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Then we must picture further, that side by side with that human soul-nature which incarnated in Adam's body, there was a human part, a human being, that remained behind and did not then incarnate, that did not enter a physical body, but remained “pure soul.” You need only now picture how, before a physical man arose in the evolution of humanity, there was one soul, which then divided itself into two parts. The one part, the one descendant of the common soul, incarnated in Adam and thus entered into the line of incarnations, succumbed to Lucifer, and so on. As to the other soul, the sister-soul, as it were, the wise rulers of the world saw beforehand that it would not be good that this too should be embodied; it was kept back in the soul world; it did not therefore take part in the incarnations of humanity, but was kept back. With this soul none but the Initiates of the Mysteries had intercourse. During the evolution preceding the Mystery of Golgotha this soul did not, therefore, take into itself the experience of an ego, for this can only be obtained by incarnating in a human body. None the less, it had all the Wisdom that could have been attained through the Saturn, Sun, and Moon periods, it possessed all the love of which a human soul is capable. This soul remained blameless, as it were, of all the guilt that a man can acquire in the course of his incarnations in human evolution. It could not be met with as a human being externally; but it could be perceived by the old clairvoyants, and was recognised by them: they encountered it, so to say, in the mysteries. 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We have therefore to do with a soul that is only ego-like, one that naturally acts as an ego when it permeates the body of Jesus: but which in all it displays is yet quite different from an ordinary ego. I have already mentioned the fact that the boy of St. Luke's Gospel spoke a language understood by his mother as soon as he came into the world, and other facts of similar nature were to he observed in him. Then we know that the Matthew-Jesus, in whom lived the Zarathustra ego, grew up until his twelfth year, and the Luke-child also grew up, possessing no particular human knowledge or science, but bearing the divine wisdom and the divine power of sacrifice within him. Thus the Luke-Jesus grew up not being particularly gifted for what can be learnt externally. We know further that the body of the Matthew-Jesus was forsaken by the Zarathustra ego, and that in the twelfth year of the Luke-Jesus his body was taken possession of by that same Zarathustra-ego. That is the moment referred to when it is related of the twelve-year-old Jesus of Luke's Gospel, that when his parents lost him he stood teaching before the wise men of the Temple. We know further that this Luke-Jesus bore the Zarathustra ego within him up to his thirtieth year; that the Zarathustra ego then left the body of the Luke-Jesus, and all its sheaths were taken possession of by Christ, a superhuman Being of the higher Hierarchies, Who only could live in a human body at all inasmuch as a body was offered Him which had first been permeated up to its twelfth year with the pre-human Wisdom-forces, and the pre-human divine Love-forces, and was then permeated through and through by all that the Zarathustra ego had acquired through many incarnations by means of initiation. In no other way, perhaps, could one so well obtain the right respect, the right reverence, in short, the right feeling altogether for the Christ-Being, as by trying to understand what sort of a body was needed for this Christ-Ego to be able to enter humanity at all. Many people consider that in this presentation, given out of the holy mysteries of the newer age about the Christ-Being, He is thus made to appear less intimate and human than the Christ-Jesus so many have honoured in the way in which He is generally represented-familiar, near to man, incarnate in an ordinary human body in which nothing like a Zarathustra ego lived. It is brought as a reproach against our teaching that Christ-Jesus is here represented as composed of forces drawn from all regions of the cosmos. Such reproaches proceed only from the indolence of human perception and human feeling which is unwilling to raise itself to the true heights of perception and feeling. The greatest of all must be so grasped by us that our souls have to make the supremest possible efforts to attain the inner intensity of perception and feeling necessary to bring the Greatest, the Highest, at all near to our soul. Our first feelings will thus be raised higher still, if we do but consider them in this light. We know one other thing besides. We know how we have to understand the words of the Gospel: “Divine forces are being revealed in the Heights, and peace will spread among men of goodwill.” We know that this message of peace and love resounded when the Luke-Jesus appeared, because Buddha intermingled with the astral body of the Luke-Jesus; Buddha, who had already lived in a being who went through his last incarnation as Gautama Buddha and had risen to complete spirituality. 