{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 147/1913-08-25/p020","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"When the human soul takes on the task of making itself capable of looking into the spiritual world and gaining insight there, it takes on itself, more than anything else, a task that otherwise is carried out by the subconscious guidance of soul life. Nature and its laws take care that in everyday life man does not often transfer the customs and regulations of one kingdom into another; the natural order would be entirely out of control if the separate worlds were to get mixed up together. We emphasized a moment ago that love for the spiritual world must evolve in such a way that the human being develops in himself first and foremost an all-pervasive inner strength, as well as a craving for self-improvement. He has to fix his eye on himself when he nurtures his love for the spiritual world. If, however, he transfers to the senses the kind of ardour that can guide him in the spiritual world to what is most sublime, it will lead him into what is most detestable. There are people who have in their outward physical experience and in their everyday activities no special interest in the spiritual world. It is said such people today are not uncommon. But nature does not permit us to use the ostrich strategy in her affairs. The ostrich strategy, as you know, consists in the bird sticking his head in the sand and believing that the things he doesn't see are not there. Materialistic minds believe that the spiritual world is not there; they do not see it. They are true ostriches.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Lecture II","site_heading":"Crossing the Threshold: Luciferic and Ahrimanic Dangers","site_heading_note":"A heading the site wrote for this unit from a summary of it; not in the edition, and not the words of Rudolf Steiner or of the translator. 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Wir haben eben betont, daß für die geistige Welt die Liebe sich so entwickeln muß, daß der Mensch vor allen Dingen auf die Durchdringung mit innerer Stärke in bezug auf sein Selbst sich entfalten muß, daß der Mensch den Drang entwickeln muß, sich zu vervollkommnen. Er muß sich selbst im Auge haben, wenn er die Liebe zur geistigen Welt entwickelt. Wenn er diese selbe Art von Antrieben, die ihn in der geistigen Welt zum Erhabensten führen können, ins Sinnliche überträgt, können sie zum Abscheulichsten führen. Es gibt Menschen, die sich im äußeren physischen Erleben, in dem, was sie den ganzen Tag über tun, gar nicht besonders interessieren für die geistige Welt. In unserer Zeit, so sagt man, sollen diese Menschen gar nicht so selten sein. Aber die Natur läßt mit sich keine Vogel-Strauß-Politik treiben. Nicht wahr, diese VogelStrauß-Politik besteht darin, daß der Vogel den Kopf in den Sand steckt und dann glaubt, die Dinge, die er nicht sieht, seien nicht da. Die materialistisch gesinnten Menschen glauben, die geistige Welt sei nicht da, weil sie sie nicht sehen. Sie sind richtige Vogel-Strauße. Aber in der eigenen Seele, in den Tiefen der eigenen Seele ist deshalb der Drang zur geistigen Welt nicht etwa nicht da, weil die Menschen ihn leugnen, weil sie sich darüber betäuben. Er ist da. In jeder Menschenseele ist ein lebendiger Trieb, eine lebendige Liebe zur geistigen Welt vorhanden, auch in den materialistischen Seelen. Die Menschen machen sich nur seelisch ohnmächtig gegenüber diesem Drang. Nun gibt es ein Gesetz, daß, wenn etwas auf der einen Seite durch Betäubung zurückgedrängt wird, es auf der entgegengesetzten Seite herauskommt. Die Folge davon ist, daß der egoistische Trieb sich in die sinnlichen Triebe hereinschlägt. Es schlägt aus der geistigen Welt die Art von Liebe, die nur für sie berechtigt ist, in die sinnlichen Triebe, Leidenschaften, Begierden und so weiter hinein, und da werden diese sinnlichen Triebe pervers. Die Perversitäten der sinnlichen Triebe, alle abscheulichen Abnormitäten der sinnlichen Triebe sind das Gegenbild von dem, was hohe Tugenden in der geistigen Welt wären, wenn man die Kräfte, die dann in die physische Welt gegossen werden, in der geistigen Welt verwenden würde. Darüber muß man nachdenken, daß dasjenige, was in verabscheuungswürdigen Trieben in der Sinneswelt zum Ausdruck kommt, wenn es in der geistigen Welt verwendet würde, das Erhabenste in der geistigen Welt leisten könnte. 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