{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 119/1910-03-21/p035","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"This is the cycle of the human being through the world of the senses, soul and spirit. If we see the human being in this way, then we have, as it were, only a part of his complete life cycle in his physical-sensual life. And if we pursue it in the right way, our knowledge is not just a theoretical knowledge that tells us this or that like the external science, but it is a knowledge that shows us objectively how life between death and a new birth acquires meaning and significance, in that what we accumulate here is processed in a higher world. From such knowledge springs knowledge and willpower for life, springs meaning and significance, confidence and hope for life. We do not need to ascribe to such knowledge that we look bleakly into past lives, of which we might say: Now, it is claimed that we have caused our own pain. To the pain is added this bleakness! No, we can say to ourselves: This law is not only one that points to the past, but also one that points to the future, showing us that overcome pain is an increase in strength that we utilize in the new life, and the more we work, the more we have overcome pain, the stronger our strength will be. In the higher sense, one can only suffer in happiness; it is a fulfillment from past lives. Through pain we can develop strength, and the strength acquired by overcoming pain means an increase for the future life. And we will confidently pass through the gate of death, knowing that death must be brought into life so that this life can increase from level to level. This seems to justify the statement that Spiritual science in this sense is not just a theory, it is the sap and the strength of life, in that it flows directly into our entire spiritual existence, making it healthy and strong and vigorous. Spiritual science is that which confirms the words that must live in the soul of every spiritual researcher and indeed every person who has some inkling of the spiritual world, as words of truth, as guiding words for their ever-intensifying, healthy and powerful life, which sees an increase of strength even in overcoming pain. 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Aus solcher Erkenntnis ersprießt uns Wissen und Willenskraft für das Leben, sprießt uns Sinn und Bedeutung, Zuversicht und Hoffnung für das Leben. Wir brauchen einer solchen Erkenntnis nicht etwa bloß zuzuschreiben, daß wir trostlos blicken in vergangene Leben, von denen wir etwa sagen: Nun, da wird behauptet, daß wir unseren Schmerz uns selber zubereitet haben. Zu dem Schmerz wird noch diese Trostlosigkeit hinzugefügt! - Nein, wir können uns sagen: Dieses Gesetz ist nicht bloß ein solches, das auf die Vergangenheit weist, sondern auch ein solches, das in die Zukunft weist, das uns zeigt, daß überwundener Schmerz Kraftzuwachs ist, den wir verwerten im neuen Leben, und je mehr wir arbeiten, je mehr wir Schmerz überwunden haben, desto stärker wird unsere Kraft sein. Im Glück kann man im höheren Sinn nur leiden, es ist eine Erfüllung aus früheren Leben. Im Schmerz kann man Kräfte ausbilden, und die durch die Überwindung des Schmerzes ausgebildeten Kräfte bedeuten eine Steigerung für das zukünftige Leben. Und wir schreiten getrost durch die Pforte des Todes, wenn wir wissen, daß der Tod ins Leben hereingebracht sein muß, damit sich dieses Leben von Stufe zu Stufe steigern kann. Damit erscheint es wohl gerechtfertigt, wenn gesagt wird: Geisteswissenschaft in diesem Sinne ist nicht allein eine Theorie, sie ist Saft und Kraft für das Leben, indem dasjenige, was unmittelbar in unser ganzes seelisches Dasein einfließt, dieses gesund und kräftig und stark macht. - Geisteswissenschaft ist dasjenige, was bewahrheitet die Worte, die einem jeden Geistesforscher und wohl jedem Menschen, der etwas erahnt von der geistigen Welt, in der Seele leben müssen als Wahrworte, als Leitworte für sein sich steigerndes, gesundes und kraftvolles Leben, das selbst in der Überwindung des Schmerzes Kraftsteigerung erblickt, bewahrheitet die Worte:","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":381,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/119/1910-03-21/p035"}],"english":["GA 119/1910-03-21/p035"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":381,"en_words":386,"ratio":1.01,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.03,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":8184,"original_word_count":7952,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"Singles","book_title":null,"publisher":null,"publisher_inferred":false,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA119/English/Singles/19100321p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line"},"entity_parity":{"status":"ok","checked_against":["GA 119/1910-03-21/p035"],"missing_from_translation":[],"present_only_in_translation":[],"bead_confidence":"high","note":"Every load-bearing name in the German counterpart appears in this English passage. 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