Esoteric Lesson

GA 266c/1914-03-27/p043 ·1914-03-27 · 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.

One might think it is a mistake that there are two subjects here [line 1], even though the verb [line 2] is in the singular. I must admit that I did not notice this at first when the meditation was given to me from the spiritual world. One simply accepts it at first and only becomes aware of it later. In the spiritual world, however, there is nothing that can be evaluated theoretically. Everything is experienced and felt.

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