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Just as ice forms out of water, water in a different form, so the ether body and the physical body are a condensed astral body. Spiritual science shows that the etheric and physical bodies are denser astral bodies. The astral body is the cause of the etheric body and the physical body. The human being shares the physical body with all visible beings of nature, with minerals, plants and animals. The etheric body is shared with plants and animals, and the astral body with animals. But there is one thing that human beings have alone that makes them the crown of all beings. Everyone can only say a name to themselves, and that is the name 'I'. No one can pronounce the name 'I' if it is meant to refer to someone else. Everyone can only say this name to themselves. This is where the actual center of a person's nature is revealed; so that spiritual science imagines the human being as having four parts, with the 'I am' as the fourth. This is a power and entity of its own. Jean Paul describes in his biography how the thought first occurred to him: You are an I. He said: “There I looked into the most hidden sanctuary of my soul.” All religions based on spiritual wisdom have sensed this fact. The Hebrew people have also sensed it. Yahweh or Jehovah is nothing other than the “I am”. (Ex 3:14) He is the “I am” and points to the innermost core of human nature. In this ancient Hebrew people, the “I am” or Jehovah was felt to be something that expressed itself in the whole group. 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From the invisible worlds, the spiritual in the I announced itself, revealed itself in the I, permeated the I.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":108,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/68a/1907-12-14/p031","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The Essence of Christianity","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA068a/English/SOL2024/19071214p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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It was in the bosom of the Divine before our astral body came into being.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":160,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/68a/1907-12-14/p032","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The Essence of Christianity","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA068a/English/SOL2024/19071214p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. The translator IS verified for this lecture: its own source names the translator (evidence: the lecture's page, rsarchive's lecture list, or the cover of the book it was published in), and that page's text was matched against this unit (see match_score and source_url). 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People should become educated so that everyone can find the drop of divinity within themselves if they seek this community within. Man should become educated so that he can find communion with God as an individual individuality within himself.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":62,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/68a/1907-12-14/p033","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The Essence of Christianity","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA068a/English/SOL2024/19071214p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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He says explicitly: “All I say of the ‘I am,’ I do not say of myself” (John 14:10), but He says that when people recognize the power of the “I am,” then they have something higher than all other powers. When you express the “I am,” you speak of the power that also lives in the Light of the world. “I am” lives in everything; it is what permeates the entire being of the earth in all realms. 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Christ Jesus said: “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me.” (Matthew 10:37). “If anyone comes to me and does not hate (leave) his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, he cannot be my disciple.” This saying must be interpreted in such a way that at the beginning of the development of the earth, those who were related loved each other; but at the end of the development of the earth, people will love and recognize each other in soul love. That brotherly love that goes from soul to soul, that comes from the spirit, that is the love that takes its starting point from the power of Christ Jesus, which will gain more and more ground in humanity. Where the same blood flowed, there one felt as a member of a group ego. At the end of human development, one will feel as a member of the whole of humanity. One will then seek the “I am” not in the blood of the tribe or people, but in the spirit and in the truth. The Old Testament worships the God in the foundations of nature; in the New Covenant, God will be worshipped in that which is prior to nature, in the spirit and in truth. Even for those who were intimately connected with the Lord, it was not readily understandable how that other love should take the place of the love of blood. Only the Lord's favorite disciple understood this. The other evangelists still tell the whole line of descent to the father Abraham. But the one who came into the world as the being that was embodied in Christ Jesus, he could say: “Before Abraham was, the I AM was.” (John 8:58) That the favorite disciple had understood. He goes up to the extra-temporal in his presentation. There is no external contradiction between the Gospel of John and the other Gospels. It is only the difference between a subordinate and a higher point of view. We are dealing here with different perspectives. If we know this, then we also understand the old Bible interpreters. 