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As long as the astral body is in the physical body and uses the physical organs, the physical body will tire; and as long as the astral body is in the physical body, it cannot get rid of the fatigue. It must go out and work on the physical body from the outside, and this work takes place at night when the person is asleep. Then the seer sees the astral body working on the physical body and removing the fatigue. This is the source of the refreshing effect of healthy sleep. There is something healing about sleep. What is worn out in the physical body – the physical body is used by the astral body like a machine – all this is removed. An astral body that works on the physical body from the outside works to repair it; an astral body in the physical body consumes it; even destroys it within certain limits.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":169,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/68b/1907-01-21/p037","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1907-01-21","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 68b/1907-01-21/p036","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68b/1907-01-21/p036"}],"bead_confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","reader"],"reader_german":["GA 68b/1907-01-21/p036"],"length_check":{"de_words":138,"en_words":169,"ratio":1.22,"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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He knew the essence of sleep, but he knew something else as well. He realized that something special happens to this astral body when it emerges. It will become clear to us through a comparison. Imagine a vessel of water; there is water inside. Take a small sponge that can hold a drop and throw this sponge into the water, and it soaks up a drop. It used to be in all the water; now it is outside.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":98,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/68b/1907-01-21/p038","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1907-01-21","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 68b/1907-01-21/p037","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68b/1907-01-21/p037"}],"bead_confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":101,"en_words":98,"ratio":0.97,"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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The astral body is not something that is original and separate from something greater. There is a mighty astral body, which is the astral body of our entire planet, and this astral body is like the mass of water in the vessel. The physical body is like the little sponge. When we are awake, the physical body has the astral body within it, and then it has separated a drop for itself from the astral sea, and this drop of the earth spirit works separately from the rest of the earth's astral body; and that is why it has an eroding effect during the day, it has to erode. Imagine a finger, separate it, and in a short time it will wither. Why? Because this finger must be connected to the whole life process, to the whole astral process, if it is to exist, and because the drop of astral mass that remains in the finger cannot lead its own life as a detached drop. 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Der Geisteswissenschafter weiß, dass der Astralleib niemals, wenn er innerhalb des physischen Leibes bleibt, dasjenige wegschaffen könnte, was seinen Ausdruck in der Ermüdung findet. Nennen Sie es Anhäufung von Ermüdungsstoffen oder anders, sie ist da und muss weggeschafft werden. Woher kommt die Ermüdung? Wodurch wird sie weggeschafft?","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":92,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68b/1907-01-21/p035"},{"locus":"GA 68b/1907-01-21/p036","passage_number":36,"text":"Die Ermüdung ist eine Begleiterscheinung dessen, was der Astralleib im physischen Leib tut. Solange der Astralleib im physischen Leib ist und sich der physischen Organe bedient, so lange ermüdet der physische Leib; und solange der Astralleib im physischen Leib ist, kann er sie nicht wegschaffen. Er muss herausgehen und von außen arbeiten an dem physischen Leib, und die Arbeit geschieht in der Nacht, wenn der Mensch schläft. Da sieht ihn der Sehende arbeiten am physischen Leib und die Ermüdung fortschaffen. Daher kommt das Erquickende eines gesunden Schlafes. Der Schlaf hat erwas Gesundendes. Was abgenützt ist am physischen Leib — der physische Leib wird vom Astralleib wie eine Maschine benutzt — alles das wird weggeschafft. Ein Astralleib, der von außen arbeitet am physischen Leib, arbeitet ausbessernd; ein Astralleib im physischen Leib verbraucht ihn; zerstört ihn sogar in gewissen Grenzen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":138,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68b/1907-01-21/p036"},{"locus":"GA 68b/1907-01-21/p037","passage_number":37,"text":"Das steht im Zusammenhang mit einer anderen Erscheinung, über die ein Mann, der heute wenig gekannt ist, ein großes Wort gesprochen hat: Paracelsus. Dieser kannte das Wesen des Schlafes, aber er wusste noch etwas anderes. Er ist darauf aufmerksam geworden, dass mit diesem Astralleib etwas Besonderes geschicht, wenn er heraustritt. Durch einen Vergleich wird es uns klar werden. Denken Sie sich ein Wassergefäß; Wasser ist drinnen. Nehmen Sie ein kleines Schwämmchen, das einen Tropfen auffassen kann und werfen dieses Schwämmchen ins Wasser, und es saugt sich voll mit einem Tropfen. Der war früher im ganzen Wasser drinnen; jetzt ist er heraußen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":101,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68b/1907-01-21/p037"},{"locus":"GA 68b/1907-01-21/p038","passage_number":38,"text":"So ist es in der Tat mit dem Verhältnis des Astralleibes zum physischen Leib. Der Astralleib ist nicht etwas, was ursprünglich und abgesondert ist von etwas Großen. Es gibt einen mächtigen Astralleib, der der Astralleib unseres ganzen Planeten ist, und dieser Astralleib ist so, wie die Wassermasse im Gefäß. Der physische Leib ist wie das kleine Schwämmchen. Beim Wachen hat der physische Leib den Astralleib in sich, dann hat er einen Tropfen herausgesondert für sich aus dem Astralmeer, und dieser Tropfen des Erdgeistes arbeitet abgesondert von dem übrigen Erd-Astralleib; und deswegen wirkt er am Tag abnützend, muss er abnützen. Denken Sie sich einen Finger, trennen Sie ihn ab, in kurzer Zeit ist er verdorrt. Warum? Weil dieser Finger mit dem ganzen Lebensprozess, dem ganzen Astralprozess zusammenhängen muss, wenn er bestehen soll, und weil der Tropfen astralischer Masse, die in dem Finger bleibt, als losgetrennter Tropfen kein eigenes Leben führen kann. Das kann allerdings der Astralleib des Menschen bis zu einem gewissen Grade, aber er hat es nötig, immer ab und zu zurückzukehren und sich Kraft zu holen vom gesamten Astralleib; das geschieht in der Nacht.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":185,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68b/1907-01-21/p038"},{"locus":"GA 68b/1907-01-21/p039","passage_number":39,"text":"So verbindet sich in der Nacht jeder menschliche Astralleib mit dem gesamten Astralleib der Erde. Daher sagt Paracelsus: In der Nacht ruht der Mensch in dem ganzen Schoß der geistigen Natur und nimmt jene Harmonie in sich auf, welche ihm bei Tag zerstört worden ist. — So sehen wir, dass, wenn aus der geistigen Welt heraus ein Teil abgestoßen wird, er wieder zurückkehren muss, um dort Kraft zu sammeln. 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