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There had been harmony for a time, but through the higher perfection of cosmic forces, conflict arose. If you could follow with spiritual sight what happens at the point where a simple living creature is penetrated by a beam of light, you would see alteration in the skin; a tiny eye begins to appear. A delicate form of destruction occurs that is experienced as pain. From this pain consciousness is born. Wherever the element of life meets the external world, a process of destruction occurs; if great enough, the outcome is death. The pain gives rise to consciousness. The process that originally created our eyes could have resulted in complete destruction had it gained the upper hand. 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It is when such instinctive reaction is not enough to protect the element of life in the creature, when in other words the provocation is too strong, that the inner forces of opposition are roused which in turn give birth to senses, to sensation, and to organs like the eye and ear. You may have an instinctive feeling that what I have just explained is the truth. You certainly know it in your higher consciousness, but let me give you an example to make it clearer still. When do you become aware of your inner organs? You go through life paying no attention to your stomach, liver or lungs. You feel none of your organs as long as they are sound. You only know that you possess this or that organ when it hurts, when you feel something is out of order, in other words, when destruction has set in. 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Wenn das Leben sich nach außen öffnet, wenn einer lebendigen Wesenheit Licht, Luft, Hitze, Kälte entgegentreten, dann wirken diese äußeren Elemente zunächst auf das lebendige Wesen. Solange diese Elemente aber nur auf dieses lebendige Wesen wirken, solange sie von diesem lebendigen Wesen aufgenommen werden, wie sie von der Pflanze als Träger von inneren Lebensvorgängen aufgenommen werden, solange entsteht kein Bewußtsein. Bewußtsein entsteht erst dann, wenn diese äußeren Elemente in Widerspruch treten mit dem inneren Leben, wenn eine Zerstörung stattfindet. Aus der Zerstörung des Lebens muß das Bewußtsein erfließen. Ohne teilweisen Tod wird ein Lichtstrahl in ein lebendiges Wesen nicht eindringen können, wird in dem lebendigen Wesen nie der Vorgang angeregt werden können, aus dem das Bewußtsein entspringt. Wenn aber das Licht in die Oberfläche des Lebens eindringt, dann eine teilweise Verwüstung anrichtet, die inneren Stoffe und Kräfte niederreißt, dann entsteht jener geheimnisvolle Vorgang, der sich überall in der Außenwelt in ganz bestimmter Weise abspielt. Stellen Sie sich vor: Die intelligenten Kräfte der Welt wären zu einer Höhe emporgestiegen, daß das äußere Licht und die äußere Luft ihnen fremd geworden wären. Nur eine Zeitlang blieben sie mit ihnen in Einklang, dann vervollkommneten sie sich selbst, wodurch ein Widerspruch entstand. Könnten Sie mit den Augen des Geistes diesen Vorgang verfolgen, so könnten Sie sehen, wie da, wo sich in einfache Wesen ein Lichtstrahl eindrängt, die Haut etwas umgestaltet wird und ein winziges Auge entsteht. Was ist es nun, was da in der Materie zuerst aufdämmert? In was drückt sich diese feine Zerstörung aus, denn eine Zerstörung ist es, was dabei vor sich geht? Es ist der Schmerz, der nichts als ein Ausdruck für diese Zerstörung ist. Überall, wo das Leben der äußeren Natur entgegentritt, findet Zerstörung statt, die, wenn sie größer wird, selbst den Tod hervorbringt. Aus dem Schmerz wird das Bewußtsein geboren. Derselbe Prozeß, der Ihr Auge geschaffen hat, wäre ein Zerstörungsprozeß geworden, wenn er an dem Wesen, das sich in dem menschlichen Wesen heraufentwickelt hat, überhand genommen hätte. So hat er aber nur einen kleinen Teil ergriffen, wodurch er aus der Zerstörung, aus dem partiellen Tod heraus jene Spiegelung der Außenwelt schaffen konnte, die man das Bewußtsein nennt. Das Bewußtsein innerhalb der Materie wird also aus dem Leide, aus dem Schmerz geboren.