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On this depends whether the thought of the I is lost in forgetfulness when man ascends into the super-sensible world, or whether it remains with him as the one and only sure support that he can take over with him from Earth into the super-sensible world.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":146,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/137/1912-06-10/p026","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1912-06-10","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 137/1912-06-10/p024","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/137/1912-06-10/p024"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","reader"],"reader_german":["GA 137/1912-06-10/p024"],"length_check":{"de_words":119,"en_words":146,"ratio":1.23,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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Take all that you can find in the external history of religions, take the whole content of the religions founded even in Post-Christian times, and compare with this what you read in the Christian records, the Gospels. If you look into the history of the founder of any religion and take pains to understand him, you will find you can only do so by learning to know and understand the super-sensible inspirations or intuitions which he received. 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In all the other scenes and events that follow the Temptation, in everything else the Gospels have to tell, we can discover nothing at all to be compared with the accounts that have to be given of the life of initiates, where we read a description of how and in what manner they learned in the course of their life to penetrate into the spiritual worlds.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":159,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/137/1912-06-10/p031","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1912-06-10","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 137/1912-06-10/p029","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/137/1912-06-10/p029"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":149,"en_words":159,"ratio":1.07,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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Aber es kommt der Moment, wo man sich an eines halten kann, wenn auch nicht an das Gegenwärtige: an eine Erinnerung, die einem bleiben kann aus dem gewöhnlichen Erdenleben. Diese Erinnerung muß einem wie ein Gedanke aus dem Erdenleben bleiben und muß sich hinüberergießen in diese Begegnung mit dem Tode und Luzifer. Sie ergießt sich hinüber, sie kommt einmal, sie tritt einmal ein, diese Erinnerung, dieser Gedanke, welcher einem der einzige Halt sein kann. Aber dieser Gedanke ist ein außerordentlich, man möchte sagen, schwacher Gedanke. Deshalb ist auch eine starke Energie notwendig, um diese Erinnerung, diesen Gedanken zu haben. Das einzige, woran man sich als an ein Sicheres erinneren kann, ist der Ich-Gedanke, der Gedanke: Du bist ein Selbst gewesen da drüben. — Aber dieser Gedanke ist außerordentlich schwierig zu halten. Es werden manche Menschen wissen, daß es schon außerordentlich schwierig ist, einen Traum aus dem anderen Bewußtseinszustand in den gegenwärtigen hereinzubringen. Den Ich-Gedanken herüberzutragen aus der Erdenwelt in das Bewußtsein, in das man eingetreten ist, ist ungeheuer schwer, und es geschieht doch nur zu leicht, daß dieser Ich-Gedanke, wenn man die übersinnliche Welt betreten hat, wie ein Traum ist, den man gehabt hat in der Erdenwelt und an den man sich nicht erinnert. Wie ein vergessener Traum ist dieser Ich-Gedanke, wenn man in das andere Bewußtsein eintritt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":263,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/137/1912-06-10/p021"},{"locus":"GA 137/1912-06-10/p022","passage_number":22,"text":"Und in dieser Beziehung ist es mit der Menschheit auf der Erde im Laufe der Erdenentwickelung schlechter geworden. Während