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Our consciousness can take hold of a thought or an indefinite instinctive impulse to do something, say raise our arm. The arm movement follows immediately and we see it. Two mental pictures are involved in this process, first the picture of deciding to raise the arm, then the picture of the arm raised. Of that which takes place in the will between the two concepts we have at first no consciousness at all. We are as unconscious of what takes place in our will as we are of everything in the state of sleep. As regards the will we are asleep even when awake. Our will as such escapes our consciousness when we carry out an action, whereas in regard to our concepts, while we do not know how they are related to reality, we do grasp them in lucid clarity in our ordinary consciousness.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":158,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/212/1922-04-29/p010","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1922-04-29","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 212/1922-04-29/p010","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-04-29/p010"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","length_check":{"de_words":166,"en_words":158,"ratio":0.95,"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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Our feelings partake of the lucid clarity of mental pictures on the one hand and on the other of the darkness and unconsciousness of will impulses. We see, let us say, a rose; we form a mental picture of it and turn our gaze away. We retain the rose as a memory picture. Since we, as human beings, are not quite indifferent to things we feel delight in the rose; it gives us pleasure. We feel an inner satisfaction in the existence of the rose. However, to begin with we cannot say how these feelings of pleasure and satisfaction arise within us. Exactly how they come about remains obscure to ordinary consciousness. But that they are connected with the mental picture is completely clear. The feeling tinges, colors, as it were, the mental picture. When we have a clear mental picture of the rose we also have a clear mental picture of what pleases us. 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Dann, wenn man so recht tief empfindet dieses Widerspruchsvolle, das aber zusammenhängt mit diesem schicksalsmäßigen inneren Erleben des Menschen als Menschen, dann sieht man sich wohl dieses wogende, webende Seelenleben an, und man findet dann, daß es gewissermaßen nach zwei Polen hin besonders geartet ist, daß es nach der einen Richtung hin das Vorstellen, nach der anderen den Willen ausbildet. Zwischen dem Vorstellen und dem Willen findet man das Gemüt, das Fühlen, und man wird gewahr, wie die Vorstellungen, die man, sagen wir, aus der Außenwelt schöpft, von Empfindungen, von Gefühlen begleitet werden, die diesen Vorstellungen die innere Seelenwärme, die die Seele braucht, geben. Man wird gewahr, wie auf der anderen Seite dasjenige, was als Willensimpulse aus der Seele fließt, wiederum zusammenhängt mit Empfindungs- und Gefühlsmäßigem, wie wir aus gewissen Gefühlen und Empfindungen heraus die eine oder die andere Willensentschließung fassen, wie wir im Gefühle begleiten, was aus dieser Willensentschließung wird, indem wir entweder mit dem, was wir wollen, beziehungsweise was aus dem Wollen wird, zufrieden sind in uns selbst oder unzufrieden. Wir sehen gewissermaßen an dem einen Pol des Seelenlebens das Vorstellen, an dem anderen Pol das Willensleben, und wir sehen in der Mitte drinnen, sich anschließend an das Vorstellungsleben, sich anschließend an das Willensleben, das Gemüts-, das Gefühls-, das Empfindungsleben.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":237,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-04-29/p008"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-04-29/p009","passage_number":9,"text":"Und wenn wir das Vorstellungsleben mehr ins Auge fassen - Ja, wenn wir ehrlich sind, so müssen wir uns für das gewöhnliche Leben gestehen, daß unser Vorstellungsleben so verfließt, daß es sich zunächst anschließt an dasjenige, was wir von außen her erleben, was unsere gesamten Sinne an der Außenwelt erleben. Gewiß, das Seelenleben setzt in einer gewissen Weise das Erleben der Sinne fort, gibt dem Erleben der Sinne Färbung, bringt manchmal die Erinnerungsvorstellungen mit einer ganz anderen Färbung heraus aus dem Inneren, als sie erfaßt sind an der äußeren Sinneswelt. Aber derjenige, der sich nicht Träumereien