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But if you take what is at work in your moral habits and motives into your own hands, for example by saying to yourself: You have a habit, you want to change it and make it completely different, or something similar, and if you practice it enough, especially if you set goals that run over time, then you will achieve more and more of what is the independence of the will from the physical body of the human being. But through this, something is developed into a power of cognition, of which one rightly says that it, as it is in ordinary life, should not become a power of cognition, and I know very well what speaks against the application of this power, as it is in ordinary life, as a power of cognition. But it should not be used in this way in anthroposophy either; it should be transformed. 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By doing such exercises of the will as I have indicated, and by inwardly freeing the will from the physical body, the human being becomes able to give himself completely to an external objective. But this is not a sensual objective, it is a spiritual objective. What has happened to man through such exercises, I can characterize as follows. But I ask you not to misunderstand what I give as a characteristic. It is meant in the very real sense, but meant for the further development of man's normal abilities, not for ordinary consciousness.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":115,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/80a/1922-01-26/p034","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The Essence of Anthroposophy","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA080a/English/SOL2024/19220126p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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Precisely what makes it a healthy organism in ordinary physical life also makes it incapable of serving the human being to penetrate into higher, supersensible worlds in ordinary life. If, on the other hand, we do such exercises of the will as I have indicated, in order to penetrate what would otherwise remain dark in the will, then we also make the whole human organism transparent in a spiritual-soul way, so to speak, making it into a sense organ, an overall sense, a total sense. And by thus making the whole human organism as selfless in a certain respect as the eye is in the human organism for external seeing, we enable the human organism to look into the supersensible spiritual world in order to place itself in it. 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It is the tool for ordinary life, for placing oneself in the ordinary world. But the human being can only place himself in the physical world by penetrating into this physical body with his spiritual soul. In a sense, this physical body is opaque. When it becomes transparent in the way indicated, we look out into the spiritual world. But by also tearing the will away from the physical body in this way, an image of death as it really is for the human being as a whole enters into our knowledge. By learning to recognize how we can remain in consciousness as human beings, independent of our physical bodies, and with our will power reaching into the future, we gain an insight into what happens to the soul and spirit of the human being when the corpse is taken up by the external forces and laws of nature. 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Man möchte sagen: So wenig berechtigt es ist, zum gewöhnlichen Denken zu sagen: «Ich denke», so klar müsste es auf der anderen Seite sein, dass der Mensch seinem eigenen Wollen, insofern dieses in das Handeln, in die Tat ausfließt, wie einem recht Unbekannten gegenübersteht. Nehmen Sie nur das einfachste Wollen, zum Beispiel das Aufheben eines Armes oder einer Hand: Zunächst haben Sie den Gedanken des Arm- oder Handaufhebens. Dieser Gedanke ist allerdings klar im Bewusstsein. Dann aber kommt das gänzlich Unbestimmte, wie das, was im Bewusstsein als Zielgedanke der Handlung erlebt wird, hinunterströmt in den physischen Organismus und dort als Willensimpuls sich geltend macht. Denn Sie sehen zuletzt wieder nur das Ergebnis dieses Willensimpulses: die gehobene Hand, den erhobenen Arm. Anfang und Ende des ganzen Vorganges sehen wir, die Mitte hüllt sich in vollständiges Dunkel.