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Earthly form can be just as dependent on those Primal Forces who are really Spirits of Form, as it is upon the ordinary Spirits of Form. But the important thing is that everything in our earthly existence which is connected with space through taking shape in space is shaped out of the non-spatial. We comprehend the spatial only if we trace it back in its picture-nature to primal pictures that are outside space. Naturally, one of the difficulties for Western thinking is to form a conception of the spaceless. Yet it is true that everything connected with our primeval manhood, everything proceeding from the Spirits of Form, when it takes shape in space, is an effect of the spaceless. To speak concretely, when as individual human beings, who first crawl on all-fours, we learn to stand upright and thus overcome gravity in our upright posture, we place ourselves into space. 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Our archetypes are in the spaceless. Everything is different from everything else. You have heard the famous story of how, at the instigation of Leibniz, certain princesses—for sometimes princesses have nothing better to do—searched the garden for two leaves absolutely alike and did not find them, for there are no two identical leaves. We also are forms created out of the spaceless, in so far as we do not resemble each other. But from another aspect we are alike—especially when we are blood relations. We resemble one another because there are spiritual Beings who form the spatial according to the spatial, not merely the spatial according to the spaceless. We resemble each other because we are permeated by Ahrimanic forces. 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In so far as you can venture to say to yourself, “According to my form I am individual man, different from any other,” you are in the direct line of evolution. And were this the only fact valid in the world, and if there were no Ahrimanic side-streams to it, a mother would not be able to rejoice that her little daughter resembles her so wonderfully, for it would strike her that each individual human being is a spatial image of something outside space, that nothing spatial is a replica of anything in space. The entry into space of certain Spirits of Form gives the Ahrimanic its opportunity. 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In regard to everything in us that we do not develop, we belong not to our bodily nature but to the realm of soul and spirit and are connected with the realm of duration, with that realm in which time plays no part. Just as the spaceless lies at the basis of everything spatial, so at the basis of everything temporal there is duration.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":218,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/184/1918-10-04/p033","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1918-10-04","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 184/1918-10-04/p025","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/184/1918-10-04/p025"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","length_check":{"de_words":274,"en_words":289,"ratio":1.05,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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As I said a short while ago, we should wake out of a certain life of dreams only at twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old. We live, however, in the realm of duration, and this gives balance to our dozing through the first half of life and the terrible intellectual brightness of the second half.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":71,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/184/1918-10-04/p034","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1918-10-04","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 184/1918-10-04/p025","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/184/1918-10-04/p025"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","length_check":{"de_words":274,"en_words":289,"ratio":1.05,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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It is only by way of comparison that they can be spoken of as Beings of time; if this is meant to correspond to reality, it is nonsense. It is most difficult to talk about these things for the simple reason that, at the present stage of evolution, so very few men have any lively sense of concepts and ideas developed outside space and outside time. 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Dadurch ist in dem Entwickelungsgange, der des Menschen ureigener ist - den ich hier weiß schematisiert habe mit einfachen Kreidestrichen (siehe Zeichnungen $. 