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But he experienced this Damascus Vision in such a way that by means of it he knew that He Who arose in the Mystery of Golgotha lives in the sphere of this earth and has been attached to it since that Event. He recognised the risen Christ. From that time on he proclaimed Him. Why was he able to see Him in the particular way he did? At this point we must enter somewhat into the nature of such a vision, such a manifestation as that of Damascus: for it was a vision, a manifestation of a quite peculiar kind. Only those people who never wish to learn anything of occult facts consider all visions as being of one kind. They will not distinguish such an occurrence as the vision of St. Paul from many other visions such as appeared to the saints later. What really was the reason that St. Paul could recognise Christ as he did when He appeared to him on the way to Damascus? Why did the certain conviction come to him that this was the risen Christ? This question leads us back to another one: What was necessary in order that the whole Christ-Being should be able completely to enter into Jesus of Nazareth, at the baptism by John in the Jordan? Now, we have just said what was necessary to prepare the body into which the Christ-Being could descend. But what was necessary in order that the Arisen One could appear in such a densified soul-form as he appeared in to St. Paul? What, then, so to speak, was that halo of light in which Christ appeared to St. Paul before Damascus? What was it? 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This soul had already been made use of formerly as a messenger of the holy mysteries; it was, so to say, cherished and cultivated in the mysteries, and was sent whenever anything specially important to man was taking place; but it could only appear as a vision in the etheric body, and could only be perceived, strictly speaking, as long as the old clairvoyance remained. In earlier ages that still existed. Therefore this old sister-soul of Adam had no need at that time to descend as far as the physical body in order to be seen. So it actually appeared on earth repeatedly in human evolution: sent forth by the impulses of the mysteries, at all times when important things were to take place in the evolution of the earth; but it did not require to incarnate, in ancient times, because clairvoyance was there. The first time it needed to incarnate was when the old clairvoyance was to be overcome through the transition of human evolution from the third to the fourth Post-Atlantean age, of which we spoke yesterday. Then, by way of compensation, it took on an incarnation, in order to be able to express itself at the time when clairvoyance no longer existed. The only time this sister-soul of Adam was compelled to appear and to become physically visible, it was incorporated, so to speak, in Krishna; and then it was incorporated again in the Luke-Jesus. So now we can understand how it was that Krishna spoke in such a superhuman manner, why he is the best teacher for the human ego, why he represents, so to speak, a victory over the ego, why he appears so psychically sublime. It is because he appears as human being at that sublime moment which we brought before our souls in the lecture before last, as Man not yet descended into human incarnations. He then appears again to be embodied in the Luke-Jesus. Hence that perfection that came about when the most significant world-conceptions of Asia, the ego of Zarathustra and the spirit of Krishna, were united in the twelve-year-old Jesus described by St. Luke. He who spoke to the learned men in the Temple was therefore not only Zarathustra speaking as an ego, but one who spoke from those sources from which Krishna at one time drew Yoga; he spoke of Yoga raised a stage higher; he united himself with the Krishna force, with Krishna himself, in order to continue to grow until his thirtieth year. Then only have we that complete, perfected body which could be taken possession of by the Christ. Thus do the spiritual currents of humanity flow together. So that in what happened at the Mystery of Golgotha, we really have a co-operation of the most important leaders of mankind, a synthesis of spirit-life. When St. Paul had his vision before Damascus, He Who appeared to him then was the Christ. The halo of light in which Christ was enveloped was Krishna. And because Christ has taken Krishna for His own soul-covering through which He then