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Die Zeit und der Ort sind eigentlich ziemlich bedeutungslos für diese zur Verkörperung hinstrebenden Menschenkeime, weil sie sich so leicht bewegen können. Sie sind mannigfaltig gefärbt und umgeben von einer Farbenatmosphäre, an einer Stelle sind sie rot, an der anderen blau, mitten drinnen funkelt ein gelbleuchtender Strahl. Es sind dies also die eben aus dem Devachan in den Astralraum hineinkommenden Menschenkeime. Was ist da geschehen? Der Mensch hatte den höheren Astralleib und die Früchte der verschiedenen Leben als Kausalleib mit sich ins Devachan genommen, und nun sammelt er eine neue «Astralmaterie» um sich herum. Es ist das gleichsam, wie wenn herumgestreute Eisenspäne sich ordnen nach den Kräften eines Magnets. Je nach den innewohnenden Kräften sammelt der Mensch die Astralmaterie um sich herum; bei einem guten Vorleben sammelt er anderes Material als bei einem schlechten. Das glockenförmige Gebilde nun ist der frühere Kausalleib, die Kräfte des früheren Astralleibes und der neue Astralleib. Der Keim soll nun nicht mehr den alten Astralleib finden, sondern er soll sich einen neuen Astralleib bilden aus der undifferenzierten Astralmaterie, so daß dieser Vorgang von dem Menschen selbst abhängig ist: Je nach den Kräften des vergangenen Lebens ist die Form und Farbe des neuen Astralleibes. Das ist eine Tatsache, die man wohl beachten muß. Warum schießen diese Menschenkeime mit solch rasender Schnelligkeit dahin? Weil das Elternpaar gesucht werden muß, das nach Charakter und Familienverhältnissen zu dem Menschenkeime paßt. Die Schnelligkeit ermöglicht es, daß das Elternpaar gefunden wird. 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Dann schießt die Äthermaterie an von Nord, Süd, Ost und West, aus der Höhe und von der Tiefe.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":93,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/95/1906-08-26/p016"},{"locus":"GA 95/1906-08-26/p017","passage_number":17,"text":"Nicht immer kann ein Elternpaar gefunden werden, das ganz genau zu dem Menschenkeim paßt; es kann immer nur das am besten passende herausgesucht werden. Und ebensowenig kann ein physischer Leib gebaut werden, der ganz genau zu dem Ätherleib des Menschenkeimes paßt. Eine völlige Harmonie kann es nie geben. Daher rühren die Zwiespalte im Menschen zwischen Seele und Körper.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":58,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/95/1906-08-26/p017"},{"locus":"GA 95/1906-08-26/p018","passage_number":18,"text":"Unmittelbar vor der Verkörperung tritt ein sehr wichtiges Ereignis ein, das demjenigen im Moment des Todes parallel ist. Wie unmittelbar nach dem Tode die Rückerinnerung an das vergangene Leben gleich einem Tableau vor die Seele tritt, so ist unmittelbar vor der Einkörperung eine Art Vorgesicht auf das kommende Leben vorhanden. Man sieht nicht alle Einzelheiten, aber in großen Umrissen alle Verhältnisse im kommenden Leben vor sich. Dieser Moment ist von ungeheurer Bedeutung. Es kommt vor, daß Menschen, die in früheren Leben viel gelitten haben und sehr Schweres durchgemacht haben, beim Anblick der neuen Verhältnisse und Schicksale einen Schock bekommen und die Seele zurückhalten vor der ganzen Einkörperung, so daß nur ein Teil der Seele in den Körper eingeht. 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