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Alles das, womit das Bewußtsein beginnt, ist ursprünglich Schmerz. 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. 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