{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 68c/1909-12-06/p016","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"And again: once we have acquired the truth about something, we may say: this truth, although acquired in the most personal way, is the most impersonal of all; for we can find the same truth in all souls. When we have found a truth, it will take on the same form in millions of people who have also found it. Thus we will be able to communicate with the whole world about the truth. Thus truth is the most personal and thus it is the most impersonal. It leads most deeply into us, because there it must be decided, and it leads out again, because it applies independently of our arbitrariness. Truth is therefore the element in the life of the soul that has the most important mission in relation to this life of the soul. On the one hand, it educates the self to independence – for the self is the judge of truth – and on the other hand, it educates the self to selflessness, in that truth brings together this self with everything in our environment where truth is to be spoken at all. The two sides of the double-edged sword are best educated by the truth, and so the ego becomes strong to be led up from the surging activity of the sentient soul, where it still broods dull; so it becomes strong enough to be led up into the soul of mind or emotion, and at the same time it is prepared to be led up into the consciousness soul, where it comes out again to grasp the environment, to grasp the world selflessly. Thus we have characterized truth as the most important and essential element in the development of the I, in the work of the I on the three soul-members, the sentient soul, the mind or emotional soul, and the consciousness soul. This is why truth is such a powerful educator of the ego, because it works on both sides. We just have to take it seriously. Only those who truly strive for the truth in their own selves, and only strive for the truth, who allow only the truth to determine their inner world of ideas, may hope that this truth will fulfill this implied mission for them. A great English poet rightly says of truth, hinting at its brittleness, hinting at the high demands it makes of us: “To him who prefers anything to truth, this goddess does not surrender.” Those who place their Christianity above truth will soon realize that they are placing their particular denomination above Christianity. But those who place their particular denomination above Christianity will soon realize that they are placing their sect above their denomination. And those who place their sect above their denomination will soon realize that they are placing their personal whims above even the teachings of their sect. So says the poet Coleridge. Truth reveals itself only to him who is in turn ready to surrender himself entirely to it. But now we meet this truth within ourselves in a twofold form. The I asserts its two sides, which we have characterized, quite well in relation to this truth. If we want to characterize these two sides of the I, then we must present to our soul the way in which truth presents itself to the I from the world.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"XXXI. 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Daher ist die Wahrheit dasjenige Element im Seelenleben, das die wichtigste Mission in Bezug auf dieses Seelenleben hat, das auf der einen Seite zur Selbstständigkeit das Ich erzieht — denn das Ich ist der Richter über die Wahrheit — und auf der anderen Seite zur Selbstlosigkeit, indem die Wahrheit dieses Ich zusammenführt mit all demjenigen, was in unserer Umgebung ist, wo überhaupt von Wahrheit gesprochen werden soll. Die beiden Seiten des zweischneidigen Schwertes, sie werden durch die Wahrheit am besten erzogen, und so wird das Ich kräftig, um heraufgeführt zu werden aus dem wogenden Getriebe der Empfindungsseele, wo es noch dumpf brütet; so wird es kräftig, um heraufgeführt zu werden in die Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele, und so wird es zu gleicher Zeit vorbereitet, um hinaufgeführt zu werden in die Bewusstseinsseele, wo es wiederum hinauskommt zum Ergreifen der Umwelt, zur selbstlosen Erfassung der Welt. Damit haben wir die Wahrheit charakterisiert als das wichtigste und das wesentlichste Element bei der Entwicklung des Ichs, bei der Arbeit des Ichs an den drei Seelengliedern, der Empfindungsseele, der Verstandes- oder Gemütsseele und der Bewusstseinsseele. Deshalb ist die Wahrheit eine so gewaltige Erzieherin des Ichs, weil sie nach beiden Seiten hin wirkt. Nur müssen wir es wirklich ernst mit ihr nehmen. Nur derjenige, der in seinem Ich wirklich nach der Wahrheit strebt, und nur nach der Wahrheit strebt, der wirklich nur entscheiden lässt in sich selber, in seiner Vorstellungswelt nach Maßgabe der Wahrheit, der darf hoffen, dass diese Wahrheit für ihn selber diese angedeutete Mission erfüllt. Mit Recht sagt ein großer englischer Dichter von der Wahrheit, andeutend ihre Sprödigkeit, andeutend die hohen Forderungen, die sie an uns stellt: [Demjenigen], der der Wahrheit etwas vorzieht, dem ergibt sich diese Göttin nicht. Wer sein Christentum stellt über die Wahrheit, wird bald bemerken, dass er seine besondere Konfession über das Christentum stellt. Wer aber seine besondere Konfession über das Christentum stellt, wird bald bemerken, dass er seine Sekte über die Konfession stellt. Und wer seine Sekte über die Konfession stellt, wird bald bemerken, dass er seine persönliche Willkür auch über das Bekenntnis seiner Sekte stellt. So sagt der Dichter Coleridge. Die Wahrheit ergibt sich nur demjenigen, der wiederum bereit ist, sich ihr ganz hinzugeben. Nun aber treffen wir diese Wahrheit in uns selber in einer doppelten Gestalt. Das Ich macht seine zwei Seiten, die wir charakterisiert haben, gar wohl geltend gegenüber dieser Wahrheit. 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