The Invisible Elements of Human Nature and Practical Life

GA 57/1909-02-18/p012 ·1909-02-18 · English MediumMedium alignmentSome paragraph re-numbering between this translation and the German original — the locus may slip by a paragraph or two.
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How many people today walk around with what is called writer's cramp! The whole marvelous structure of the human body is constructed in a wonderful way. Through everything he does, man adapts his hand to the outside world. This interaction of the hand with the outside world detaches itself from him in a certain way if he is unable to permeate his hand with his inner life. It is a similar process to having artificial teeth fitted. The essential thing is that we have infused and energized everything we can preserve as our own with our ego. You only get shaky hands when, to a certain extent, your hands detach themselves from the rest of your body. These are things that will be taken into account again in the not-too-distant future, and then people will understand what it means to grasp the human being in his spirit again.

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