hingibt und der selbst seiner Phantasiewelt so gegenübersteht, daß er sich nicht in Illusionen wiegt, der wird doch überall im Vorstellungsleben finden, wie es angeregt ist von der äußeren Sinnesempfänglichkeit. Und wenn wir dann gewissermaßen uns abschließen von der äußeren Sinnesempfänglichkeit und, ohne daß wir einschlafen, in unserem eigenen Vorstellungsleben verharren, ohne daß wir den Willen entfalten, dann kommt allerdings in dieses Vorstellungsleben allerlei hinein, was Erinnerung an äußere Wahrnehmungen ist, was umgestaltete äußere Wahrnehmungen sind. Allein wir empfinden ganz deutlich den Bildcharakter dessen, was wir da in ihnen erfassen, wenn wir gewissermaßen alle Sinne schließen und im Inneren das bloße Vorstellen erleben. Wir fühlen, daß wir Bilder haben von dem, was diese Vorstellungen ausdrücken. Wir fühlen sogar das Flüchtige dieser Vorstellungen; sie treten in unserem Bewußtsein auf, sie treten wiederum aus unserem Bewußtsein heraus. Wir können nicht so unmittelbar gewahr werden, ob an ihnen eine Wirklichkeit ist, oder ob sie bloße Bilder sind. Oder wenn wir voraussetzen, daß ihnen eine Wirklichkeit zugrunde liegt, so können wir diese Wirklichkeit zunächst nicht erfassen, weil die Vorstellungen sich uns als Bilder ergeben. Wir wissen ganz genau: Indem wir in den Vorstellungen leben, leben wir in einer Bilderwelt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":291,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-04-29/p009"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-04-29/p010","passage_number":10,"text":"Und radikal verschieden von dieser Bilderwelt ist dann dasjenige, was wir in unserer Willenswelt erleben. Das kann nicht durchschaut werden von unserem gewöhnlichen Bewußtsein. Das gewöhnliche Bewußtsein faßt einen Gedanken oder einen unbestimmten instinktiven Impuls: Ich will das und das, ich will den Arm bewegen. — Nach einer verhältnismäßig kurzen Zeit erfolgt die Armbewegung. Man sieht wiederum die Armbewegung. Man hat zwei Vorstellungen: die Vorstellung, daß man den Arm erheben will, die Vorstellung, daß der Arm erhoben ist. Was dazwischen sich in unserer menschlichen Wesenheit als Wille entfaltet hat, davon hat man zunächst keine Vorstellung. Das verschwindet in das Unbewußte wie die Zustände des Schlafes. In bezug auf unseren Willen schlafen wir auch wachend. Während die Vorstellungen mit lichter Klarheit in unserem gewöhnlichen Bewußtsein sein können, während wir bei den Vorstellungen zwar nicht wissen, wie sie in einer Wirklichkeit wurzeln, wir sie aber doch ganz klar, hell in unserem Bewußtsein haben können, entfällt uns dasjenige, was Wille ist, aus dem Bewußtsein, wenn dieser Wille sich vollzieht.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":166,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-04-29/p010"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-04-29/p011","passage_number":11,"text":"Aber dafür wissen wir mit Bezug auf diesen Willen etwas anderes. Dieser Wille, wenn er zur Tat wird, wenn er also wirklicher Wille ist, nicht bloßer Wunsch, er drückt sich zweifellos in einer Realität aus. Ich habe zunächst die Vorstellung, sie ist ein Bild: Ich werde den Arm heben. - Was dann geschieht, das gewöhnliche Bewußtsein weiß es nicht, aber der Arm wird gehoben. Ein realer Vorgang der Außenwelt vollzieht sich. Was im Willen lebt, wird äußere Wirklichkeit, wie die anderen Vorgänge der Natur äußere Wirklichkeit sind.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":87,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-04-29/p011"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-04-29/p012","passage_number":12,"text":"Bei meinen Vorstellungen habe ich den Bildcharakter. Ich weiß zunächst nicht, wie das, was da im Gedanken sich als Vorstellung auslebt, zusammenhängt mit irgendeiner Realität. Bei meinem Willen weiß ich ganz genau: mit der Realität hängt er zusammen, aber ich kann ihn nicht hell und klar durchschauen wie die Vorstellungen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":50,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-04-29/p012"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-04-29/p013","passage_number":13,"text":"Und dasjenige, was zwischendrinnen ist, die Empfindung, das Gefühl, die die Vorstellung färben, die den Willen färben, sie nehmen teil an der Helligkeit, an der lichten Klarheit der Vorstellung auf der einen Seite, und an der Finsternis, an der Unbewußtheit der Willensimpulse auf der anderen Seite. Wir sehen eine Rose. Wir vergegenwärtigen sie uns innerlich als Bild. Wir ziehen