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So, wie das Eis sich aus dem Wasser herausbildet, Wasser ist in anderer Form, so ist der Ätherleib und der physische Leib verdichteter Astralleib. Die Geisteswissenschaft zeigt, dass Äther- und physischer Leib verdichteter Astralleib sind. Der astralische Leib ist die Ursache des Ätherleibes und des physischen Leibes. Den physischen Leib hat der Mensch gemeinsam mit allen sichtbaren Wesen der Natur, mit Mineralien, Pflanzen und Tieren. Den Ätherleib hat er gemeinsam mit Pflanzen und Tieren, den Astralleib mit den Tieren. Aber eines besitzt der Mensch allein, was ihn zur Krone aller Wesen macht. Einen Namen kann jeder nur zu sich selbst sagen, das ist der Name «Ich». Keiner kann den Namen «Ich» aussprechen, wenn es einen anderen bedeuten soll. Nur zu sich selbst kann jeder diesen Namen sprechen. Hier kündet sich dem Menschen der eigentliche Mittelpunkt seiner Natur an; sodass die Geisteswissenschaft sich den Menschen viergliedrig vorstellt, als Viertes das «Ich bin». Es ist dies eine eigene Kraft und Wesenheit. Jean Paul schildert in seiner Biografie, wie ihm zuerst der Gedanke aufging: Du bist ein Ich. Er sagte: Da habe ich in das verhangenste Heiligtum meiner Seele hineingeschaut. Alle Religionsbekenntnisse, die auf Geistesweisheit gebaut sind, haben diesen Tatbestand empfunden. Empfunden hat ihn auch das hebräische Volk. Nichts anderes als das «Ich bin» ist Jahve oder Jehova. (2 Mos 3,14) Er ist das «Ich bin» und deutet auf das Innerste der Menschennatur. In diesem althebräischen Volk war das «Ich bin» oder Jehova empfunden worden als etwas, was in der ganzen Gruppe sich ausdrückte. Es wandte diesen Namen an auf das, was durch den ganzen Blutsstrom von Abraham an hinunterfloss.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":348,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1907-12-14/p030"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1907-12-14/p031","passage_number":31,"text":"Dies «Ich bin», als was sah man das an? In jenen Stätten der alten Zeit, die man als Mysterienstätten bezeichnete, von denen kann man sagen, sie waren Kirche und Schule zugleich. In den Mysterien suchten sich die Mysterienschüler zu der Natur des «Ich bin» zu erheben. Da wurden sie geführt vom Sinnlichen ins Geistige. — Eine völlige Erneuerung dieses vierten Gliedes der menschlichen Wesenheit trat durch die Erscheinung des Christus Jesus ein. Die Bezeichnung für dies «Ich bin» ist der Logos oder das Wort. Aus den unsichtbaren Welten heraus kündigte sich das Geistige im Ich an, offenbarte sich das Geistige im Ich, durchtränkte das Ich.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":105,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1907-12-14/p031"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1907-12-14/p032","passage_number":32,"text":"Der Mensch ist seinem physischen Leibe nach ein Extrakt der ganzen mineralischen Welt. Daher hat man den Menschen einen Mikrokosmos genannt. Sein Ätherleib ist ein Auszug aus den Lebenskräften, die in dem Pflanzen- und Tierreich draußen leben. Sein Astralleib ist ein Extrakt aus allen astralen Kräften, die in den Tieren leben. Das Ich steht nicht in Beziehung zur umliegenden mineralischen, pflanzlichen und tierischen Welt, sondern nur zur unsichtbaren, göttlich-geistigen Welt. Es ist ein Extrakt aus dem Geistigen, ein Tropfen aus der Substanz des Göttlichen. Ein Tropfen aus dem Meere des Göttlichen ist das Ich. So ragt das Göttliche in den Menschen hinein und sendet in des Menschen Innerstes seinen Tropfen hinein, und der Ausdruck dieses Göttlichen ist das «Ich bin». Dieser Tropfen der göttlichen Natur ist noch älter als der astralische Leib. Er war, ehe unser astralischer Leib entstand, im Schoße des Göttlichen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":143,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1907-12-14/p032"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1907-12-14/p033","passage_number":33,"text":"«Im Anfang war das Wort» (Joh 1,1), oder das «Ich bin», jene innerste Kraft der menschlichen Wesenheit, die das Ewige darstellt. Gelehrt sollten die Menschen werden, dass ein jeder in sich selber den Tropfen der Gottheit finden könne, wenn er im Innern diese Gemeinschaft sucht. Gelehrt sollte der Mensch werden, dass er in sich selbst die Gemeinschaft mit Gott als einzelne Individualität finden könne.