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And what would be futile on Earth, namely the desire to flee from the conditions of terrestrial existence—this is an experience which man must undergo between death and rebirth during his passage through the Mars sphere. Among other things he strips off the incubus of public opinion which takes effect only on Earth. Many, even more overbearing influences will come in the future and it will be more than ever necessary to undergo the experience that is possible for man as a pupil of Buddha in the Mars sphere. Here on Earth, men can now be pupils of the Buddha in the orthodox sense only if they refuse to participate in the progress made by the most advanced people on Earth. But between death and rebirth Buddha unfolds what has developed from the teaching he gave on Earth, which was that man should free himself from the need for further incarnations. This has been developed into a doctrine that is inapplicable to the Earth, where life must progress from incarnation to incarnation. Thus the doctrine preached by Buddha on Earth contained the seed of what man must acquire in the disembodied state of existence. In this advanced form, Buddha's teaching is right for the period between death and rebirth. The Buddha himself appeared in the astral body of the Jesus-Child of St. Luke's Gospel[^2] and Christ Himself leads men between death and rebirth through the Mars sphere, enabling them there to receive the Buddha's advanced teaching. Thus in the Mars sphere men can be emancipated from the tendency to uniformity resulting from the effects of public opinion which are detrimental for their further progress on Earth. Whereas in earlier times Mars was said to be the planet of warlike traits, it is now the Buddha's task gradually to transform these warlike traits in such a way that they become the foundation of the sense for freedom and independence needed in the present age. Whereas nowadays men have the tendency to surrender their sense of freedom and succumb to the fetters of public opinion, on Mars between death and rebirth they will strive to throw off these fetters and not bring them again into the life on Earth when they return to new incarnations.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":430,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/141/1913-01-14/p026","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1913-01-14","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 141/1913-01-14/p028","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/141/1913-01-14/p028"}],"bead_confidence":"high","length_check":{"de_words":427,"en_words":430,"ratio":1.01,"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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But that would be the same as if someone in practical life wanted to sit between two chairs! The truth cannot be found by a one-sided adoption of this or that standpoint but by applying the modes of knowledge appropriate either for materialism or idealism, The world does not progress by undeviating adherence to a middle course: a middle course is appropriate when the opposing sides are also present and are recognised as forces. If something has to be weighed, the two scalepans are needed as well as the beam. Thus there must be a counterbalance to public opinion; and this is provided by Buddha's teaching in the Mars sphere—which would not be necessary if public opinion had never existed. Life needs antithesis; life progresses in and through polarity. Somebody might think that as the North and South Poles are antitheses, it would be better if neither existed! They are not, of course, antithetic in the sense implied by a certain Professor of whom it was said that because he had written his books in such haste he could not think about their contents and stated that civilisation could develop only in the middle zone of the Earth because at the North Pole people would freeze through cold and at the South Pole melt through heat! In another connection, of course, North and South Poles are genuine opposites and are necessary because progress is not achieved by adopting a neutral course but by the maintenance and harmonising of opposites. Thus what develops on Earth had to undergo a process that lies below the level of progress. Public opinion is of less value than the judgements which an individual can reach on a path of progress. Public opinion is sub-human and it is this sub-human influence that is counteracted by the Buddha-stream through which man passes between death and rebirth. 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The backward spirits are utilised to constitute the opposite pole to the spirits who have progressed to further stages.