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Let us describe how the Christian neophyte must live in order that he may pass through these stages. The first stage is what is called “Washing the Feet.” Here the teacher says to the pupil: “Observe the plants. They have their roots in the ground; the mineral earth is a lower being than the plant. If the plant were able to contemplate its own nature, it would have to say to the earth; it is true I am a higher being, but if thou wert not there, I could not exist; for from thee, O earth, I draw most of my sustenance. If the plant were able to translate this into feeling, it would then bow itself down to the stone and say:—I bow myself before thee, O stone, thou humbler being, for I am indebted to thee for my very existence! Then if we ascend to the animal, it would have to behave in a similar manner toward the plant and say: Indeed it is true, I am higher than the plant, but to the lower kingdoms I owe my existence! If in this manner we mount higher and reach the human being, then each individual who stands somewhat higher in the social scale must incline himself to the lower and say: To those on the lower social level I owe my existence! This continues on up to Christ-Jesus. The Twelve who are about Him are at a level lower than Christ-Jesus; but as the plant develops out of the stone, so does the Christ grow out of the Twelve. 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Thou must picture how it would be were all the suffering and sorrow possible in the world to come upon thee; thou must feel how it would be wert thou exposed to the piling up of all possible hindrances, and thou must enter into the feeling that thou must stand erect even though all the adversity of the world were to bear down upon thee!\" Then when the pupil has practised this exercise for a sufficient length of time, there are again two symptoms; in the first he has the feeling of being beaten from all sides, and in the second he has an astral vision of the “Scourging.” I am relating what hundreds of people have experienced whereby they have acquired the ability to mount into the higher worlds.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":146,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/103/1908-05-30/p018","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1908-05-30","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-30/p021","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30/p021"}],"bead_confidence":"high","length_check":{"de_words":133,"en_words":146,"ratio":1.1,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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On the feet and hands and on the right side of the breast appear the so-called Stigmata; and as an inner symptom, he beholds the “Crucifixion” in an astral vision.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":128,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/103/1908-05-30/p020","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1908-05-30","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-30/p023","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30/p023"}],"bead_confidence":"high","length_check":{"de_words":133,"en_words":128,"ratio":0.96,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. The German original passage(s) above are the edition-invariant anchor — fetch them (lang='de') to verify wording before quoting across editions."},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Maud B. 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The fifth grade consists of what is called “The Mystical Death.” Through feelings which the pupil is permitted to experience at this stage, he feels as though, in an instant, a black curtain were drawn before the whole physical, visible world and as though everything had disappeared. This moment is important because of something else that must be experienced, if one wishes to push on into Christian initiation, in the true sense of the word. The pupil then feels that he can plunge into the primal causes of evil, pain, affliction and sorrow. And he can suffer all the evil that exists in the depths of the human soul, when he descends into Hell. 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Wollen wir uns einmal klarmachen, wie der christliche Schüler leben muß, damit er diese Stufen durchmacht.