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Many people today see what science has achieved on the one hand, and on the other hand they feel that science cannot get to the actual soul-spiritual. And so many of those who do not want to stop at the confession of the limits of human knowledge turn to one or other kind of mysticism, that mystical way of looking at things that attempts to reach that which relates to the eternal in the human being by immersing oneself in one's own inner self. And through such mystical contemplation many beautiful things have been brought up from the depths of the human soul, from the depths of life that otherwise remain in the subconscious or unconscious. 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For anyone who has been accustomed to judging all things, including those within himself, by the conscientious methods of natural science, will soon find that what the mystic often brings up from the depths of his soul is nevertheless nothing other than what he may have received or acquired in the outer world in the form of ideas or feelings from some distant period in the past feelings, which then, perhaps through a beautifully working imagination, have grown into powerful images, but which ideas and feelings, by descending into the depths of the human being, have been changed by the human organism, which for external knowledge has such a secret and meaningful connection with the soul. 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The external world is reflected in our soul because we have memory, because we have the ability to remember. And as I said, even if I am not immediately able to explain the nature of this mirror of the soul due to the limited time and circumstances, the image will suffice for our understanding. We do not get to the bottom of the essence of our soul with our memory. Just as when we have a mirror before us, we see what is in front of the mirror, so memory, in the mystically evoked images, offers us nothing other than the reflection of the outer world. If one wants to see what is behind the mirror, then the mirror must either be removed or the mirror must be smashed. In a sense, we have to break through this inner mirror, this power of memory within us, in order to look deeper into our being. And we break through this soul mirror, that is, we go even deeper into the human being through that which this mirror allows us to see as mysticism, when we inwardly bring our thinking, which we otherwise allow to be stimulated by experiments, into activity, when we meditate and concentrate on a particular thought content, repeatedly strengthening the soul forces.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":367,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/84/1923-04-30/p010","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"What is the Purpose of Anthroposophy and the Goetheanum?","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA084/English/SOL2024/19230430p01.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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But if we create an ever more activated thinking, with which we live inwardly as with our blood and our breath, so that our whole being participates in this inwardly living thinking, we penetrate deeper into our human nature, then not a physical human being is revealed to us, but a spiritual-soul being, which can only be revealed to us through this strengthened thinking. Then that in man reveals itself to us which is entirely of a spiritual-soul nature, which remains unconscious to consciousness, but which, by its own nature, shows that it was present before man, through birth, even through conception, entered upon his earthly existence.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":202,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/84/1923-04-30/p011","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"What is the Purpose of Anthroposophy and the Goetheanum?","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA084/English/SOL2024/19230430p01.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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But through such contemplation we follow the human soul-spiritual being beyond birth and death; we look into a spiritual world in which we were as spiritual-soul human beings with our core being before we descended into this earthly world and clothed ourselves with what our ancestors gave us, with a physical human body.