Sarah Walker AC 6024. And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron,” signifies celestial conjugial love and its doctrinals. “And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel,” signifies the heavenly marriage and its doctrinals. “ AC 6032. (3). And this spiritual heat is in very truth heat, which gladdens the bodies of the angels with heat, and at the same time their interiors with love. HH 170… Yet, an angel has all the senses that a man has, and much more exquisite senses. HH 171 …heaven is said to be opened when the interior sight, which… Read more »
Submission: I have been surprised to find just how ever present His voice and presence is for me …. Like this task has highlighted for me just how much I already know that answer even before I ask it . Although I guess asking it has made me more aware of the fact that it is so present for me so often. And by asking the question, it seems to have made the answer much more expansive too…. It has been like another thinning of the veil for me, another layer being pulled back and because of that – a consolidation… Read more »
Michael Lock
August 14, 2022 9:10 pm
CHOSEN EXTRACTS FROM HH 170-190 N170 (extract) However, angels do have all the senses we do—far more delicate ones, in fact—and the light in which they see is far brighter than the light in which we see. N171 (extract) For the things that exist in heaven cannot be seen with our physical eyes, but only with the eyes of our spirit; and when it pleases the Lord, these are opened. At such times we are led out of the natural light that our physical senses are in and raised into the spiritual light in which we dwell because of our… Read more »
HH 175: As all things that correspond to interiors also represent them they are called representatives; and as they differ in each case in accordance with the state of the interiors they are called appearances. Nevertheless, the things that appear before the eyes of angels in heaven and are perceived by their senses appear to their eyes and senses as fully living as things on earth appear to man, and even much more clearly, distinctly and perceptibly. Appearances from this source in heaven are called real appearances, because they have real existence. There are appearances also that are not real,… Read more »
Submission: I have always been magnetically pulled toward observing the beauty of the Lord’s creation. I would definitely place this squarely in the category of Real Appearances. Sitting next to a stream where clear blue water is tumbling over large round boulders can so easily trigger thoughts of Correspondences. There is a peace and tranquility in pondering the ever changing flow of the water and how it relates to the Lord’s never ending, Cleansing Love and Mercy. This is a Real Appearance which for me triggers many passages from the Word. On the flip side of that is my weakness… Read more »
Sarah Walker AC 6024. And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron,” signifies celestial conjugial love and its doctrinals. “And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel,” signifies the heavenly marriage and its doctrinals. “ AC 6032. (3). And this spiritual heat is in very truth heat, which gladdens the bodies of the angels with heat, and at the same time their interiors with love. HH 170… Yet, an angel has all the senses that a man has, and much more exquisite senses. HH 171 …heaven is said to be opened when the interior sight, which… Read more »
Submission: I have been surprised to find just how ever present His voice and presence is for me …. Like this task has highlighted for me just how much I already know that answer even before I ask it . Although I guess asking it has made me more aware of the fact that it is so present for me so often. And by asking the question, it seems to have made the answer much more expansive too…. It has been like another thinning of the veil for me, another layer being pulled back and because of that – a consolidation… Read more »
CHOSEN EXTRACTS FROM HH 170-190 N170 (extract) However, angels do have all the senses we do—far more delicate ones, in fact—and the light in which they see is far brighter than the light in which we see. N171 (extract) For the things that exist in heaven cannot be seen with our physical eyes, but only with the eyes of our spirit; and when it pleases the Lord, these are opened. At such times we are led out of the natural light that our physical senses are in and raised into the spiritual light in which we dwell because of our… Read more »
HH 175: As all things that correspond to interiors also represent them they are called representatives; and as they differ in each case in accordance with the state of the interiors they are called appearances. Nevertheless, the things that appear before the eyes of angels in heaven and are perceived by their senses appear to their eyes and senses as fully living as things on earth appear to man, and even much more clearly, distinctly and perceptibly. Appearances from this source in heaven are called real appearances, because they have real existence. There are appearances also that are not real,… Read more »
Submission: I have always been magnetically pulled toward observing the beauty of the Lord’s creation. I would definitely place this squarely in the category of Real Appearances. Sitting next to a stream where clear blue water is tumbling over large round boulders can so easily trigger thoughts of Correspondences. There is a peace and tranquility in pondering the ever changing flow of the water and how it relates to the Lord’s never ending, Cleansing Love and Mercy. This is a Real Appearance which for me triggers many passages from the Word. On the flip side of that is my weakness… Read more »