{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 46/46-03-43/p019","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"If we consider that through training in esoteric science the last two states of consciousness are attained by the initiate as a higher stage of development of humanity, it will readily be apparent that the waking consciousness also represents a higher stage of the two subordinate states of consciousness, and thus has developed out of them. This is what is presented by esoteric science. It explains that in the distant past man passed through a stage of development in which he had only a dull consciousness of sleep, interspersed with no dream images; then he rose to a dull dream consciousness, to finally arrive at the waking day consciousness of today. The person to be initiated continues this line of development. He develops the two higher forms of consciousness. But now an even higher kind of consciousness is attainable for this initiate. It can be seen from the above that even in sound consciousness the soul is still connected with the human body. This connection can cease altogether. The soul can leave the body completely. This is what the initiate learns. And then he must have developed organs of an even higher kind than before if he still wants to perceive anything. If this is the case, then the meaning of the world is expressed directly in his surroundings, without the mediation of sound. This is called the highest level of consciousness, the spiritual or purely spiritual consciousness. In the sense of the preceding list of levels of consciousness, this would have to correspond to a state in the present-day human being that represents an even duller consciousness than the dreamless consciousness of sleep. In terms of meaning, this is certainly the case. But the present human being cannot live this state in reality. His soul would then have to be completely outside the body; the dreamless sleep would have to be interrupted by a completely soulless state. This would in fact be tantamount to the physical body being temporarily abandoned to itself, that is, to a temporary killing. The physical body must not be exposed to this if it is not to run the risk of no longer being receptive to the soul.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"43. 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Sie erklärt, dass der Mensch in urferner Vergangenheit durch eine Entwicklungsstufe durchgegangen ist, in welcher er nur ein dumpfes, von keinem Traumbild durchsetztes Schlafbewusstsein hatte; dann stieg er hinauf zu einem dumpfen Traumbewusstsein, um endlich anzukommen beim wachen Tagesbewusstsein von heute. Der Einzuweihende setzt diese Entwicklungslinie fort. Er bildet die beiden höheren Bewusstseinsformen aus. Nun ist aber diesem Eingeweihten eine noch höhere Bewusstseinsart erreichbar. Es ist aus dem Vorhergehenden nämlich ersichtlich, dass auch im Tonbewusstsein die Seele noch mit dem Menschenleibe verbunden ist. Diese Verbindung kann ganz aufhören. Die Seele kann den Leib völlig verlassen. Dies lernt der Eingeweihte. Und dann muss er Organe noch höherer Art als vorher ausgebildet haben, wenn er noch etwas wahrnehmen will. Ist das der Fall, dann drückt sich in seiner Umgebung der Sinn der Welt unmittelbar aus, ohne die Vermittlung des Tones. Man nennt diese zunächst höchste Bewusstseinsstufe das spirituelle oder rein-geistige Bewusstsein. Im Sinne der vorhergehenden Aufzählung der Bewusstseinsstufen müsste im gegenwärt[iglen Menschen dem ein Zustand entsprechen, der ein noch dumpferes Bewusstsein darstellt als das traumlose Schlafbewusstsein. Dem Sinne nach ist das allerdings der Fall. Doch kann der gegenwärtige Mensch diesen Zustand in der Wirklichkeit nicht darleben. Es müsste dann seine Seele ganz außerhalb des Leibes sein; der traumlose Schlaf müsste unterbrochen sein von einem ganz seelenlosen Zustande. Das käme in der Tat einem zeitweiligen Hingegebensein des physischen Leibes an sich selbst gleich, das heißt einer vorübergehenden Tötung. 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