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":162,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/84/1923-04-30/p012","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"What is the Purpose of Anthroposophy and the Goetheanum?","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA084/English/SOL2024/19230430p01.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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For the one who sets out on the path of spiritual research like an exact scientist activates thinking in such a way that this thinking brings forth from the human being not only the memory images, but also things that lie below the ability to remember, that were creatively in the human being before the ability to remember had developed, before the human being began his earthly existence.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":113,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/84/1923-04-30/p013","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"What is the Purpose of Anthroposophy and the Goetheanum?","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA084/English/SOL2024/19230430p01.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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Viele Menschen der Gegenwart sehen auf dasjenige, was die Naturwissenschaft auf der einen Seite Großartiges leistete, und sie fühlen andererseits: an das eigentliche Seelisch-Geistige kann Naturwissenschaft nicht heran. Und so wenden sich viele von denen, die beim Bekenntnis von den Grenzen des menschlichen Wissens nicht stehen bleiben wollen, zu der oder jener Art von Mystik, jener mystischen Anschauungsweise, welche versucht, dasjenige, was sich auf das Ewige des menschlichen Wesens bezieht, durch Versenkung in das eigene Innere zu erreichen. Und durch solche mystische Versenkung ist ja manches Schöne aus den Tiefen der Menschenseele, aus den Tiefen des sonst im Unterbewußten oder Unbewußten bleibenden Lebens heraufgeholt worden. Durch solche mystische Versenkung sind so manche Menschen dazu gekommen zu glauben, daß das, was da aus den Tiefen der Seele heraufgeholt wird, was im Menschen so vorhanden ist, unmittelbar im göttlich-geistigen Dasein wurzelt, so daß, indem man es heraufholt, man das Göttlich-Geistige im Erkennen des Menschen selbst zur Offenbarung brächte, und dadurch zur Erforschung des Ewigkeitscharakters des Menschen und zum Zusammenhange des Menschen mit dem Göttlichen vordringe.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":201,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/84/1923-04-30/p006"},{"locus":"GA 84/1923-04-30/p007","passage_number":7,"text":"So steht derjenige, der heute die großen Fragen des menschlichen Seelendaseins aufwirft, ich möchte sagen, zwischen zwei Klippen, welche der Erkenntnis unübersteigliche Grenzen zu setzen scheinen: die naturwissenschaftliche auf der einen Seite, die mystische auf der anderen Seite. So viel aber auch die Mystik verspricht, so Schönes und Großartiges auch von vielen Mystikern heraufgeholt wird aus der menschlichen Seele, vor einer wirklich an der Wissenschaft geschulten und disziplinierten Erkenntnis konnten die meisten mystischen Versuche eben nicht bestehen. Denn derjenige, der durch die gewissenhaften Methoden der Naturwissenschaft gewöhnt worden ist, alle Dinge zu beurteilen, auch die im Menschen selbst sind, der findet alsbald, wie dasjenige, was der Mystiker oft aus den Tiefen seiner Seele herausholt, dennoch nichts anderes ist, als dasjenige, was er vielleicht in irgendeiner Weise an Jahren weit zurückliegend in der Außenwelt an Vorstellungen, an Gefühlen erhalten, erworben hat, welche dann von ihm noch vielleicht durch eine schön wirkende Phantasie zu gewaltigen Bildern angewachsen sind, welche Vorstellungen und Gefühlsinhalte dann aber, indem sie sich in die Tiefen des Menschenwesens herabgesenkt haben, von dem Organismus des Menschen, der für die äußere Erkenntnis einen so geheimen sinnvollen Zusammenhang mit dem Seelischen hat, verändert worden sind. Und gerade dem tiefen Seelenkenner offenbart es sich, wie dasjenige, was man, auf mystische Weise gewonnen, für ewig hält, nichts anderes ist, als verändertes, ja, durch den menschlichen Organismus selbst verändertes Erinnerungsergebnis.