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It is important to teach the child the difference between a simple chance occurrence and destiny. Thus, you will need to go through the concept of destiny with the children. You cannot use definitions to explain when something destined occurs or when something occurs only by chance. You can, however, perhaps explain it through examples. What I mean is that when something happens to me, if I feel that the event is in some way something I sought, then that is destiny. If I do not have the feeling that it was something I sought, but have a particularly strong feeling that it overcame me, surprised me, and that I can learn a great deal for the future from it, then that is a chance event. You need to gradually teach the children about something they can experience only through feeling, namely the difference between finished karma and arising or developing karma. 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For the newest edition, I rewrote the chapter, “Reincarnation and Karma,” where I discuss this question. There, I tried to show how you can feel the difference. You can certainly make it clear to the children that there are actually two kinds of occurrences. In the one case, you feel that you sought it. For example, when you meet someone, you usually feel that you sought that person. In the other case, when you are involved in a natural event, you have the feeling you can learn something from it for the future. If something happens to you because of some other person, that is usually a case of fulfilled karma. Even such things as the fact that we find ourselves together in this faculty at the Waldorf School are fulfilled karma. We find ourselves here because we sought each other. We cannot comprehend that through definitions, only through feeling. You will need to speak with the children about all kinds of fates, perhaps in stories where the question of fate plays a role. 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Dem Kinde wäre also eine Vorstellung beizubringen von dem, was Schicksal ist, sodass das Kind wirklich fühlt, dass der Mensch ein Schicksal hat.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":53,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/300a/1919-09-26/p037"},{"locus":"GA 300a/1919-09-26/p038","passage_number":38,"text":"Den Unterschied dem Kinde beizubringen zwischen dem, was einen zufällig bloß trifft, und dem, was Schicksal ist, das ist wichtig. Also man muss den Begriff des Schicksals mit dem Kinde behandeln. Die Frage, wann einen etwas als Schicksal trifft, oder wann einen etwas zufällig trifft, die lässt sich nicht definitionsgemäß erläutern. Man kann [sie] aber vielleicht an Beispielen erläutern. Ich will sagen, wenn ich empfinde bei einem Ereignis, das mich trifft, dass ich das Ereignis so wie gesucht habe, dann ist es Schicksal. Wenn ich nicht empfinden kann, dass ich es gesucht habe, aber besonders stark empfinden kann, dass es mich überrascht und dass ich viel daran lernen kann für die Zukunft, dann ist es ein Zufall, dann wird es erst Schicksal. Es muss an diesem, was nur empfindungsgemäß erlebt werden kann, der Unterschied zwischen «vollendetem Karma» und «aufgehendem, werdendem Karma» dem Kinde allmählich beigebracht werden. Man muss wirklich die Schicksalsfrage im Sinne der Karmafrage allmählich mit dem Kinde behandeln.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":160,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/300a/1919-09-26/p038"},{"locus":"GA 300a/1919-09-26/p039","passage_number":39,"text":"Dass es in der Empfindung Unterschiede gibt, darüber werden Sie Genaueres in der neuesten Auflage meiner «Theosophie» finden. Da habe ich diese Frage einmal behandelt in dem Kapitel «Reinkarnation und Karma», das ganz neu bearbeitet ist. Da habe ich versucht, herauszuarbeiten, wie man den Unterschied empfinden [kann]. Da können Sie [den Kindern] durchaus schon klarmachen, dass es eigentlich zweierlei Ereignisse gibt. Bei dem einen empfindet man eben mehr, dass man es gesucht hat: Zum Beispiel, wenn man einen Menschen kennenlernt, so empfindet man meistens, dass man ihn gesucht hat. Wenn einen ein Naturereignis trifft, in das man verquickt ist, dann empfindet man, dass man viel daran lernen kann für die Zukunft. Trifft einen etwas durch einen Menschen, so ist es meist erfülltes Karma. Selbst in einer solchen Weise, dass Sie sich hier zusammenfinden zum Beispiel in einem Lehrerkollegium in der Waldorfschule, ist ein erfülltes Karma. Man findet sich so zusammen, weil man sich gesucht hat. Das lässt sich aber nicht definitionsgemäß klarmachen, sondern nur empfindungsgemäß. Man muss dem Kinde viel über allerlei besondere Schicksale sprechen, vielleicht in Erzählungen, worin Schicksalsfragen spielen. [Man kann manches sogar wiederholen aus den Märchenerzählungen, indem man die Märchen noch einmal durchnimmt, in denen Schicksalsfragen spielen.] Namentlich kann man auch in der Geschichte solche Beispiele aufsuchen, wo man an einzelnen Personen sieht, wie sich ein Schicksal erfüllt. Die Schicksalsfrage ist also zu besprechen, um von dieser Seite auf den Ernst des Lebens hinzuweisen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":237,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/300a/1919-09-26/p039"},{"locus":"GA 300a/1919-09-26/p040","passage_number":40,"text":"Und dann möchte ich Ihnen klarmachen, was das eigentlich Religiöse im anthroposophischen Sinne ist. Das Religiöse im Sinne der Anthroposophie ist das Gefühlsmäßige, [das], was wir aus der Weltanschauung an Gefühlen aufnehmen für Welt und Geist und Leben. Die Weltanschauung selber ist eine Sache des Kopfes, das Religiöse aber geht immer aus dem ganzen Menschen hervor. Daher ist eine Religion, die Bekenntnisreligion ist, eigentlich nicht wirklich religiös. Dasjenige, worauf es ankommt, ist, dass in der Religion der ganze Mensch, und zwar hauptsächlich Gefühl und Wille, lebt. Dasjenige, was an Weltanschauungsinhalt in der Religion lebt, das ist eigentlich nur zum Exemplifizieren, zur Unterstützung, zur Vertiefung des Gefühls und zur Erstarkung des Willens. 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