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They must now reveal themselves in such a way that the I can recognize them through the ordinary consciousness of self, through the sense for truth inherent in ordinary self-consciousness. “Change the inclination, change the former disposition of your soul, so that you can believe that your soul life is capable of being kindled into warmth within itself, within the I, and that you are able to grasp, by observing everything that takes place about you, that there is a spiritual world. You must learn to comprehend the spiritual worlds in your I, through your I. They have descended and are near at hand. They must no longer be sought in a world of rapture outside of consciousness!”","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"2. 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Sie müssen sich offenbaren so, daß das Ich sie durch das gewöhnliche Selbstbewußtsein erkennen kann, durch den Wahrheitssinn des gewöhnlichen Selbstbewußtseins erkennen kann. Ändert den Sinn, ändert die alte Seelenverfassung, so daß ihr glauben könnt, euer Seelenleben kann in sich selber, in dem Ich so erwarmen, daß ihr durch die Beobachtung alles dessen, was um euch vorgeht, begreifen könnt: Es gibt eine geistige Welt! Ihr müßt in eurem Ich, durch euer Ich, die geistigen Welten begreifen lernen. Nahe herab sind sie gekommen. Nicht in einer Welt der Entrückungen müssen sie jetzt gesucht werden! - Deshalb mußte der Christus heruntersteigen und in einem menschlichen, fleischlichen Leibe erscheinen, denn die menschliche Seelenverfassung war gestimmt auf eine Auffassung des physischen Planes. Der Gott mußte zu den Menschen auf den physischen Plan kommen, weil die Menschen durch die Ausbildung ihres Ich und durch das Zuschließen der Tore gegenüber der geistigen Welt nicht mehr fähig waren, in der alten Weise zu den Göttern zu gehen. Das ist das Große, das in der damaligen Zeit geschah, daß auf der einen Seite durch die natürliche Entwickelung der menschlichen Fähigkeiten die alte Verbindung mit den geistigen Welten verloren und ein Ich-Bewußtsein erlangt worden war, aber auf der andern Seite damit innerhalb der physischen Welt das Bewußtsein von diesen geistigen Welten erlangt werden konnte. So war der Christus der Mittler für die geistigen Welten denjenigen Menschen, die es zu einer solchen Entwickelungsstufe gebracht haben, daß sie in einem auf dem physischen Plan lebenden Ich nun den Zusammenhang gewinnen können mit der geistigen Welt. Ändert eure Seelenverfassung, glaubt nicht mehr, daß durch Entrückung der Mensch normalerweise in die geistige Welt hinaufsteigen kann, sondern glaubt daran, daß durch die Entfaltung der in eurem Ich liegenden Möglichkeiten selbst, mit der Hilfe des Christus, der Weg in die geistigen Welten gefunden werden kann. 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