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":52,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30/p018"},{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-30/p019","passage_number":19,"text":"Die erste Stufe ist das, was man nennt die «Fußwaschung ». Da wird dem Schüler von dem Lehrer gesagt: Sieh dir an die Pflanze. Sie wurzelt im Boden; der mineralische Boden ist ein niedrigeres Wesen als die Pflanze. Wenn sich die Pflanze ihr Wesen vorhalten könnte, müßte sie zum Boden sagen: Zwar bin ich das höhere Wesen, aber ohne daß du bist, könnte ich nicht bestehen; denn aus dir, Boden, ziehe ich meine Nahrung zum größten Teile. Und könnte die Pflanze das in Gefühle umsetzen, so müßte sie sich herunterneigen zum Steine und sagen: Zu dir neige ich mich, du niedrigeres Wesen, Stein, denn dir verdanke ich mein Dasein. -— Und wenn wir zum Tier hinaufsteigen, so müßte in ähnlicher Weise das Tier sich zur Pflanze verhalten und sagen: Zwar bin ich höher als die Pflanze, aber dem niederen Reiche verdanke ich mein Dasein. - Und wenn wir in dieser Weise weiter hinaufsteigen und zum Menschen kommen, so müßte jeder, der etwas höher steht auf der sozialen Stufenleiter, sich zu der niedrigeren Stufe herunterneigen und sagen: Der niedrigeren Stufe verdanke ich mein Dasein! — Und so geht das hinauf bis zu dem Christus Jesus. Die Zwölf, die ihn umgeben, sind eine Stufe niedriger als er; aber wie die Pflanze sich aus dem Stein herausentwickelt, so wächst der Christus Jesus heraus aus den Zwölfen. Er neigt sich herunter zu den Zwölfen und sagt: Euch verdanke ich mein Dasein.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":237,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30/p019"},{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-30/p020","passage_number":20,"text":"Wenn der Lehrer dem Schüler das erklärt hatte, dann sagte er ihm: Wochenlang mußt du dich diesem kosmischen Gefühle hingeben, wie das Höhere sich dem Niederen neigen muß; und wenn du das gründlich in dir ausgebildet hast, dann erlebst du ein inneres und ein äußeres Symptom. — Diese sind aber nicht das Wesentliche, sondern zeigen nur an, daß der Betreflende genügend geübt hatte. Wenn so der physische Leib genug beeinflußt war von der Seele, zeigte sich ihm dies in dem äußeren Symptom, daß er ein Gefühl hatte, wie wenn Wasser seine Füße umspülte. Das ist ganz reales Gefühl. Und ein anderes reales Gefühl ist, daß er in einer gewaltigen Vision im Astralen wie vor sich hat die Fußwaschung, das Herunterneigen des höheren Selbstes zu dem niederen Selbste. Da erlebt der Mensch im Astralen das, was man im Johannes-Evangelium als historische Tatsache geschildert findet.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":143,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30/p020"},{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-30/p021","passage_number":21,"text":"Die zweite Stufe besteht darin, daß dem Schüler gesagt wird: Du mußt in dir noch ein anderes Gefühl entwickeln. Du mußt dir vorstellen, wie es wäre, wenn alle möglichen Schmerzen und Leiden der Welt herantreten an dich, - empfinden, wie es wäre, wenn du ausgesetzt wärest dem Ansturm aller möglichen Hindernisse, und du mußt dich in das Gefühl versetzen, daß du aufrecht stehen mußt, wenn auch alles Elend der Welt an dich herankommt! Dann gibt es, wenn der Schüler das genügend geübt hat, wieder zwei Symptome: Das eine ist ein Gefühl, wie wenn er geschlagen würde von allen Seiten, und als zweites hat er in einer astralen Vision die «Geißelung» vor sich. — Ich erzähle etwas, was Hunderte von Menschen erlebt haben, wodurch sie die Fähigkeit erlangt haben, hinaufzusteigen in die geistigen Welten.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":133,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30/p021"},{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-30/p022","passage_number":22,"text":"Als Drittes hatte der Schüler sich vorzustellen, daß das Heiligste, was er hat, wofür er mit dem ganzen Ich eintritt, mit Spott und Hohn übergossen wird. Da mußte er sich sagen: Ich muß, was auch kommen mag, aufrecht stehen und für das, was mir heilig ist, eintreten! — Wenn er sich darin eingelebt hatte, hatte er etwas wie Stiche im Kopf, und als astrale Vision erlebte er die «Dornenkrönung». Wieder muß gesagt werden: Nicht auf die Symptome kommt es an, aber sie treten ein als Folge der Übungen. Und es wird auch dafür gesorgt, daß von Suggestion und Autosuggestion gar nicht die Rede sein kann.