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Alle die Stoffe und alle die Kräfte, die zwischen den einzelnen mineralischen Stoffen ihr Spiel treiben, Eisen, Arsen, Kohle und so weiter, spielen auch in den Stoffen des menschlichen Leibes, des physischen Leibes der Tiere und der Pflanzen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":146,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/100/1907-06-17/p008"},{"locus":"GA 100/1907-06-17/p009","passage_number":9,"text":"Wir werden ohne weiteres hingewiesen auf die höheren Glieder der menschlichen Natur, wenn wir uns einmal klarmachen, worin der gewaltige Unterschied zwischen diesem physischen Leib und den andern physischen Stoffen, die uns in der mineralischen Welt umgeben, besteht. Sie wissen alle, daß dieser wunderbare Bau des physischen Leibes das in sich birgt, was wir Innenleben, Bewußtsein, Lust und Leid, Freude, Liebe und Haß nennen; daß in diesem physischen Leibe nicht nur Stoffe der mineralischen Welt enthalten sind, sondern auch Gedanken. Sie sehen wohl die Röte der Wangen und die Farbe der Haare, aber Sie sehen nicht, was sich in diesem physischen Leibe abspielt an Lust und Leid, an Freude und Schmerz und so weiter. Alles das sehen wir nicht, aber doch spielt sich alles innerhalb der Hautumhüllung ab. Das ist schon der klarste und unwiderlegbarste Beweis, daß außer diesem Leibe noch etwas anderes da sein muß als nur die physischen Stoffe.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":151,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/100/1907-06-17/p009"},{"locus":"GA 100/1907-06-17/p010","passage_number":10,"text":"Wenn Sie die Träne perlen sehen, so ist die Träne der rein physische Ausdruck der Trauer, die sich im Inneren abspielt. Schauen Sie nun die Welt der Mineralien an. Stumm blickt Sie diese Welt der Mineralien an. Keine Freude, kein Schmerz, nichts von alledem ist wahrzunehmen. Der Stein hat kein Gefühl, kein Bewußtsein wie wir. Für den Geisteswissenschafter ist dieser Stein zu vergleichen mit den Nägeln an unseren Fingern oder mit den Zähnen. Betrachten Sie einen Fingernagel, auch er hat kein Gefühl, keine Empfindung; und doch ist der Nagel ein Glied von uns. So wie wir etwas in uns haben müssen, was dies veranlaßt, daß sich Nägel und Zähne bilden, so gibt es auch in der Welt etwas, was die Mineralien bildet. Die Nägel haben selbst kein Bewußtsein, aber sie gehören zu etwas, was Bewußtsein hat. Kriecht ein Käferchen über den Nagel, so wird zum Beispiel für diesen Käfer der Nagel vielleicht ein Mineral sein. So ist es, wenn wir über die Erde kriechen und nicht merken, daß ein Bewußtsein hinter dieser mineralischen Erde liegt; denn genau so, wie hinter dem Nagel ein Bewußtsein liegt, so auch hinter den Mineralien. Wir werden noch sehen, daß es eine Welt und daß es ein Bewußtsein gibt, welches der mineralischen Welt zugrunde liegt. Dieses Ich-Bewußtsein der mineralischen Welt liegt so hoch über uns, wie etwa das Bewußtsein des Käfers, der über unseren Fingernagel kriecht, überragt wird von unserem Bewußtsein, welches hinter dem Nagel liegt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":241,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/100/1907-06-17/p010"},{"locus":"GA 100/1907-06-17/p011","passage_number":11,"text":"Dieses Bewußtsein der mineralischen Welt schreibt die Rosenkreuzerphilosophie einer Welt zu, die sie die Vernunftwelt nennt; dort liegt das Bewußtsein der Mineralien, und dort urständet auch die menschliche Vernunft, derzufolge wir uns Gedanken bilden. Aber die Gedanken, die in uns leben, sind ein höchst trügerisches Ding; die Gedankenwelt des Menschen verhält sich zu den Wesenheiten dieser Vernunftwelt etwa wie unser Schatten an der Wand zu uns selbst. Wie der Schatten an der Wand doch nicht ich selbst bin, sondern eben nur der Schatten von mir, so sind die Gedanken der Menschen nur Schattenbilder von der Welt des Geistes. Aber daß ein Gedanke hier gefaßt wird, das hat seinen Grund darin, daß in der Vernunftwelt wirklich eine schaffende Wesenheit ist, die diesen Gedanken produziert. Es ist eine Welt, wo unsere Gedanken wirkliche Wesenheiten sind, denen man dort begegnet, wie man hier den andern Menschen begegnet. Das ist für den Eingeweihten die obere Devachanwelt, das Arupa Devachan