Esoteric Lesson

GA 266c/1914-01-02/p004 ·1914-01-02 · 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.

What is close to the heart of every esotericist is success in their meditative efforts. Everyone is successful, even if they do not realize it. The budding esotericist often complains of pain. These pains are disturbances that arise in the body because the physical and etheric bodies are not in proper contact with each other. These pains were there before, but people did not feel them because they were coarser and more robust. Now, as esotericists, they are becoming more refined and sensitive, and they feel them. Esotericists must learn to endure such pains. Of course, one must learn to distinguish whether it is a disease process that requires intervention.

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