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The basic inner feeling on the devachan plane is that all life’s experiences are transformed into abilities. This gives a feeling of blessedness. A stream of blessedness then passes through the human being. The feeling may be compared to the one that goes through a hen’s soul when she hatches an egg. A soul always experiences a feeling of blessedness when it brings something forth. The higher the production, the higher the state of blessedness felt. This devachan feeling is no illusion. The relationships developed in this world are much more intense in the devachan than they are here. The barriers of space and time have gone. In this world one can truly enter wholly into another human being. The feeling a mother has for her child evolves from an animal level of feeling to become a moral relationship. Everything that is animal by nature drops away like scales during kama loka, and everything spiritual fills both entities in the devachan. All relationships that have developed here will be transformed with greater intensity in the devachan. When the human being has developed all that is necessary in the devachan, he is ready for a new birth.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"XII. 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In allen Erlebnissen ist eine solche Möglichkeit, eine solche Gelegenheit beschlossen: sie können sich später in Fähigkeiten verwandeln. Nach dem Tode geschieht eine solche Umwandlung. Wenn der Mensch wieder geboren wird, erscheint dann vieles als Fähigkeit, als Anlage. Er kehrt mit immer reicheren Anlagen wieder. Das ist im Devachan die Grundempfindung: daß sich alle Erlebnisse in Fähigkeiten verwandeln. Das gibt das Gefühl der Seligkeit. Ein Strom von Seligkeit durchzieht dann den Menschen. Man kann diese Empfindung mit der vergleichen, die ein Huhn seelisch durchströmt, wenn es ein Ei ausbrütet. Jedes Hervorbringen empfindet ein Wesen als Seligkeit. Je höher die Produktion ist, desto höher ist die Seligkeit, die empfunden wird. Dieses Devachangefühl ist keine Illusion. Die Beziehungen, die sich in dieser Welt angesponnen haben, sind im Devachan viel intensiver als hier. Die Schranken von Raum und Zeit fallen weg. Man kann in dieser Welt tatsächlich im anderen Menschen aufgehen. Das Verhältnis der Mutter zum Kinde arbeitet sich aus dem animalischen Gefühl heraus zum moralischen Verhältnis. Alles, was animalisch ist, fällt in der Kamalokazeit wie Schuppen ab, und alles Geistige durchdringt die beiden Wesen im Devachan. Alle hier angesponnenen Verhältnisse sind in größerer Intensität im Devachan verwandelt. 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