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":67,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/141/1913-01-14/p028","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1913-01-14","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 141/1913-01-14/p030","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/141/1913-01-14/p030"}],"bead_confidence":"high","length_check":{"de_words":63,"en_words":67,"ratio":1.06,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. The German original passage(s) above are the edition-invariant anchor — fetch them (lang='de') to verify wording before quoting across editions."},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"E. H. Goddard and D. S. 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He has completely changed; it is as though he has become a different being! Qualities that were completely absent in earlier life, that appear only when a certain age has been reached, will reveal themselves. This will happen in the case of souls who are the most highly developed and in whom a certain break in their life becomes evident. For the fact that an individual was a pupil of Buddha in the life between death and rebirth reveals itself only at a certain age. This would apply to persons of whom it can be said: Up to a particular point in their lives their individual qualities were in evidence; but then entirely new trends appeared and they were able to understand matters altogether different from those for which they had previously shown understanding. These will be individuals who in the future will be the vehicles of true spiritual progress although they may simply be regarded as late developers, manifesting these qualities only late in life. In truth, however, the reason why these individuals display these qualities only in later life is that in previous incarnations on the Earth they had established the causes which enabled them to experience the spiritual life in the Mars sphere with particular intensity and so to acquire qualities which enabled them to bring a new impulse into the evolution of humanity. True spiritual culture will more and more be in the hands of individuals of this kind, who in their youth showed little aptitude for the spiritual standpoint they adopt in later life.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":404,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/141/1913-01-14/p029","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1913-01-14","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 141/1913-01-14/p031","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/141/1913-01-14/p031"}],"bead_confidence":"high","length_check":{"de_words":451,"en_words":404,"ratio":0.9,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. The German original passage(s) above are the edition-invariant anchor — fetch them (lang='de') to verify wording before quoting across editions."},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"E. H. Goddard and D. S. 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When a seer speaks of Buddha today, he knows that Buddha has faithfully adhered to what his teaching promised; he has continued to work for that in human nature which has no direct urge for physical embodiment and therefore does not appear at the beginning of life in a physical body but only when the physical body has undergone a certain development, when a certain stage towards spirituality has been reached. 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Christian Rosenkreutz hatte dem Buddha die Mission gegeben, in besonderer Weise auf dem Mars zu wirken. Und das, was hier auf der Erde nicht taugen würde: das Fliehen-Wollen, das LoskommenWollen von den irdischen Verhältnissen, das muß der Mensch durchmachen zwischen Tod und neuer Geburt, während er die Mars-Sphäre durchläuft. Da wird unter anderm das errungen, daß er die Hülle der nur für die Erde taugenden öffentlichen Meinung wieder abstreift. Denn noch viel drückendere Dinge werden in der Zukunft kommen, und noch viel notwendiger wird es sein, das durchzumachen, was der Mensch als Schüler des Buddha auf dem Mars durchmachen kann. Hier auf der Erde können die Menschen nur Schüler des Buddha sein, wenn sie nicht mitwollen mit dem fortgeschrittenen Teil der Erdbevölkerung. Aber zwischen Tod und neuer Geburt entfaltet der Buddha das, was aus seiner Lehre geworden ist, was er hier geltend gemacht hat - daß der Mensch frei werden soll von den Verkörperungen -, als eine Lehre, die nicht dem Leben auf der Erde dient, welches von Verkörperung zu Verkörperung fortgehen soll. Was er damals gab, war mit der Anlage versehen für den Menschen im entkörperten Zustand. Die fortgeschrittene Buddha-Lehre ist die richtige für die Zeit zwischen Tod und neuer Geburt. Und wie Buddha erschienen ist im astralischen Leibe des Lukas-Jesusknaben, so wiederum führt der Christus selber die Menschen zwischen Tod und neuer Geburt, indem er sie durch die Mars-Sphäre geleitet, damit sie die fortgeschrittene Buddha-Lehre aufnehmen können. So daß die Menschen in der Sphäre des Mars frei werden können von dem, was sie — untauglich für ihren weiteren Fortschritt auf der Erde — durch das Uniformierende der öffentlichen Meinung aufnehmen. Und wenn der Mars tatsächlich in