{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 93a/1905-10-19/p013","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Actually this is brought about by a certain contemplation of Nature. When we concentrate on a plant in the same way as on a crystal we must dwell much longer with our mental imagery on the plant, for we must not only let the form work upon us, but also its inner mobility, its life. In this way we can also bring about definite experiences, only this takes longer than in the case of the mineral. One must look at the plant every day in its process of growth. When we first allow the tiny plant to work upon us and observe its growth meditatively until it has sent forth blossoms and fruits, then allow this to continue working on us, extinguishing its sensible form—one can practise this for decades—then what the plant has released in us as soul forces transposes us into the lower regions of Devachan.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Lecture XXI","site_heading":"Law of Effect and Counter-Effect in Spiritual Planes","site_heading_note":"A heading the site wrote for this unit from a summary of it; not in the edition, and not the words of Rudolf Steiner or of the translator. 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