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":158,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/80a/1922-01-26/p027"},{"locus":"GA 80a/1922-01-26/p028","passage_number":28,"text":"Indem nun Anthroposophie ihr Schauen entwickelt, weiß sie eine Ähnlichkeit aufzufinden zwischen dem, was da im wachen Tagesleben beim Wollen fortwährend zustande kommt, und dem, was das Denken als Eigentümliches zeigt zwischen Einschlafen und Aufwachen. Das, was zwischen dem Zielgedanken und demjenigen Gedanken, der dann das Erreichen des Zieles im Wollen konstatiert, zwischendrinnen liegt; das ist etwas, was vor der Seele ganz so steht, wie dasjenige Seelenleben, das zwischen Einschlafen und Aufwachen verläuft. Wer mit jenem gestärkten Bewusstsein, das durch Meditation und Konzentration erreicht werden kann, das verfolgt, wie der Schlaf herannaht an den Menschen und wie wieder das Aufwachen geschieht, der weiß, dass in dem Herbeiführen des Schlafes durchaus etwas Positives liegt, dass nicht nur der physische Leib des Menschen in ein anderes Stadium eintritt, sondern dass tatsächlich ein Seelisch-Geistiges im Einschlafen und Aufwachen ein Positives ausführt, dass positive, nur eben unbewusste Erlebnisse stattfinden im Schlafe, die aber absolut gleich sind denjenigen Erlebnissen, die zwischen dem Zielgedanken einer Handlung und dem Gedanken liegen, der das Erreichen einer Handlung konstatiert. Wir verfolgen also eigentlich das Erreichen einer Handlung ins wache Tagesleben herein, wenn wir das Wollen des Bewusstseins im gewöhnlichen Tagesleben verfolgen. In dieses Dunkel, wo das Wollen im gewöhnlichen Seelenleben stattfindet, wollen die Übungen des anthroposophischen Forschers hineinwirken, wenn man die Übungen macht, die ich bei solchen Gelegenheiten gerne andeute. Es gibt viele Übungen, aber ich will jetzt nur diejenigen anführen, die charakteristisch sind, weil sie etwas Prinzipielles darstellen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":240,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/80a/1922-01-26/p028"},{"locus":"GA 80a/1922-01-26/p029","passage_number":29,"text":"Während man sonst zum Beispiel die Reihenfolge der äußeren Tatsachen so vorstellt, wie sie aufeinander folgen, beginnt man nun übungsgemäß damit, dass man diesen Verlauf rückwärts vorstellt, sodass man zum Beispiel eine Melodie rückwärts empfindet oder ein fünfaktiges Drama in kleinen Partien rückwärts vorstellt, den fünften Akt zuerst bis zum ersten Akt hin, oder, wie es besonders fruchtbar sein kann für jeden, dass man des Abends den Ablauf seines Tageslebens rückwärts verlaufend sich vorstellt in bildmäßiger Weise, sodass man, wenn man eine Treppe hinuntergegangen ist, die Treppe von unten nach oben, von der untersten Stufe bis zur obersten geht. Das bewirkt, dass der Wille, der in den Gedanken lebt, sich losreißt von der äußeren Tatsachenwelt und auch von dem eigenen physischen Innern des Menschen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":124,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/80a/1922-01-26/p029"},{"locus":"GA 80a/1922-01-26/p030","passage_number":30,"text":"Sodass, wie auf der einen Seite durch Meditation und Konzentration das Denken selbstständig, frei wird, leibfrei sich entfaltet durch diese Willensübungen, jetzt der Wille etwas wird, was unabhängig vom Organismus ist. Während der gewöhnliche Wille des Menschen, insofern er abhängig ist von Instinkten, Trieben, Begierden und Emotionen, die in der Leiblichkeit ihre Grundlage haben, während dieser Wille durchaus auch in der Leiblichkeit seine Grundlage hat, wird er durch solche Willensübungen unabhängig gemacht von der physischen Leiblichkeit.