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We must be aware that if pain is connected with an illness, there must be something more at stake than mere illness. We have pointed out that the process taking place during the transition from one incarnation to another, whereby events of earlier incarnations are transformed into causes of illness, is influenced on the one side by the luciferic principle, and on the other by the ahrimanic principle.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":115,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/120/1910-05-22/p004","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"not_established","translator":null,"identified_edition":"RSP1984","book_title":"Manifestations of Karma","publisher":"Rudolf Steiner Press","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA120/English/RSP1984/19100522p01.html","evidence":null,"reason":"source_says_translator_unknown","note":"The source page itself says the translator is unknown. 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Wir müssen uns gegenwärtig halten, daß, wenn mit einer Krankheit Schmerz verknüpft ist, noch etwas anderes dabei im Spiele sein muß als das bloße Erkranktsein. Nun haben wir bereits darauf aufmerksam gemacht, daß bei jenem Vorgang, der beim Übergang von einer Inkarnation in die andere sich abspielt, wo Erlebnisse früherer Inkarnationen in Krankheitsursachen umgewandelt werden, daß da auf der einen Seite das luziferische Prinzip und auf der andern Seite das ahrimanische Prinzip mit hineinspielt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":127,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/120/1910-05-22/p004"},{"locus":"GA 120/1910-05-22/p005","passage_number":5,"text":"Wodurch legt sich denn eigentlich der Mensch den Grund zu Krankheitsprozessen? Warum nimmt er in sich die Tendenz auf, krank zu sein? Was führt ihn dazu, zwischen Tod und neuer Geburt - wir haben ja charakterisiert, wie das die Zeit ist, welche die die Krankheit bewirkenden Kräfte zusammenbringt - solche Kräfte vorzubereiten, welche sich im nächsten Leben in der Krankheit ausleben? — Was den Menschen dazu bringt, ist, daß er auf der einen Seite verfallen kann der Versuchung der luziferischen Macht, und auf der andern Seite der Versuchung der ahrimanischen Macht. Wir wissen ja auch schon, was es heißt: Verfallen der luziferischen Macht. - Alles, was in uns wirkt als Begierde, als Eigenschaft der Selbstsucht, des Ehrgeizes, des Hochmutes, der Eitelkeit, alle Eigenschaften, welche zusammenhängen mit einer Art Aufspreizung unseres Ich, sich besonders geltend zu machen, das alles hängt zusammen mit der Versuchung der luziferischen Mächte in uns. Verfallen wir mit andern Worten den Kräften, die in unserem astralischen Leibe wirken und die sich darin ausdrücken, daß wir egoistische Begierden und Leidenschaften haben, dann begehen wir in der entsprechenden Inkarnation Handlungen, zu denen die Verführung von Luzifer ausgegangen ist. Und wir sehen dann das Resultat solcher von Luzifer beeinflußter Handlungen in der Zeit vom Tode bis zur neuen Geburt und nehmen da in uns die Tendenz auf, uns so zu inkarnieren, daß wir einen Krankheitsprozeß durchmachen, der dazu beitragen kann, wenn wir ihn überwinden, uns aus den Fangarmen dieser luziferischen Mächte wieder zu befreien. Würden also die luziferischen Mächte überhaupt nicht da sein, so würden wir nicht den Versuchungen verfallen können, welche uns dazu bringen, solche Kräfte in uns aufzunehmen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":270,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/120/1910-05-22/p005"},{"locus":"GA 120/1910-05-22/p006","passage_number":6,"text":"Wenn nun nichts anderes bestünde im Leben als einzig und allein das, was Luzifer in uns bewirkt, daß wir diese oder jene egoistischen Triebe und Leidenschaften entfalten, dann würden wir eigentlich niemals von den luziferischen Versuchungen loskommen können im Leben. Wir würden sie auch nicht durch die aufeinanderfolgenden Inkarnationen losbekommen können, denn wir würden ihnen immer wieder von neuem verfallen. Wenn wir zum Beispiel einfach in der Erdentwickelung uns selber überlassen worden wären und der luziferische Einfluß doch dagewesen wäre, so würden wir in einer Inkarnation die Versuchungen der luziferischen Mächte haben, würden dann nach dem Tode wahrnehmen, wozu sie uns gebracht haben, würden herbeiführen einen Erkrankungsprozeß; aber wenn wirklich nichts anderes mit ins Spiel käme, würde uns dieser Krankheitsprozeß in dem Leben, wo er sich auslebt, zu keiner besonderen Besserung führen. Er führt uns nur dadurch zu einer Besserung, daß von denjenigen Mächten, deren Gegner Luzifer ist, nun etwas hinzugefügt wird zu dem ganzen Prozeß. Also wenn wir auf der einen Seite den luziferischen Mächten verfallen, stellen sich gleich als eine Gegenwirkung die Mächte ein, deren Gegner die