20. How Does the Soul Find Its True Essence?

GA 69d/1914-05-08/p003 ·1914-05-08 · English High

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Dear attendees! How does the soul find its true essence? It is a question that every soul asks itself incessantly. One does not need to ask this question in such explicit terms as it has just been asked. In the darkest feelings, in the depths of the soul, every human being undoubtedly has the feeling that the deepest destiny of their soul itself has something to do with this question. And, dear attendees, there is no need to consider: What use is an answer to this question? What does an answer to this question mean? What scientific value does it have? — and so on. Instead, one can feel that a person's inner peace and inner balance depend on whether they can at least develop the feeling that some answer to this question can be found. From the perspective of spiritual science, as it is possible for the inquiring human soul in the present, this question will be discussed today.

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