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All his experiences that surge up and down in him from awakening to falling asleep, all desires, passions, ideals, feelings, and the like are quiet. We consider what is outwardly visible at the sleeping human being. What do we face there? A being that we can probably compare to a plant. We face a being that completely has the value of a plant. About such a being, we must say that it has its living in a similar way as the plant cover of the earth has it. As we can only understand the plant cover of the earth if it sprouts under the impression of the cosmic forces, we can also understand this sleeping human body only if we imagine it as the plant. If one wants to imagine that in the human being life sprouts, one normally takes a quite wrong viewpoint: one normally compares the wake life of the human being from morning up to the evening to the sprouting plant life from spring until autumn. 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We have wintertime in the wake human being because the day life works destroying - as well as the winter must be restored for the earth—, and must be restored at night by everything that is sprouting life. 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The human being goes through a soul summertime, and when he enters into this time, he becomes unconscious—as well as a being that falls asleep in the spring would never see the plant growth and would face a concealed world in the summertime. 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Da schweigen in ihm all die Erlebnisse, die innerlich seelisch vom Aufwachen bis zum Einschlafen in uns auf- und abwogen; Triebe, Leidenschaften, Ideale, Gefühle, alles das schweigt dann. Und betrachten wir dann das, was äußerlich sichtbar ist an dem schlafenden Menschen. Was haben wir da vor uns? Ein Wesen, das lebt - gewiß; es lebt im Schlafe, aber wir haben ein Wesen vor uns, das wir wohl vergleichen können mit einer Pflanze. Ein Wesen haben wir vor uns, das ganz den Wert einer Pflanze hat. Und ein solches Wesen, das ganz den Wert einer Pflanze hat, von dem müssen wir sagen, daß es seinen Lebensunterhalt in einer ähnlichen Weise hat wie die Pflanzendecke der Erde. Wie wir die Pflanzendecke der Erde, wenn sie sproßt und sprießt, nur begreifen können unter dem Eindruck der Weltenkräfte, der kosmischen Kräfte, so können wir auch diesen schlafenden Menschenleib nur begreifen, wenn wir ihn uns so vorstellen wie das Pflanzenwesen. Will man sich vorstellen, daß in dem Menschen das Leben sprießt und sproßt, so nimmt man gewöhnlich, wenn man auf diese Dinge zu sprechen kommt, einen ganz falschen Standpunkt ein: man vergleicht gewöhnlich das wache Leben des Menschen vom Morgen bis zum Abend mit dem sprießenden Pflanzenleben vom Frühjahr bis zum Herbst. Der Wirklichkeit entspricht es aber, sich vorzustellen, daß der Mensch im Schlafe in eine Art von Pflanzenzustand übergeht, das heißt, daß beim Einschlafen für den Menschen ein Frühling kommt und daß er in den Sommer hineingeht, je weiter wir in die Nacht hineinkommen. Wenn es auf das Aufwachen zugeht, ist im Menschen Herbsteszeit, und vom Aufwachen bis zum Einschlafen, also im wachen Tagesleben, haben wir im Menschen Winterszeit. Wie gesagt, sogar die Naturwissenschaft ist heute darauf gekommen, das zu verifizieren. Winterszeit haben wir beim wachenden Menschen aus dem Grunde, weil das Tagesleben zerstörend und ertötend wirkt - so wie der Winter für die Erde - , und durch alles, was sprießendes, sprossendes Leben ist, in der Nacht wiederhergestellt werden muß. So wie der Winter verödend hinzieht über die Erde, so zieht das wache Tagesleben sengend und lähmend über das Leben hin, und zur Seelensommerzeit, wo der Mensch im Pflanzenzustand ist, da wird in ihm das bewirkt, was wie das sprossende, sprießende Leben der Pflanzen der Erde zur Sommerzeit ist.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":428,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/69a/1913-03-01/p020"},{"locus":"GA 69a/1913-03-01/p021","passage_number":21,"text":"Wir können also sagen: Das, was der Mensch entfaltet in seinem wachen Zustand, das verhält sich zu seinem Gesamtwesen so, wie das, was die kosmischen Weltenkräfte, die auf die Erde wirken, während der Winterszeit auf dieser Erde tun. Daraus allein können wir verstehen, was eigentlich unser waches Vorstellungsleben vom Aufwachen bis zum Einschlafen ist, was dieses Leben ist, das sich entfaltet in unserem wachen Vorstellungsleben, in unseren Empfindungen, Gefühlen und so weiter. Es ist so wie das Leben auf der Erde zur Winterszeit. Es ist das wache Leben die Seelenwinterzeit. Das ist die reale Betrachtung des Menschenwesens.