Esoteric Lesson
GA 266c/1914-04-25/p032
·1914-04-25
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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.
Very often, the reason why the student has to say something like this is that he fails to immerse his soul completely in the element of devoted piety toward the spiritual beings. Deepest reverence must reign in his soul if it wants to rise up to them; no thought, no feeling of everyday life must remain in it; it must be completely still within itself!
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