früheren Zeiten bezeichnet wurde als der Planet der kriegerischen Tugenden, so hat allerdings der Buddha nach und nach die Aufgabe, diese kriegerischen Tugenden so im Menschen zu verwandeln, daß sie freien, unabhängigen Sinn in der heute notwendig gewordenen Art begründen. Während der Mensch heute sein Freiheitsgefühl hinzugeben geneigt ist an das, was als öffentliche Meinung die Menschen immer mehr fesseln will, wird er gerade auf dem Mars zwischen Tod und neuer Geburt das Streben haben, sich diesen Fesseln zu entwinden und sie nicht wieder in das Leben der Erde hereinzubringen, wenn er wieder zur neuen Verkörperung kommt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":427,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/141/1913-01-14/p028"},{"locus":"GA 141/1913-01-14/p029","passage_number":29,"text":"In diesem Zusammenhang haben wir etwas, was, wie mir scheint, in der wunderbarsten Weise charakterisiert, wie Weisheit in der Welt waltet, wie alles, was vorschreitet und zurückbleibt, in der Tat zuletzt in der Weltentwickelung so gelenkt wird, daß die Harmonie dieser Weltentwickelung das letzte Resultat doch ist. Der Mensch kann nämlich wirklich nicht, sozusagen in der mittleren Linie, seinen Fortschritt bewirken. Das erlangen ja manche, daß sie einsehen - ich habe es vielleicht auch hier schon erwähnt -, daß man sich nicht einseitig auf den Boden dieses oder jenes Standpunktes stellen kann. Wir sehen allerdings draußen in der Welt Idealisten, Materialisten und andere «isten» in entsprechender Weise auf ihren Standpunkt schwören. Große Geister wie Goethe zum Beispiel tun es nicht; sie suchen den materiellen Verhältnissen durch materielles Denken, dem Geistigen durch idealistisches Denken beizukommen. Wenn dann kleinere Geister dies erfaßt zu haben glauben, so sagen sie: Zwischen zwei verschiedenen Standpunkten liegt die Wahrheit in der Mitte. - Das wäre etwa dasselbe, als wenn sich jemand im praktischen Leben zwischen zwei Stühle setzen wollte. Aber es wird erst die Wahrheit gefunden, wenn man sich nicht in einseitiger Weise auf diesen oder jenen Standpunkt stellt, das heißt, wenn man imstande ist, das, was als Erkenntnisart der Materialismus hat und was als solche der Idealismus hat, in entsprechender Weise anzuwenden. Die Welt kommt nicht dadurch vorwärts, daß man immer die Mitte hält; die Mitte ist in entsprechender Weise dann vorhanden, wenn auch die einzelnen Seiten vorhanden sind, und wenn man sie als Kräfte berücksichtigt. Wenn man zum Beispiel etwas auf einer Waage wiegen will, so braucht man nicht nur das, was in der Mitte der Waage ist, sondern auch die beiden Waageschalen. So muß auch neben dem, was die öffentliche Meinung ist, deren Gegenpol vorhanden sein: die Buddha-Lehre auf dem Mars, die nicht da wäre, wenn die öffentliche Meinung nicht gekommen wäre. Das Lebendige braucht die Polarität, braucht den Gegensatz; man kann nicht nur die einzelnen Gegensätze fortschaffen wollen, sondern das Leben schreitet vor in der Polarität. - Es könnte ja jemand glauben, daß es besser wäre, da der Südpol und der Nordpol der Erde entgegengesetzt sind, es gäbe beide nicht! Wenn sie auch nicht so entgegengesetzt sind, wie jener Professor meinte, von dem es heißt, er habe so schnell seine Bücher geschrieben, daß er nicht dabei nachdenken konnte, und daher sei es passiert, daß er den Satz hinschrieb: Die Kultur konnte sich nur entwickeln in der mittleren Zone der Erde, denn auf dem Nordpol würde die Kultur erfrieren vor Kälte und auf dem Südpol verschmelzen vor Hitze, — aber in anderer Beziehung sind Nordpol und Südpol wirklich polarische Gegensätze, die vorhanden sein müssen, weil nicht durch das Neutrale, sondern durch das Aufrechterhalten und Sich-Harmonisieren der Gegensätze fortgeschritten werden kann. So mußte das, was auf der Erde sich entwickelt, eine Entwickelung durchmachen, die unter das Niveau des Fortschrittes hinuntergeht. Denn die öffentliche Meinung ist weniger wert, als was sich der einzelne als Meinung, wenn er fortschreitet, erringen kann. Sie ist untermenschlich. Diesem Untermenschlichen steht die Buddha-Strömung entgegen, die der Mensch durchmacht zwischen Tod und neuer Geburt. Beide müssen da sein. Das ist außerordentlich wichtig in der Entwickelung zu berücksichtigen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":526,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/141/1913-01-14/p029"},{"locus":"GA 141/1913-01-14/p030","passage_number":30,"text":"Also es ist wirklich so, daß wir sagen können: Ja, es gibt zurückgebliebene Geister; aber alles, was auf der einen Seite zurückbleibt, was auf der anderen Seite hinausschreitet über die Entwickelung, das alles wird durch die gesamte Weisheit der Welt so gestellt, daß zuletzt die Harmonie herauskommt. Die zurückgebliebenen Geister werden verwendet, um immer den entgegengesetzten Pol zu bezeichnen von weiter vorwärtsgeschrittenen Geistern.