es in den uralten Zeiten, in sehr weit zurückliegenden Zeiten, verhältnismäßig leicht war, das Ich-Bild vom Diesseits in das Jenseits hinüberzutragen, ist es im Laufe der Menschheitsentwickelung immer schwieriger und schwieriger geworden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":51,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/137/1912-06-10/p022"},{"locus":"GA 137/1912-06-10/p023","passage_number":23,"text":"Wenn ich sage, der Ich-Gedanke kommt, so müssen Sie damit in Verbindung denken, daß für den heutigen okkultistischen Aspiranten er allerdings kommt, daß dieser Gedanke aber durchaus so ist, daß das Ich nicht bloß als ein bloßes Traumbild bleibt, sondern daß es als Erinnerung drüben aufblitzen kann. Dazu ist aber Hilfe notwendig. Ohne Hilfe geht es nicht. Eintreten kann also dieses Ereignis; aber ohne Hilfe geht es nicht. Das ist das Wichtige. Unter den gegenwärtigen Verhältnissen der Erdenentwickelung bliebe also in den allermeisten Fällen bei dem okkultistischen Aspiranten, wenn er die übersinnliche Welt betritt, der Ich-Gedanke etwa wie ein vergessener \"Traum zurück, wenn er nicht Hilfe hätte.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":107,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/137/1912-06-10/p023"},{"locus":"GA 137/1912-06-10/p024","passage_number":24,"text":"Wenn ich Ihnen die Hilfe nennen soll, welche der okkultistische Aspirant heute braucht, um den Ich-Gedanken nicht zu vergessen, wenn er in die übersinnliche Welt hinaufgeht, so gibt es dafür nur einen einzigen Ausdruck, und das ist das Zusammenleben auf der Erde mit dem Christus-Impulse. Das ist die Hilfe. Wie der Mensch sich während seines Erdenlebens zu dem Christus-Impulse verhalten hat, wie er diesen Christus-Impuls in sich hat lebendig werden lassen, davon hängt es in den heutigen Zuständen der Erdenentwickelung ab, ob der Ich-Gedanke in Vergessenheit gerät beim Hinaufsteigen in die übersinnliche Welt, oder ob der Ich-Gedanke dem Menschen verbleibt als der einzige feste Stützpunkt, den der Mensch von der Erde in sich hinübertragen kann in die übersinnliche Welt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":119,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/137/1912-06-10/p024"},{"locus":"GA 137/1912-06-10/p025","passage_number":25,"text":"Sehen Sie, der heutige Christ wird mancherlei Bedeutungsvolles und Schönes zu sagen haben über den Christus-Impuls. Derjenige aber, der sich als ein im christlichen Sinne die höheren Welten Betretender fühlt, weiß von diesem Christus-Impulse noch mehr. Etwas außerordentlich Wichtiges und Bedeutungsvolles weiß er. Er weiß, daß. dieser Christus-Impuls heute eigentlich schon die einzige Hilfe ist, die uns nicht vergessen läßt den Ich-Gedanken der Erdenentwickelung. Daß der Christus eine Hilfe werden konnte auch in dieser Beziehung, neben all dem,was der Christus-Impuls den Menschen schon auf dieser Erde werden konnte, neben dem Unzähligen, was die Kultur der Menschen für ihren Trost, für ihr Gutsein durch den Christus-Impuls erhalten hat und noch erhält; daß der Christus-Impuls eine Hilfe werden konnte, insofern er bewirkt, daß der Ich-Gedanke von der Erde nicht vergessen zu werden braucht — womit hängt denn das zusammen, woran liegt das? Das muß für uns die große Frage werden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":148,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/137/1912-06-10/p025"},{"locus":"GA 137/1912-06-10/p026","passage_number":26,"text":"Wenn ich Ihnen die Antwort geben soll auf die Frage, womit dieses zusammenhängt, dann muß ich Sie auf Dinge aufmerksam machen, die Sie, auch wenn Sie sie nicht aus dem Okkultismus wissen, durch eine vernünftige Betrachtung über die Evangelien gewinnen können. Zwei Dinge gibt es, um mit den Gründen bekanntzuwerden, warum der Christus-Impuls eine solche Hilfe ist: Erstens einen wahrhaft auf der Höhe unserer Zeit stehenden Okkultismus, und zweitens ein wirklich vernünftiges Eindringen in die Evangelien. Diese Evangelien haben etwas höchst Eigentümliches, wenn