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She would go with him to the borders of humanity; for at the point where man seems to end, he probably begins, and his most essential and inexhaustible parts are only in the invisible, where he must be on his guard unceasingly. On these heights alone are thoughts that the soul can approve of, and images that resemble her, and that are as imperious as she is. There humanity has reigned for a moment, and these dimly illuminated peaks are perhaps the only lights that announce the earth to the spiritual realm. Their reflection truly has the color of our soul. We feel that the passions of the mind and body would resemble the tolling of bells in the eyes of a higher reason; but in their works, the people mentioned have come out of the little village of passions and said things that are also of value to those who are not of the earthly community.\"","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Second Lecture","site_heading":"The Four Members and Cosmic-Astral Correspondences","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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Sie würden zusammen auf die einsamen Hochflächen steigen, wo das Bewußtsein sich um einen Grad steigert, und wo alle, welche die Unruhe über sich selbst plagt, aufmerksam den ungeheuren Ring umschweifen, der die Erscheinungswelt mit unseren höheren Welten verknüpft. Sie würde mit ihm zu den Grenzen der Menschheit gehen; denn an dem Punkte, wo der Mensch zu enden scheint, fängt er wahrscheinlich an, und seine wesentlichsten und unerschöpflichsten Teile befinden sich nur im Unsichtbaren, wo er unaufhörlich auf seiner Hut sein muß. Auf diesen Höhen allein giebt es Gedanken, welche die Seele billigen kann, und Vorstellungen, welche ihr ähneln, und die so gebieterisch sind, wie sie selbst. Dort hat die Menschheit einen Augenblick geherrscht, und diese schwach erleuchteten Spitzen sind vielleicht die einzigen Lichter, welche die Erde dem Geisterreiche ankündigen. Ihr Widerschein hat fürwahr die Farbe unsrer Seele. 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