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Thousands of years before, the Zarathustra individuality had sacrificed his etheric and astral bodies to Moses and Hermes; he now sacrificed his physical body to Christ; that is, he forsook this physical sheath with everything of an etheric and astral nature remaining in it. 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Auf dieser Bahn ist der Mensch heute noch nicht sehr weit. Aber es wird sich nach und nach als eine selbständige Fähigkeit in der Menschheit ausbilden, daß der Mensch ohne Hilfe sowohl hinaufsteigen kann in den Makrokosmos, wie auch hinuntersteigen in den Mikrokosmos und durchmachen kann als freies Wesen die beiden Seiten der Initiation. Damit dies geschehen kann, dazu war das Christus-Ereignis da. Das Christus-Ereignis bedeutet für den Menschen den Ausgangspunkt, in freier Weise hinunterzusteigen in den physischen Leib und Ätherleib, ebenso wie hinauszudringen in den Makrokosmos, in die große Welt. Einmal mußte in umfassender Weise durch ein Wesen höchster Art, wie es der Christus Jesus ist, das Hinuntersteigen in den physischen Leib und Ätherleib ebenso wie das Hinausgehen in den Makrokosmos geschehen. Und das ist eigentlich im Grunde das Christus-Ereignis, daß dieses umfassende Wesen des Christus es gleichsam der Menschheit «vormachte», was nun im Verlaufe der Reife der Erdenentwickelung wenigstens eine genügend große Anzahl von Menschen erreichen kann. Dazu war notwendig, daß einmal dieses Ereignis eintrat. - Was ist also geschehen durch das Christus-Ereignis?","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":246,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/123/1910-09-07/p021"},{"locus":"GA 123/1910-09-07/p022","passage_number":22,"text":"Auf der einen Seite mußte geschehen, daß einmal die Christus-Wesenheit selbst hinunterstieg in den physischen Leib und Ätherleib. Und dadurch, daß der physische Leib und Ätherleib einer menschlichen Wesenheit so geheiligt werden konnte, daß die Christus-Wesenheit hinunterdrang — was nur einmal geschehen ist -, ist in der Menschheitsentwickelung der Impuls gegeben, daß jeder Mensch, der es sucht, in freier Art das Heruntersteigen in den physischen Leib und Ätherleib erleben kann. Dazu mußte die Christus-Wesenheit auf die Erde heruntersteigen und dasjenige vollziehen, was noch nie vollzogen war, was noch nie geschehen war. Denn in den alten Mysterien war durch die Tätigkeit der Gehilfen etwas ganz anderes bewirkt worden. Der Mensch konnte in den alten Mysterien hinuntersteigen in die Geheimnisse des physischen Leibes und Ätherleibes und hinaufsteigen in die Geheimnisse des Makrokosmos, aber nur so, daß er nicht dabei wirklich in seinem physischen Leib lebte. Er konnte zwar in die Geheimnisse des physischen Leibes eindringen, aber nicht innerhalb des physischen Leibes; er mußte sozusagen ganz leibfrei sein. Und wenn er zurückkehrte, konnte er sich zwar erinnern an die Erlebnisse in den geistigen Sphären, aber er konnte diese Erlebnisse nicht in den physischen Leib übertragen. Es war ein Erinnern, aber nicht ein Mitbringen in den physischen Leib hinein.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":205,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/123/1910-09-07/p022"},{"locus":"GA 123/1910-09-07/p023","passage_number":23,"text":"Das sollte radikal durch das Christus-Ereignis geändert werden, und das wurde es auch. Es gab also einfach einen solchen physischen Leib und Ätherleib vor dem Christus-Ereignis nicht, der es je erlebt hätte, daß das Ich die ganze volle menschliche Innerlichkeit durchdrungen hätte bis in den physischen Leib und Ätherleib. Vorher war es so, daß wirklich niemand mit seinem Ich bis in den physischen Leib und Ätherleib eindringen konnte. Das geschah zum ersten Male bei dem Christus-Ereignis. Und von dort ging auch der andere Einfluß aus, daß eine Wesenheit, die, wenn auch unendlich