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The ether body is not born yet, even less the astral body; they are still surrounded by an etheric and an astral sheath. These sheaths, visible only to spiritual sight, are not part of a person's own nature, but they envelop and protect him. At the change of teeth in the seventh year when the ether body is born, the etheric sheath is pushed aside as was the maternal body at physical birth. 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The brain of a seven-year old may still be incomplete, but the foundation for the child's further development is laid, and any lack cannot be made up later. The appearance of the second teeth marks the end of the activity of the physical principle, which is the principle of structure and form. The teeth are the outwardly visible sign that the bones and joints and also the softer organs have consolidated. The influence of light is what entices the power of sight to the surface in the eyes.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":214,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/55/1907-02-28/p016","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1907-02-28","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 55/1907-02-28/p015","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/55/1907-02-28/p015"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":464,"en_words":385,"ratio":0.83,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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A healthy child will only get pleasure from it for a short while. A knot in a table napkin with indications of eyes and ears will provide far more pleasure; this is because the child's fantasy becomes active in providing what the doll lacks. This encourages the development of the inner Organs; they become strong, as a muscle becomes strong when activated. The environment should provide happiness, pleasure and enjoyment because it calls up in the child inner feelings and activity that flow like strong up-building forces through its organs. A bad environment at this time in the child's life does more to harm the organs than anything else. The notion, based on false asceticism, that the child benefits from being accustomed to an austere, lackluster existence is utterly wrong. As regards nourishment, if the child is given the right food it will develop a liking for what is beneficial, whereas wrong food will cause sickness.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":171,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/55/1907-02-28/p017","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1907-02-28","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 55/1907-02-28/p015","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/55/1907-02-28/p015"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":464,"en_words":385,"ratio":0.83,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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Thus, we must be clear that as the physical principle is at work in the first seven years, and should be left undisturbed, our primary concern must be to do what is right and healthy for the child's bodily nature. Regarding nutrition it must be realized that there exists a spiritual bond between mother and child, especially during the early years; the mother who breast-feeds her child pays heed to this relationship. The milk contains more than its physical, chemical components; spiritually it is related to the child. It is evident from spiritual research that the milk issues from the mother's ether body. Because the child's own ether body is not born yet, it can at first only tolerate what has been prepared by another ether body. Statistical evidence shows that of those who die in infancy, 16 to 20 percent have been breast-fed by their own mother, while 26 to 30 percent have not. This is an indication of the close affinity between the ether bodies. The affinity expresses itself physically in family likeness. Traits and characteristics pointing to the line of descent develop and become established during the first years.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":207,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/55/1907-02-28/p018","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1907-02-28","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 55/1907-02-28/p016","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/55/1907-02-28/p016"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":215,"en_words":207,"ratio":0.96,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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Und nun ist es, wie wenn der Mensch die physische Mutterhülle zurückstößt und sein physischer Leib jetzt allein erst den Wirkungen der physischen Elemente ausgesetzt ist. Nach dieser Geburt ist der Ätherleib noch nicht und noch weniger der Astralleib geboren; diese sind noch eingehüllt von einer Äther- und von einer astralen Hülle. Wie eine Schale, die nur für das geistige Auge des Sehers sichtbar ist, umgibt eine astrale und eine ätherische Hülle den Menschen, die nicht seiner eigenen Natur angehören, die ihn schützen und einhüllen. Die Ätherhülle umgibt den Menschen bis zum siebenten Jahre, der Zeit