From the Arcana Coelestia 561 561. But what are remains? They are not only the goods and truths that a man has learned from the Lord’s Word from infancy, and has thus impressed on his memory, but they are also all the states thence derived, such as states of innocence from infancy; states of love…

Divine Providence 306 306. From the idea of heaven and hell just presented, the nature of the human mind can be seen, for as we said, a person’s mind or spirit is in miniature form either a heaven or a hell. One can see namely that a person’s interior constituents are simply affections and the…

A discussion arose regarding the nature of facts as related in the Word to the spiritual truths they convey. That how in the prophetical parts of the Word in particular things can be related as if factual when it is clear that the events described don’t have a historical basis. “Nor did the details described here…

In the book of Genesis, we read that… When they returned with Benjamin, and Joseph saw Benjamin his brother, he said, Is this your youngest brother, of who you told me? And he said, God be kind to you, my son. And Joseph hastened, for his bowels were stirred with emotion for his brother, and…

The following insights were offered from people’s experience of the Word working in their life over this session cycle… When the sensory level dominates our state it closes down our ability to receive insights from a higher level When feeling critical of others give attention to what the opposite of this criticism is and allow…