Esoteric Lesson

GA 266c/1914-01-02/p005 ·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.

Why is it that we know so little about our physical body? Because we live in it and perceive it only through our senses. We see with our eyes, so we cannot observe it. Esotericists must learn to withdraw with their spiritual-soul life and free themselves from the physical. Then they will succeed in observing their physical body. It helps us to do this if we gather our thoughts as much as possible into one point, concentrate on this point, and then immerse ourselves in it, living there for a while. Such concentration strengthens the power of thought, and through this we can gradually reach the point where we can observe our physical body.

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