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capability is being formed in him which is awakened by precisely thoseseemingly negative powers and forces. Just assense-directed thought -which was able to prevent the Greeks fromperishing inthe inner world ofawakening consciousness (the soul) - was awakened by the rupturedmythical circle, so too could "senseful awaring" be awakened by thebursting spatial world: a "perception" able to sustain us against perishingin the consciously realized external world of matter.We must not forget that the splintered spatial world of ourconceptualization is the assurance of the possibility of a space-freeaperspectival world. If we succeed in regarding events from the vantagepoint of mutation, it will be evident that the comparison made above is nota question of repetition, but of a "new" event. From the earliest times untilthe present the structures have increased, and it is our task to achieve thelatest incrementation for the time being by integration.When the Mexicans in their deficient mythical-magic structureencountered the mentally-oriented Spaniards, the magic-mythical powerfailed in the face of mental strength; clan consciousness failed in the faceof the individualized ego-consciousness. If an integral man were toencounter a deficient mental man, would not deficient material power failin the face of integral strength? Would not the individual egoconsciousnessfalter in the face of the Itself-consciousness of mankind?the mental-rational in the face of the spiritual? fragmentation in the faceof integrality?It is today no longer a question as to whether "reforms" are of use; this isevident from the course of our discussion. Yet one question remains: whatcan man do to bring about this mutation? To this we have alreadyhazarded an answer: we must know where we are to effect events, or tolet them take their course; where we are merely to "be aware" of truth,and where we may "impart the truth." For we too presentiate the whole byrealizing that we are to the same degree active as well as enduring andpassive, past as well as future. Man is in the world to sustain it as well ashimself "in truth," not for his or its own sake, but for the sake of thespiritual present. It is this spiritual present which elevates wholeness totransparency and frees us from our transient age, for this age of ours isnot the present but partiality and flight, indeed, almost a conclusion. Onlysomeone who knows of origin has present - living and dying in the whole,in integrity.Chapter OneThe Irruption of Time1. The Awakening Consciousness of Freedom from TimeThe irruption of time into our consciousness: this is the profound and62
unique event of our historical moment. It presents us with a new themeand a new task and its realization—which comes about through us—isattended by a wholly new reality of the world: a new intensity and a freerawareness which supplant the confusion that seems to give our world itsmost characteristic stamp. Wherever we encounter this theme in themanifestational forms of our lives we are face to face with the initialmanifestations of the aperspectival world. It is the task of this second partto evince and order these manifestations and to acclimate ourconsciousness to them.Where today we seem to discern.only shrieks and dissonance we will finda new tone, a new form, a new perception. The more the manifestations ofour age of transition and decline make known their desperate and furiousstruggle, the greater will the vitality and intensity of the new worldtransformingmanifestations stand out. Every one of us today in his or herown way, wherever we may be, is not only a witness but an instrument ofwhat is to be realityhence the necessity for us to create the means withwhich we ourselves can jointly shape this new reality.We will have made a decisive step when we are able to realize the fullcomplexity of the question of "time"—that is, when we have actualized the"new" to the degree that we can consciously avail ourselves of it. What isoccurring today, is occurring almost of itself, or more exactly, of the itself.It is essential that everyone, each individual "I", know how to conducthimself so that the new for which he is co-responsible can have aconstructive effect. It is the second task of this second part to describethis—a task of which we must not lose sight even where the complexityand novelty of the subject compel us to proceed with restraint andcaution.As, our deliberations.in the first part have shown, "time"—that is, mentalrationaltime—is a partitioning:principle as well as a concept. When wespeak here within a broader context of "time," we are not referring merelyto the concept of time; nevertheless we must begin with this diminishedform.Among all the possible time forms, the mental-rational concept of time ismost closely akin to our traditional consciousness. Only when we take thistemporal; fragment into account as being a divider do we become awarethat it can merely initiate a world-transforming consciousness structure.The concept of time is only an inceptual motif for the awakeningconsciousness of the aperspectival world. As long as it remains in force,the dividing, disrupting, and dissolving aspects remain dominant; and yetsuch division, disruption, and dissolution prepare the way for a new reality.What is prepared for is more than a mere concept of "time"; it is theachronon, or time freedom, a freedom and liberation from every temporalform.Our present consciousness is one of transition, a conciousnes in theprocess of mutation which is beginning to unfold new forms of realization.63
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