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First he creates the ability to strengthen his ordinary powers of mind, to elevate them and give them life, and with sufficient patience and perseverance, perhaps having let this power flow into him to strengthen him morally and intellectually, the moment will come when deeper powers are aroused that lie dormant in every human soul, powers awakened by such a meditative thought. From the simplest way of gaining moral strength up to the highest regions of clairvoyant potential, all kinds of stages can be reached by meditating like this. For most people it is just a matter of time, patience and energy to reach the higher levels. Meditating like this is usually considered a more Eastern way of going to higher levels to meet one’s god. 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Er lebt in ihr. Er schafft zunächst Kraft, um seine gewöhnlichen Geisteskräfte daran zu stärken, zu heben, zu beleben, und wenn er genügend Geduld und Ausdauer hat und diese Kraft vielleicht bis zur moralischen und intellektuellen Stärkung in sich hat einfließen lassen, dann kommt auch der Zeitpunkt, wo tiefere, in jeder Menschenseele schlummernde Kräfte geweckt werden können durch einen solchen Meditationsinhalt. Von der einfachsten moralischen Stärkung und Kräftigung bis zu den höchsten Gebieten des hellseherischen Vermögens gibt es alle möglichen Stufen, welche durch ein solches Meditieren erreicht werden können. Für die meisten Menschen ist die Erreichung höherer Stufen hellseherischer Fähigkeiten nur eine Frage der Zeit, der Geduld und Energie. Dieses Meditieren wird gewöhnlich als eine mehr morgenländische Art, sich zu seinem Gotte zu erheben, angesehen. Im Abendlande, namentlich innerhalb der christlichen Gemeinschaft, kennt man an seiner Stelle das Gebet, das Gebet, durch das sich der Christ zu seinem Gotte erhebt, durch das der Christ versucht, in seiner Art Eingang zu gewinnen in die höheren Welten.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":255,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/96/1907-01-28_02/p005"}],"english":["GA 96/1907-01-28_02/p005"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":255,"en_words":267,"ratio":1.05,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.03,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":6020,"original_word_count":5849,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Anna Meuss","identified_edition":"CMP2001","book_title":"Original Impulses fo the Science of the Spirit","publisher":null,"publisher_inferred":false,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA096/English/CMP2001/19070128p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line"},"entity_parity":{"status":"discrepancy","checked_against":["GA 96/1907-01-28_02/p005"],"missing_from_translation":[],"present_only_in_translation":["Christ"],"bead_confidence":"high","bead_length_ratio":1.05,"likely_cause":"unresolved","note":"NAME MISMATCH between this English passage and its German counterpart. 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