luziferischen Mächte sind, und diese versuchen nun eine Gegenkraft zu entfalten, wodurch der luziferische Einfluß wirklich aus uns ausgetrieben werden kann. Und diese Mächte, deren Gegner also die luziferischen Mächte sind, fügen hinzu zu dem Prozeß, der unter dem Einfluß Luzifers verursacht wird, den Schmerz. So müssen wir den Schmerz als etwas ansehen, was — wenn wir die luziferischen Mächte die bösen Mächte nennen - uns von den guten Mächten zugefügt wird, damit wir gerade durch den Schmerz uns den Fangarmen der bösen Mächte entreißen können und ihnen nicht mehr verfallen. Würde bei dem Krankheitsprozeß, der sich ergibt als eine Folge des Verfallenseins an die luziferischen Mächte, nicht Schmerz eintreten, so würden wir an uns die Erfahrung machen: Es ist ja gar nicht so schlimm, den luziferischen Mächten zu verfallen! - Und wir würden nichts haben in uns, was uns dahin bringen würde, unsere Kräfte anzuwenden, um uns den luziferischen Mächten zu entreißen. Der Schmerz, der das Bewußtwerden des unrichtig wachenden astralischen Leibes ist, er ist zugleich auch das, was uns davon abbringen kann, den luziferischen Mächten auf diesem Gebiet, wo wir ihnen schon verfallen sind, immer weiter zu verfallen. So wird der Schmerz in bezug auf die Versuchungen der luziferischen Mächte unser Erzieher.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":383,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/120/1910-05-22/p006"},{"locus":"GA 120/1910-05-22/p007","passage_number":7,"text":"Sagen Sie nun nicht: Wie kann der Schmerz unser Erzieher sein, wenn wir in uns den Schmerz nur empfinden und seiner wohltätigen Kraft gar nicht gewahr werden? Daß wir seiner wohltätigen Kraft nicht gewahr werden, ist nur eine Folge unseres Ich-Bewußtseins, In dem Bewußtsein, das ich als unter dem Ich-Bewußstsein liegend geschildert habe, spielt sich schon der Prozeß ab, wenn auch der Mensch mit dem Tagesbewußtsein nichts davon weiß: Jetzt erfahre ich Schmerz, und der ist die Folge der durch die guten Mächte mir gegebenen Beigabe zu meinen Verfehlungen! — Das ist im Unterbewußtsein eine Kraft, welche so recht als eine karmische Erfüllung, als ein Impuls wirkt, nicht mehr den Handlungen, Trieben und Begierden, die gerade diese Krankheit hervorgerufen haben, zu verfallen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":122,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/120/1910-05-22/p007"},{"locus":"GA 120/1910-05-22/p008","passage_number":8,"text":"So sehen wir, wie Karma wirkt, wie wir den luziferischen Mächten verfallen und wie uns die luziferischen Mächte eine solche Krankheit bringen, die herbeigeführt wird in einer nächsten Inkarnation; und wir sehen, wie wohltätige Mächte uns den Schmerz hinzufügen zu der bloßen Schädigung unserer Organe, damit wir an dem Schmerz ein unter der Oberfläche unseres Bewußtseins liegendes Erziehungsmittel haben. Deshalb können wir sagen: Überall, wo bei einer Krankheit Schmerz auftritt, da ist es eine luziferische Macht, welche diese Krankheit bewirkt hat. Es ist der Schmerz geradezu ein Kennzeichen dafür, daß wir es zu tun haben mit dem Zugrundeliegen von luziferischer Macht. — Menschen, die gerne einteilen, werden ein Bedürfnis danach haben, nun überhaupt zu unterscheiden solche Krankheiten, die rein auf luziferischem Einfluß beruhen, und solche, die rein auf ahrimanischen Einfluß zurückzuführen sind; denn bei allen theoretischen Beschäftigungen ist ja das Einteilen, das Schemenmachen das Allerbequemste, und man glaubt, dadurch sehr viel begriffen zu haben. Aber in Wirklichkeit benehmen sich die Dinge nicht so, daß man sie mit diesen bequemen Mitteln erfassen kann. Da kreuzen sie sich fortwährend und laufen ineinander. Und wir werden auch leicht begreifen können, wenn ein wirklicher Krankheitsprozeß vorliegt, daß ein Teil zurückgeführt werden kann auf luziferischen Einfluß, also auf Dinge, welche mehr in den Eigenschaften unseres astralischen Leibes zu suchen sind, und ein anderer Teil auch zugleich auf Dinge, die in dem ahrimanischen Einfluß zu suchen sind. So darf auch niemand glauben, wenn ihm irgend etwas wehtut, das sei nur auf luziferischen Einfluß zurückzuführen. Daß er Schmerzen hat, das zeigt ihm denjenigen Teil der Krankheit, der auf luziferischen Einfluß zurückzuführen ist. Aber wir werden das noch leichter verstehen, wenn wir uns fragen: Woher kommt denn der ahrimanische Einfluß?","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":282,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/120/1910-05-22/p008"}],"beads":[{"from":[4],"to":[4],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[5],"to":[5],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[6,7],"to":[6],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[8],"to":[7],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[9],"to":[8],"confidence":"high"}],"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)."}}