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When we look at man in this way, we gradually escape from our illusion of his solidity. We recognize it as an illusion, and yet we cling to it in our soul, as if believing that man resembled the rough sketch anatomy gives of him. With equal justification, we shall come to regard the liquid in man as part of his being—what vibrates, surges and creates in man the liquid being. We shall come to perceive that the air in man is also part of his being. And finally, we may come to comprehend that the air inside us that vibrates, surges, moves up and down, diffuses itself through the currents in our veins and functions within us, is warmed in some places and cooled in others.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"5. 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Es weiß heute jeder, daß das, was ich in diesem Augenblicke als Luft eingesogen habe, vorher draußen in der Welt war, daß das, was ich jetzt in mir drinnen an Luft habe und was in mir arbeitet, dann wieder draußen sein wird und der Welt angehörig sein wird. Und endlich kann sich jeder vorstellen, wie der Mensch in seiner Organisation einen fortwährenden Wärmeumsatz hat. Und wenn wir den Menschen so anschauen, dann entfestigt er sich uns, dann kommen wir allmählich los von der Illusion, von der wir wissen, daß sie eine ist, die wir aber doch vor die Seele hinstellen, als ob der Mensch betrachtet werden könnte, wie wir ihn hinzeichnen in der Anatomie. Wir kommen dahin, ebenso berechtigt das Flüssige im Menschen als zu seinem Wesen gehörig zu betrachten, das, was vibrierend, wellend, gestaltend im Flüssigkeitsmenschen vor sich geht. Wir kommen dazu, einzusehen, daß auch in der Luftgestalt des Menschen etwas vor sich geht, was zu diesem menschlichen Wesen gehört. 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