Awareness - Life - Form
GA 89
Handwritten, undated, c. 1903/04
Part II: 1. The First, Second and Third Sonship of God
First sonship of God, the first reflection of the essence, in thought, name and desire proclaiming nothing but the godhead itself, thus being nothing but solely the proclaimer of the All One.81The concept may be found in Basilidian Gnosis as early as the 2nd century A.D. See G.R.S. Mead, Fragments of a Faith Forgotten [London: John W. Watkins 1900], also Rudolf Steiner's Christianity as a Mystical Fact, GA 8, tr. A. Welburn; hudson, Anthroposophical Press 1997. There is nothing yet of differentiation and individualization. At any point in this infinity, which is luminous to itself, all we can perceive is the One godhead. Cosmic awareness: The awareness of the All has this All for its knowledge.
Second sonship of God, the second reflection of the essence, penetrating everything with will to exist and letting the original spirit shine forth from the singular entities. This will to exist is uniform. It is the original spirit and not only is but wills itself. Willing itself as thought, for example, it wills itself as individual thought. The thought proclaims itself, but it proclaims itself as thought, as part of God.
[It is as if the hand were to say of itself: I am the hand, but I am but part of the organism.]
The All One proclaims itself in many different ways.
The manifoldness of entities has the Universe as divine oneness for its conscious awareness.
Third sonship of God, the third reflection of the essence which penetrates everything with single will and keeps the original spirit hidden in the state of singularity. The will to exist is manifold. It is the original spirit, which not merely is and does not merely will itself, but wills every entity. The active will of the original spirit becomes perceptible in the individual entity, that is, the individual entity perceives the will intent as its own will intent.
The groans of the created.
Evolution as redemption through the uniform spirit floating above the manifoldness of the will.
The spirit, that is the third son. The manifold entities have the manifold in their awareness.
- In descending order there is first of all jiva, mahat and
fohat. All Consciousness proclaims itself through all
three elements.
Fundamental judgement [All is All]
The manifold arises through proclamation.
- Descending further, the manifold proclaims the divine
oneness in manifold ways.
[I am All]
- Descending further, each manifold thing proclaims itself.
[I am I]
Descending further, proclamation becomes objective reality
[nature is I]
Sensory sensations and rational ideas are I
Here we come to our human being in the experience.
psyche manas prana
In ascending development of the soul, the originally pointwise I becomes manifold
[intuitions are I.]
| verbal | sa - vitarka |
| wordless intuition | nir - vitarka |
We are going through III
Ascending further, we close our individual awareness; this individual awareness (as subject), thus does not let singular awareness reign but, through its passivity, All awareness. It receives the intuitions directly as themselves. Now, in ascending evolution, they gradually show their own life, no longer as thought but as essence.
We are going through II
Ascending further, there is revealed in the manifoldness of intuitions the oneness of their reality.
We are approaching I.
Die erste, zweite und dritte Sohnschaft Gottes
I. Erste Sohnschaft Gottes, die erste Widerstrahlung der Urwesenheit, die in Gedanke, Name und Verlangen nichts verkündet als die Gottheit selbst, also nichts anderes ist als alleine Verkünderin des All-Einen. Es ist hier noch von keiner Differenzierung und Individualisierung die Rede. Was wir in irgendeinem Punkte dieser in sich selbst leuchtenden Unendlichkeit wahrnehmen können, ist nur die Eine Gottheit.
Weltbewußtsein: Das Bewußtsein des All hat dieses All zum Wissen.
II. Zweite Sohnschaft Gottes, die zweite Widerstrahlung der Urwesenheit, die alles mit Daseinswillen durchdringt und den Urgeist aus den vereinzelten Wesenheiten erstrahlen läßt. Dieser Daseinswille ist ein einheitlicher. Es ist der Urgeist, der nicht bloß ist, sondern sich will. Indem er sich zum Beispiel als Gedanke will, will er sich als einzelner Gedanke. Der Gedanke verkündet zwar sich, aber er verkündet sich als Gedanke, als Glied Gottes.
[Es ist, wie wenn die Hand von sich spräche: ich bin die Hand, aber ich bin doch nur Femme Glied des Organismus].
Das All-Eine verkündet sich auf mannigfaltige Weise.
Die Mannigfaltigkeit der Wesen hat das All als göttliche Einheit zum Bewußtsein.
III. Dritte Sohnschaft Gottes, die dritte Widerstrahlung der Urwesenheit, die alles mit Einzelwillen durchdringt und den Urgeist in dieser Vereinzelung verborgen hält. Der Daseinswille ist ein mannigfaltiger. Es ist der Urgeist, der nicht bloß ist und nicht bloß sich will, sondern der jedes Wesen will. Wahrnehmbar wird also das Wollen des Urgeistes in dem Einzelwesen, das heißt, das Einzelwesen nimmt das Wollen als sein Wollen wahr.