works on further, therefore in the light which shone there, in Christ Himself, there is all that was once upon a time contained in the sublime Gita. We find much of that old Krishna-teaching, although scattered about, in the New Testament revelations. This old Krishna-teaching has on that account become a personal matter to the whole of mankind, because Christ is not as such a human ego belonging to mankind, but to the Higher Hierarchies. Thus Christ belongs also to those times when man was not yet separated from that which now surrounds him as material existence, and which is veiled to him in maya through his own Luciferic temptation. If we glance back over the whole of evolution, we shall find that in those olden times there was not yet that strict division between the spiritual and the material; material was then still spiritual, and the spiritual—if we may say so—still manifested itself externally. Thus because, in the Christ-Impulse, something entered into mankind which completely prevented such a strict separation as we find in Sankhya philosophy between Purusha and Prakriti, Christ becomes the Leader of men out of themselves and towards the divine creation. Must we then say that we must unconditionally give up maya now that we recognise that it seems to be given us through our own fault? No, for that would be blaspheming the spirit in the world; that would be assigning to matter properties which we ourselves have imposed upon it with the veil of maya. 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Also wir haben es mit einer bloß Ich-ähnlichen Seele zu tun, die durchaus natürlich, als sie in den Körper des Jesus eindringt, wie ein Ich wirkt; aber alles das, was sie darstellt, ist doch anders als ein anderes gewöhnliches Ich. Ich habe schon betont, daß der Knabe des Lukas-Evangeliums gleich in einer seiner Mutter verständlichen Sprache reden konnte, als er zur Welt kam; und anderes Ähnliches zeigte sich an ihm. Wir wissen dann, daß der Matthäus-Jesusknabe, in dem das Zarathustra-Ich lebte, bis zum zwölften Jahr heranwuchs; heranwuchs auch dieser Lukas-Jesusknabe, der keine besondere menschliche Erkenntnis und Wissenschaft hatte, sondern der göttliche Weisheit und göttliche Opferfähigkeit in sich trug.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":136,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p054"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p055","passage_number":55,"text":"So wuchs er heran, der Lukas-Jesusknabe, zeigte sich nicht besonders begabt für das, was man äußerlich menschlich lernen kann. Dann wissen wir ja weiter, daß der Körper des Matthäus-Jesusknaben von dem Zarathustra-Ich verlassen wurde und im zwölften Jahr des Lukas-Jesusknaben das Zarathustra-Ich Besitz vom Körper des Lukas-Jesusknaben nahm. Das ist der Moment, der dadurch angedeutet wird, daß erzählt wird von dem zwölfjährigen Jesusknaben des Lukas-Evangeliums, daß er vor den Weisen des Tempels lehrend auftritt, als ihn seine Eltern verloren haben.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":80,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p055"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p056","passage_number":56,"text":"Dann wissen wir weiter, daß dieser Lukas-Jesusknabe jetzt das Zarathustra-Ich in sich trägt bis in sein dreißigstes Jahr hinein, daß da das Zarathustra-Ich den Körper des Lukas-Jesus verläßt und daß von alledem, was jetzt Hüllennatur ist, der Christus Besitz ergreift, Christus, der ein übermenschliches Wesen der höheren Hierarchien ist und der nur unter solchen Umständen überhaupt in einem menschlichen Leibe wohnen konnte, daß ihm ein Leib dargebracht wurde, der, sagen wir, erst durchsetzt war bis zum zwölften Lebensjahre von den vormenschlichen Weisheitskräften, von den vormenschlichen göttlichen Liebekräften, dann durchflossen und durchströmt wurde von all dem, was durch das Zarathustra-Ich in vielen Inkarnationen durch Einweihungen erworben worden war. Man bekommt vielleicht durch nichts so sehr die richtige Achtung, die richtige Ehrfurcht, kurz überhaupt das richtige Gefühl gegenüber dem Christus-Wesen, als wenn man versucht zu verstehen, was für eine Leiblichkeit notwendig war, damit dieses Christus-Ich überhaupt in die Menschheit hereinkommen konnte.