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Dann lernt man erkennen, daß das Untertauchen in den Willen jedesmal ein abgeschattetes Miniaturbild ist des Einschlafens. Und man kann die Brücke bauen zwischen dem Willensvorgang und dem Einschlafen. Naturforscher werden vielleicht leugnen gerade naturwissenschaftliche Ergebnisse, die bestätigend für das wirken könnten, was ich eben gesagt habe. Man kann die Brücke bauen, sagte ich, von den Willensvorgängen zum Einschlafen, dann aber auch von dem Willensvorgang zum Tod, das heißt zum Herausgehen der Seele aus dem physischen Leib und zum Eintreten durch die Pforte des Todes in die geistige Welt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":109,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/72/1918-12-09/p067"},{"locus":"GA 72/1918-12-09/p068","passage_number":68,"text":"Wer den Willen in seiner Wirklichkeit kennt, der kann von diesem Ausgangspunkte aus die wahre Einsicht, die wissenschaftliche Einsicht in die wahre Unsterblichkeitsfrage sich erwerben. Denn es führt von einer wirklichen, nicht von einer solchen Erkenntnis, wie sie die heutige Psychologie liefert in Worthülsen, sondern von einer wirklichen Einsicht, die aber auf keine andere Weise erworben werden kann als durch die genannte Vergleichung des Willens mit dem Einschlafen, es führt von da aus der Weg zum Tode. Und so, wie wenn durch Vorstellungen wir hereinwirkend haben die Vorgeburtszeit oder die Zeit vor der Empfängnis, die wir im geistigen Leben zubringen, wie das Vorstellen ein Nachwirken ist, ein bildhaftes Nachwirken ist unseres Lebens vor der Geburt oder vor der Empfängnis, so ist das Willensleben ein embryonales Leben, das wir dann, aus dem Embryonalen herausgeholt, in Vollendung umsetzen nach dem Tode und in das folgende FErdenleben führen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":145,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/72/1918-12-09/p068"},{"locus":"GA 72/1918-12-09/p069","passage_number":69,"text":"Die innere Verwandtschaft des Willens, des Wollens mit dem Sterben, die muß sich ergeben für das höhere Bewußtsein, für das übersinnliche Bewußtsein. 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