Esoteric Lesson

GA 266c/1913-04-11/p015 ·1913-04-11 · 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: 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.

Sometimes someone comes and says: I have such terrible headaches above the bridge of my nose, what should I do about it? — The best thing would be to do nothing at all, but to continue calmly with the meditations. Then the pain will get worse at first, and you will feel as if your head is splitting, but first of all, it will not split, and secondly, it is possible that through this pain you will break through the wall that separates us from the supersensible world. Only through pain and suffering can we evolve.

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