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":97,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/69a/1913-03-01/p021"},{"locus":"GA 69a/1913-03-01/p022","passage_number":22,"text":"Und jetzt kommen wir zurück zu unserer ersten Vorstellung. Der Mensch macht eine Seelensommerzeit durch, und in dem Augenblick, wo er eintritt in diese Zeit, wo in ihm etwas sich entfaltet wie das sprießende, sprossende Pflanzenleben, da verfällt er in die Bewußtlosigkeit - , so wie ein Wesen, das im Frühling einschlafen würde, nie das Pflanzenwachstum sehen könnte und einer verborgenen Welt gegenüberstände in der Sommerzeit. Und wie die kosmischen, die Weltenkräfte im Winter nicht eingreifen in das Erdenleben, wie sie im Winter nicht geeignet sind, das hervorzuziehen, was sich im Pflanzenwachstum offenbart, so sind die Winterkräfte des Menschen, seine Gedanken, seine Empfindungen, sein bewußtes Leben, nicht imstande, Sommerzeit zu machen im Menschen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":113,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/69a/1913-03-01/p022"},{"locus":"GA 69a/1913-03-01/p023","passage_number":23,"text":"Es ist nun die Frage, die sich daran schließen muß, die folgende: Liegt in dieser Seelensommerzeit des Menschen etwas verborgen, was sich vergleichen ließe mit dem, was unseren hypothetischen Wesen verborgen bleibt, die durch ihren Schlafzustand nicht das wahrnehmen können, was erst offenbar wird im Pflanzenwachstum der Erde? Diese Frage kann nur beantwortet werden, wenn die Möglichkeit da ist, jene Bewußtlosigkeit, in die der Mensch verfallen ist in seiner Seelensommerzeit, umzuwandeln in Bewußtheit, das heißt, wenn es möglich ist, in dem Menschen einen Zustand herbeizuführen, durch den er so wahrnehmen kann, daß vor ihm sich die Seelensommerzeit ausbreitet mit all ihren Wesen, also wenn die Seelensommerzeit bewußt gemacht werden kann.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":110,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/69a/1913-03-01/p023"},{"locus":"GA 69a/1913-03-01/p024","passage_number":24,"text":"Kann sie das? - Und eine andere Frage: Haben wir ein Recht vorauszusetzen, daß, wenn der Mensch sich die Seelensommerzeit bewußt macht, sich ihm dann etwas enthüllt aus der Verborgenheit heraus, was sich nicht nur mit dem vergleichen läßt, was sich in der Pflanzendecke der Erde offenbart, sondern was sich mit Recht nennen läßt eine höhere Welt, gegenüber der des gewöhnlichen Lebens? Daß wir so etwas vermuten dürfen, geht aus der folgenden Betrachtung hervor.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":74,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/69a/1913-03-01/p024"},{"locus":"GA 69a/1913-03-01/p025","passage_number":25,"text":"Wenn wir die Welt betrachten, da finden wir, daß sie sich entfaltet in den verschiedenen Reichen der Natur, und in diese Reiche ist der Mensch hineingestellt. Es gehört wahrhaftig keine Überheblichkeit dazu, wenn der Mensch voraussetzt, daß zu seiner Schöpfung gewisse höhere Kräfte notwendig sind, höher als die Kräfte, die sich in den anderen Naturreichen entfalten, und auch nicht dazu einzusehen, dass, wenn wir während unseres Taglebens unsere Kräfte abnutzen und diese wiederhergestellt werden in der Nacht, während der Seelensommerzeit, dann sich zeigt, wie diese höheren Kräfte sind, um den Menschen wieder aufzubauen. Zwar können wir aus dem, was in der Nacht geschieht, nicht gleich wahrnehmen, wie die gesamten Bildekräfte des Menschen sind. Aber indem wir während des Tages menschliche Lebenskräfte abtragen und zur Nachtzeit wieder herstellen, finden wir doch darin herstellende Kräfte, die sich nur der Beobachtung verbergen. So haben wir zu vermuten, daß diese Bildekräfte, die Verlebendigungskräfte des Menschen, sich offenbaren, wenn wir bewußt eindringen können in die Seelensommerzeit. Und in die Seelensommerzeit muß derjenige bewußt eindringen, der ein Forscher auf dem Gebiete des Geisteslebens werden will.