Das Stöhnen der Kreatur.
Evolution als Erlösung durch den einheitlichen, über der Mannigfaltigkeit des Willens schwebenden Geist.
Der Geist, das ist der dritte Sohn. Die mannigfaltigen. Wesenheiten haben das Mannigfaltige zum Bewußtsein.
I. In absteigender Linie findet sich zuerst Jiva, Mahat und Fohat. Das Allbewußtsein verkündet durch alle drei Elemente sich selbst.
Grundurteil [All ist All]
Durch die Verkündigung entsteht das Mannigfaltige
II. Im weiteren Absteigen verkündet das Mannigfaltige die göttliche Einheit in mannigfaltiger Weise.
[Ich bin All]
III. Im weiteren Absteigen verkündet jedes Mannigfaltige sich selbst.
[Ich bin Ich]
Im weiteren Absteigen wird die Verkündigung objektives Sein
[Natur ist Ich]
Sinnesempfindungen und Verstandesvorstellungen sind Ich Hier treffen wir in der Erfahrung unseren Menschen.
Psyche Manas Prana
Bei der aufsteigenden seelischen Entwickelung vermannig faltigt sich das ursprüngliche punktuelle Ich
[Intuitionen sind Ich.]
Verbale: Sa - Vitarka
Wortlose: Intuition Nir - Vitarka
Wir gehen durch III
Im weiteren Aufsteigen schließen wir unser Einzelbewußstsein; dieses Einzelbewußtsein (als Subjekt), läßt dadurch nicht das Sonderbewußtsein, sondern durch seine Passivität das Allbewußtsein walten. Es empfängt die Intuitionen unmittelbar als sie selbst. Sie zeigen nunmehr bei der aufsteigenden Entwickelung graduell ihr Eigenleben, nicht mehr als Gedanken, sondern als Wesen.
Wir gehen durch II
Im weiteren Aufsteigen enthüllt sich in der Mannigfaltigkeit der Intuitionen die Einheit ihres Seins.
Wir nähern uns I.
The first, second, and third sonship of God
I. First sonship of God, the first reflection of the primordial being, which proclaims nothing in thought, name, and desire but the deity itself, and is therefore nothing other than the sole proclaimer of the All-One. There is no mention here of any differentiation or individualization. What we can perceive in any point of this self-illuminating infinity is only the One Godhead.
World consciousness: The consciousness of the All has this All as knowledge.
II. Second Sonship of God, the second reflection of the primordial being, which permeates everything with the will to exist and allows the primordial spirit to shine forth from the isolated entities. This will to exist is a unified one. It is the primordial spirit, which is not merely, but wills itself. For example, when it wills itself as a thought, it wills itself as an individual thought. The thought proclaims itself, but it proclaims itself as a thought, as a member of God.
[It is as if the hand were to say of itself: I am the hand, but I am only a member of the organism].The All-One proclaims itself in manifold ways.
The manifoldness of beings has the All as divine unity in consciousness.
III. Third Sonship of God, the third reflection of the primordial being, which permeates everything with individual will and keeps the primordial spirit hidden in this isolation. The will to exist is manifold. It is the primordial spirit that is not merely itself and does not merely will itself, but wills every being. The will of the primordial spirit thus becomes perceptible in the individual being, that is, the individual being perceives the will as its own will.
The groaning of the creature.
Evolution as salvation through the unified spirit hovering above the manifoldness of will.
The spirit is the third son. The manifold beings are conscious of the manifold.
I. In descending order, we first find Jiva, Mahat, and Fohat. The universal consciousness proclaims itself through all three elements.
Basic judgment [All is All]
Through proclamation, the manifold comes into being.
II. In further descent, the manifold proclaims divine unity in manifold ways.
[I am All]
III. In further descent, each manifold proclaims itself.
[I am I]
In further descent, the proclamation becomes objective being.
[Nature is I]
Sensory perceptions and intellectual concepts are I. Here we encounter our human being in experience.
Psyche Manas Prana
In the ascending spiritual development, the original punctual I becomes manifold.
[Intuitions are I.]
Verbal: Sa - Vitarka
Wordless: Intuition Nir - Vitarka
We go through III
In further ascent, we close our individual consciousness; this individual consciousness (as subject) does not allow special consciousness to prevail, but rather, through its passivity, allows universal consciousness to prevail. It receives intuitions directly as they are. In the ascending development, they now gradually reveal their own life, no longer as thoughts, but as beings.
We pass through II.
In the further ascent, the unity of their being is revealed in the manifoldness of intuitions.
We approach I.