erhaben über den Menschen stehend, so doch mit der Menschennatur vereinigt war, sich hinausergossen hat in den Makrokosmos ohne fremde Hilfe durch die eigene Ichheit. Das war aber nur durch den Christus möglich gewesen. Nur dadurch ist es für den Menschen möglich, sich die Fähigkeit zu erwerben, in Freiheit nach und nach hinauszudringen in den Makrokosmos. Das sind die beiden Grundsäulen, die uns in dieser Art gleicherweise in den beiden Evangelien - im Lukas-Evangelium und auch im Matthäus-Evangelium - entgegentreten. Wie das?","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":174,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/123/1910-09-07/p023"},{"locus":"GA 123/1910-09-07/p024","passage_number":24,"text":"Wir haben gesehen, daß Zarathustra mit derjenigen Individualität, die in uralten nachatlantischen Zeiten der große Lehrer Asiens war, sich später inkarniert hat als Zarathas oder Nazarathos, daß er mit derselben Individualität sich inkarniert hat in dem Jesusknaben, den wir als den Jesusknaben des Matthäus-Evangeliums geschildert haben, der abstammt aus der salomonischen Linie des Hauses David. Wir haben gesehen, daß die Zarathustra-Individualität durch zwölf Jahre hindurch in diesem Jesusknaben, das heißt in sich selber, alle die Eigenschaften entwickelte, die man in dem Werkzeug des physischen Leibes und des Ätherleibes aus einem Sprossen des Hauses Salomo entwickeln konnte. Die hatte er nur dadurch, daß er zwölf Jahre in diesem physischen Leib und Ätherleib gelebt hat. Man eignet sich menschliche Fähigkeiten dadurch an, daß man sie ausarbeitet in Werkzeugen. Dann verließ die Zarathustra-Individualität diesen Jesusknaben und ging hinüber in jenen Jesusknaben, den das Lukas-Evangelium schildert, der aus der nathanischen Linie des Hauses David stammt, der als zweiter Jesusknabe geboren wurde und in Nazareth auferzogen wurde in der Nachbarschaft des anderen. In diesen ging hinüber die Zarathustra-Individualität in jenem Moment, den das Lukas-Evangelium schildert als das Wiederfinden im Tempel zu Jerusalem, nachdem er verlorengegangen war während des Festes. Während nun der salomonische Jesusknabe bald starb, lebte Zarathustra heran in dem Jesus des Lukas-Evangeliums bis zu seinem dreißigsten Jahre und eignete sich alle Fähigkeiten an, die man sich aneignen kann mit den Werkzeugen, die man hat, wenn man auf der einen Seite das schon mitgebracht hat, was man sich aneignen konnte in einem so zubereiteten physischen Leib und Ätherleib, wie wir es beschrieben haben, und wenn man ferner dem hinzufügen kann, was man in einem solchen astralischen Leib und Ich-Träger erringen kann, wie sie der Jesus des Lukas-Evangeliums hatte.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":284,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/123/1910-09-07/p024"},{"locus":"GA 123/1910-09-07/p025","passage_number":25,"text":"So ist Zarathustra in diesem Leibe des Lukas-Jesus herangewachsen bis zum dreißigsten Jahre, war mit all diesen Eigenschaften, die er entwickeln konnte, so weit in dem Leib, den wir geschildert haben, daß er jetzt sein drittes großes Opfer bringen konnte: die Hinopferung des physischen Leibes, der jetzt während dreier Jahre der physische Leib der Christus-Wesenheit wird. So opfert die Zarathustra-Individualität, nachdem sie in früheren Zeiten astralischen Leib und Ätherleib hingeopfert hatte für Hermes und Moses, jetzt den physischen Leib, das heißt, sie verläßt diese Hülle, die da ist mit allem, was sonst noch darinnen ist als Ätherleib und astralischer Leib. Und was bis dahin erfüllt war von der Zarathustra-Individualität, das wird jetzt eingenommen von einem Wesen, das ganz einzigartiger Natur ist, das der Quell ist aller bedeutenden Weisheit für alle großen Weisheitslehrer: von dem Christus. Das ist das Ereignis, das uns angedeutet wird - wir werden es noch genauer schildern - in der Johannes-Taufe im Jordan, jenes Ereignis, dessen Umfassendes und dessen ganze Größe uns in dem einen Evangelium angedeutet wird mit den Worten: «Du bist mein vielgeliebter Sohn, in dem ich mich selber sehe, in dem mir mein eigenes Selbst entgegentritt!» und was nicht mit den trivialen Worten zu übersetzen ist: «... an dem ich Wohlgefallen habe» (Matth. 