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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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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. Wir erlangen das Bild des Geistig-Seelischen, das sich vom Leibe befreit, wenn der physische Leib des Menschen dem Tode verfällt,","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":183,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/80a/1922-01-26/p036"},{"locus":"GA 80a/1922-01-26/p037","passage_number":37,"text":"Sie sehen daraus — sehr verehrte Anwesende —, die Anthroposophie kann nicht in irgendeiner leichtsinnigen Weise über die menschliche Unsterblichkeit philosophisch spekulieren oder mystisch phantasieren. Sie muss Stück für Stück aufzeigen, wie der Mensch in systematischer innerer Entwicklung aufsteigt zu einem Schauen, das ihn zum Beispiel befähigt, wirklich das zu erkennen, was als geistig-seelischer, ewiger Wesenskern des Menschen durch Geburt und Tod hindurchgeht, unberührt von der physischen Leiblichkeit. Und jetzt können wir sagen, wie dasjenige, was von der physischen Leiblichkeit als Leichnam nach dem Tode den äußeren Naturgesetzen verfällt, sich zu dem verhält, was als Geistig-Seelisches in der meditativen oder in der Willensentwicklung erreicht werden kann. Gerade den umgekehrten Weg, den der Mensch einschlägt, indem er als physische Persönlichkeit durch den Tod durchgeht, gerade den umgekehrten Weg schlägt anthroposophische Erkenntnis, anthroposophisches Leben ein. Der Tod vereinigt den Menschen mit der physisch-sinnlichen Wirklichkeit, wie wir sie durch unsere intellektualistische Erkenntnis durchschauen können. Was als Übung durchgemacht wird in anthroposophischer Forschungsmethode, das vereinigt die Seele mit dem Geistigen, indem es sie sowohl nach dem Gedanken wie nach dem Willen hin losreißt von dem Physisch-Leiblichen. Und indem Wille und Gedanke losgerissen werden von dem Physisch-Leiblichen, wird auch das Gemüt, die Empfindung und das Gefühl, das ja in der Mitte des Seelenlebens und das Intimste des Seelenlebens ist, losgerissen von der physischen Leiblichkeit. Man lernt das erkennen, was sich dem Tode entringen kann, und man lernt es erkennen, indem man zugleich einsehen lernt, was der Tod für eine Bedeutung im Menschenleben nun unter solchen Voraussetzungen eigentlich hat.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":253,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/80a/1922-01-26/p037"}],"beads":[{"from":[36],"to":[36],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[37],"to":[37],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. A bead at either end of the span can carry text beyond it (the `from` numbers show what each bead covers)."}}