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":63,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/141/1913-01-14/p030"},{"locus":"GA 141/1913-01-14/p031","passage_number":31,"text":"Wenn wir so das Leben betrachten, dann wird uns klar werden, wie der Mensch gegen die Zukunft der Erdentwickelung hin immer mehr und mehr Anlagen in das Leben hereinbringen wird, welche in anderer Weise sich geltend machen als die rein physischen Anlagen. Und das wird etwas sein, was immer mehr und mehr zeigen wird, daß man auch noch mit anderen Anlagen des Menschen wird zu rechnen haben als mit rein physischen. Physische Anlagen wird man finden — wenn sie auch nach und nach sich erst zeigen -, die bis in das Säuglingsalter zurückverfolgt werden können; aber es wird andere Anlagen allmählich geben, die sich nicht bis ins Säuglingsalter zurück verfolgen lassen, sondern die in einer gewissen deutlichen Weise erst im späteren Menschenalter auftreten. Und das wird eine Eigentümlichkeit der Entwickelung gegen die Zukunft zu sein, daß es immer mehr Menschen geben wird, von denen man wird sagen müssen: Was ist da eigentlich mit dem Menschen in einem bestimmten Lebensalter geschehen? Er ist wie ausgewechselt, wie ein anderer geworden! — Das wird sich immer mehr und mehr zeigen. Es werden sich Anlagen zeigen, die früher ganz und gar nicht veranlagt waren, die erst in einem bestimmten Alter auftreten. Das werden die weitestentwickelten Seelen sein, die etwas wie einen gewissen Bruch im Leben aufweisen - denn, daß der Mensch ein Buddha-Schüler war im Leben zwischen Tod und neuer Geburt, das zeigt sich nicht sogleich, sondern erst im späteren Lebensalter -, und das wird der Fall sein bei denen, von denen wir sagen können: Bis zu einem gewissen Zeitpunkte konnten wir sie verfolgen, da haben sie ihre individuellen Eigenschaften gezeigt; dann treten ganz neue Richtlinien auf, sie bekamen Verständnis für etwas ganz anderes, als wofür sie vorher Verständnis gezeigt haben. Das werden diejenigen Menschen sein, die auch in der Zukunft viel mehr die Träger des wahren geistigen Fortschrittes sein werden, die vielleicht sogar nur als Leute gelten werden, die sich spät entwickeln, weil man glauben wird: Er war früher eben unentwickelt, deshalb kamen diese Eigenschaften erst spät heraus. — In Wahrheit wird es aber so sein, daß diese Menschen im späteren Leben erst die Eigenschaften hervorbringen, die so ihnen eigen sind, aus dem Grunde, weil sie in früheren Erdeninkarnationen sich die Ursachen gelegt haben, um durchgehen zu können in besonders intensiver Weise durch die Marskultur und sich dort Anlagen erwerben konnten, durch welche sie originell wirken konnten innerhalb der Menschheitsentwickelung, einen neuen Einschlag der Menschheitsentwickelung bringen konnten. Deshalb werden für die eigentliche spirituelle Kultur immer mehr und mehr jene Menschen eintreten, welche sozusagen - ich habe das schon einmal von einem andern Gesichtspunkte aus erörtert — von ihrer Jugend an weniger Anlagen zeigen für einen solchen spirituellen Standpunkt, den sie im späteren Leben einnehmen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":451,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/141/1913-01-14/p031"},{"locus":"GA 141/1913-01-14/p032","passage_number":32,"text":"Und wir sehen jetzt, daß es aus diesem Grunde ist, daß in der rosenkreuzerischen Richtung immer eine Tatsache hervorgehoben worden ist, die wir ja in den verflossenen Zeiten anführen konnten, aber — weil wir nicht so weit in der Charakteristik waren, wie wir jetzt sind — sie nicht begründen konnten. Die, welche im rosenkreuzerischen Sinne das Initiationsprinzip im Abendlande vertraten, haben immer ausdrücklich hervorgehoben, daß es unmöglich ist, für die eigentlichen führenden Individualitäten schon in der Kindheit herauszufinden, daß sie führende Individualitäten sind, weil dies Individualitäten sind, bei denen im angedeuteten Sinne sich eine Art von Bruch im späteren Leben zeigt. - Wenn der Seher heute über den Buddha spricht, so weiß er vor allen Dingen, daß Buddha treulich gehalten hat, was seine Lehre versprochen hat: er hat fortgefahren, für dasjenige im Menschen zu wirken, was nicht unmittelbar nach der physischen Körperlichkeit hin drängt, was daher auch nicht von Anfang an in der physischen Körperlichkeit inkarniert erscheint, sondern erst dann in den Menschen hineingeht, wenn die physische Körperlichkeit eine gewisse Entwickelung durchgemacht hat, wenn sie bis zu einer gewissen Stufe an den Geist herangekommen ist. Dann kommt das, was der Buddha den Menschen gibt. Das tritt dann erst im späteren Lebensalter auf.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":202,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/141/1913-01-14/p032"}],"beads":[{"from":[26],"to":[28],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[27],"to":[29],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[28],"to":[30],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[29],"to":[31],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[30],"to":[32],"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)."}}