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If we would understand the essential nature of the new element bestowed on mankind through Christ Jesus, we must realize that in all pre-Christian initiation the candidate was completely withdrawn from ordinary life, he must work upon his soul in centres of profoundest secrecy. Above all we must realize that when man raised himself again into the spiritual world something of that merely dreamlike picture-consciousness still remained. Man had to retreat from this sense-world to be able to enter the spiritual world. That this is no longer necessary to-day has been brought about through the appearing of Christ Jesus on earth. Through the fact that the Christ-principle has entered humanity, the Central Being, the very Centre of the spiritual world, has once existed historically in a human being on this earth. 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The “I-Am” is the name for the divine Being, the Christ-principle of man—the Being of whom man feels like a drop, a spark, when he can say “I am.” The stone, the plant, the animal cannot say “I am.” Man is the crown of creation inasmuch as he can say “I am” to himself, he can utter a name which does not hold good for anyone but the one who utters it. You alone can call yourself “I”; no one else can call you “I.” Here the soul speaks within itself in a word to which none other has entrance except a Being which comes to the soul through no external sense, on no outer path. Here Divinity speaks. 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You can still find this in the Old Testament, these men did not as yet feel individual. Even the members of the German tribes, right into the time of the Christian Church, did not feel themselves to be individualities. Think back to the Cherusci, the Teutons, etc., the German tribes in whose land modern Germany now lies. The separate members felt the tribal ego, and themselves as a part of it. A man would not have said “I am” in the clear, definite way it is said to-day; he felt himself part of an organism composed of those who were related by blood. This blood-relationship assumes the greatest proportions among the followers of the Old Testament religion. The individual felt himself sheltered in the whole folk which for him was ruled by one Ego. He knew the meaning of “I and the Father Abraham are one,” for he traced the blood-relationship back through the generations to Abraham. 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It means: Go back through all generations, and you find something in yourself, in your own individuality which is even more eternal than what flows through all blood-related generations. Before the ancestors were, was the “I-am,” that Being which draws into every human being, of which each human soul can directly feel something in itself. Not “I and the Father Abraham,” not I and a temporal Father, but I and a spiritual Father, who has no part in anything perishable, we are one! I and the Father are one. 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Wenn wir uns klarmachen wollen, worin das wesentlich Neue, das der Menschheit durch den Christus Jesus geschenkt worden ist, besteht, dann müssen wir beachten, daß in allen vorchristlichen Einweihungsstätten der Mensch so eingeweiht wurde, daß ein völliges Herausgehen aus der übrigen menschheitlichen Entwickelung notwendig war, ein Arbeiten an seiner Seele in Stätten des tiefsten Geheimnisses. Und wir müssen uns vor allen Dingen klarmachen, daß noch immer etwas vorhanden war im Bewußtsein des Menschen von einem Überrest, wenn er sich wiederum heraufhob in die geistige Welt, jenes alten, bloß traumhaften Bilderbewußtseins. Der Mensch mußte hinwegeilen aus dieser Welt der Sinne, um in die geistige Welt eintreten zu können. Daß das heute nicht mehr notwendig ist, das wurde herbeigeführt durch die Erscheinung des Christus Jesus auf der Erde. Dadurch, daß das Christus-Prinzip in die Menschheit eingetreten ist, ist das Zentralwesen, das Mittelpunktswesen der geistigen Welt geschichtlich, historisch in einem Menschen einmal auf dieser Erde dagewesen, dasselbe Wesen, nach dem sich gesehnt haben alle diejenigen, die ein religiöses Leben entwickelt haben, die geschaut haben in den Einweihungsstätten, die weggeschritten sind von der sinnlichen Welt, um in die geistige Welt einzutreten. Das Wesen, von dem verkündet worden ist, daß ihm der Mensch als seinem Höchsten gegenübersteht, das ist mit dem Christus Jesus in die Menschheitsgeschichte eingetreten. Und derjenige, der etwas versteht von echter Geisteswissenschaft, weiß, daß alle religiöse Verkündigung vor dem Erscheinen des Christus Jesus eine Vorverkündigung des Christus Jesus ist.