{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 176/1917-07-10/p017","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"This kind of thing happens quite often in life but is not noticed. If a habit is made of examining, from different points of view, issues normally looked at from one standpoint only, one discovers surprising points of reference as in the case of Rousseau and the gypsy. Life is extraordinarily many-sided, and entering into its various aspects means enrichment and strength for the *I*, in the sense that has been explained. If one seeks out such connections which are not normally noticed, then the *I* which we have only as a picture grows stronger. To be aware of this fact is of immense importance. In one's search for such hidden connections in life one is contemplating the world rather than brooding within oneself. Furthermore, it will be discovered that one's thinking, i.e., forming mental pictures—an activity connected with the *I*—becomes more mobile, more alive. As a consequence many more things occur to one than before, which is of great importance, because much dissatisfaction with life, and even ill health, is caused by the fact that so few things occur to us. We draw our thoughts as it were into a rather narrow circle, whereas if we attain the ability to view our experiences in life from many vantage points, seeking connecting threads between distant events, we strengthen our *I* and become better able to cope with life. That is why all education that introduces only one-sided thoughts and views is harmful. I will give you an example which comes into the same category as the previous one.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Lecture VI","site_heading":"The I Across Incarnations: Thought, Will, and Hidden Connections","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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Wenn man den Dingen, die man immer nur von einem Gesichtspunkte aus anschaut, nachgehen würde, und sie unter einem anderen Gesichtspunkte aufsuchte, so würde man ganz merkwürdige Berührungspunkte finden, wie hier den Berührungspunkt zwischen Rousseau und der Zigeunerin. Das Leben ist eben ungemein vieldeutig, und nur wenn man sich auf solche Vieldeutigkeit des Lebens einläßt, dann ist man imstande, das Ich in dem Sinne, wie ich es auseinandergesetzt habe, zu bereichern, es immer stärker und stärker zu machen. Denn durch solche Zusammenhänge, die man draußen in der Welt aufsucht, aber im gewöhnlichen Leben nicht findet, wächst gewissermaßen dieses Ich auch als Vorstellung. Das ist sehr wichtig, daß man das beachte. Man wird dann finden, daß man gerade dadurch, daß man solche unter der Oberfläche des Daseins liegenden Zusammenhänge sucht, nicht in sich hineinbrütet, sondern gewissermaßen in die Welt hineinbrütet, nach solchen Zusammenhängen brütet. Man wird dann finden, daß das Vorstellen, das mit dem Ich verknüpft ist, immer reger und reger, immer beweglicher und beweglicher wird, und daß einem viele, viele andere Dinge einfallen, als einem sonst einfallen. Und das ist nun eigentlich erst so recht wichtig. Denn dasjenige, woran wir so leicht kranken, woraus wir so viele Unbefriedigtheit im Leben ziehen, das besteht gerade darin, daß uns bei den Dingen dieser Welt so wenig einfällt, daß wir mit unseren Gedanken gewissermaßen einen engen, engen Kreis ziehen. Kommen wir in die Lage, dasjenige, was uns im Leben erscheint, mit vielem, vielem zu verbinden, weite Fäden zwischen den Ereignissen und Erfahrungen und Erlebnissen zu suchen, dann wird unser Ich stärker, dann fühlt es sich auch zuletzt dem Leben mehr gewachsen, auch als Gedanken-Ich. Daher ist alle Erziehung des Menschen schädlich, die die Menschen nur auf einseitige Gedanken über ein und dasselbe Ding hinweist. 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