der Inder, oder auch die obere Mentalwelt, das ist die Vernunftwelt der Rosenkreuzer. Wenn ein Eingeweihter durch diese physische Welt geht, spricht zu ihm auf jedem Stück Erde Leben, und er fühlt in allem die Manifestationen einer andern Welt. Da wir nun in unserem physischen Leibe nichts anderes sind als Stücke dieser physischen Welt, haben wir auch ein untergeordnetes physisches Bewußtsein, das hinaufreicht bis in die obere Vernunftwelt, eben bis dahin, wo auch das Bewußtsein der mineralischen Welt liegt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":234,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/100/1907-06-17/p011"},{"locus":"GA 100/1907-06-17/p012","passage_number":12,"text":"Also unser physischer Körper ist mineralischer Natur seiner Stofflichkeit nach, und das Bewußtsein von diesem physischen Körper liegt auch da, wo das Bewußtsein dieser mineralischen Welt zu suchen ist.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":29,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/100/1907-06-17/p012"},{"locus":"GA 100/1907-06-17/p013","passage_number":13,"text":"Was ist denn aber nun der Unterschied zwischen diesem physischen Körper und einem Mineral, zum Beispiel dem Bergkristall? Wenn wir unseren Leib mit einem Kristall vergleichen, so finden wir ohne weiteres, daß er im Vergleich mit diesem doch ein sehr kompliziertes Ding ist. Vergegenwärtigen wir uns einmal, was für ein Unterschied ist zwischen einem Mineral und einem lebenden Wesen. Den Stoffen nach besteht gar kein Unterschied, denn es kommen im lebenden Wesen genau dieselben Stoffe vor wieim Mineral, nur der Aufbau istein viel komplizierterer.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":84,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/100/1907-06-17/p013"},{"locus":"GA 100/1907-06-17/p014","passage_number":14,"text":"Wenn Sie das Mineral in seiner Form vor sich haben, so bleibt es dasselbe Mineral durch sich selbst. Das ist aber nicht so beim lebendigen Wesen, bei Pflanze, Tier und Mensch. Sobald sich nämlich der Stoff so kompliziert, daß er sich nicht mehr durch sich selbst halten kann, also in sich selbst zerfallen müßte, dann gibt es etwas, was in diesem Stoff wenn er eben zu kompliziert wird, um sich durch sich selbst halten zu können -, etwas, was ihn an diesem Verfall hindert, und dann haben wir das vor uns, was wir ein lebendes Wesen nennen. Daher sagt die Geisteswissenschaft: Ein lebendes Wesen würde von selbst in die einzelnen Komponenten seines Stoffes zerfallen, wenn nicht in ihm selbst der Verhinderer dieses Verfalles vorhanden wäre. Und das, was dieses lebende Wesen jeden Augenblick am Zerfall des Stoffes hindert, also den Verhinderer dieses Zerfalles, nennen wir den Äther- oder Lebensleib, der aber ein Gebilde ganz anderer Natur ist als die physischen Stoffe, aus denen der physische Leib besteht, der aber die Fähigkeit hat, in jedem Lebewesen die komplizierten physischen Stoffe zu bilden und zu erhalten und am Zerfall zu verhindern. Was sich so rein äußerlich in einem Organismus äußert, nennen wir Leben. Dieser Äther- oder Lebensleib oder Bildekräfteleib kann mit physischen Augen nicht wahrgenommen werden, wohl aber durch den ersten Grad der hellseherischen Schau, und die Aufgabe des Sehers ist es, sich so heranzubilden, daß er diesen Ätherleib eben sehen kann, wie wir mit den physischen Augen den physischen Leib sehen. Auch die moderne Naturwissenschaft sucht wohl nach diesem Ätherleib, aber nur durch Spekulation sucht sie sich eine Vorstellung davon zu machen und spricht zum Beispiel von der Lebenskraft, Lebensenergie.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":279,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/100/1907-06-17/p014"}],"beads":[{"from":[9],"to":[8],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[10],"to":[9],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[11],"to":[10],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[12],"to":[11],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[13],"to":[12],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[14,15],"to":[13],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[16,17],"to":[14],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. 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