198 und 200) -, die Sache so, daß die Kräfte der Archai gewissermaßen dienende Kräfte sind der Geister der Form. In unserer menschlichen Wesenheit wirken Archai, wirken Exusiai: Geister, die wir als Urkräfte bezeichnen, Geister, die wir als Geister der Form bezeichnen. Aber außerdem ist immer noch das Folgende vorhanden: Da sind gewisse geistige Kräfte der Form, Formgeister vorhanden, die sich maskieren als Urkräfte, als Archai. Die könnten also Exusiai sein, machen sich aber nicht als Exusiai geltend, sondern machen sich als Archai geltend; sie maskieren sich. Das ist das Wesentliche, daß wir dahinterkommen, wie in der Welteneinrichtung geistige Wesenheiten, die eigentlich auf einer andern Stufe der Entwickelung stehen, sich maskieren.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":165,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/184/1918-10-04/p020"},{"locus":"GA 184/1918-10-04/p021","passage_number":21,"text":"Das hat aber eine ganz bestimmte Folge. Diese Urkräfte, die eigentlich nicht Urkräfte sind, sondern Geister der Form, von denen kann nun ebenso abhängig sein dasjenige, was in der äußeren Erdenform lebt, wie es abhängig ist von den eigentlichen Geistern der Form. Aber das Bedeutsame ist, daß in unserem irdischen Dasein alles das, was mit dem Raume zusammenhängt, indem es im Raum sich gestaltet, aus dem Raumlosen heraus sich gestaltet. Das Räumliche begreifen wir nur vollständig, wenn wir es in seiner Bildhaftigkeit auf Urbilder zurückführen, die raumlos sind. Das ist ja natürlich das Schwierige für das abendländische Denken, daß es sich das Raumlose so schwer vorstellen kann. Aber dennoch ist es so, daß sich alles dasjenige, was mit unserem ureigenen Menschentum zusammenhängt, was hervorgeht aus den Geistern der Form, indem es Gestaltung im Raume annimmt, die Wirkung ist des Raumlosen. Konkret gesprochen, indem wir uns als einzelner Mensch, der wir zuerst auf allen vieren kriechen, aufrichten, die Schwerkraft im aufrechten Gestalten überwinden, stellen wir uns in den Raum hinein; aber die Kraft, die dem zugrunde liegt, die strebt aus dem Raumlosen in den Raum hinein. Also wenn wir als Menschen nur unterworfen wären den zu uns gehörigen Geistern der Form, so würden wir in aller Art, uns in den Raum hineinzustellen, verwirklichen das Raumlose im Raume; denn die Geister der Form leben nicht im Raume. Wer das Göttliche im Raume sucht, findet es nicht; selbstverständlich findet er es nicht. Dasjenige, was im Raume als Gestaltung auftritt, ist eine Verwirklichung des Raumlosen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":251,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/184/1918-10-04/p021"},{"locus":"GA 184/1918-10-04/p022","passage_number":22,"text":"Diejenigen Wesenheiten, welche eigentlich Geister der Form sind, aber sich als Archai, als Urkräfte maskieren, die wären also eigentlich nach ihrer Wesenheit bestimmt für das Raumlose. Aber sie treten in den Raum ein, sie wirken im Raume. Und das ist der eigentliche ahrimanische Charakter, daß geistige Wesenheiten, die durch ihre Wesenheit bestimmt sind, raumlos zu sein, vorgezogen haben, im Raume zu wirken. Dadurch entsteht im Raume die Möglichkeit, so zu gestalten, daß die Gestaltung nicht aus dem Raumlosen direkt hereinstrahlt, sondern daß das Räumliche im Räumlichen wieder abgebildet wird, das eine durch das andere im Raume.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":96,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/184/1918-10-04/p022"},{"locus":"GA 184/1918-10-04/p023","passage_number":23,"text":"Wenn ich einen konkreten Fall sagen darf: Wir Menschen sind alle voneinander verschieden, weil wir alle aus dem Raumlosen ins Leben hereingestellt sind. Unsere Urbilder sind im Raumlosen. Alles ist überhaupt verschieden. Sie kennen die berühmte Erzählung, wie unter der Anleitung Leibnizens — Prinzessinnen haben manchmal nichts anderes zu tun - Prinzessinnen gesucht haben im Garten nach zwei vollständig sich gleichenden Baumblättern und keine gefunden haben, weil es wirklich nicht einmal zwei gleiche Blätter gibt. Wir alle also sind in gewisser Beziehung Gestalten aus dem Raumlosen heraus, insofern wir uns nicht gleichen. Aber dennoch gleichen wir uns; namentlich wenn wir blutsverwandt sind, gleichen wir uns. Wir gleichen uns, weil es auch geistige Wesenheiten gibt, die das Räumliche nach dem Räumlichen bilden, die nicht bloß das Räumliche nach dem Raumlosen bilden, sondern das Räumliche nach dem Räumlichen bilden. Wir gleichen uns, indem ahrimanische Kräfte uns durchziehen. Das muß schon der Mensch sich gestehen, sonst wird er