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":76,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/80a/1922-01-26/p030"},{"locus":"GA 80a/1922-01-26/p031","passage_number":31,"text":"Und so wie der Mensch durch das Unabhängig-Machen seines Denkens von der physischen Leiblichkeit in die Lage kommt, über die Geburt und Empfängnis hinaus in das vorgeburtliche Dasein wirklich hineinzuschauen, wie er dazu kommt, das Seelisch-geistig-Ewige in jenem Dasein zu schauen, wie es war in einer seelisch-geistigen Welt vor dem Herunterstieg in das physische Dasein, um sich mit einer physischen Leiblichkeit zu vereinigen, wie also durch die Erkraftung des Gedankenlebens die seelische Existenz vor der Geburt oder Konzeption geschaut werden kann, so tritt dadurch, dass der Wille geschult wird, auch das Bild desjenigen auf, was der Mensch wird, nachdem er durch die Pforte des Todes gegangen sein wird. Indem der Mensch sich gewisse Hilfen schafft für den Willen, der auf diese Weise losgelöst werden kann von der Leiblichkeit, wird dieser Wille immer mehr und mehr fähig, in das äußere objektive Dasein leibfrei einzudringen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":143,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/80a/1922-01-26/p031"},{"locus":"GA 80a/1922-01-26/p032","passage_number":32,"text":"Eine gute Willensschulung besteht zum Beispiel darin, dass man gleichsam wie eine zweite Persönlichkeit kritisch neben sich selber in Bezug auf seine Handlungen, seine Taten und seine sittlichen Motive einhergeht, sodass man, wie man sonst objektiv einem andern Menschen gegenübersteht, seine eigenen Handlungen in eine objektive Selbstschau bekommt. Dadurch stählt man innerlich die Willenskräfte, sodass sie unabhängig werden von allem Leiblichen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":61,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/80a/1922-01-26/p032"},{"locus":"GA 80a/1922-01-26/p033","passage_number":33,"text":"Sehr gut ist diese Hilfe noch: Ich brauche dazu nur zu schildern, wie der Mensch immer ein anderer ist nach gewissen Zeiträumen. Wir wissen alle, wie wir in unserer gesamten Seelen- und Lebensverfassung nach einem Jahrzehnt anders geworden sind, als wir vorher waren. Das aber, was uns anders gemacht hat, ist das Leben. Das Leben hat uns in seine große Schule genommen, hat uns andere oder veränderte Seelenerfahrungen gegeben, hat uns gewisse Gewohnheiten genommen, andere gegeben und so weiter. Wir sind mehr oder weniger passiv dem Leben hingegeben, wenn es sich um die Verwandlung, um die Metamorphose unserer eigenen Seelen- oder Leibeskonstitution handelt. Wenn man aber selbst in die Hand nimmt, was da in den sittlichen Gewohnheiten und Motiven wirkt, indem man sich zum Beispiel sagt: Du hast eine Gewohnheit, du willst sie ändern und zu einer ganz anderen machen oder Ähnliches, und wenn man sich darin genügend übt, besonders wenn man sich über die Zeiten hin laufende Ziele steckt, dann erreicht man immer mehr und mehr das, was die Unabhängigkeit des Willens von der physischen Leiblichkeit des Menschen ist. Dadurch aber wird etwas ausgebildet zu einer Erkenntniskraft, von dem man mit Recht sagt, dass es so, wie es im gewöhnlichen Leben ist, eine Erkenntniskraft nicht werden soll, und ich weiß sehr gut, was gegen die Anwendung dieser Kraft, wie sie im gewöhnlichen Leben ist, als Erkenntniskraft spricht. Aber so soll sie auch in der Anthroposophie nicht angewendet werden, sondern verwandelt. Eine Metamorphose soll davon auf übersinnlicher Stufe durchgemacht werden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":250,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/80a/1922-01-26/p033"},{"locus":"GA 80a/1922-01-26/p034","passage_number":34,"text":"Es ist die Liebe, die Liebefähigkeit des Menschen. Diese Liebefähigkeit ist ja im gewöhnlichen Leben auch an den physischen Organismus gebunden. Indem solche Willensübungen gemacht werden, wie ich es angedeutet habe, und indem der Wille innerlich frei wird von der physischen Leiblichkeit, wird der Mensch fähig, sich völlig hinzugeben an ein äußeres Objektives. Das aber ist jetzt kein sinnlich Objektives, das ist jetzt ein geistig Objektives. Was durch solche Übungen für den Menschen eingetreten ist, kann ich etwa folgendermaßen charakterisieren. Aber ich bitte das, was ich als Charakteristik gebe, nicht misszuverstehen. Es ist im sehr eigentlichen Sinne gemeint, aber gemeint für die Weiterentwicklung der normalen Fähigkeiten des Menschen, nicht für das gewöhnliche Bewusstsein.