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Daher ist es heute richtig, wenn der Mensch in der Meditation, in der Konzentration seiner Gedanken und Bilder das, was sonst bloßer logischer Zusammenhang ist, in einen, ich möchte sagen, musikalischen Zusammenhang innerhalb des Gedankens selbst verwandelt. Immer ist aber das heutige Meditieren zunächst ein Erleben in Gedanken, ein Übergang des einen Gedankens in den anderen, ein Übergang der einen Vorstellung in die andere.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":124,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-05-27_02/p020"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-05-27_02/p021","passage_number":21,"text":"Während der alte indische Yogi von einer Atemart zu der anderen übergegangen ist, muß der heutige Mensch versuchen, lebendig sich mit seiner ganzen Seele zum Beispiel hineinzuleben in das Rot. Er bleibt also im Gedanklichen. Er lebt sich dann in das Blau hinein. Er macht den Rhythmus durch: Rot, Blau; Blau, Rot; Rot, Blau was ein Gedankenrhythmus ist, aber nicht so, wie er im logischen Denken abläuft, sondern als ein viel lebendigeres Denken.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":73,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-05-27_02/p021"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-05-27_02/p022","passage_number":22,"text":"Wenn der Mensch genügend lange solche Übungen macht - genügend lange mußte auch der alte Yogi seine Übungen machen -, wenn er gewissermaßen den Schwung, den Rhythmus, die innere Qualitätsänderung: Rot, Blau; Blau, Rot; Hell, Dunkel; Dunkel, Hell erlebt kurz, wenn er solche Anweisungen befolgt, wie Sie ja einzelne in meinem Buche «Wie erlangt man Erkenntnisse der höheren Welten?» finden; wenn der Mensch also stehenbleibend im Denken nun nicht gewissermaßen den Atem hineintreibt in den Nerven-Sinnesprozeß, sondern wenn er gleich beim Nerven-Sinnesprozeß beginnt und den Nerven-Sinnesprozeß selber in einen inneren Schwung und Rhythmus und in eine Qualitätsänderung hineinbringt, dann erlangt er gerade das Gegenteil von dem, was der alte Yogi erlangt hat. Der alte Yogi schaltete gewissermaßen den Denkprozeß mit dem Atmungsprozeß zusammen; er machte eines aus dem Denkprozeß und dem Atmungsprozeß. Wir versuchen heute den letzten Zusammenhang zwischen dem Atmungsprozeß und dem Denkprozeß, der ja ohnehin sehr unbewußt ist, noch zu lösen. Wenn Sie im gewöhnlichen Bewußtsein sind, wenn Sie im gewöhnlichen Bewußtsein nachdenken über Ihre natürliche Umgebung, so haben Sie niemals in Ihren Vorstellungen etwa einen bloßen Nerven-Sinnesprozeß, sondern da geht immer noch der Atem hinein. Sie denken, indem fortwährend Ihr Atem Ihren Nerven-Sinnesprozeß durchwellt und durchströmt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":199,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-05-27_02/p022"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-05-27_02/p023","passage_number":23,"text":"Alle Übungen des Meditierens der neueren Zeit gehen darauf aus, das Denken ganz loszulösen von dem Atmungsprozeß. Dadurch reißt man es aber nicht etwa aus dem Rhythmus heraus, sondern man reißt es nur aus einem Rhythmus heraus, der der innere Rhythmus ist. Aber man verbindet dann allmählich das Denken mit einem äußeren Rhythmus. Indem man das Denken loslöst vom Atmungsrhythmus — darauf gehen unsere heutigen Meditationen aus -, läßt man das Denken gewissermaßen hineinströmen in den Rhythmus der äußeren Welt. Der Yogi ging zu seinem eigenen Rhythmus zurück. Der heutige Mensch geht zu dem Rhythmus der äußeren Welt zurück. Lesen Sie gleich die ersten Übungen, welche ich angegeben habe in «Wie erlangt man Erkenntnisse der höheren Welten?», wo ich zeige, wie man, sagen wir, das Keimen und das Wachsen einer Pflanze verfolgen soll. Die Meditation geht darauf hin, die Vorstellung, das Denken von dem Atmen loszulösen und es untertauchen zu lassen in die Wachstumskräfte der Pflanze selber.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":157,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-05-27_02/p023"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-05-27_02/p024","passage_number":24,"text":"Das Denken soll in den Rhythmus hinausgehen, der die äußere Welt durchzieht. In dem Momente aber, wo das Denken wirklich in dieser Weise sich befreit von den leiblichen Funktionen, wo es sich losreißt vom Atem, wo es sich allmählich zusammenbindet mit dem äußeren Rhythmus, da taucht es unter, jetzt nicht in die sinnlichen Wahrnehmungen, in die sinnlichen Eigenschaften der Dinge, sondern da taucht es unter in das Geistige der einzelnen Dinge.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":71,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-05-27_02/p024"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-05-27_02/p025","passage_number":25,"text":"Wenn Sie eine Pflanze anschauen - sie ist grün, sie ist in der Blüte rot. Das sagt Ihnen Ihr Auge. Darüber denkt dann Ihr Verstand nach. Von dem lebt unser gewöhnliches Bewußtsein. Ein anderes Bewußtsein entwickeln wir, wenn wir das Denken losreißen vom Atem, wenn wir es verbinden mit dem, was da draußen ist. Dieses Denken, das lernt mitvibrieren mit der Pflanze, wie sie heranwächst, wie sie sich in der Blüte entfaltet, wie sie, bei einer Rose zum Beispiel, aus dem Grün in das Rote hinübergeht. Das vibriert hinaus in das Geistige, das allen einzelnen Dingen der Außenwelt zugrunde liegt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":100,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-05-27_02/p025"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-05-27_02/p026","passage_number":26,"text":"Sehen Sie, das ist der Unterschied des modernen Meditierens von den Yogaübungen einer sehr alten Zeit. Dazwischen gibt es natürlich vieles, aber ich erwähne diese beiden Extreme. Und dadurch, daß der Mensch sich in diesen äußeren Rhythmus allmählich hineinlebt, geschieht nun folgendes.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":42,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-05-27_02/p026"},{"locus":"GA 212/1922-05-27_02/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Der Yogi tauchte unter in seinen eigenen Atmungsprozeß. Er senkte sich selber in sich hinein. Dadurch bekam er das Selbst wie eine Erinnerung. Er erinnerte sich gewissermaßen an das, was er früher war, bevor er auf die Erde heruntergestiegen war. Wir gehen mit unserer Seele aus unserem Leibe heraus. Wir verbinden uns mit dem, was da draußen im Rhythmus, also geistig lebt. Dadurch schauen wir jetzt dasjenige an, was wir waren, bevor wir auf die Erde heruntergestiegen sind.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":78,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/212/1922-05-27_02/p027"}],"beads":[{"from":[22],"to":[20],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[23,24],"to":[21,22],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[25],"to":[23],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[26],"to":[24],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[27],"to":[25],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[28],"to":[26,27],"confidence":"high"}],"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)."}}