des Zahnwechsels. Da erst wird der Ätherleib geboren; da erst wird die Ätherhülle zurückgedrängt, wie die physische Hülle bei der physischen Geburt; und mit der Geschlechtsreife wird erst der Astralleib der äußeren Welt vollständig ausgesetzt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":185,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/55/1907-02-28/p014"},{"locus":"GA 55/1907-02-28/p015","passage_number":15,"text":"Wir müssen uns klarmachen, daß in den ersten sieben Jahren des Lebens nur jene Essenz, die wir die Essenz des physischen Leibes nannten, vollständig frei wirkt, daß sie die physische Form gibt; sie leitet die physische Struktur ein. Die Organe wachsen in der Außenwelt heran, so daß sie ihre Form, ihre Anlage haben und nur noch weiterwachsen brauchen. Wir müssen daher alles in seine Umgebung bringen, was die Struktur des physischen Leibes in der allerbesten Weise entfalten kann. Dafür konnten wir zwei Zauberworte anführen: Nachahmung und Beispiel oder Vorbild. Alles, was um das Kind herum ist, wird von ihm nachgeahmt, und diese Nachahmung lockt die inneren Organe zu ihrer Form. Wenn auch das Gehirn mit dem siebenten Jahre noch sehr unvollkommen ist, die Richtung hat es doch erhalten, und was ihm bis dahin vorenthalten ist, kann es später nicht mehr nachholen. In den Zähnen macht das physische Prinzip gleichsam Schlußpunkt, denn es ist das Prinzip des Gestaltens, des Formens. So wie die Zähne am anschaulichsten zeigen, daß die Glieder sich konsolidiert haben, so sind auch die anderen weicheren Organe bestimmt. Das Licht wirkt und lockt die Kraft des Auges an die Oberfläche. Wir haben erwähnt, daß es gut ist, dem Kinde mögJichst nicht fertige Puppen und derartiges zu geben; wir haben erwähnt, daß ein gesundes Kind nur für eine kurze Zeit Freude daran findet. Dagegen hat es seine Freude daran, wenn Sie eine Serviette zusammenbinden und mit Tintenklecksen Augen und Ohren machen und ihm als Spielzeug geben. Wie ein Muskel nur stark wird, wenn er angewendet wird, so ist es auch hier: jetzt muß das Kind arbeiten und das in der Phantasie aufbauen, was die Puppe nicht hat. Da wird der innere organische Aufbau bewirkt. Es ist daher von besonderer Bedeutung, daß man das Kind innerlich arbeiten läßt, in seine Umgebung das bringt, was die Organe durchströmt mit Freude und Lust und Genuß an der Umgebung. Das schafft Kraft für die Bildung der Organe. Durch nichts kann man die Organe mehr ruinieren, als wenn man dem Kinde nicht das Richtige zuführt. Die Phantasie, die in ihm tätig ist, arbeitet an den Formen seiner Organe, und nichts wäre verfehlter, als durch eine falsche Askese das Kind an ein lustloses Dasein gewöhnen zu wolJen. Freude ist der Praktiker in den ersten Lebensjahren, und die gesunden Lebensinstinkte sind die Bildner, die man nur nicht verderben soll. Die richtige Nahrung, dem Kinde gereicht, wird bewirken, daß das Kind Lust an der Ernährung bekommt, die ihm frommt; falsche Nahrung wird das Kind krank machen. Für jede Stufe, für alles weiß die Geisteswissenschaft da die nötigen Dinge. So müssen wir uns darüber klar sein, daß in den ersten sieben Jahren das Gattungsgemäße vorzugsweise herauskommt, denn das physische Prinzip arbeitet an dem Menschen, und ungestört müssen wir das Kind arbeiten lassen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":464,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/55/1907-02-28/p015"},{"locus":"GA 55/1907-02-28/p016","passage_number":16,"text":"Bei der Ernährungsfrage tritt ein innerlicher Zusammenhang hervor zwischen der Muttermilch und dem Kinde, der sich dadurch ausdrückt, daß in den ersten Lebensjahren geradezu ein geistiges Verhältnis zwischen der Mutter und dem Kinde besteht; und eine Mutter, die ihr Kind selbst nährt, beachtet das. In der Muttermilch ist nicht bloß das, was physisch und chemisch ist, es ist etwas, was geistig verwandt ist mit dem Kinde. Der Geisteswissenschafter sieht da etwas, was aus dem Ätherleib der Mutter herausgeboren ist, und weil der Ätherleib des Kindes noch ungeboren ist, so verträgt er in der ersten Zeit insbesondere nur das, was schon durch einen anderen Ätherleib zubereitet ist. Es besteht ein inniger Kontakt zwischen dem, was das Kind braucht, und dem, was ihm die Mutter selbst reicht. Prozentual betrachtet: Etwa 16 bis 20 Prozent derjenigen Kinder, die im Säuglingsalter sterben, sind solche, die von der eigenen Mutter genährt werden; dagegen 26 bis 30 Prozent solche, die von Fremden genährt werden. Darin sehen Sie den Zusammenhang zwischen den Lebensleibern. Es ist eine Art Charakter, der sich in den ersten Lebensjahren physisch zum Ausdruck bringt; das mehr Gattungsmäßige bildet sich heraus, konsolidiert sich, wird fest, gibt ihm den Charakter, durch den es einem bestimmten Geschlecht angehört. Die Familienzüge prägen sich erst von dieser Zeit an auf seinem Antlitz aus.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":215,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/55/1907-02-28/p016"}],"beads":[{"from":[15],"to":[14],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[16,17],"to":[15],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[18],"to":[16],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"}],"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)."}}