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":270,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/104/1908-06-17/p023"},{"locus":"GA 104/1908-06-17/p024","passage_number":24,"text":"Wenn die alten Eingeweihten von dem Höchsten haben sprechen wollen, was ihnen in der Geisteswelt zugänglich war, was sie haben schauen können als den Urgrund aller Dinge, dann haben sie in den verschiedensten Namen von dem Christus Jesus gesprochen. Wir brauchen uns nur an ein Beispiel, an das Alte Testament zu erinnern, das auch eine Vorherverkündigung ist. Wir erinnern uns daran, wie Moses, als er sein Volk führen sollte, den Auftrag erhielt: Sage deinem Volke, daß das, was du tun sollst, der Herr, der Gott, dir gesagt hat. — Da sagt Moses: Wie werden mir die Leute glauben, wie werde ich ihnen eine Überzeugung beibringen können? Was muß ich sagen, wenn sie mich fragen: Wer hat dich geschickt? — Und es wird ihm der Auftrag: Sage, der «Ich-bin», der hat dich geschickt. — Lesen Sie es nach und vergleichen Sie es, so genau Sie können, mit dem Urtext. Sie werden sehen, um was es sich dabei handelt. Der «Ich-bin», was soll das heißen? Der «Ich-bin» ist der Name für die göttliche Wesenheit, das Christus-Prinzip des Menschen, für die Wesenheit, die der Mensch einem Tropfen, einem Funken nach in sich spürt, wenn er «Ich bin» sagen kann. Der Stein kann nicht «Ich bin» sagen, die Pflanze kann nicht «Ich bin», das Tier kann nicht «Ich bin» sagen. Der Mensch ist die Krone der Schöpfung dadurch, daß er zu sich «Ich bin» sagen kann, daß er einen Namen sprechen kann, der für keinen anderen gültig ist als für den, der ihn ausspricht. «Ich» können Sie sich nur selbst nennen. Kein anderer kann Sie «Ich» nennen. Hier spricht die Seele mit sich selbst, in jenem Worte, wo hinein nur ein Wesen Zugang hat, das durch keinen äußeren Sinn, auf keinem äußeren Weg zu der Seele kommt. Hier spricht der Gott. Daher wurde der Name «Ich-bin» der Gottheit, welche die Welt erfüllt, gegeben. Sage, der «Ich-bin» hat es dir gesagt! — so sollte Moses seinem Volke sagen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":323,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/104/1908-06-17/p024"},{"locus":"GA 104/1908-06-17/p025","passage_number":25,"text":"Nur langsam lernen die Menschen den tiefen Sinn dieses «Ich-bin» völlig verstehen. Nicht gleich haben sich die Menschen als Einzelmenschen gefühlt. Sie können es finden noch im Alten Testament: da fühlten sich die Menschen noch nicht als Einzelmenschen. Auch die Angehörigen der deutschen Stämme, selbst noch in den Zeiten der christlichen Kirche, fühlten sich nicht als Einzelmenschen. Denken Sie zurück an die Cherusker, Teutonen und so weiter, an die deutschen Stämme, in deren Land nun das heutige Deutschland ist. Der einzelne Cherusker fühlte mehr das Stammes-Ich, dem gegenüber er sich als Glied erschien. Der einzelne hätte nicht in der scharfen Weise, wie heute, «Ich bin» gesagt. Er fühlte sich zusammengefügt zum einigen Organismus derjenigen, die blutsverwandt waren.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":117,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/104/1908-06-17/p025"},{"locus":"GA 104/1908-06-17/p026","passage_number":26,"text":"Den weitesten Umkreis nimmt diese Blutsverwandtschaft bei den Bekennern des Alten Testaments ein. Der einzelne fühlt sich geborgen im ganzen Volk. Dieses ist für ihn von einem Ich beherrscht. Er weiß es, was es heißt: «Ich und der Vater Abraham sind eins», denn er verfolgt die Blutsverwandtschaft durch die Generationen hinauf bis Abraham. Er weiß sich geborgen, wenn er über sein Einzel-Ich hinausgehen will, in dem Vater Abraham, von dem all das Blut, das der äußere Träger für das gemeinsame Volks-Ich ist, hinunterfließt in die