{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 101/1907-12-29/p005","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"In many cases, the various occult currents of the present day are of the opinion that in our time there may be an ascent into the higher worlds by other means than through the application of imaginative and symbolic ideas. And for people of the present day, ascending into the astral world with the help of symbolic signs or other occult means of education is associated with a certain fear, even aversion. If you raise the question: Are such states of fear justified?, then you can say: Yes and no. In a certain respect they are justified; in another respect they are completely out of place, because no one can really go up into the higher worlds without passing through the astral world. It is a mistaken assumption if someone thinks that he can pass through the astral world blindfolded. You must realize, however, that the spiritual world as such has different regions. Man has descended from the spiritual world into the physical world, and he must ascend from the spiritual world back into the spiritual world. What must be avoided is that man, in his development, falls back into earlier states. Man must never fall back into earlier states. Every mediumistic state is a falling back into an earlier state, whereas true secret schooling is an ascent into higher states. Man must ascend through the astral world with full, bright day-consciousness in order to reach the higher regions of the spiritual world. Whatever longings, passions, instincts today's man carries within himself is anchored in the astral body, of which the astral body is the carrier. If a person wants to ascend to higher worlds, he must work with feelings and sensations; there is no other way. But the point is that he should never try to ascend to the higher worlds other than by fully maintaining the achievements of our physical world, that is, never with a damping of consciousness. When we look at mediums, we always find that they are thrown back into an earlier state of consciousness. Their bright day consciousness is dampened down, weakened, and an earlier state of consciousness, which the person has already overcome, is evoked. Anyone who wants to become a clairvoyant in the modern sense must retain their present bright day consciousness and take it with them. He can only do this by passing through the point of “sensuality-free thinking”, and nothing can ever happen when a person passes through sensuality-free thinking. Let us be quite clear about what this means.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"IX. Pictorial Representations as a Necessary Educational Tool for Mental Training","site_heading":null,"date":"1907-12-29","location":null,"word_count":419,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/101/1907-12-29/p005","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:identity","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"Myths and Legends, Occult Signs and Symbols","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA101/English/SOL2024/19071229p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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Wenn man die Frage aufwirft: Sind solche Furchtzustände berechtigt?, so kann man sagen: Ja und Nein. - In einer gewissen Beziehung sind sie berechtigt; in einer anderen Beziehung sind sie ganz und gar nicht am Platze, weil in die höheren Welten niemand wirklich hinaufkommen kann, ohne durch die astrale Welt hindurchzugehen. Es ist eine irrige Annahme, wenn jemand meint, er könne mit verbundenen Augen durch die astrale Welt hindurchgehen. Nur müssen Sie sich darüber klar sein, daß die geistige Welt als solche verschiedene Gebiete hat. Der Mensch ist durch die astrale Welt heruntergestiegen in die physische Welt, und er muß durch die astrale Welt wiederum hinaufsteigen in die geistige Welt. Was vermieden werden muß, ist, daß der Mensch bei seiner Entwickelung in frühere Zustände zurückfällt. Der Mensch darf niemals in frühere Zustände zurückfallen. Jeder mediale Zustand ist ein Zurückfallen in einen früheren Zustand, während wahre Geheimschulung ein Aufsteigen in höhere Zustände ist. Der Mensch muß durch die astrale Welt mit vollem, hellem Tagesbewußtsein hinaufsteigen, um in die höheren Gebiete der geistigen Welt zu gelangen. Was der heutige Mensch an Begierden, Leidenschaften, Instinkten in sich trägt, das ist verankert im Astralleib, deren Träger ist der Astralleib. Der Mensch muß, wenn er aufsteigen will in höhere Welten, allerdings wiederum mit Empfindungen und Gefühlen arbeiten; einen anderen Weg gibt es nicht. Aber es handelt sich darum, daß er niemals versuchen soll, anders als unter voller Aufrechterhaltung der Errungenschaften unserer physischen Welt in die höheren Welten hinaufzukommen, das heißt, niemals mit einer Herabdämpfung des Bewußtseins. Wenn wir Medien betrachten, finden wir immer, daß sie in einen früheren Bewußtseinszustand zurückgeworfen werden. Ihr helles Tagesbewußtsein wird heruntergedämpft, abgeschwächt, und ein früherer Bewußtseinszustand, den der Mensch schon überwunden hat, wird hervorgerufen. Wer in modernem Sinne Hellseher werden will, muß sein gegenwärtiges helles Tagesbewußtsein behalten und mitnehmen. Das kann er nur dadurch, daß er durch den Punkt des «sinnlichkeitsfreien Denkens» hindurchgeht, und niemals kann irgend etwas passieren, wenn der Mensch durch das sinnlichkeitsfreie Denken hindurchgeht. 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