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Only now does the human being attain a personal relationship to the world; thus, love of the individual awakens. Up to then the relationships are more universally human, whereas now personal judgment plays a part. The astral extract a person brought over into life is now freed and able to develop. It comes to expression as high ideals, beautiful hopes and expectations of life, all of which are forces that are essential to human beings. A person's development will take the right course if, rather than having something external imposed upon him, his inherent inclinations and talents are brought out during his school days. Ideals are not simply there; they originate in forces that are astir within youth which at this time strive for expression. Nothing is worse for later life than an absence of feelings of great hopes and expectations; right up into the twenties, they constitute real forces. The more we are able to bring out a person's inner inclinations and talents brought over from former lives, the more we benefit his development. Not until the twenty-third year does this come to an end; then a person is ready to begin his “years of apprenticeship” ( *Wanderjahre*). 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The fruits of former life experiences no longer have to be inwardly developed; an individual is ripe to face the reality of the world. If a person is obliged to do so earlier, his best talents and abilities are spoiled; the essence brought over as forces is deadened. It is a sin against youth if the person is exposed to the prosaic aspects of life at an earlier age. Now a person matures; the time has come when that individual is truly able to learn from life. He approaches his “years of mastery” (Meister-jahren) between his twenty-eighth and thirty-fifth years. 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So wie die Liebe zum Einzelnen nach und nach erwacht, so erwachen jetzt überhaupt erst die persönlichen Verhältnisse zur Umgebung; vorher sind es allgemein menschliche Verhältnisse. Eigenes Urteil und eigene Verhältnisse zur Umwelt treten erst jetzt auf. Da kommt im Astralen der Fond heraus, den der Mensch sich mitgebracht hat und der sich jetzt erst frei entwickeln kann. Alle hohen Ideale, alle schönen Lebenshoffnungen und Lebenserwartungen, die nichts anderes sind als das, was im Astralleib als astraler Fond mitgebracht wird, sind Kräfte, die da sein müssen. Der Mensch entwickelt sich recht, der seine Lehrzeit so durchmacht, daß er das, was in ihm veranlagt ist, nach und nach herausbringt, nicht das, was in der Welt ist, sondern was er sich mitbringt. Ideale sind nicht da, sondern wir haben sie, weil die Kraft in uns rege ist, die in dieser Zeit jenes Hinausstreben des Jünglings macht; und nichts ist schlimmer für das spätere Leben, als wenn diese Kräfte bis zum zwanzigsten Jahre nicht da waren, die Lebenshoffnung und Lebenssehnsucht sind, denn das sind reale Kräfte. Je mehr wir von dem heutigen Fond des Inneren herauszubringen imstande sind, desto besser fördern wir den sich entwickelnden Menschen. Erst mit dem dreiundzwanzigsten Jahre ist das alles herausgebracht, und dann kann der Mensch seine Wanderjahre antreten. Da erst ist sein Ich geboren, da tritt er als eine freie Persönlichkeit frei der Welt gegenüber.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":258,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/55/1907-02-28/p019"},{"locus":"GA 55/1907-02-28/p020","passage_number":20,"text":"Jetzt ist das, was sein Ich, seine vier Glieder sich zusammengearbeitet haben, in unmittelbarem Umgang mit der Welt. Jetzt wirkt ganz frei, ohne daß er ein Inneres erst noch ausgebildet braucht, die innere Lebenserfahrung des Menschen; jetzt erst ist er reif, der unmittelbaren Wirklichkeit gegenüberzutreten. Hat er das schon früher getan, so sind die schönsten Anlagen in ihm verdorben; er hat da die Kräfte ertötet, die er als Fond mitgebracht hat. Es ist eine Versündigung an der Jugend, wenn wir die Prosa des Lebens früher wirken lassen. Jetzt reift der Mensch heran, und es kommt nun die Zeit, wo er so recht vom Leben lernen kann. Er entwickelt sich jetzt nach den sogenannten Meisterjahren hin, die in die Zeit vom achtundzwanzigsten bis zum fünfunddreißigsten Jahre fallen. 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