wir sie als religiöse Urkunden vergleichen mit anderen religiösen Urkunden. Sie haben etwas auf das allerdings nicht immer hingewiesen wird. Ich bitte Sie nur, mit alle dem, was Ihnen die äußere Religionsgeschichte bieten kann, mit alledem, was Ihnen bieten kann selbst noch in der nachchristlichen Zeit der Inhalt der nachchristlichen Religionsstiftungen, einmal zu vergleichen, was in den christlichen Urkunden, den Evangelien steht. Wenn Sie hinblicken auf die Geschichte irgendeines Religionsstifters und sich bemühen, denselben zu verstehen, so können Sie dies nicht anders als dadurch, daß Sie kennenlernen, verstehen lernen die übersinnlichen Eingebungen, Inspirationen oder Intuitionen, die dieser Religionsstifter gehabt hat. Fragen Sie bei den vorchristlichen Religionsstiftern, woher ihre Weisheit stammt, so werden Sie zum Beispiel bei dem Buddha darauf hingewiesen, daß er jene hohe Erleuchtung, durch die er hat verkündigen können, was er die heilige Lehre nennt, unter dem Bodhibaume gewonnen hat. Auf eine übersinnliche Erleuchtung werden Sie also hingewiesen, wenn Sie den Grund der Lehre des Buddha haben wollen. Selbst für die nachchristliche Zeit gilt das vielfach. Nehmen Sie Mohammed, so werden Sie zu den Gesichten, zu dem, was Mohammed aus den übersinnlichen Welten heraus geoffenbart wurde, gehen müssen, um erklären zu können, warum er dieses oder jenes so oder so gesagt hat. So ist es bei allen Religionsstiftern, ja nicht einmal bloß bei allen Religionsstiftern, sondern auch bei allen bedeutenden Offenbarern. Es wird hingewiesen auf ihre göttliche Inspiration, hingewiesen auf das Übersinnliche, das in sie hineingeleuchtet hat.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":322,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/137/1912-06-10/p026"},{"locus":"GA 137/1912-06-10/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Bei Pythagoras wissen Sie es ganz genau. Bei Platon ist es überall angedeutet, daß er nicht alles gegeben hat, was er wußte, daß er aber jedenfalls zu dem, was er mitgeteilt hat, inspiriert war durch die Mysterien, das heißt, daß er hineinentwickelt war in die höheren Welten. Selbst bei Sokrates wird Ihnen von einem Daimonion gesprochen, und es wäre einfach ein Unsinn, das Daimonion wegzulassen. Das, was er durchaus auf Grundlage bloßer Vernunft für die Menschen entwickelt hat, hat er durch sein Daimonion erhalten. So ist es überall, wo Sie sich in der Welt umschauen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":95,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/137/1912-06-10/p027"},{"locus":"GA 137/1912-06-10/p028","passage_number":28,"text":"Und jetzt bitte ich Sie, damit die Evangelien zu vergleichen. Wenn Sie vernünftig die Evangelien durchsehen, so finden Sie innerhalb derselben nur ein einziges Mal einen wirklichen Hinweis darauf, daß im Sinne dessen, was man bei irgendeiner Einweihung erlebt, der Christus Jesus in den drei Jahren seines Erdenwandels hineingeschaut hat oder hineinschauen mußte in die übersinnliche Welt. Das einzige Mal, wo Sie so etwas finden, ist in der Versuchungsgeschichte dargestellt, und da wird Ihnen auch nicht erzählt, daß der Christus hat lernen müssen, festzuhalten an einem übersinnlichen guten Gotte, sondern es wird nur gesagt, daß er eine Begegnung hatte mit dem, was für ihn das Böse war, mit dem Satan, mit Luzifer.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":112,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/137/1912-06-10/p028"},{"locus":"GA 137/1912-06-10/p029","passage_number":29,"text":"Es wird Ihnen erzählt, daß diese Versuchung von Anfang an für ihn keine Versuchung mehr war. Lesen Sie selbst die Stellen durch und Sie werden sehen, wie einzigartig es in den Evangelien vorgeführt ist, daß der Christus so etwas durchgemacht hat, wie die Initiatoren es immer haben durchmachen müssen; wie er von Anfang an festhält an seinem Gotte, wie er widersteht den Anfechtungen und das Wort prägt: «Hebe dich weg von mir, Satan! 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