{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 103/1908-05-23/p037","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"When such a question was raised in these circles, they were always speaking of the union with the Divine and of the submersion of humanity into matter and of how, according to the old idea of God, union with the Divine took place through the group-soul. Thus others came and said to John: “Jesus also baptizes!” And John had to make it clear to them that what had come into the world through Jesus was something very special and this he did by saying that Jesus does not teach that union symbolized by the ancient form of baptism, but teaches how men will be their own guides through the free gift of the now independent ego. And each individual must discover the “I AM,” the God, within himself. Only in this way is he in the position to find the Divine in his inner being. If these words are read thus, then the reader will be aware that He, the “I AM,” was sent from God. He who was sent from God, who was sent to enkindle the Divine in this way, also preached God in the true sense, no longer according to the blood tie.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"V. The Seven Degrees of Initiation","site_heading":null,"date":"1908-05-23","location":null,"word_count":196,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/103/1908-05-23/p037","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Maud B. 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Wenn man eine solche Frage in diesem Kreise erhob, sprach man immer vom Zusammenhange mit dem Göttlichen und von dem Untertauchen des Menschen in die Materie, und wie man nach der alten Gottesidee mit dem Göttlichen durch die Gruppenseele verbunden war. Da kamen die anderen und sagten zu Johannes: Der Jesus tauft aber auch! Und da muß ihnen Johannes erst klarmachen, daß das, was durch den Jesus in die Welt kommt, etwas ganz Besonderes ist. Und er macht es ihnen klar dadurch, daß er sagt: Der Jesus lehrt nicht jenen Zusammenhang, der durch die alte Taufe symbolisiert wird, sondern er lehrt, wie der Mensch durch die freie Gabe des selbständig gewordenen Ichs selbst geführt wird; und jeder muß in sich selbst das «Ich-bin», den Gott, entdecken, nur dadurch kommt er in die Lage, das Göttliche in sich zu finden. - Wenn diese Worte so gelesen werden, dann wird der Zuhörer gewahr, daß Er selbst, daß das «Ich-bin» von Gott gesandt ist. Ein solcher, der von Gott gesandt ist, der entsendet wird zum Entzünden des «Gottes» in dieser Art, der verkündet auch den Gott in dem wahren Sinne, nicht mehr nach der Blutsverwandtschaft.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":199,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-23/p044"}],"english":["GA 103/1908-05-23/p037"],"method":"length","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":199,"en_words":196,"ratio":0.98,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.06,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":7320,"original_word_count":6933,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Maud B. 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