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":149,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p056"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p057","passage_number":57,"text":"Es haben manche in dieser Darstellung, die aus den heiligen Mysterien der neueren Zeit über diese Christus-Wesenheit gegeben wird, gefunden, daß diese Christus-Wesenheit dadurch sozusagen weniger intim und menschlich erscheine als der Christus Jesus, den viele verehrt haben in der Weise wie man sich ihn vielfach vorgestellt hat: familiär, dem Menschen naheliegend, in einem gewöhnlichen menschlichen Leibe verkörpert, dem nicht innewohnte so etwas wie ein Zarathustra-Ich. Man hat unserer Lehre vorgeworfen, daß der Christus Jesus aus Kräften von allen Gebieten der Welt heraus zusammengesetzt wurde. Solche Vorwürfe rühren nur von der Bequemlichkeit des menschlichen Erkennens her, des menschlichen Fühlens, das sich nicht hinauf erheben will zu den wirklichen Höhen des Empfindens und Fühlens. Das Größte muß auch so erfaßt werden, daß sich unsere Seele im höchsten Maße anstrengt, um zu jener inneren Intensität des Fühlens und Empfindens zu kommen, die notwendig ist, um das Größte, das Höchste einigermaßen unserer Seele nahezubringen. So wird die erste Empfindung nur erhöht, wenn wir sie in solchem Licht betrachten.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":165,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p057"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p058","passage_number":58,"text":"Noch eins wissen wir. Wir wissen, wie wir die Worte des Evangeliums zu deuten haben: «Es offenbaren sich die Gotteskräfte in den Höhen, und Friede breitet sich aus unter den Menschen, die eines guten Willens sind.» Wir wissen, daß sie, die Botschaft des Friedens und der Liebe, ertönt, als der Lukas-Jesusknabe erscheint, dadurch daß sich in den astralischen Leib des Lukas-Jesusknaben der Buddha hineinmischt, der dazumal schon in einer Wesenheit war, die ihre letzte Inkarnation als Gautama Buddha durchgemacht hatte und zur vollen Geistigkeit aufgestiegen war; so daß im astralischen Leib des Lukas-Jesusknaben der Buddha sich offenbarte, wie er fortgeschrit ten war bis zu dem Erscheinen des Mysteriums von Golgatha auf Erden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":112,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p058"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p059","passage_number":59,"text":"So haben wir die Wesenheit des Christus Jesus vor uns hingestellt, wie sie sozusagen erst heute aus den Grundlagen der Geheimwissenschaft heraus der Menschheit gegeben werden kann. Paulus, obzwar ein Eingeweihter, mußte mit leichter begreiflichen Begriffen für die damalige Zeit sprechen; er hätte nicht eine Menschheit voraussetzen können, die solche Begriffe, wie wir sie heute an die Herzen heranbringen können, schon hätte verstehen können. Aber das, was seine Inspiration ausmachte, das war ja durch seine durch Gnade bewirkte Einweihung bewirkt. Weil er nicht zu dieser in regelrechter Schulung in alten Mysterien gekommen war, sondern durch Gnade auf dem Wege nach Damaskus, wo ihm der auferstandene Christus erschienen war, deshalb nenne ich diese Einweihung eine durch Gnade bewirkte Einweihung. Aber er war dieser Damaskus-Erscheinung so gegenübergetreten, daß er durch sie wußte: Ja, es lebt mit der Erdensphäre verbunden seit dem Mysterium von Golgatha das, was auferstanden ist im Mysterium von Golgatha. Er erkannte den auferstandenen Christus. Den verkündete er von da ab. Warum konnte er ihn gerade so sehen, wie er ihn gesehen hat?","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":173,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p059"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p060","passage_number":60,"text":"Da muß man ein wenig auf die Art einer solchen Vision, einer solchen Manifestation eingehen, wie die von Damaskus war; denn sie war doch eine Vision, eine Manifestation ganz besonderer Art. Nur die Menschen, die niemals etwas von okkulten Tatsachen wirklich lernen wollen, können alles Visionäre einfach durcheinanderwerfen und nicht unterscheiden wollen so etwas wie die Paulus-Vision von mancher anderen Vision, wie sie bei späteren Heiligen aufgetreten ist. Wie es zum Beispiel der Verfasser der «Botschaft des Friedens» macht, der zu jenen Menschen gehört, die eben niemals wirklich etwas über okkulte Tatsachen lernen wollen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":94,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p060"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p061","passage_number":61,"text":"Was war das eigentlich, warum konnte Paulus den Christus in jener Art wahrnehmen, wie er ihm vor Damaskus erschienen ist? Warum war darin für Paulus die Gewißheit enthalten: Das ist der auferstandene Christus? Diese Frage führt uns auf eine andere Frage zurück: Was war da notwendig, damit vollends die ganze Christus-Wesenheit bei jenem Ereignis, das uns als Johannistaufe im Jordan angedeutet wird, in den Jesus von Nazareth hineinsteigen konnte? — Nun, wir haben es gerade gesagt, was notwendig war, um jene Leiblichkeit zu bereiten, in welche die Christus-Wesenheit hinuntersteigen sollte. Was war aber nötig, daß der Auferstandene so dicht seelisch erscheinen konnte, wie er dem Paulus erschienen ist? Was war denn sozusagen jener Lichtschein, in dem der Christus dem