{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 101/1907-12-29/p031","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Thus, in all development, we have three aspects to consider: first, the unfolding from a, as it were, wrapped-up state; we call this development or evolution. Then, what lies in the germ must come into being through the reverse process, the wrapping or involution. These two processes alone, however, do not yet give progress. Only when a being is able to take in influences from outside and process them into inner experiences can something new and progressive come into the world. That is the third thing; it is called creation out of nothing. You are constantly developing what is predisposed in you from the past, constantly taking in something from your environment that you transform into experiences, and then you carry that into a new embodiment. In all life, the trinity of evolution, involution and creation out of nothing is at work. In the case of human beings, we have this creation out of nothing in the work of their consciousness. They experience the processes in their environment and process them into ideas, thoughts and concepts. Dispositions come from previous embodiments, but all progress in life is based on the production of new thoughts and new ideas. The circumstances of the environment are “consumed”, and the inner experiences lead to new thoughts and ideas. Therefore, three is the number of life, it is called the number of creation or of action.","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":231,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/101/1907-12-29/p031","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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Fortwährend entwickeln Sie, was in Ihnen von früher her veranlagt ist, fortwährend nehmen Sie etwas aus Ihrer Umwelt auf, das Sie umgestalten zu Erlebnissen, und das tragen Sie dann in eine neue Verkörperung hinein. In allem Leben wirkt die Dreiheit von Evolution, Involution und Schöpfung aus dem Nichts. Beim Menschen haben wir diese Schöpfung aus dem Nichts in der Arbeit seines Bewußtseins. Er erlebt die Vorgänge in seiner Umwelt und verarbeitet sie zu Ideen, Gedanken und Begriffen. Veranlagungen stammen aus früheren Verkörperungen, aber aller Fortschritt im Leben beruht darauf, daß neue Gedanken und neue Ideen produziert werden. Die Verhältnisse der Umgebung werden «konsumiert», und die inneren Erlebnisse führen zu neuen Gedanken und Ideen. 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