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On the other hand, all experimenting with other paths which fail to use and maintain the normal channels of consciousness, all experimenting with trance conditions such as mediumism, somnambulism, hypnotism and so on, all investigation into world-events that cannot be apprehended by a consciousness that is a travesty of modern natural science—all these are false paths, for they do not lead into the true spiritual world.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"11. What is the Position in Respect of Spiritual Investigation and the Understanding of Spiritual Investigation?","site_heading":null,"date":"1924-08-22","location":null,"word_count":176,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/243/1924-08-22/p048","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"A. H. 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Und so sehen Sie, wie die richtigen Wege hineinführen in die geistige Welt, führen zum Erkennen von Geburt und Tod, führen zum Erkennen der Verwandtschaft der menschlichen Organe mit dem Kosmos, führen zum Erkennen des Bösen, führen zum Erkennen des kosmischen Menschen: Christus.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":132,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/243/1924-08-22/p034"},{"locus":"GA 243/1924-08-22/p035","passage_number":35,"text":"Das alles, wenn es dargestellt wird, so daß es sich gegenseitig stützt, kann verstanden werden. Und das Verstehen ist dann der beste Weg, selber hineinzukommen in die geistige Welt, das Verstehen und Meditieren über dasjenige, worinnen man im Verstehen ist. Die anderen Meditationsregeln sind dann weitere Unterstützungen. Aber so ist für jeden heutigen Menschen der rechte Weg hinein in die geistige Welt. 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