immer bloß über ahrimanische und luziferische Kräfte schimpfen, aber sie nicht verstehen wollen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":168,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/184/1918-10-04/p023"},{"locus":"GA 184/1918-10-04/p024","passage_number":24,"text":"An diesem Beispiel sehen Sie am anschaulichsten, wie Ahriman ins Leben hereinspielt. Sofern Sie sich getrauen, sich zu sagen: Ich bin ein Mensch für sich meiner Gestalt nach, und ich gleiche keinem andern -, insofern liegen Sie in der geraden Entwickelungslinie. Und wenn nur die geltend wäre in der Welt, wenn nicht die ahrimanische Seitenströmung ankommen würde, dann könnte keine Mutter sich freuen darüber, daß ihr das Töchterchen so furchtbar ähnlich sieht, denn es würde ihr auffallen, wie jeder einzelne Mensch ein räumliches Abbild eines Raumlosen ist, und kein Räumliches einem andern Räumlichen gleicht. Das Eintreten von gewissen Geistern der Form in den Raum gibt Veranlassung zum Ahrimanischen. Natürlich beschränkt sich dieses Ahrimanische nicht bloß auf das Gleiche der Menschen, sondern es erstreckt sich auf vieles; aber wir konnten das aus einem Beispiele anführen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":134,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/184/1918-10-04/p024"},{"locus":"GA 184/1918-10-04/p025","passage_number":25,"text":"Nun bitte ich Sie, sich an diejenige Betrachtung zu erinnern, die ich angeknüpft habe, nicht zu Ihrem Troste, sondern aus der Sache heraus, nachdem ich ausgeführt habe, daß der Mensch eigentlich zur Selbsterkenntnis erst gescheit wird in der zweiten Hälfte seines Lebens. Ich habe gesagt: Insofern unser Leben einen solchen zeitlichen Verlauf hat, und wenn es nur diesen zeitlichen Verlauf hätte und nichts anderes auf uns wirkte, so könnten wir in der Tat zur Selbsterkenntnis erst kommen in unserer zweiten Lebenshälfte. Aber nun wirken, sagte ich dazumal, in der ersten Lebenshälfte luziferische Kräfte und erzeugen eine Selbsterkenntnis, die nicht aus unserer ureigenen Menschennatur folgt. Ich habe aber entgegengestellt dem, was das menschliche Leben wäre, wenn es nur seiner ureigenen Natur folgte, dasjenige, was ich genannt habe das Reich der Dauer. In bezug auf alles dasjenige, was zu der ureigenen Menschennatur gehört, sind wir als Fünfzigjähriger ein anderer Mensch, als wir als Zwanzigjähriger sind; wir entwickeln uns. Mit Bezug auf alles dasjenige, in dem wir uns nicht entwickeln, gehören wir nicht unserer Leiblichkeit, sondern dem Geistig-Seelischen an und hängen zusammen mit dem Reich der Dauer, mit jenem Reich, in dem die Zeit keine Rolle spielt. So wie zugrunde liegt allem Räumlichen ein Raumloses, so liegt zugrunde allem Zeitlichen ein Dauerndes. Wir wären ganz andere Menschen, wenn wir nicht zusammenhingen mit dem Reich der Dauer. Wir würden gewissermaßen mit dem achtundzwanzigsten oder neunundzwanzigsten Jahre erst, wie ich vor einiger Zeit sagte, aus einer gewissen Lebensträumerei heraus aufwachen. Aber wir leben im Reich der Dauer, und so wird ausgeglichen das Hindösen der ersten Lebenshälfte und das furchtbare Gescheitsein in der zweiten Lebenshälfte durch das Reich der Dauer.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":274,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/184/1918-10-04/p025"},{"locus":"GA 184/1918-10-04/p026","passage_number":26,"text":"Diesem Reich der Dauer gehören nun an alle geistigen Wesenskräfte der höheren Hierarchien, die wir kennen, mit einziger Ausnahme der Geister der Form. Die spielen herein in das Reich der zeitlichen Entwickelung. Aber sie schaffen herein - indem sie raumlos-räumlich leben, indem sie gewissermaßen ihr Leben zwischen der Raumlosigkeit und Räumlichkeit zubringen - die Gestalten aus dem Raumlosen ins Räumliche. Das unterliegt einem Zeitprozesse, es spielt ihr Leben in die Zeit hinein. Aber die andern Wesenheiten, die in der Hierarchienordnung höher hinauf liegen als die Geister der Form, die sind rein der Dauer angehörige Wesenheiten. Von ihnen als Zeitwesenheiten zu sprechen, kann nur vergleichsweise geschehen; meint man es der Wirklichkeit nach, so ist es ein Unsinn. Es ist eben schwierig, über diese Dinge zu reden, aus dem einfachen Grunde, weil in der gegenwärtigen Zeitentwickelung die wenigsten Menschen eine regsame Empfindung haben für Begriffe und Ideen, die man entwickelt, indem man aus dem Raum und aus der Zeit hinausgeht. Raumloses werden die meisten Menschen heute überhaupt nur für Phantasie erklären, ebenso Zeitloses, Dauerndes, Unvergängliches, aber dann auch Unwandelbares.