3, 17). In anderen Evangelien ist sogar gesagt: «Du bist mein vielgeliebter Sohn; heute habe ich dich gezeuget». Da wird uns klar angedeutet, daß es sich um eine Geburt handelt, nämlich um die Geburt des Christus in der Hülle, welche Zarathustra zuerst zubereitet und dann hingeopfert hat. Im Moment der Johannes-Taufe fährt die Christus-Wesenheit in die von Zarathustra zubereitete menschliche Hülle. Da haben wir es zu tun mit einer Wiedergeburt dieser drei Hüllen, indem sie durchdrungen werden von der Substantialität des Christus. Die Johannes-Taufe ist eine Wiedergeburt der von Zarathustra heranerzogenen Hüllen und die Geburt des Christus auf der Erde. Jetzt ist der Christus in einem menschlichen Leibe, zwar in menschlichen Leibern, wie sie besonders zubereitet sind, aber doch in menschlichen Leibern, wie sie die anderen Menschen auch haben, wenn auch unvollkommener.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":341,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/123/1910-09-07/p025"},{"locus":"GA 123/1910-09-07/p026","passage_number":26,"text":"Der Christus, die höchste Individualität, die mit der Erde verbunden sein kann, ist jetzt in Menschenleibern. Soll er das größte Ereignis, soll er die volle Initiation vorleben, so muß er die zwei Seiten vorleben: das Hinuntersteigen in den physischen Leib und Ätherleib und das Hinaufsteigen in den Makrokosmos. Beide Ereignisse lebt der Christus den Menschen vor. Nur müssen uns, wie das in der ganzen Natur der Christus-Tatsachen liegen muß, diese Ereignisse so entgegentreten, daß beim Heruntersteigen in den physischen Leib und Ätherleib der Christus gefeit ist gegen alle die Anfechtungen, die ihm zwar entgegentreten, die aber abprallen an ihm. Ebenso muß es klar sein, daß ihm diejenigen Gefahren nichts anhaben können, die beim Hinausdringen in den Makrokosmos an den Menschen herankommen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":121,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/123/1910-09-07/p026"},{"locus":"GA 123/1910-09-07/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Nun wird im Matthäus-Evangelium geschildert, wie die Christus-Wesenheit wirklich nach der Johannes-Taufe hinuntersteigt in den physischen Leib und Ätherleib. Und die Darstellung dieses Ereignisses ist die Geschichte von der Versuchung (Matth. 4, 1-11). Wir werden sehen, wie diese Versuchungsszene in allen Einzelheiten die Erlebnisse wiedergibt, die der Mensch überhaupt hat, wenn er in den physischen Leib und Ätherleib hinuntersteigt. Da also ist das Hineinfahren des Christus in einen menschlichen physischen Leib und Ätherleib, das Zusammengedrängtsein auf die menschliche Ichheit, vorgelebt im Menschen, so daß es möglich ist zu sagen: So kann es sein, das alles kann euch begegnen! Wenn ihr euch an den Christus erinnert, wenn ihr Christus-ähnlich werdet, so habt ihr die Kraft, all diesem zu begegnen, selbst zu überwinden alles, was da aus dem physischen Leib und Ätherleib heraufströmt!","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":131,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/123/1910-09-07/p027"}],"beads":[{"from":[21,22],"to":[21],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[23,24],"to":[22],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[25,26],"to":[23],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[27,28],"to":[24,25],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[29],"to":[26],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[30],"to":[27],"confidence":"medium"}],"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)."}}