Esoteric Lesson

GA 266c/1913-04-11/p020 ·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.

Now, one must be clear that every esotericist makes progress under all circumstances. Even if thoughts swarm around him and distract him from meditation, this is a sign of progress. For he must be clear that when he does his exercises, he gains more and more power in the spiritual realm. Now, however, thoughts and memories are the only spiritual things on earth; when they press upon a person, it is a good sign.

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