Esoteric Lesson

II. Through the initiative of action (control over the impulses of the will), we become conscious of our etheric body. As long as we simply want or desire something through the stimuli of the external world that penetrate us, we do not feel the currents in the etheric body that come into motion when we act. We have to create space around us if we want to do something of our own accord, just as someone who wants to dance must first move tables and chairs out of the way. As soon as we do something of our own accord, not prompted by something external, we gather strength from within, send our will from the inside to the outside, and then feel the currents and movements that must take place in the etheric body for every action. Every movement is an attack on the outside world; we become more and more aware that every space is filled with a multitude of elemental beings; when we act from within, we encounter these elemental beings and thereby become aware of our etheric body.