{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 176/1917-07-10/p031","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Such fine, more delicate connections must be recognized for what they are—namely, a source of enrichment for man's inner life, an enrichment that provides the striving human being with a perspective on life between death and new birth. One must become more attentive to finer details in the present life and seek out threads between events in which human beings themselves are involved. Certainly these things must not be understood materialistically. What I have said must not be taken to mean that Stepniak brought about the meeting with Bernstein through some kind of inner force of attraction. That would be a materialistic and completely wrong interpretation. These things must not be regarded in such a crude manner as though they could be proved by natural-scientific means. When dealing with such delicate issues one must not expect to be able to pin them down as if they were something material, but be satisfied if one thing or another becomes clearer through the description of such hidden connections. To become accustomed to observe life in accordance with such delicate relationships is to enrich the life of soul. All relationships dealt with in spiritual science are basically of this delicate nature. That is why the study of spiritual science enriches life.","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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Ja, wenn man so materialistisch an der Hand genommen wird, als ob man etwas hätte sagen wollen von einen materialistisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Beweis, dann ist das nichts. Denn so grob liegen die Dinge nicht. Die Dinge liegen eben viel feiner. Es muß jemand gar nicht auf den Gedanken kommen, einen gewissermaßen materialistisch auf diese Dinge festnageln zu wollen, sondern er muß zufrieden sein, daß man oder daß einer sich ergeht in der Schilderung solcher Zusammenhänge; er muß gar nicht das Bedürfnis haben, sie so grob anzufassen, wie die Dinge des gewöhnlichen materiellen Lebens. Wenn man sich einläßt, das Leben auf solche feineren Zusammenhänge hin so zu betrachten, dann wird wiederum die Seele bereichert. Im Grunde sind alle Zusammenhänge, die die Geisteswissenschaft gibt, solche feinere Zusammenhänge. 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