{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 94/1906-10-28/p016","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"In the third stage, man reaches the highest principle that is currently accessible to us. He is able to work down to his physical body. In doing so, he rises above the level of the chela and becomes a “master”. When, on the second step, Budhi glows through his etheric body, the human being gains control not only of moral principles but also of his character. He can change his temperament, his memory, and his habits. Today's human being has only a very imperfect command of all these. To understand the task of the chela, compare yourself as you are now with yourself when you were ten years old. How much knowledge have you gained since then, and how little your character has changed! The content of the soul has changed quite radically, but the habits and inclinations only very slightly. Those who were hot-tempered, forgetful, envious, inattentive as a child are often still so as adults. How much our ideas and thoughts have changed, how little our habits! This gives you a clue to estimate how much tougher, firmer, more difficult to shape the etheric body is compared to the astral body. Conversely, how much more fruitful and consequential an improvement achieved in the etheric body!","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Second Lecture","site_heading":"Consciousness Transformation Through Body Spiritualization Stages","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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Sein Temperament, seine Gedächtniskraft, seine Gewohnheiten kann er ändern. Der heutige Mensch beherrscht alles dieses nur ganz unvollkommen. Um die Aufgabe des Chela zu begreifen, vergleichen Sie sich, so wie Sie gegenwärtig sind, mit sich, als Sie zehn Jahre alt waren. Wie viel haben Sie seitdem an Kenntnissen hinzugelernt, und wie wenig hat Ihr Charakter sich geändert! Der Inhalt der Seele hat sich ganz gründlich geändert, die Gewohnheiten und Neigungen aber nur sehr gering. Wer als Kind Jähzornig, vergeßlich, neidisch, unaufmerksam war, der ist es oft auch noch als Erwachsener. Wie sehr haben sich unsere Vorstellungen und Gedanken, wie sehr wenig unsere Gewohnheiten geändert! Das gibt Ihnen einen Anhalt, um abzuschätzen, wie viel zäher, fester, schwerer bildsam der Ätherleib gegenüber dem Astralleib ist. Umgekehrt, wie viel fruchtbarer und folgenreicher eine am Ätherleib erzielte Verbesserung!","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":189,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/94/1906-10-28/p016"}],"english":["GA 94/1906-10-28/p016"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":189,"en_words":207,"ratio":1.1,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.11,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":3412,"original_word_count":3061,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"Theosophy Based on the Gospel of John","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA094/English/SOL2024/19061028p01.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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