We must develop our intelligence. Some people have the intelligence of an eight year old who can only do their jobs if everything is dictated from above. Otherwise they collapse.
Another danger is that if an esoteric has had some special experiences he may think that he’s very devoted and selfless, when in fact there’s a fine egotism behind this that’s hard to detect. This also has to go if one really wants the Christ to be born in one. And one can only overcome it through pure thinking. If one has seen something astral or the like, one should be clear about what it is, and not imagine that it’s of great importance or that it proves that one is already far advanced. One should confront everything clearly and impersonally and purify one’s thinking, feeling and willing in order to let the spirit work through one.
Source: Rudolf Steiner – GA 266-1 – Esoteric Lessons/Number 48 – Berlin, 21 March 1909
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