwellings in the morning. The esotericist should now ask himself the following question upon awakening: “What did you think or do shortly before awakening?” (The advanced esotericist does this before awakening with full consciousness!) At first, one cannot remember having thought or done anything at all. But after dwelling on this thought for some time, the thought arises, first fleetingly, then taking on increasingly definite forms: “You thanked the Deity for allowing you to return to the body it built for you, to revive it.”