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":105,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30/p022"},{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-30/p023","passage_number":23,"text":"Das Vierte ist das, daß dem Schüler sein Leib, den er hat, in seinem Gefühl so fremd werden muß wie ein äußerer Gegenstand, zum Beispiel ein Stück Holz, und daß er nicht zu seinem Leibe «Ich» sagt. Das muß ihm so zum Gefühl werden, daß er sagt: Ich trage meinen Leib mit mir herum, wie ich meinen Rock mit mir herumtrage! Er verbindet sein Ich nicht mehr mit seinem Leibe. Dann tritt etwas ein, was man nennt die «Blutsprobe». Was in vielen Fällen ein krankhafter Zustand sein kann, ist in diesem Falle, weil alles Krankhafte ausgeschaltet sein muß, eine Folge der Meditation. An den Füßen, an den Händen und an der rechten Seite der Brust zeigen sich die sogenannten Blutsmale; und als inneres Symptom sieht er in einer astralen Vision die «Kreuzigung ».","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":133,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30/p023"},{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-30/p024","passage_number":24,"text":"Nur kurz können wir die fünfte, sechste und siebente Gefühlsstufe schildern.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":11,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30/p024"},{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-30/p025","passage_number":25,"text":"Die fünfte Stufe besteht in dem, was man nennt den «mystischen Tod». Durch die Gefühle, die man den Schüler auf dieser Stufe erleben läßt, erlebt er etwas, was sich ihm so darstellt, als ob sich in einem Augenblick vor alles physisch Sichtbare ein schwarzer Vorhang stellt und als ob alles verschwände. Dieser Moment ist noch durch etwas anderes wichtig, was man erlebt haben muß, wenn man wirklich zur christlichen Einweihung im wahren Sinne des Wortes dringen will. Man erlebt dann, daß man hinuntertauchen kann in die Urgründe des Bösen, des Schmerzes, des Kummers und Leides. Und alles, was an Bösem auf dem Grunde der Menschenseele lebt, kann man auskosten, wenn man hinuntersteigt in die Hölle. Das ist das «Niedersteigen in die Hölle». Hat man das erlebt, dann ist es, wie wenn der schwarze Vorhang zerreißt - und man sieht hinein in die geistige Welt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":144,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30/p025"},{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-30/p026","passage_number":26,"text":"Das Sechste ist das, was man die «Grablegung und Auferstehung » nennt. Das ist die Stufe, wo der Schüler sich eins fühlt mit dem ganzen Erdenleib; wie hineingelegt und zusammengehörig mit dem ganzen Erdenplaneten fühlt er sich. Sein Leben hat sich erweitert zu planetarischem Leben.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":45,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30/p026"},{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-30/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Das siebente Gefühl kann man mit Worten nicht schildern. Nur der könnte es schildern, der imstande wäre, zu denken ohne das Instrument des physischen Gehirnes; und für das gibt es keine Sprache, weil unsere Sprache nur Bezeichnungen hat für den physischen Plan. Daher kann nur hingewiesen werden auf diese Stufe. Sie übersteigt alles, wovon sich der Mensch sonst eine Vorstellung macht. Man nennt sie die «Himmelfahrt» oder die völlige Aufnahme in die geistige Welt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":74,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30/p027"},{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-30/p028","passage_number":28,"text":"Da schließt die Skala der Gefühle ab, in die sich der Schüler während des Tagwachens in völliger innerer Sammlung versetzen muß. Wenn sich der Schüler diesen Erlebnissen hingegeben hat, dann wirken sie so stark auf den Astralleib, daß sich in der Nacht die inneren Wahrnehmungsorgane ausbilden, sich plastisch gestalten. — In der Rosenkreuzer-Einweihung wird nicht diese siebengliedrige Gefühlsskala durchgemacht, aber es ist dieselbe Wirkung da, die wir eben besprochen haben.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":70,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-30/p028"}],"beads":[{"from":[16],"to":[18,19],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[17],"to":[20],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[18],"to":[21],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[19],"to":[22],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[20],"to":[23],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[21],"to":[24,25],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[22],"to":[26],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[23],"to":[27],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[24],"to":[28],"confidence":"high"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. 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