{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 152/1914-06-01/p007","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"We have eyes in our body; through these eyes we see, but only because they are selfless and we do not feel them. We see things through them, but the eyes themselves are apart from our perception; it is the same with the other senses. Let us assume that our eyes were self-seeking. What would happen to men? We should approach the color blue, for example, and because our eyes would use up the color immediately within themselves instead of letting it pass through, we should feel a sort of suction in the eyes. If our eyes were as selfish as we are in our moral, intellectual and emotional life, and they wished to experience the effect of red in themselves, we should feel a sharp stab. If our eyes were self- seeking, all our impressions would give us sucking or stabbing pains. We should be painfully conscious that we have eyes. Today, however, humanity is aware of color and light without having to think of the seeing process. The eye is selflessly extinguished during perception. It is the same with the other senses.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"The Four Sacrifices of Christ","site_heading":null,"date":"1914-06-01","location":null,"word_count":184,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/152/1914-06-01/p007","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"May Laird-Brown","identified_edition":"Singles","book_title":"The Four Sacrifices of Christ","publisher":null,"publisher_inferred":false,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA152/English/Singles/19140601p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line"},"edition_coverage":{"de":["original"],"en":["English"]},"available_versions":[{"lang":"de","edition":"original","edition_basis":null,"is_original":true,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/152/1914-06-01/p007"},{"lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/152/1914-06-01/p007","paragraph_aligned":true}],"record":{"record_type":"unknown","scope":"volume","note":"How this text was taken down (shorthand transcript, listeners' notes or manuscript) is not on record here. 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Wir würden uns zum Beispiel einer blauen Farbe nähern, und indem wir uns ihr nähern, würde unser Auge, weil das Auge so wirken würde, daß es nicht die Farbe durchlassen, sondern sie unmittelbar im Auge selbst erschöpfen würde, von dem Blau, indem es sich ihm näherte, ausgesogen werden. Wie eine Saugkraft würde man es im Auge empfinden, wenn das Auge so selbstsüchtig werden könnte, wie wir in unserem moralischen, intellektuellen und Gefühlsleben sind. Wenn wir uns einer roten Farbe nähern und unser Auge sich nicht selbstlos verhalten würde, sondern Anspruch darauf machen würde, die Wirkung des Rot in sich zu erleben, so würde das Rot wie stechend auf unser Auge wirken. Und wenn unser Auge selbstsüchtig würde, so wäre es so, daß wir gegenüber allen Eindrücken einen Saug- oder Stechschmerz hätten. Wir wären uns bewußt, daß wir Augen haben, aber wir würden bloß Saug- oder Stechschmerzen wahrnehmen. In Wirklichkeit ist es für den heutigen Menschen so, daß er durch die Welt geht und weiß, daß Farben- und Lichtwirkungen da sind. Aber er braucht nicht an das Auge zu denken. Es löscht sich selbstlos aus während des Wahrnehmens. 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