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The clever person makes it up; he does not believe in any connection himself, but says it to the child because the child is stupid and he is clever, because he makes something up that he presents as a comparison. That is one state of mind. The other state of mind is that of the spiritual researcher. He sees everywhere stages of an existence that is in polarity and intensification - words that Goethe already used. He looks at the chrysalis from which the butterfly crawls out, and he himself comes to believe that the butterfly crawling out is an image that the spiritual worlds are drawing for him. He is not a clever person in today's sense, he is not a clever person, but he is a person with a sense of reality. In reality, the deeds of the spirit are everywhere.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"20. 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In Ihrer eigenen Seelenverfassung können Sie ein sehr gescheiter, kluger Mensch sein, der ja in der heutigen Zeit selbstverständlich nicht glaubt, daß das, was er da ausmalt mit der Schmetterlingspuppe, nun wirklich einen anderen Bezug hat zu der Unsterblichkeit als den eines Symboles. Der gescheite Mensch denkt sich das aus; er glaubt selber nicht an irgendeinen Zusammenhang, sondern sagt das dem Kinde, weil das dumm und er gescheit ist, weil er etwas ausdenkt, das er als Vergleich hinstellt. Das ist die eine Seelenverfassung. Die andere Seelenverfassung ist die, in der der Geistesforscher ist. Der sieht überall Stufen eines Daseins, das in Polarität und Steigerung ist - Worte, die schon Goethe angewendet hat. Er sieht hin auf die Schmetterlingspuppe, aus der der Schmetterling auskriecht, und für ihn entsteht selbst der Glaube, daß der auskriechende Schmetterling ein Bild ist, das ihm die geistigen Welten hinzeichnen. 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