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Er erfasst alles mit dem Geiste und unterscheidet, was Wirklichkeit und Illusion ist. Er lernt erfahren, was die Vorstellung eines Menschen in Wirklichkeit ausmacht; alle Erfahrungstatsachen lernt man vom richtigen Standpunkt aus bewerten. Mag kommen, was will, immer aufrecht stehen im Leben. Bild des gegeißelten Jesus.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":55,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1909-02-28/p021"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1909-02-28/p022","passage_number":22,"text":"An der dritten Stufe lernt der Einzuweihende auch seine Gefühle beherrschen; er lernt die Fähigkeit, dass er nicht wankend wird, sondern ausharrt, auch wenn dasjenige, was für ihn sein Heiligstes und Erhabenstes ist, mit Spott und Hohn überschüttet wird. Dornenkrönung. Bild des gekrönten Christus.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":44,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1909-02-28/p022"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1909-02-28/p023","passage_number":23,"text":"Vierte Stufe: Der gekreuzigte Christus. Man empfindet seinen eigenen Leib als etwas Fremdes, als etwas Äußerliches. Er wird durch dieses Erlebnis stark im Geist; er empfindet den gekreuzigten Christus als tatsächliches Erlebnis. Hier tritt auch die Simon-Petrus-Probe an ihn heran, auch die Blutsprobe.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":43,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1909-02-28/p023"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1909-02-28/p024","passage_number":24,"text":"Die fünfte Stufe ist der mystische Tod. Alles um ihn her ist versunken, ein lethargischer Zustand tritt ein, eine vollkommene Ruhe. Ein Gleichmut seines seelischen Zustandes gegenüber allem Äußeren.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":29,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1909-02-28/p024"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1909-02-28/p025","passage_number":25,"text":"Die sechste Stufe wird als die Grablegung bezeichnet; er fühlt sich eins mit der Erde, er ist im Geist wiedergeboren.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":20,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1909-02-28/p025"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1909-02-28/p026","passage_number":26,"text":"Die siebte Stufe ist nicht mit physischen Sinnen zu erklären, ist die Vereinigung mit dem Göttlichen, ein rein geistiger Vorgang, die Himmelfahrt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":22,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1909-02-28/p026"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1909-02-28/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Wir sehen, wie das ganze Christus-Erlebnis sich im Inneren des Eingeweihten abspielt, wie er alle Phasen dieses Ereignisses innerlich in Wirklichkeit durchmacht. Das ganze äußere Christusereignis mit allen historischen Einzelheiten wird inwendig aufgenommen, wir brauchen keinen äußeren Beweis mehr, gerade wie es uns in dem Damaskusereignis des Paulus entgegentritt, der den geistigen Christus in sich aufgenommen hatte.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":57,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1909-02-28/p027"}],"beads":[{"from":[17],"to":[17],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[18],"to":[18],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[19],"to":[19],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[20],"to":[20],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[21],"to":[21],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[22],"to":[22],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[23],"to":[23],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[24],"to":[24],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[25],"to":[25],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[26],"to":[26],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[27],"to":[27],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. 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