Esoteric Lesson

GA 266c/1913-10-11/p006 ·1913-10-11 · 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.

A second obstacle that arises during meditation is a kind of shortness of breath. While you previously felt your breath flowing regularly, there comes a moment when you feel as if your breath is catching, as if you have a thickening or tightness in your throat that takes your breath away. This is also something that everyone who tries to meditate will probably experience, and it is meant to point us to a lack of truthfulness, to the deceitfulness that still resides within us.

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