{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 12/l02/p005","lang":"en","edition":"AP1967","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Of course, the “divine self” is contained in every man. It is in every created being. In stone, plant, and animal, the “divine self” is also contained and active. But it does not so much matter to feel and know this in general as to enter into a living connection with the *manifestations* of this “divine self.” Just as one can mutter over and over again that this world contains the “divine self” veiled within it and know nothing thereby of the physical world, so does he who seeks the “divine kingdom of spirits” only in blurred and indeterminate generalities know nothing of higher worlds. One should open the eyes and *behold* the revelation of deity in the things of the physical world, in the stone, in the plant, and not merely dream away all these as only “appearances” with the true form of God somehow “concealed” behind them. No, God reveals Himself in His creations and whoever would know God must learn to know the true essence of these creations. Therefore one must also learn to behold what really goes on and is living in the higher worlds, if one would know the “divine.” The consciousness that the “God-man” dwells within one can at most provide a beginning. But this beginning experienced in the right way, rises to an actual lift into the higher worlds. But this is possible only for one in whom the spiritual “senses” have been developed. Any other view arrives only at the standpoint, “I will stay as I am and attain only what is possible for me to attain in this way.” But the aim of the occultist is to become a different human being, in order to behold and experience other things than the customary ones.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"2. Imagination","site_heading":null,"date":null,"location":null,"word_count":293,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/12/l02/p005","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:structural_identity","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":null,"edition_coverage":{"de":["original"],"en":["AP1967"]},"available_versions":[{"lang":"de","edition":"original","edition_basis":null,"is_original":true,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/12/l02/p005"},{"lang":"en","edition":"AP1967","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/12/l02/p005","paragraph_aligned":true}],"german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"l02","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 12/l02/p005","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/12/l02/p005"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":280,"en_words":293,"ratio":1.05,"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."},"paired_german":{"status":"paired","german":[{"locus":"GA 12/l02/p005","passage_number":5,"text":"Gewiß ist ja in jedem Menschen das «göttliche Selbst» enthalten. Aber das ist ja doch in jedem Wesen der Fall. Im Stein, in der Pflanze, im Tier ist auch das «göttliche Selbst» enthalten und wirksam. Aber nicht darauf kann es ankommen, dies so ganz im allgemeinen zu fühlen und zu wissen, sondern darauf, wirklich in Verbindung zu treten mit den *Offenbarungen* dieses «göttlichen Selbstes». So wie derjenige nichts von der physischen Welt weiß, der sich nur immer wieder sagen kann: diese Welt enthält in sich verhüllt das «göttliche Selbst», so weiß auch derjenige nichts von höheren Welten, welcher das «göttliche Geisterreich» nur in verschwommener, unbestimmter Allgemeinheit sucht. Man soll seine Augen öffnen und die Offenbarung der Gottheit in den Dingen der physischen Welt, im Stein, in der Pflanze anschauen, nicht davon träumen, daß dies jedoch alles nur «Erscheinungen» seien und daß Gottes wahre Gestalt dahinter «verborgen» sei. Nein, Gott offenbart sich in seinen Schöpfungen, und wer Gott erkennen will, muß das Wesen dieser Schöpfungen erkennen lernen. Deshalb muß man auch das wirklich anschauen lernen, was in höheren Welten vorgeht und lebt, wenn man das «Göttliche» erkennen will. Das Bewußtsein, daß der «Gottmensch» in einem lebt, kann höchstens den Anfang bilden. Aber dieser Anfang wird, wenn er in rechter Weise erlebt wird, zum Antrieb, wirklich aufzusteigen in die höheren Welten. Das kann man aber nur, wenn man die geistigen «Sinne» dazu in sich ausbildet. Alles andere stellt sich ja doch nur auf den Standpunkt: Ich will bleiben, wie ich bin, und nur erreichen, was mir so zu erreichen möglich ist. Der Standpunkt des Okkultismus ist aber, ein anderer Mensch zu werden, damit man anderes als das Gewöhnliche schauen und erleben kann.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":280,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/12/l02/p005"}],"english":["GA 12/l02/p005"],"method":"structural_identity","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"unverified","length_check":{"de_words":280,"en_words":293,"ratio":1.05,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.01,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":3721,"original_word_count":3692,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"status":"unknown","warning":"No translator is recorded for this edition. An unattributed translation cannot be weighed as a witness: you cannot tell which hand made the choices in it. 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