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And if fingernails and toenails grow too long, these growth forces become blocked. Being held back in this way, those forces are no longer able to flow into the nails. This obstruction to the flow of growth forces, which is removed when the nails are cut, similarly affects the soul and spiritual counterpart and manifests as difficulties in concentration. The ability to pay attention can be developed only with a free and unlimited flow of the life forces that permeate the whole organism. In most cases, this kind of change in powers of concentration may pass unnoticed. I give this example to show that anthroposophic principles and methods of education in no way neglect the physical aspects of life. Nor do they lead to a vague kind of spirituality; spirit is taken fully into account, so that life can be understood and treated appropriately.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"V. 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Er wird dem Jungen oder dem Mädchen sagen: Du mußt dir zur rechten Zeit die Fingernägel oder die Fußnägel schneiden; du wartest zulange, bis du dir die Finger- oder die Fußnägel abschneidest. — Denn dasjenige, was sich da als Wachstumskraft äußert, in das menschliche Werden übergeht, in das Wachsen der Fingernägel und der Fußnägel, das ist ja auch durchseelt, durchgeistet. Und wenn die Fingernägel oder die Fußnägel zu lang werden, dann staut sich diese Wachstumskraft, dann kann diese Wachstumskraft sich nicht in die Finger- und in die Fußnägel hinein ergießen, wird zurückgehalten. Und dieses Stauen des Wachstums, das erst wiederum frei wird, wenn man die Nägel abschneidet, wenn also wiederum die freie kleine Oberfläche daliegt, dieses Stauen, das staut auch auf der anderen Seite das Geistig-Seelische der Aufmerksamkeit zurück. Denn die Aufmerksamkeit kann sich nur bei einem vollen, freien, ungehemmten Leben, das durch den Organismus fließt, entwickeln. 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