{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 140/1912-12-15/p024","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"It is as if one were to consider a field with its many ears of wheat and reflect that from it a relatively small number of seeds will be sown. Countless others will not sprout and will go in another direction. What might happen to us is related to what actually occurs as the many grains of wheat that do not sprout are related to those that sprout and carry ears. This is literally so, for the possibilities in life are infinite. Moments in which especially important things for us in the world of probability are taking place are also particularly favorable moments for the dead to draw near. Let us suppose that a person left five minutes early, and as a result his life was preserved. At a particular moment he was saved from an accident, or it might also happen that in such a manner a joyful event escaped him. A dream picture that imparts a message from the dead can enter life at such moments. But people live crudely. As a rule, the finer influences that constantly play into life go unheeded. In this respect, spiritual science refines the feelings and sensations. As a result, man will sense the influence of the dead and will experiences a connection with him. The gulf between the living and the dead is bridged by spiritual science that becomes a true life elixir.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"7. The Working of Karma in Life After Death","site_heading":null,"date":"1912-12-15","location":null,"word_count":232,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/140/1912-12-15/p024","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"René M. 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Nehmen wir an, daß jemand fünf Minuten zu früh weggeht und dadurch vor dem Zutodefallen bewahrt geblieben ist in dem Moment, wo er von einem Unglück erreicht worden wäre oder auch von etwas Freudigem erreicht wird, das uns auf diese Weise entgangen ist. In diesem Moment ist es, wo hereinwehen kann in das Leben wie in einem Traumbilde dasjenige, was die Toten uns selber mitteilen. Aber der Mensch lebt grob. Er kümmert sich nur um das Grobe, nicht um die Feinheiten des Lebens, die in dieses Leben hereinspielen und vorgehen. In dieser Beziehung wird durch die Geisteswissenschaft das Gefühl und die Empfindung verfeinert. Dann wird der Mensch diejenigen in das Leben hereinragen fühlen, die da tot sind, und er wird Zusammenhang haben mit ihnen. Die Kluft zwischen Lebendigen und Toten wird überbrückt werden durch die Geisteswissenschaft, die wirklich ein Lebenselixier wird.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":255,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/140/1912-12-15/p021"}],"english":["GA 140/1912-12-15/p024"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":255,"en_words":232,"ratio":0.91,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":0.91,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":6616,"original_word_count":7271,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"René M. 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