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Heute kann man ja das dem Menschen nicht zumuten, daß er in irgendeinem Zeitpunkte seines Lebens sich für keinen Menschen hält.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":52,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/233a/1924-04-20_03/p026"},{"locus":"GA 233a/1924-04-20_03/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Aber das war die allererste Anforderung, sich wirklich für keinen Menschen zu halten und das folgende sich zu sagen: Gewiß, ich war ein Mensch, bevor ich in einen irdischen Leib heruntergestiegen bin; ich war im vorirdischen Dasein ein Mensch geistig-seelisch. - Da ist das Geistig-Seelische in den physischen Leib eingezogen, den es von der Mutter her, von den Eltern her bekommen hat. Da hat es sich nicht umkleidet, das ist ein falscher Ausdruck -, aber durchdrungen mit diesem physischen Leibe. Von der Art und Weise, wie das Geistig-Seelische nun im Laufe einer längeren Zeit durchsetzt das Physische, durchsetzt das Nerven-Sinnessystem, durchsetzt das rhythmische System, durchsetzt das Stoffwechsel-Gliedmaßensystem, von dem haben ja die Menschen kein Bewußtsein. Sie werden gewahr, sie sehen aus ihren Sinnen heraus, sehen die physische Umwelt. Aber was kann denn der Mensch, wenn er nun wirklich dazu gekommen ist, daß er mit seinem Geistig-Seelischen seinen physischen Leib so weit durchdrungen hat, daß er sich nun für einen ganz entwickelten, voll entwickelten erwachsenen Menschen hält? Was kann er dann? Er kann ja nur aus seinen Augen herausschauen, aus seinen Ohren heraushören, mit der Haut heraus wahrnehmen Wärme und Kälte, Rauheit und Glätte: er kann ja nur heraus wahrnehmen, er kann nicht herein wahrnehmen. Er kann durch die Augen nicht in sich hineinschauen, kann höchstens den physischen Leichnam schinden und dann glauben, daß er in sich hineinschaut. Aber da schaut er nicht in Wirklichkeit hinein. Es ist ja kindisch, das zu glauben.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":242,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/233a/1924-04-20_03/p027"},{"locus":"GA 233a/1924-04-20_03/p028","passage_number":28,"text":"Wenn ich hier ein Haus vor mir habe: das hat Fenster, aber ich schaue nicht hinein, sonder ich nehme, wenn ich stark genug dazu bin, alle möglichen Instrumente und zerschlage das Haus - dann habe ich die einzelnen Ziegel vor mir liegen, und nur diesen Haufen schaue ich mir dann an. So macht man es ja heute. Man zerschindet, man zerstückelt den Menschen, um ihn kennenzulernen, aber da lernt man ihn nicht kennen. Es ist gar nicht der Mensch, den man da kennenlernt. Will man den Menschen kennenlernen, so muß man so, wie man heute aus den Augen herausschaut, nun wieder zurück durch die Augen hineinschauen können, durch die Ohren wiederum zurück hineinhören können. Das alles zusammen - Augen, Ohren, die ganze Haut als Tast- und Wärme-Organ, Geruchsorgan und so weiter —, das nannte man in den alten Mysterien das Tor zum Menschen, die Pforte zum Menschen. Und davon ging überhaupt die Initiation aus, daß irgend jemand klar wurde darüber: Er weiß ja gar nichts vom Menschen; also kann er, da er kein Selbstbewußtsein vom Menschen hat, auch kein Mensch sein. Er muß erst lernen, durch die Sinne hineinzuschauen, wie er sonst nur hinausschaut.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":194,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/233a/1924-04-20_03/p028"},{"locus":"GA 233a/1924-04-20_03/p029","passage_number":29,"text":"Das war die erste Stufe der Einweihung in älteren Mysterien. Und in dem Augenblicke, wo der Mensch lernte dieses Hineinschauen, in dem Augenblicke erlebte er sich auch im vorirdischen Dasein. 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Und jetzt wurde ihm gesagt, nun erst würde er kennenlernen dasjenige, was wir heute Naturwissenschaft nennen würden. Wenn wir heute Naturwissenschaft lernen, wie tun wir das? Wir tun es so, daß wir dazu geführt werden, die Dinge der Natur anzuschauen, zu beschreiben und so weiter. Aber das ist ja so, wie wenn ich einen Menschen lange gekannt hätte, ich ihn wiedersehen soll, und jemand würde mir auferlegen: Du mußt aber alles vergessen, was du mit diesem Menschen gemeinschaftlich gehabt hast, wenn du ihn jetzt wiedersiehst; du darfst dich an gar nichts erinnern, was du mit ihm gemeinschaftlich gehabt hast. - Denken Sie - das ist gar nicht auszudenken -, wenn das zum Beispiel Eheleuten auferlegt würde, daß sie, wenn sie sich irgendeinmal nach längerer Zeit wiederum sehen, alles vergessen, was sie irgendwie miteinander durchgemacht haben! Ja, ich kann mir schon denken, daß es zuweilen auch angenehm sein dürfte; aber das Leben könnte unter solchen Voraussetzungen nicht bestehen. Das aber wird dem modernen Menschen einfach durch die Zivilisationsordnung auferlegt. Denn der Mensch hat die Reiche der Natur kennengelernt, kennengelernt von ihrer geistigen Seite, bevor er heruntergestiegen ist auf die Erde. Während man heute den Menschen dazu anleitet, all das zu vergessen, was er, bevor er heruntergestiegen ist, gelernt hat über Mineralien, über Pflanzen, über Tiere, machte man den alten Eingeweihten in dem sogenannten ersten Mysteriengrad darauf aufmerksam: Du siehst jetzt den Quarz. - Und nun tat man alles, damit er sich erinnere, was er, bevor er heruntergestiegen war, vom Quarz wußte oder was er von der Lilie oder von der Rose wußte. Wiedererkennen war dasjenige, was als Naturwissen beigebracht wurde. 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