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":404,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/55/1906-11-08/p026"},{"locus":"GA 55/1906-11-08/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Wenn wir diesen Zusammenhang zwischen Leid und Schmerz und dem bewußten Geist, der uns umgibt, einsehen, dann verstehen wir wohl auch ein Wort eines christlichen Eingeweihten, der solche Dinge gründlich intuitiv wußte und auf dem Grunde von allem bewußten Leben den Schmerz sah, das Wort: «In aller Natur seufzet jede Kreatur in Schmerzen, erwartungsvoll, die Gotteskindschaft zu erlangen.» Das finden Sie im 8. Kapitel des Paulus, als eine wunderbare Ausprägung dieser Grundlage des Bewußtseins im Schmerz. So kann man es auch verstehen, wie bedeutende, sinnige Menschen dem Schmerze eine so große, umfassende Rolle zugeschrieben haben. Nur ein Beispiel möchte ich hier anführen. Ein großer deutscher Philosoph sagt, wenn man die ganze Natur um sich herum ansieht, so erscheint einem überall auf ihrem Antlitz der Schmerz, das Leid ausgedrückt, ja, wenn man die höheren Tiere ansieht, so zeigen sie dem tiefer Blickenden einen leidensvollen Ausdruck. Und wer wollte nicht zugeben, daß manche Tierphysiognomie aussieht wie der Ausdruck eines tief verhaltenen Schmerzes? Wenn wir die Sache so ansehen, wie wir das eben angedeutet haben, dann sehen wir die Entstehung des Bewußtseins aus dem Schmerze, so daß das Wesen, das aus der Zerstörung heraus Bewußtsein bildet, aus dem Verfall des Lebens heraus ein Höheres erstehen läßt, aus dem Tode heraus fortwährend sich selbst erschafft. Wenn das Lebendige nicht leiden könnte, niemals könnte das Bewußtsein entstehen. Wenn der Tod nicht in der Welt wäre, niemals könnte in der sichtbaren Welt der Geist existieren. Das ist die Stärke des Geistes, daß er die Zerstörung in etwas noch Höheres, als das Leben ist, umschafft und so mitten im Leben ein Höheres, ein Bewußtsein bildet. Immer weiter und weiter sehen wir dann die verschiedenen Schmerzerlebnisse zu den Organen des Bewußtseins sich entwickeln. Man sieht es schon bei den Tieren, die zur Abwehr nach außen nur ein Reflexbewußtsein haben, ähnlich wie der Mensch, wenn Gefahr für das Auge besteht, dasselbe schließt. Wenn die Reflexbewegung nicht mehr genügt, das innere Leben zu schonen, wenn der Reiz zu stark wird, so erhebt sich die innere Widerstandskraft und gebiert die Sinne, die Empfindung, Auge und Ohr. Sie wissen vielleicht aus mancher unliebsamen Erfahrung heraus, vielleicht auch instinktiv, daß die Sache so ist. Ja, Sie wissen aus einer höheren Stufe Ihres Bewußtseins ganz genau, daß das, was jetzt gesagt worden ist, eine Wahrheit ist. Ein Beispiel wird die Sache noch verdeutlichen. Wann fühlen Sie gewisse innere Organe Ihres Organismus? Sie gehen durchs Leben und fühlen weder Ihren Magen, noch Ihre Leber, noch Ihre Lunge, Sie fühlen keines Ihrer Organe, solange sie gesund sind. Sie fühlen sie nur dann, wenn sie Sie schmerzen, und Sie wissen eigentlich erst, daß Sie dieses oder jenes Organ haben, wenn es Sie schmerzt, wenn Sie empfinden, daß da etwas nicht in Ordnung ist, daß ein Zerstörungsprozeß beginnt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":460,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/55/1906-11-08/p027"},{"locus":"GA 55/1906-11-08/p028","passage_number":28,"text":"Wenn wir dieses Beispiel, diese Erklärung nehmen, dann sehen wir, daß aus dem Schmerz fortwährend bewußtes Leben geboren wird. Tritt der Schmerz zum Leben, so gebiert er die Empfindung und das Bewußtsein. Dieses Gebären, dieses Hervorbringen eines Höheren, spiegelt sich wiederum im Bewußtsein als die Lust, und es gab nie eine Lust, ohne daß es vorher einen Schmerz gegeben hätte. Unten in dem Leben, das sich eben aus der physischen Materie heraus erhebt, gibt es noch keine Lust. Wenn aber der Schmerz Bewußtsein hat erstehen lassen und als Bewußtsein schöpferisch weiterwirkt, dann ist diese Schöpfung auf einer höheren Stufe und drückt sich im Gefühle der Lust aus. Dem Schaffen liegt die Lust zugrunde. Lust kann nur da sein, wo innerliches oder äußerliches Schaffen möglich ist. Irgendwie liegt einer jeden Lust das Schaffen zugrunde, wie jeder Unlust die Notwendigkeit des Schaffens zugrunde liegt. Nehmen Sie etwas, was auf niederer Stufe das Leid charakterisieren kann, zum Beispiel das Gefühl des Hungers, der das Leben zerstören kann. Dem treten Sie mit der Nahrung entgegen. Die Nahrungsaufnahme wird zum Genuß, weil die Nahrung in der Lage ist, in eine Lebenssteigerung, in eine Lebensproduktion überzugehen. So sehen Sie, daß auf Grundlage des Schmerzes höheres Schaffen, Lust entsteht. Eher als die Lust ist also das Leid. 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