Generationen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":86,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/104/1908-06-17/p026"},{"locus":"GA 104/1908-06-17/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Nun, wenn wir mit dem Ausspruch, der jedem Bekenner des Alten Testamentes ein Hohes bedeutet, vergleichen, was der Christus Jesus hingestellt hat, dann haben wir wie blitzartig beleuchtet den ganzen Fortschritt, der durch die christliche Entwickelung hervorgerufen wurde. «Ehe denn Abraham war, war das «Ich-bin»? Was heißt das: Vor Abraham war das «Ich-bin»? — So ist nämlich die richtige Übersetzung und Interpretation der betreffenden Bibelstelle. Das heißt: Geht zurück durch alle Generationen, ihr findet etwas in euch selbst, in eurer Einzelindividualität, das noch ewiger ist als das, was durch alle blutsverwandten Generationen fließt. Ehe die Ahnherren waren, war das «Ich-bin», jenes Wesen, das in jeden Menschen hineinzieht, von dem jede Menschenseele etwas unmittelbar fühlen kann in sich selbst. Nicht ich und der Vater Abraham, nicht ich und ein zeitlicher Vater, sondern ich und der geistige Vater, der an nichts Vergängliches gebunden ist, wir sind eins. «Ich und der Vater sind eins.» In dem einzelnen Menschen findet sich der Vater. Das göttliche Prinzip lebt in ihm, etwas, was da war, was da ist, was da sein wird.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":176,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/104/1908-06-17/p027"},{"locus":"GA 104/1908-06-17/p028","passage_number":28,"text":"Die Menschen werden, nachdem sie durch fast zwei Jahrtausende eigentlich erst angefangen haben die Kraft dieses Weltenimpulses zu fühlen, in künftigen Zeiten voll erkennen, was dieser Sprung innerhalb der Erdenmission und Erdenentwickelung für den Menschen bedeutet. Dasjenige, was man nur einsehen konnte, wenn man hinwegging über das Einzeldasein, über den einzelnen Menschen, wenn man den Geist eines ganzen Stammes faßte, das war es, was die alten Eingeweihten erreichen wollten.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":69,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/104/1908-06-17/p028"},{"locus":"GA 104/1908-06-17/p029","passage_number":29,"text":"Wenn in der gewöhnlichen Welt irgendein Mensch das hörte, so sagte er: Das Ich ist etwas Vergängliches, das anfängt mit der Geburt und aufhört mit dem Tode. — Wurde er aber eingeweiht in das Geheimnis der Mysterien, dann sah er dasjenige, was der andere spürte und empfand, als dasselbe, was durch das Blut der Generationen rollt, was ein wirkliches Wesen ist, dann sah er seinen Stammesgeist. Was nur im geistigen Reich, aber nicht in der äußeren Wirklichkeit erreichbar ist, das konnte er schauen. Einen Gott, der durch das Blut der Generationen rinnt, konnte er schauen. Geistesauge gegenüber Geistesauge vor diesem Gotte stehen, das konnte man nur in den Mysterien.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":109,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/104/1908-06-17/p029"},{"locus":"GA 104/1908-06-17/p030","passage_number":30,"text":"Diejenigen, die mit dem vollen Verständnis als seine intimen Schüler um den Christus Jesus waren, sie hatten das Bewußtsein, daß ein Wesen geistig-göttlicher Natur für die äußeren Sinne in einer geschlossenen fleischlich-menschlichen Persönlichkeit vor ihnen stand. Als den ersten empfanden sie den Christus Jesus, als den ersten, der im einzelnen Menschen einen solchen Geist in sich hatte, wie ihn sonst nur zusammengehörige Menschenmassen in sich fühlten und wie er sonst nur in der geistigen Welt für die Eingeweihten zu schauen war. Der Erstling unter den Menschen war er.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":88,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/104/1908-06-17/p030"}],"beads":[{"from":[19],"to":[23],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[20],"to":[24],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[21],"to":[25,26],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[22],"to":[27],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[23],"to":[28,29],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[24],"to":[30],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. A bead at either end of the span can carry text beyond it (the `from` numbers show what each bead covers)."}}