{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 123/1910-09-11/p007","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"It is not in vain that we pass from one incarnation to another; neither is it in vain that we have incarnated in post-Atlantean civilizations—the Indian, Persian, Egypto-Chaldean, and Graco-Latin—in order that we might garner experiences from our surroundings. These are stages in the great school of life, each giving its appropriate experiences and promoting development. We pass gradually through them all. 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Aber wir werden dieses einzelne, besonders Bedeutsame in dem Leben eines Apostels nur verstehen, wenn wir es aus einem großen Zusammenhange herausholen. Da müssen wir uns klarmachen, daß der Mensch ja in der Menschheitsevolution fortschreitet. Wir machen nicht umsonst Inkarnation nach Inkarnation durch. So haben wir in der nachatlantischen Zeit nicht umsonst Inkarnationen durchgemacht innerhalb der ersten nachatlantischen Kulturperiode, der indischen, dann in der persischen Kulturperiode, in der ägyptisch-chaldäischen, in der griechisch-lateinischen und so weiter, sondern diese Inkarnationen machen wir durch als die große Lebensschule, damit wir in jeder dieser Inkarnationen aus den Verhältnissen, die in diesen Kulturperioden vorhanden sind, etwas aus der Umgebung aufnehmen. Dadurch wachsen wir allmählich. 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