unser Auge ab von der Rose. Wir haben sie als Bild in der Vorstellung. Wir sind als Menschen nicht von absoluter innerer Kälte durchzogen. Wir empfinden Freude an der Rose, wir empfinden Gefallen an ihr. Wir sind innerlich befriedigt von dem Dasein der Rose. Zunächst können wir uns allerdings nicht sagen, wie aus unserem menschlichen Wesen heraus dieses Gefühl der Freude, dieses Gefühl der Befriedigung von dem Dasein der Rose, dieses Gefühl des Gefallens entsteht. Wie es entsteht in unserem Inneren, es bleibt zunächst für das gewöhnliche Bewußtsein unbestimmt, aber es verbindet sich mit der hellen, lichten Klarheit der Vorstellungen. Es tingiert gewissermaßen, es färbt die Vorstellungen. Wenn wir eine deutliche Vorstellung von der Rose haben, so haben wir auch eine deutliche Vorstellung von dem, was uns gefällt. Es überträgt sich die helle, lichte Klarheit der Rosenvorstellung auf unser Fühlen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":199,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-04-29/p013"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-04-29/p014","passage_number":14,"text":"Wenn wir aber einen Willensimpuls haben - wir brauchen uns nur zu prüfen -, so kommt er aus den Tiefen unseres Wesens heraus: Ich will das, ich will jenes. - Aber wie oft sehen wir uns instinktiv zu dem oder jenem gedrängt! Unser Vorstellen sagt uns oft: Das sollte gar nicht geschehen; unser Vorstellen sagt uns oftmals: Wir sind mit dem, was da geschieht, eigentlich unzufrieden. — Aber dann wiederum, wenn wir zurückblicken auf unser eigenes Seelenleben und nach unseren Gefühlen fragen, so müssen wir doch sagen: Aus einem bestimmten Gefühl heraus hat sich das vollzogen, womit wir sogar unzufrieden sein können, und was so in den dunklen Seelentiefen wurzelt, daß sogar seine Qualität uns ihrem Ursprunge nach unbewußt bleibt. Und das, was wir dabei empfinden, ich möchte sagen, stürzt sich in einer gleichen Weise in diese Unbewußtheit, in diese Finsternis des Wollens hinunter. In welch anderer Weise nimmt unser Fühlen teil auf der einen Seite an der hellen Klarheit des Vorstellungslebens, auf der anderen Seite an der Dumpfheit des Willenslebens!","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":171,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-04-29/p014"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-04-29/p015","passage_number":15,"text":"So erscheint uns unser Seelenleben dreifach: als Denken, als Vorstellen also, als Fühlen, als Wollen. Aber es ist nach den beiden Polen hin innerlich wesenhaft ganz verschieden gestaltet.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":28,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-04-29/p015"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-04-29/p016","passage_number":16,"text":"Nun, das Vorstellen verweist uns zunächst auf die Sinneswelt. Gewiß, wir nehmen nicht bloß einfache Sinneswahrnehmungen in unser Bewußtsein herein. Einfache Sinneswahrnehmungen wären: rot, blau, Cis, C, G, warm, kalt, wohlriechend, übelriechend, süß, sauer und so weiter. Auch fortlaufende Strömungen dieser Sinnesempfindungen können wir noch unmittelbar der Sinneswelt selber zuschreiben. Allein dann, wenn wir komplizierteren äußeren Vorgängen gegenüberstehen? Nehmen wir nur einmal an, wenn wir einem Menschen gegenüberstehen: Unzählige Sinnesempfindungen kommen von diesem Menschen zu uns her. Was wir in seinem Antlitz sehen, was wir sonst an ihm sehen, was er spricht, die Art und Weise, wie er sich bewegt - wir könnten viele einfache Sinnesempfindungen anführen; allein das alles formt sich eben zu einem Ganzen, zu demjenigen, was wir dann als diesen Menschen erleben. So daß wir sagen können: Durch die Sinnesempfindungen erleben wir die Welt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":137,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-04-29/p016"}],"beads":[{"from":[7,8],"to":[7,8],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[9],"to":[9],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[10],"to":[10],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[11],"to":[11],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[12],"to":[12],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[13],"to":[13],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[14],"to":[14],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[15],"to":[15,16],"confidence":"medium"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. A bead at either end of the span can carry text beyond it (the `from` numbers show what each bead covers)."}}