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Such a requirement appears in its true light when we consider that in these higher regions the control which corrects the ordinary researcher at every turn ceases. If the plant researcher has false ideas, his senses will soon enlighten him about his error. He is to the mystic what the person walking on a level path is to the mountain climber. The one can fall to the ground; he will kill himself only in exceptional cases; the other is always in danger of doing so. 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Eine solche Forderung erscheint in rechtem Lichte, wenn man bedenkt, daß in diesen höheren Gebieten die Kontrolle aufhört, die den gewöhnlichen Forscher auf Schritt und Tritt korrigiert. Wenn der Pflanzenforscher sich falsche Vorstellungen macht, so werden ihn bald seine Sinne über seinen Irrtum aufklären. Er verhält sich dem Mystiker gegenüber wie derjenige, der auf ebenem Wege geht, zum Bergsteiger. Der eine kann zu Boden fallen; er wird sich nur in Ausnahmefällen töten; dem andern steht diese Gefahr immer bevor. Und gewiß kann niemand Berge besteigen, der nicht gehen gelernt hat. — Weil geistige Tatsachen nicht in derselben Art die Vorstellungen korrigieren wie äußere Tatsachen, ist strengstes, zuverlässiges Denken eine ganz selbstverständliche Voraussetzung für den mystischen Forscher.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":164,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/34/02_initiation_and_mysteries/p004"},{"locus":"GA 34/02_initiation_and_mysteries/p005","passage_number":5,"text":"Gibt man sich solchen Gedanken hin, so erkennt man, was jene alten Weisen meinten, wenn sie von den Gefahren sprachen, diedem Menschen drohen, der zu den Geheimnissen der Welt vordringen will. Wer mit ungeschultem Denken zu ihnen kommt, in dessen Seele richten sie Verwirrung an. Sie werden gefährlich wie eine Dynamitbombe in den Händen eines Kindes. Daher tritt an jeden mystischen Forscher die strenge Forderung heran, daß sich die Richtigkeit seines Denkens, ja seines ganzen Seelenlebens an schwierigen, dornenvollen Aufgaben erst erprobe, bevor er den eigentlichen höheren Aufgaben sich nähert. — Das ist eine Hindeutung darauf, was der Mystiker im Sinne hat, wenn er von den ersten Stufen der «Einweihung » in die höheren Wahrheiten spricht.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":116,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/34/02_initiation_and_mysteries/p005"}],"beads":[{"from":[4],"to":[4],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[5],"to":[5],"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)."}}