Esoteric Lesson

GA 266c/1914-01-02/p017 ·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.

The esotericist must be attentive to even the smallest details. He must observe everything conscientiously, in a completely different way than he does in the physical world, as soon as he approaches the spiritual worlds. For things in the spiritual world are so much more subtle and delicate than in the physical world. That is why the esotericist must do these exercises constantly and continually inspire himself to new endeavors, to new observations, for otherwise it will not be possible for him to gain insight into the spiritual world. And above all, the esotericist must practice patience. Most people think that after practicing for a short time, they can now enter the spiritual world, that all the gates to the spiritual world are open to them.

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