20. How Does the Soul Find Its True Essence?

GA 69d/1914-05-08/p051 ·1914-05-08 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.
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When the tempter whispers today: “You will be like the animals from which you evolved, and no longer distinguish between good and evil, but only believe in the laws of nature,” then as spiritual researchers we can take comfort and be uplifted, feeling once again in harmony with one of the spirits who, based on their intuitions, have always expressed their harmony and unanimity with what spiritual science has to offer. In conclusion, Schiller's following words summarize the thoughts that can arise in the soul from spiritual science in response to the tempter's new words: “You will be like the animals that do not distinguish between good and evil.” In contrast, spiritual science, filling the soul with words as with a feeling that permeates it completely, affirms what Schiller said, and in this may resound what I have taken the liberty of saying to you this evening:

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