{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 117/1909-11-13/p005","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"In the first years of our work in the German Section we so to speak laid the foundations. What we did in the first four years was to acquire some knowledge of the paths-which lead to the higher worlds, of the great cosmic connections, and of the examination and testing of what is found in the Akashic Record with regard to the secrets of the cosmos. Those members who joined later have found it necessary—and will always do so—to acquire knowledge afterwards of this foundation of our work. This is indispensable for everybody; for it is not sufficient to assimilate only what has happened in the last three years and has enabled the Movement to progress in the right way. If you look back you will see that the last three years have brought about the development of those truths and facts which have been put before you of late, perhaps in a somewhat astonishing form. If you try to establish the connection with what was done in the first four years of our work in the four-fold foundation, as it were, of the whole, you will see that even those great and all-embracing truths which have been impressing you so deeply, have a very close connection with what happened in the first four years. You will be able to convince yourselves of this if you ponder it well. The younger members must bear written upon their hearts the absolute necessity of acquiring for themselves a firm and sure foundation. Wherever the work is being carried on, we are making it more and more possible for those who join later to pick up for themselves what has been accomplished here in the early days. It is really impossible for them to co-operate without this recapitulation; and the Theosophical Movement must be taken seriously in the deepest sense. In this connection we may perhaps speak to-day on a subject that concerns the theosophical attitude of mind and the whole manner of theosophical thought; and we will relate it to the significant time through which we are passing. I mean the question: “What is the right attitude for the theosophist to take with regard to Theosophy itself?”","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"The Tasks and Aims of Spiritual Science","site_heading":null,"date":"1909-11-13","location":null,"word_count":365,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/117/1909-11-13/p005","alignment_confidence":"low","alignment_reason":"count_diverges","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"D. S. 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In den ersten vier Jahren haben wir uns verschafft eine gewisse Erkenntnis vom Wesen des Menschen, eine gewisse Erkenntnis von den Wegen, die in die höheren Welten hinaufführen, und wir haben uns verschafft etwas über die großen kosmischen Zusammenhänge, über das, was man nennen kann die Prüfung der Ergebnisse der Akasha-Chronik in bezug auf die Weltengeheimnisse.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":129,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/117/1909-11-13/p003"},{"locus":"GA 117/1909-11-13/p004","passage_number":4,"text":"Diejenigen unserer Mitglieder, welche später eingetreten sind, haben ja immer nötig gehabt und werden es immer nötig haben, diese feste Grundlage unseres Strebens, die unerläßlich ist, sich nachher anzueignen. Denn es genügt keineswegs, daß man sich bloß das aneignet, was, um einen Fortschritt einer Bewegung in richtiger Weise möglich zu machen, in den letzten drei Jahren vorgekommen ist. Wenn Sie eine gewisse Rückschau halten, so werden Sie sehen, daß in den letzten drei Jahren in gewisser Beziehung ausgebaut worden sind selbst diejenigen Wahrheiten und Erkenntnisse, die Ihnen in den letzten Jahren, vielleicht etwas frappierend, entgegengetreten sind. Wenn Sie versuchen, den Zusammenhang herzustellen mit dem, was in den ersten vier Jahren unseres Arbeitens gepflegt worden ist, sozusagen in dem viergliedrigen Unterbau des Ganzen, so werden Sie sehen, daß auch das, was frappierend war, was große, umfassende Wahrheiten sind, einen intimen Zusammenhang hat mit dem, was in den ersten vier Jahren geschehen ist. Davon werden Sie sich überzeugen können, wenn Sie Einkehr in sich selber halten. Die jüngeren Mitglieder sollten es sich recht sehr ins Herz geschrieben sein lassen, daß sie durchaus nicht versäumen sollten, für einen gediegenen Grundbau bei sich zu sorgen. Es wird ja immer mehr und mehr, überall wo gearbeitet wird, dafür gesorgt, daß derjenige, der später eintritt, nachholen kann, was in den ersten Jahren hier erarbeitet worden ist. Ohne dieses Nachholen ist ein wirkliches Mitkommen eigentlich nicht möglich. Wir sollen das, was geisteswissenschaftliche Bewegung ist, durchaus im tiefsten Sinne ernst nehmen. 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