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":179,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/69a/1913-03-01/p025"},{"locus":"GA 69a/1913-03-01/p026","passage_number":26,"text":"Was sind für den Geistesforscher diese Vorstellungen, Ideen und Begriffe, die er im wachen Zustand hat? Nun, es sind diejenigen inneren Wesenheiten des Menschen, die vorhanden sind zur Seelensommerzeit. Und es ist wiederum kein besonderer Vergleich, sondern die Realität: In seiner Seelensommerzeit, wenn in ihm alles blüht, dann hat er in dieser Zeit etwas, was sich in seinem Wesen so verhält wie die Keime, die im Winter im Schöße der Erde ruhen, zu den vollentwickelten Pflanzen des Sommers sich verhalten. Können wir das, was als waches Leben gleichsam die bildenden Winterkeime des Menschen sind, können wir diese in uns selbst zum Keimen, zum Sich-Entwickeln, zum Leben bringen, so tun wir in Wirklichkeit dasselbe, was mit der Erde geschieht, wenn sie gegen den Frühling zu das Leben, die Keime zur Entwicklung bringt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":131,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/69a/1913-03-01/p026"},{"locus":"GA 69a/1913-03-01/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Derjenige also, der bewußt eindringen will in die Seelensommerzeit, der müßte das, was wie die im Winter brachliegende Erde im Menschen ist - Gedanken, Empfindungen, Gefühle -, das alles müßte er zu einem lebendig sich regenden Dasein entfalten, wie sich im Frühling und im Sommer die Keime der Pflanzendecke der Erde entfalten. Was jetzt wie eine Forderung hingestellt wird, das kann wirklich geschehen. Wir können wirklich sozusagen unsere Gedanken, wie wir sie bewußt erleben, als die den Seelenwinter überdauernden Keime anschauen, und wir können etwas tun, um diese Keime zum Leben aufzurufen. Und das geschieht durch das, was man in der Geisteswissenschaft nennt: Konzentration, Kontemplation, Meditation. Zunächst geht der Geistesforscher aus von den Gefühlen und Empfindungen, die er im gewöhnlichen Leben, also zur Seelenwinterzeit erlebt hat, und die zur Seelenwinterzeit daliegen wie Keime, die nichts von dem zeigen, wozu sie sich entfalten können. Der Mensch, der ein Geistesforscher werden will, muß diese Winterkeime seines Seelenseins zu einem energischeren Dasein aufrufen, als sie im gewöhnlichen Leben sind. Das geschieht durch Meditation, Konzentration, Kontemplation. Man macht dann die ganz besondere Entdeckung, wenn man die Begriffe, Empfindungen, Gefühle nicht so gebraucht, daß sie nur ein äußeres Dasein abbilden, sondern daß sie in unserer Seele leben, und zwar so, daß wir mit unserer Seele in ihnen leben, ganz darin aufgehen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":216,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/69a/1913-03-01/p027"},{"locus":"GA 69a/1913-03-01/p028","passage_number":28,"text":"Und damit die volle Kraft entwickelt werde, nehmen wir uns eine einfache Vorstellung heraus. Nicht auf den Inhalt dieser Vorstellung kommt es an. Während unsere Gedanken im gewöhnlichen Alltagsleben von Vorstellung zu Vorstellung gehen, wobei man nur vorübereilt, macht es der Geistesforscher so, daß er mit dem ganzen Seelenleben sich konzentriert auf eine Vorstellung, auf eine Empfindung, daß man durch einen Willensimpuls darauf ruht, und zwar eine gewisse Zeit lang. Dazu ist notwendig ein gewisses Abgezogensein von den äußeren Sinneseindrücken, auch von dem, was sonst unsere Seele denkt und vorstellt, woran sie sich erinnert, zum Beispiel Sorgen und dergleichen. Durch eine starke Willensentwicklung muß der Mensch dahin gelangen, einen Zustand herbeizuführen, der dem Einschlafen sehr ähnlich, und doch wiederum radikal davon verschieden ist. Der Zustand muß so sein, daß der Mensch sich nicht mehr seiner Leibesglieder bedient, daß er den Körper ruhen läßt wie im Schlafe, daß er nicht durch die Sinne wahrnimmt, daß man den Verstand, der ja schweigt im Schlafe, schlafen läßt, und daß man nur das eine durch starken Willensentschluß bewerkstelligt: in dieses sonst schweigende und ruhende Bewußtsein einer eben durch Willkür in das Bewußtsein hineinversetzten Vorstellung sich hinzugeben und darauf eine Weile zu ruhen, sie innerlich ganz und gar zu erleben. 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