Paulus vor Damaskus erschienen ist? Was war das? Woher war das genommen?","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":131,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p061"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p062","passage_number":62,"text":"Wenn wir uns diese Frage beantworten wollen, dann müssen wir einiges ergänzend zu dem hinzufügen, was ich eben vorhin gesagt habe. Ich habe Ihnen gesagt: Es war gleichsam eine Schwesterseele der Adamseele da, die da in die menschliche Generationsfolge hineingegangen ist. Diese Schwesterseele ist in der seelischen Welt geblieben. Diese Schwesterseele war es auch, die in dem Lukas-Jesuskriaben inkarniert war. Aber sie war dazumal nicht im strengen Sinn des Wortes zum erstenmal wie ein physischer Mensch inkarniert, sondern sie war vorher prophetisch inkarniert einmal schon. Früher wurde auch schon diese Seele verwendet wie ein Bote der heiligen Mysterien. Ich habe Ihnen gesagt: Sie verkehrte in den Mysterien, wurde sozusagen in den Mysterien gehegt und gepflegt, wurde hinausgeschickt da, wo es Wichtiges in der Menschheit gab. Aber sie konnte nur als Erscheinung im ätherischen Leibe da sein, konnte daher im strengen Sinn nur wahrgenommen werden so lange, als das alte Hellsehen da war. Aber das war ja in früheren Zeiten vorhanden. Da brauchte also diese alte Schwesterseele des Adam nicht bis zum physischen Leibe zu kommen, damit man sie hätte sehen können. So erschien sie denn auch wirklich, von den Impulsen der Mysterien gesandt, wiederholt innerhalb der Menschheitsentwickelung der Erde, immer, wenn wichtige Dinge in der Erdenentwickelung zu tun waren. Aber sie brauchte sich ja nicht zu verkörpern in alten Zeiten, weil Hellsichtigkeit da war.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":224,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p062"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p063","passage_number":63,"text":"Sie brauchte sich zum ersten Male zu verkörpern, als gerade die Hellsichtigkeit überwunden werden sollte beim Übergang der Menschheitsentwickelung vom dritten ins vierte nachatlantische Zeitalter, wovon wir gestern gesprochen haben. Da nahm sie gleichsam eine Ersatzverkörperung an, eine Verkörperung, um sich geltend machen zu können in der Zeit, wo nicht mehr Hellsichtigkeit da war. Diese Schwesterseele des Adam war verkörpert im Krishna sozusagen das einzige Mal, wo sie erscheinen mußte, um auch physisch sichtbar zu werden, und dann wiederum wurde sie im Lukas-Jesusknaben verkörpert. So daß wir nun begreifen, warum der Krishna so übermenschlich redet, warum er der beste Lehrer für das menschliche Ich ist, warum er sozusagen eine Überwindung des Ich darstellt, warum er so seelisch erhaben erscheint: Weil er als der Mensch erscheint in jenem erhabenen Augenblick, den wir vor ein paar Tagen vor unsere Seele treten ließen, als der Mensch, der noch nicht untergetaucht ist in die menschlichen Inkarnationen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":152,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p063"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p064","passage_number":64,"text":"Dann erscheint er wiederum, um im Lukas-Jesusknaben verkörpert zu sein. Daher jene Vollkommenheit, die zustande kommt, als sich die bedeutendsten Weltanschauungen Asiens in dem zwölfjährigen Jesusknaben, das Zarathustra-Ich mit dem Krishna-Geist, verbinden. Es spricht zu den Lehrern im Tempel nun nicht nur der Zarathustra — der spricht als Ich — ‚er spricht mit den Mitteln, mit denen einstmals der Krishna den Yoga verkündet hat; er spricht über einen Yoga, der wiederum eine Stufe in die Höhe gehoben ist; er vereinigt sich mit der Krishna-Kraft, mit dem Krishna selber, um bis zum dreißigsten Jahre heranzuwachsen. Und dann erst haben wir jene vollständige Leiblichkeit, die in Besitz genommen werden kann von dem Christus. So fließen die geistigen Strömungen der Menschheit zusammen. So haben wir wirklich, da das Mysterium von Golgatha geschieht, ein Mitwirken der bedeutendsten Führer der Menschheit, eine Synthesis des Geisteslebens.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":140,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p064"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p065","passage_number":65,"text":"Als Paulus seine Erscheinung vor Damaskus hat, da ist dasjenige, was ihm erscheint, der Christus. Der Lichtschein, in den sich der Christus kleidet, ist der Krishna. Und weil der Christus den Krishna zu seiner eigenen Seelenhülle genommen hat, durch die er dann fortwirkt, ist enthalten in dem, was aufstrahlt, ist in dem Christus auch alles das, was einstmals Inhalt der erhabenen Gita war.