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":226,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/84/1923-04-30/p007"},{"locus":"GA 84/1923-04-30/p008","passage_number":8,"text":"Und so gesteht man sich zuletzt, wenn man an tieferes Erleben, an die großen Fragen des Menschendaseins, herantreten will: Die Naturwissenschaft gibt keine Möglichkeit, in diese Frage irgendwie hereinzudringen. Sie schließt ihre Erkenntnisse in einem Gebiet ab, so daß man mit ihren Erkenntnissen nur das Äußerliche des Menschen erkennen kann, daß man mit ihr nicht an den Menschen herankommt. Das ist zuletzt das notwendige Geständnis, das man sich machen muß. Gerade ernste und ehrlich gemeinte Naturwissenschaft kommt nicht an den Menschen heran. Und Mystik, sie kommt so, wie sie zunächst meistens auftritt, nicht aus dem Menschen heraus. Die Naturwissenschaft kommt, indem sie in die Welt eindringt, von der Welt nicht zum Menschen; die Mystik kommt, indem sie in den Menschen eindringt, von dem Menschen nicht in die Welt hinaus. Wenn man dann empfindungsgemäß dasjenige, was sich der Seele ergibt aus diesen beiden Ausblicken, so recht auf sich wirken läßt, dann frägt man sich doch noch einmal: Ist es nicht vielleicht möglich, auch noch hinauszugehen über dasjenige, was Mystik auf der einen Seite gibt, und was Naturerkenntnis auf der anderen Seite gibt?","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":181,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/84/1923-04-30/p008"},{"locus":"GA 84/1923-04-30/p009","passage_number":9,"text":"Nun habe ich mir schon erlaubt, in dem Vortrage, den ich vor einigen Tagen in der «Urania» halten durfte, darauf aufmerksam zu machen, wie Anthroposophie als Geistesforschung bestrebt ist, auf dasjenige genau hinzuschauen, was der Mensch sich aneignet in der Erinnerung. Und so stellt sich doch zuletzt die Erinnerung als dasjenige heraus, was vertieft werden kann. Auch heute möchte ich, gerade wie vor einigen Tagen, mich nicht in tiefe philosophische, erkenntnistheoretischeErörterungen einlassen, sondern beim populären Bewußtsein bleiben. Diese Erörterungen könnten gemacht werden; aber das, was von dem Gesichtspunkt, von dem hier gesprochen wird, gemeint ist, werden wir am besten verstehen, wenn ich beim Populären bleibe.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":105,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/84/1923-04-30/p009"},{"locus":"GA 84/1923-04-30/p010","passage_number":10,"text":"Was in unserer Erinnerung lebt, was den Inhalt unserer Person voll macht dadurch, daß wir in jedem Augenblick in der Lage sind, dasjenige, was wir durchgemacht haben, vor unsere Augen zu zaubern, ist ja hereingetragen in die Menschenseele durch die Eindrücke aus der Außenwelt. Es sind Sinneseindrücke, die wir aufnehmen und mit unseren Vorstellungen verarbeiten, und die unbekannterweise im Menschen sich verändern und die dann wieder heraufkommen; die freiwirkend heraufkommen, oder mit Mühe, wenn der Mensch sie braucht, vom Menschen aus der Seele heraufgeholt werden. Und wenn wir uns das vergegenwärtigen wollen, was da eigentlich für die menschliche Seele in der Erinnerung lebt, so können wir zu nichts anderem kommen, als uns zu sagen: Es ist wie etwas, was aus dem Spiegel der Seele, der tief und immerwährend in unserem menschlichen Sein liegt, wenn auch nach langer Zeit, zurückgespiegelt wird. Die Außenwelt spiegelt sich in unserer Seele, indem wir das Gedächtnis haben, indem wir Erinnerungsfähigkeit haben. Und wie gesagt, wenn ich der Kürze der Zeit und der Umstände halber jetzt auch nicht unmittelbar in der Lage bin, das Wesen dieses Seelenspiegels zu erörtern, so wird das Bild zu unserer Verständigung genügen. Wir gelangen mit unserer Erinnerung nicht auf den Grund des Wesens unserer Seele. Genau so, wie, wenn wir einen Spiegel vor uns haben, wir dasjenige, was vor dem Spiegel ist, aus dem Spiegel sehen, so bietet uns die Erinnerung in den mystisch heraufgebrachten Vorstellungen nichts anderes, als das Spiegelbild der äußeren Welt. Will man ansichtig werden desjenigen, was hinter dem Spiegel ist, dann muß der Spiegel entweder weggenommen werden, oder der Spiegel muß zerschlagen werden. In einem gewissen Sinne müssen wir diesen inneren Spiegel, diese Kraft des Erinnerungsvermögens in uns durchbrechen, um tiefer in unser Wesen hineinzuschauen. Und wir durchbrechen diesen Seelenspiegel, das heißt wir gehen auch über dasjenige, was uns dieser Spiegel als Mystik erscheinen läßt, noch tiefer in das menschliche Wesen hinein, wenn wir unser Denken, das wir sonst durch Experimente anregen lassen, innerlich zur Aktivität bringen, wenn wir meditierend und uns konzentrierend auf einen bestimmten Gedankeninhalt immer wieder die seelischen Kräfte stärken.