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":64,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1907-12-14/p033"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1907-12-14/p034","passage_number":34,"text":"Die Kunde von dem Worte drang in die Welt, sie schien in die Finsternisse des astralen, ätherischen und physischen Leibes hinein. Nur Einzelne haben es begriffen, die nicht aus dem Fleisch geboren waren. Sie konnten sich als Gotteskinder offenbaren. Jetzt aber kam herein das Urewige, Umfassende der Menschennatur, das vor Abraham war, was jede Menschenindividualität hat. Diese übersinnliche Kraft, die ist Fleisch geworden in dem Christus Jesus. So ist der Christus Jesus die Kraft in der Menschheitsevolution, die die Menschheit zur Erkenntnis ihres innersten Wesens, ihres «Ich bin» bringen will. Von diesem Gesichtspunkte aus wird verständlich das Johannesevangelium und vor allem jenes tiefste Kapitel, in dem so viel von dem «Ich bin» gesprochen wird. Er sagt ausdrücklich: «Alles was ich sage von dem «Ich bin», das sage ich nicht von mir selbst» (Joh 14,10), — sondern er sagt davon, dass, wenn die Menschen die Kraft des «Ich bin» erkennen, dann haben sie etwas, was höher ist, als alle anderen Kräfte. Wenn ihr das ausdrückt, das «Ich bin», so sprecht ihr von der Kraft, die auch lebt im Licht der Welt. «Ich bin» lebt in allem, es ist das, was das ganze Erdenwesen in allen Reichen durchzieht, was euch als Nahrungsmittel die Erde gibt, das könnt ihr nur richtig erforschen, wenn ihr versteht das «Ich bin»:","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":215,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1907-12-14/p034"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1907-12-14/p035","passage_number":35,"text":"> Ich bin das Brot des Lebens (Joh 6,48),  \n> Ich bin der Weinstock (Joh 15,5),  \n> Ich selber bin gepflanzt vom Vater, der Vater ist der Weingärtner. (Joh 15,1)","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":30,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1907-12-14/p035"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1907-12-14/p036","passage_number":36,"text":"So stellt sich hin dies Kapitel des Johannesevangeliums als etwas, was Kraft und Leben geben muss den Menschen. Diese Kräfte wurzeln im Vater, dem Geiste der Welt: «Ich und der Vater sind eins.» (Joh 10,30)","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":35,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1907-12-14/p036"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1907-12-14/p037","passage_number":37,"text":"Wenn wir weit zurückgehen in der Zeiten Wende, dann kommen wir in Zeiten, in denen die Blutsgemeinschaft eine immer größere Rolle spielt. Sie war damals die Grundlage dessen, was wir Liebe nennen. Die Liebe bestand nur bei denen, in deren Adern gemeinschaftliches, verwandtes Blut floss. Damals herrschte die Nah-Ehe. Später trat die Fern-Ehe anstelle der Nah-Ehe. Damals bewirkte nur das gemeinsame Blut die Liebe. Indem sich die Menschheit durch spätere Zeitläufe hindurch entwickelte, wurden die Völker immer mehr untereinandergemischt. Das jüdische Volk empfand noch mehr die Zusammengehörigkeit des gemeinsamen Blutes. Aber damals, als das Christentum entstand, da begann die Zeit, wo die Völker durcheinandergemischt wurden. Da begann auch die Zeit einer neuen Liebe, die nicht auf das Blut gebaut ist. Der Christus Jesus sprach: «Wer Vater oder Mutter mehr liebt denn mich, der ist mein nicht wert.» (Mt 10,37). «So jemand zu mir kommt und hasst nicht (verlässt nicht) seinen Vater, Mutter, Weib, Kinder, Brüder, Schwestern — der kann nicht mein Jünger sein.» (Lk 14,26). Dieser Spruch muss so gedeutet werden, dass am Anfang der Erdenentwicklung die sich liebten, die verwandt waren; aber am Ende der Erdentwicklung werden die Menschen sich lieben und erkennen in seelischer Liebe. Jene Bruderliebe, die von Seele zu Seele geht, die aus dem Geiste stammt, das ist die Liebe, die ihren Ausgangspunkt nimmt von der Kraft des Christus Jesus, die immer mehr Boden in der Menschheit gewinnen wird. Wo gleiches Blut floss, da fühlte man sich als ein Glied von einem Gruppen-Ich. Am Ende der Menschheitsentwicklung wird man sich fühlen als Angehöriger der ganzen Menschheit. Das «Ich bin» wird man dann nicht im Blute des Stammes oder Volkes, sondern im Geiste und in der Wahrheit suchen. Das Alte Testament betet den Gott in der Naturgrundlage an, in dem Neuen Bunde wird der Gott angebetet werden in dem, was vor der Natur veranlagt ist, im Geiste und in der Wahrheit. Auch für die, die intim mit dem Herrn verbunden waren, war es nicht ohne Weiteres verständlich, wie an jene Stelle der Blutsliebe jene andere Liebe treten sollte. Der Lieblingsjünger des Herrn, der verstand das allein. Die andern Evangelisten erzählen noch die ganze Stammeslinie bis zum Vater Abraham. Aber der, der als die Wesenheit in die Welt kam, die in dem Christus Jesus verkörpert war, der konnte sagen: «Bevor Abraham war, war das »». (Joh 8,58) Das hatte der Lieblingsjünger verstanden. Er geht bei seiner Darstellung bis zu dem Außerzeitlichen hinauf. Nicht ein äußerer Widerspruch liegt zwischen dem Johannesevangelium und den anderen Evangelien. Es ist nur der Unterschied zwischen einem untergeordneten und einem höheren Standpunkt. Mit verschiedenen Perspektiven haben wir es hier zu tun. Wenn wir dies wissen, dann verstehen wir auch die alten Bibelausleger. Sie wussten, dass man das Wahre schildern kann von verschiedenen Gesichtspunkten aus.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":460,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1907-12-14/p037"}],"beads":[{"from":[30],"to":[30],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[31],"to":[31],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[32],"to":[32],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[33],"to":[33],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[34],"to":[34],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[35],"to":[35],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[36],"to":[36],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[37],"to":[37],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"}],"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)."}}