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":63,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p065"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p066","passage_number":66,"text":"Wir finden so vieles, wenn auch im Einzelnen zerstreut, in den neu-testamentlichen Offenbarungen von der alten Krishna-Lehre. Diese alte Krishna-Lehre ist aber dadurch eine Sache der ganzen Menschheit geworden, weil der Christus nicht als solcher ein menschliches Ich ist und der Menschheit angehört, sondern den höheren Hierarchien. Damit aber auch gehört wiederum der Christus jenen Zeiten an, in denen der Mensch noch nicht von dem getrennt war, was jetzt als materielles Sein ihn umgibt und was sich für ihn durch seine eigene luziferische Versuchung in Maya hüllt. Blicken wir in die ganze Entwickelung zurück, so finden wir, wie in jenen alten Zeiten noch nicht jene strenge Trennung vorhanden ist zwischen dem Geistigen und Materiellen, wie da das Materielle noch geistig, das Geistige — wenn wir so sagen dürfen — noch äußerlich sich offenbarend ist. Dadurch, daß in dem Christus-Impuls an die Menschheit etwas herantritt, was eine solche strenge Scheidung, wie sie in der Sankhyaphilosophie zwischen Purusha und Prakriti uns entgegentritt, ganz ausschließt, wird der Christus der Führer der Menschen aus sich heraus, aber auch zur Gottesschöpfung. Dürfen wir dann sagen, wir müssen unbedingt die Maya verlassen, wenn wir erkannt haben, daß uns die Maya als gegeben erscheint durch unsere Schuld? Nein, denn das wäre Lästerung des Geistes in der Welt; das hieße Eigenschaften der Materie zuschreiben, die wir ihr selber mit dem Schleier der Maya auferlegen. Hoffen müssen wir vielmehr, daß, wenn wir in uns dasjenige überwinden, was uns die Materie zur Maya macht, wir wieder versöhnt werden mit der Welt. Tönt uns denn nicht herüber von dieser Welt, die uns umgibt, daß sie eine Schöpfung der Elohim ist, und daß diese Elohim am letzten Schöpfungstage fanden: Und siehe da, alles war sehr gut — ?","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":286,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p066"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p067","passage_number":67,"text":"Das wäre das Karma, das sich erfüllen würde, wenn es nur eine Krishna-Lehre gäbe, denn nichts bleibt in der Welt, ohne daß sich sein Karma erfüllt. Würde es nur eine Krishna-Lehre in alle Ewigkeit geben, dann würde dem materiellen Sein der Umgebung, der Gottesoffenbarung, von der die Elohim am Ausgangspunkt der Erdenentwickelung sagten: Und siehe da, alles war sehr gut —, dann würde dieser Gottesoffenbarung von Menschenurteil entgegengetreten werden: Sie ist nicht gut, ich muß sie verlassen! — Das Menschenurteil wäre über das Gottesurteil gestellt. Das ist es, daß wir verstehen lernen müssen die Worte, die als ein Geheimnis am Ausgangspunkt der Entwickelung stehen. Das ist es, daß wir nicht Menschenurteil über Gottesurteil setzen. Wenn überall alles, was an Schuld an uns haften könnte, jemals von uns fallen könnte und die eine Schuld verbliebe, daß wir die Schöpfung der Elohim verlästern — es müßte sich das Erdenkarma erfüllen und alles müßte in der Zukunft auf uns stürzen. So müßte sich das Karma erfüllen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":163,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p067"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p068","passage_number":68,"text":"Daß das nicht geschehe, dazu ist der Christus erschienen in der Welt, um uns so mit der Welt zu versöhnen, daß wir die Versuchungskräfte gegenüber Luzifer überwinden lernen, daß wir den Schleier durchdringen lernen, daß wir die Gottesoffenbarung in wahrer Gestalt sehen, daß wir den Christus als den Versöhner finden, der uns in die wahre Gestalt der Gottesoffenbarung einführt, daß wir durch ihn das uralte Wort verstehen lernen: Und siehe da, es ist sehr gut. — Damit wir uns zuschreiben lernen das, was wir der Welt nimmermehr zuschreiben dürfen, dazu brauchen wir den Christus. Und könnten alle anderen Sünden von uns genommen werden — diese Sünde mußte durch ihn von uns genommen werden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":113,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p068"},{"locus":"GA 142/1913-01-01/p069","passage_number":69,"text":"Dies in ein moralisches Gefühl verwandelt, das gibt wiederum den Christus-Impuls von einer neuen Seite. Das zeigt uns zugleich, warum die Notwendigkeit vorlag, daß der Christus-Impuls wie die höhere Seele sich umhüllte mit dem Krishna-Impuls.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":35,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/142/1913-01-01/p069"}],"beads":[{"from":[14],"to":[54,55,56,57,58],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[15],"to":[59,60,61],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[16,17],"to":[62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"}],"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).","uncovered":[13]}}