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":177,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/184/1918-10-04/p026"},{"locus":"GA 184/1918-10-04/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Nun gibt es also über den Wesenheiten der Exusiaiordnung hinauf nur Wesenheiten, die dem Reich der Dauer angehören. Aber es gibt solche unter ihnen, die sich als Zeitenwesen maskieren, die in die Zeit eintreten. So wie die andern Wesen, die ahrimanischen, die ich charakterisiert habe, in den Raum eintreten, so gibt es Wesenheiten, die in die Zeit eintreten. Das sind luziferische Wesenheiten, Wesenheiten, die eigentlich in der Hierarchienordnung zu den Geistern der Weisheit gehören, aber als Geister der Form wirken, weil sie in der Zeit wirken. Und dasjenige, was sonst im Leben zeitlos in der Menschenseele wirken würde, das wird durch diese Geister in die Zeit hereingerückt. Daher kommt es, daß zum Beispiel gewisse Dinge, die für uns immer da sein könnten, wenn wir nur dem Reich der Dauer folgen dürften, auch der Zeit unterliegen; zum Beispiel von uns vergessen werden können, oder besser oder schlechter erinnert werden können und dergleichen, was ja nur mit unserer leiblich-seelischen Natur zusammenhängt, nicht mit unserer geistig-seelischen Natur; das Erinnern, das Gedächtnis.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":168,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/184/1918-10-04/p027"},{"locus":"GA 184/1918-10-04/p028","passage_number":28,"text":"Also Geister der Dauer, die sich als Geister der Zeit maskieren, sind die luziferischen Kräfte; eigentlich Wesenheiten, Wesenskräfte in der kosmischen Ordnung von einer schr hohen Natur, höhere Kräfte als diejenigen, von denen, wenn sie auch noch so theologisch durchgebildet zu sein glauben, manche Pastoren reden, wenn sie vom Göttlichen sprechen. Nun, das, wovon die Pastoren sprechen, sind in Wirklichkeit viel geringere Kräfte, wie wir ja schon gerade auch hier an diesem Orte erwähnt haben.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":75,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/184/1918-10-04/p028"},{"locus":"GA 184/1918-10-04/p029","passage_number":29,"text":"Diese luziferischen Kräfte haben in sich die Möglichkeit, dasjenige, was sonst für unsere menschliche Anschauung uns rein geistig dauerhaft erscheinen würde, gewissermaßen in die Zeit zu übersetzen, ihm den Schein des zeitlichen Verlaufes zu geben. Und durch diesen Schein des zeitlichen Verlaufes gewisser Erscheinungen in uns selbst kommt einzig und allein die Behauptung des Menschen, daß seine geistige Betätigung zusammenhinge mit stofflichen Vorgängen. Würden wir nicht in unserer Seele gewissermaßen durchsetzt sein von luziferischer Wesenheit, dann würde uns unsere geistige Betätigung als Geistiges unmittelbar erscheinen. Wir würden gar nicht auf die Idee kommen, daß dasjenige, was geistige Betätigung ist, am Stoffe hängen könnte. Wir würden uns bewußt werden, daß das einzige Bild, welches ich oftmals gebrauche, auch das einzig richtige ist: daß der, welcher glaubt, seine geistige Betätigung gehe aus dem Stoffe hervor, einem Menschen gleicht, der sich vor einen Spiegel hinstellt und glaubt, daß das Spiegelbild von einer Wesenheit hinter dem Spiegel herrührt. Gewiß, das Bild ist davon abhängig, wie der Spiegel geformt ist; so ist unser Denken abhängig von unserer Leiblichkeit. Aber der Leib wirkt nicht anders als ein Spiegel. Das würde dem Menschen in der Anschauung selbst unmittelbar sich offenbaren, wenn nicht der luziferische Schein da wäre, daß aus dem Stofflichen heraus die geistige Betätigung gestaltet wird. So sehr Luzifer sich hineinmischt ins Überbewußte, so sehr ruft er wieder den Schein hervor, der uns in ähnlicher Weise nasführt, wie wenn wir einem Spiegel entgegengehen und den Spiegel zerschlagen, um zu sehen, wie sich der angreift, der dahinter ist.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":251,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/184/1918-10-04/p029"}],"beads":[{"from":[27],"to":[20],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[28,29],"to":[21],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[30],"to":[22],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[31],"to":[23],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[32],"to":[24],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[33,34],"to":[25],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[35],"to":[26],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[36],"to":[27],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[37],"to":[28],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[38],"to":[29],"confidence":"medium"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. 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