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":113,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/80a/1922-01-26/p034"},{"locus":"GA 80a/1922-01-26/p035","passage_number":35,"text":"Nehmen wir das menschliche Auge. Es ist verhältnismäßig selbstständig, ist als eine Art selbstständiger Organismus bis zu einem gewissen Grade in den menschlichen Gesamtorganismus eingegliedert. Wir können das Auge sachgemäß im Dienste unserer gesamten Menschlichkeit dadurch gebrauchen, dass es in sich voll durchsichtig ist. Ich möchte sagen im übertragenen Sinne: Das Auge dient uns, weil es selbstlos in unsern Organismus eingeschaltet ist. Wird das Auge getrübt, wird zum Beispiel sein Glaskörper getrübt, tritt irgendwie Star ein, durchsetzt es sich also mit Eigenmaterie, dann hört auch die Möglichkeit auf, durch das Auge in die physische Sinneswelt hinauszusehen. Nun soll durchaus nicht behauptet werden, dass etwa für das gewöhnliche Leben unser physischer Organismus zu vergleichen wäre mit einem kranken, mit Eigenstoff ausgefüllten Auge. Aber für die höhere Erkenntnis ist er es. Gerade das, was ihn zu einem gesunden Organismus im gewöhnlichen physischen Leben macht, das macht ihn auch unfähig, dem Menschen dazu zu dienen, im gewöhnlichen Leben in höhere, übersinnliche Welten erkennend hineinzugelangen. Machen wir dagegen solche Willensübungen, wie ich sie angedeutet habe, um das sonst Dunkel-Bleibende des Willens zu durchdringen, dann machen wir aber auch — in geistig-seelischer Art — den ganzen menschlichen Organismus dadurch durchsichtig, machen ihn gewissermaßen zu einem Sinnesorgan, zu einem Gesamtsinn, zu einem Totalsinn. Und indem wir so dazu gelangen, den ganzen menschlichen Organismus in einer gewissen Beziehung so selbstlos zu machen, wie es das Auge im menschlichen Organismus für das äußere Schauen ist, machen wir den menschlichen Organismus fähig, hineinzuschauen in die übersinnliche geistige Welt, um sich selber in diese hineinzustellen. Denn ein Durchsichtig-Machen des menschlichen Organismus, das bewirken diese Übungen, von denen ich gesprochen habe.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":270,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/80a/1922-01-26/p035"},{"locus":"GA 80a/1922-01-26/p036","passage_number":36,"text":"Für das gewöhnliche Bewusstsein ist ja der gewöhnliche menschliche Organismus durchaus ein Hindernis in Bezug auf eine höhere Erkenntnis. Er ist das Handwerkzeug für das gewöhnliche Leben, für das Sich-hinein-Stellen in die gewöhnliche Welt. Aber der Mensch kann sich nur dadurch in die physische Welt hineinstellen, dass er mit seinem Geistig-Seelischen in diesen physischen Leib hinunterdringt. Da ist dieser physische Leib gewissermaßen ein Undurchsichtiges. Wird er in der angedeuteten Weise durchsichtig, so schauen wir hinaus in die geistige Welt. Dadurch aber, dass wir in dieser Weise den Willen auch losreißen von der physischen Leiblichkeit, gelangt in unsere Erkenntnis hinein ein Bild des Todes, wie er wirklich für den gesamten Menschen ist. Dadurch, dass wir erkennen lernen, wie wir als Menschen im Bewusstsein verharren können — unabhängig von der physischen Leiblichkeit — auch mit dem Willen, der nach der Zukunft hingeht, bekommen wir das Bild desjenigen, was mit dem Geistig-Seelischen des Menschen geschieht, wenn der Leichnam von den äußeren Naturkräften und Naturgesetzen aufgenommen wird. 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