Erkenntnis

Wir beiden sind eine erkennende Seele in zwei Körpern, die - gemäß Rudolf Steiners Anthroposophie - gerade dabei ist, die Kraft zu entwickeln, um ein Eindringen in die übersinnliche Welt und damit Nirwana als wahre Existenz der Dinge zu ermöglichen.

Anthroposophie nach Rudolf Steiner

„Während nun dasjenige, was der Mensch durch seine Sinne und durch den an die Sinnesbeobachtung sich haltenden Verstand über die Welt wissen kann, ‚Anthropologie‘ genannt werden kann, so soll dasjenige, was der innere Mensch, der Geistesmensch wissen kann, ‚Anthroposophie‘ genannt werden. Anthroposophie ist also Wissen des Geistesmenschen; und es erstreckt sich dieses Wissen nicht bloß über den Menschen, sondern es ist ein Wissen von allem, was in der geistigen Welt der Geistesmensch so wahrnehmen kann."

„Unter Anthroposophie verstehe ich eine wissenschaftliche Erforschung der geistigen Welt, welche die Einseitigkeiten einer bloßen Natur-Erkenntnis ebenso wie diejenigen der gewöhnlichen Mystik durchschaut und die, bevor sie den Versuch macht, in die übersinnliche Welt einzudringen, in der erkennenden Seele erst die im gewöhnlichen Bewusstsein und in der gewöhnlichen Wissenschaft noch nicht tätigen Kräfte entwickelt, welche ein solches Eindringen ermöglichen.“

(Rudolf Steiner, Begründer der Anthroposophie)

Nach Steiner befindet sich der Mensch (und die gesamte, also auch die geistige Welt) in beständiger Entwicklung (Evolution). Das Ziel des anthroposophischen Schulungsweges sei es, durch Meditation, Selbsterziehung und Beobachtung auf einer lebenslangen „Suche“, höhere Bewusstseinsebenen zu erreichen. Dieser Schulungsweg sei individuell auszugestalten und könne von jedem Menschen beschritten werden.

Matter is precipitated by a cosmic mind

"Any piece of flotsam or jetsam within our grasp should be considered as a precipitate of our desire."

"Jedes Stück Ballast und Treibgut in unserer Auffassungsgabe sollte als eine Ausfällung unserer Begierde betrachtet werden."

(Andre Breton)

Mental events generate physical events

This precipitation of matter can be regarded as a series of thoughts emanating from a cosmic mind. Pure mind to begin with, these thought-emanations later became a sort of proto-matter, energy that became increasingly dense, then became matter so etheral that it was finer than gas, without particles of any kind. Eventually the emanations became gas, then liquid and finally solids.

It is comparable with crystals precipitating (=chem. Ausfällung) in the bottom of a solution, as if an impulse were squeezing them out from one dimension to the next. The birth of our universe, the mysterious transition from no-matter to matter can be explained in that way.

The deepest springs of the physical world

The deepest springs of our mental life are also the deepest springs of the physical world, because in the "mind preceded matter" worldview all chemistry is psycho-chemistry. The ways in which the physical content of the uiverse responds to the human psyche are described by deeper and more powerful laws than the laws of material science.

We can influence reality with our own minds

We are familiar with the fact, that our emotional states affect our own bodies and that deep-seated emotions can cause long-term deep-seated changes (either to heal or to harm), which are known as psychosomatic effects.

If we now expand this fact of psychosomatic effects by taking into account that there is no real separation, that everything is interdependent, that everything is One, we see that our "own" emotional states therefore directly affect the mind of "others".
Exploring this path even further by applying the "mind-before-matter" worldview, we'll find that our emotional stages directly affect matter outside our bodies. In this psychosomatic universe is the behaviour of physical objects in space directly affected by mental states. In other words: Our mind can influence matter.

At the same time, matter is seen as the foundation of what is recognised as "reality" by the vast majority of todays society.

This would lead to the following conclusion:
If our mind can influence matter and matter is the foundation of todays perceived reality, then we can influence reality with our own mind.

Bending the laws of probability

In strict laboratory conditions a coin flipped many times will still land 50% of the cases heads up and 50% tails up in line with the laws of probability. But the laws of probabikity only apply, when all living subjectivity has been deliberately excluded. This means, when human happiness and hopes for self-fulfillment depend on the outcome of the roll of the dice, then the laws of probability are bent and deeper laws come into play.

The "mind preceded matter" worldview

In the predominant thinking of todays scientific world matter came before mind, regarding mind almost as an accident of matter or in best case an offspring evolved out of matter, but inessential and unimportant compared to matter.

On the other hand in a mind-before-matter belief the connection between mind and matter would be much more intimate. It is a living, dynamic connection. Not only did matter emerge from a cosmic mind, but it was even created in order to provide the conditions in which the human mind would be possible. Everything in the universe is alive and conscious to some degree, responding sensitively and intelligently to our deepest, sublest needs.