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":346,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/84/1923-04-30/p010"},{"locus":"GA 84/1923-04-30/p011","passage_number":11,"text":"Ich habe es im Urania-Vortrag genau beschrieben, ich habe es in meinen Büchern besprochen, wie man durch eine besondere Betätigung des Denkens noch unter den Erinnerungsspiegel herunterkommen kann, wie man tiefer in sein Wesen hineinschauen kann. Da könnte man vermuten, daß man dann hereinschauen würde in dasjenige, was unsere physische Organisation ist. Denn zweifellos: Für das gewöhnliche Bewußtsein dringen wir seelisch nur bis zum Erinnerungsspiegel vor, und dabei verändern die Vorgänge der physischen Organisation das Bild von außen, das wir im Seelenspiegel erblicken, zu einem Zerrbild. Schaffen wir uns aber ein immer mehr aktiviertes Denken, mit dem wir innerlich leben wie mit unserem Blute und unserem Atem, so daß sich unser ganzer Mensch beteiligt an diesem innerlich lebendigen Denken, dringen wir tiefer in unser Menschenwesen ein, dann enthüllt sich uns nicht ein physischer Mensch, dann enthüllt sich uns ein Geistig-Seelisches, das nur durch dieses erkraftete, erstarkte Denken offenbar werden kann. Dann enthüllt sich uns dasjenige am Menschen, was durchaus geistig-seelischer Natur ist, was dem Bewußtsein unbewußt bleibt, was aber durch sein eigenes Wesen zeigt, daß es vorhanden war, bevor der Mensch durch die Geburt, ja durch die Empfängnis, sein irdisches Dasein angetreten hat.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":193,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/84/1923-04-30/p011"},{"locus":"GA 84/1923-04-30/p012","passage_number":12,"text":"Daß dies der Fall sein kann, macht man sich begreiflich, wenn man sich sagt, wie ja die Erinnerung durch ihren eigenen Inhalt uns anzeigt, daß wir es nicht zu tun haben mit der Vorstellung eines gegenwärtigen Ereignisses, sondern mit einem vergangenen, so haben wir dieselbe Gewißheit über den Charakter unseres Erlebens, wenn wir an das gekennzeichnete Erlebnis herantreten, das uns tiefer führt als die mystische Versenkung. Dann erlangen wir ein Geistesbild von alledem, was das eigentlich Schaffende ist in jener ersten Lebensepoche des Menschen, in der ja am Sinnes-Nervensystem, am Gehirn und an der übrigen Organisation des Menschen eine so wunderbare plastische Tätigkeit ausgeübt wird. Aber wir verfolgen durch eine solche Versenkung das menschliche seelisch-geistige Wesen über Geburt und Tod hinaus, wir schauen hinein in eine geistige Welt, in der wir waren als geistig-seelische Menschenwesen mit unserem Wesenskern, bevor wir hinabgestiegen sind in diese Erdenwelt und uns umkleidet haben mit demjenigen, was uns unsere Vorfahren gegeben haben, mit einem physischen Menschenleibe.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":161,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/84/1923-04-30/p012"},{"locus":"GA 84/1923-04-30/p013","passage_number":13,"text":"Es ist durchaus so, daß man zu dieser Anschauung kommt, nicht nur durch jene nebulose Begabung des Menschen, die man heute als «Hellsehen» bezeichnet. Wenn man auch für das, wovon ich jetzt gesprochen habe, das Wort «Hellsehen» verwendet, so muß man dieses ansprechen als exaktes Hellsehen. Denn derjenige, der sich auf den Boden der geistigen Forschung begibt wie ein exakter Wissenschaftler, aktiviert das Denken so, daß dieses Denken aus dem Menschen nicht nur hervorholt die Erinnerungsvorstellungen, sondern Dinge, die unter dem Erinnerungsvermögen liegen, die schaffend im Menschen waren, bevor das Erinnerungsvermögen sich entwickelt hatte, bevor der Mensch sein irdisches Dasein angetreten hat.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":102,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/84/1923-04-30/p013"}],"beads":[{"from":[6],"to":[6],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[7],"to":[7],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[8],"to":[8],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[9],"to":[9],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[10],"to":[10],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[11],"to":[11],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[12],"to":[12],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[13],"to":[13],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. 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