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266-II. From the Contents of Esoteric Classes II: 1910–1912: Esoteric Lesson 30 May 1912, Norrköping
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Rudolf Steiner
Indications that it's going correctly; fear, unsteadiness, the ground being pulled out from under one's feet. A feeling of shame, but not of egoism should arise thereby. The counter-forces that a pupil must oppose this with.
266-II. From the Contents of Esoteric Classes II: 1910–1912: Esoteric Lesson 07 Jun 1912, Oslo
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Rudolf Steiner
Much more strength is needed for independent discoveries than for an intelligent understanding of the Pythagorean theorem or some other already found fact. What's communicated to us now we can also find ourselves, but probably only after 25 incarnations.
266-II. From the Contents of Esoteric Classes II: 1910–1912: Esoteric Lesson 11 Jun 1912, Oslo
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Rudolf Steiner
That's why everything is clothed in concepts and words that one can understand, that appeal to one's intellect. One should confirm theosophy with one's thinking. If you love nature's beauty and enjoy its small things you won't just feel nature in majestic oceans or mountains—like sensation-seeking modern materialists—but in things that can be found anywhere.
He should become familiar with nature and try to understand it, and not criticize it without sympathy. Then every little animal can teach him something. A man shouldn't say: it's only maya.
266-II. From the Contents of Esoteric Classes II: 1910–1912: Esoteric Lesson 20 Sep 1912, Basel
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Rudolf Steiner
Some souls even have a negative attitude to this treasure, and they express their dislike for it. Such an attitude is understandable, for one has to admit that it's hard to master the given teachings. But after all, it's our task to work our way through to an ever more comprehensive understanding of Christ and to penetrate ever deeper into the Mystery of Golgotha.
If we strive seriously and apply thought power, effort and time to understand everything that was and is being said about Christ and the Mystery of Golgotha, we'll be equal to the attacks of the adversarial forces that are trying to stop esoterics' development.
266-II. From the Contents of Esoteric Classes II: 1910–1912: Esoteric Lesson 22 Sep 1912, Basel
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He looks at the latter differently than before. In a way, he's outgrown them and yet he understands them better. We shouldn't lose interest in things in the outer world, although an esoteric training tends to make one lose interest in what formerly interested one.
266-II. From the Contents of Esoteric Classes II: 1910–1912: Esoteric Lesson 08 Nov 1912, Berlin
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Rudolf Steiner
However, great help is given by what we receive from theosophy, when we study what is said there about the Saturn, Sun and Moon conditions, for then we can understand what the “it' is in: It thinks me. It's theosophy; that's what this it is. Theosophy is the world thoughts that thought me as an I.
266-II. From the Contents of Esoteric Classes II: 1910–1912: Esoteric Lesson 19 Nov 1912, Hanover
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Rudolf Steiner
As soon as an esoteric training has begun, the soul changes under the influence of exercise that are given to an esoteric in accordance with his individuality. And then the main thing is to pay attention to such a soul attitude in the finest and subtlest way.
Here we first have to look back at ourself. Most people don't understand why blows of destiny hit them. An esoteric should always keep the karma idea in mind. It's really so that we are to blame for everything that hit us.
266-II. From the Contents of Esoteric Classes II: 1910–1912: Esoteric Lesson 16 Dec 1912, Bern
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Rudolf Steiner
It might occur to us on waking that these parts that we got for nothing could also be taken way from us someday then we can understand what sages always said in the morn: “I thank you God that you enabled me to wake up again,” and so on.
266-III. From the Contents of Esoteric Classes III: 1913–1914: Esoteric Lesson 02 Jan 1913, Cologne
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Rudolf Steiner
How little moderns live in accordance with these laws of outer and inner cycles is no doubt shown by an outer cycle like the transition of New Year's Eve into the new year. Everything that people do there and undertake before going to sleep seems to be designed to connect oneself particularly deeply with material things, whereas people should be doing a retrospect at this moment.
But there's nothing in the physical world that's great and holy enough to enable one to understand this Mystery that was given through Christ Jesus, so one shouldn't use anything that belongs to the world, not even the words of language in order to refer to this Mystery, the great unfathomable secret that's contained in what flows out from the Mystery of Golgotha.
266-III. From the Contents of Esoteric Classes III: 1913–1914: Esoteric Lesson 08 Feb 1913, Berlin
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Rudolf Steiner
One attains this equanimity by reverently thinking, feeling and living oneself into the three mantras, It thinks me—It works me—It weaves me, by letting these 3 sentences go through one's soul over and over again. And then we'll also understand our rosicrucian verse in the right way: Ex Deo nascimur In Christo morimur Per Spiritum Sanctum reviviscimus.

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