LP 20 HH 415-420 SELECTED EXTRACT FROM HH 415 Dole: ‘… the earliest people became angels, because they thought more deeply and spiritually and were therefore enveloped in heavenly affection; while for later ages … as time passed we became more externally minded and began to think more on the natural level, which meant that we were enveloped in more earthly affection.’ Ager: ‘… in ancient times … men then thought more interiorly and spiritually, and from such thought were in heavenly affection; but … in the process of time man became more external and began to think more naturally,… Read more »
The words in the brackets are my ad ins as to how it reads to me as spiritual process. HH 417…It is fully known in the other life that there are many earths (states of the natural mind) inhabited by men (a sense of self) from which (states of ) spirits and (states of) angels come; for everyone(state) there who desires from a love of truth and of use to do so is permitted to talk (communicate) with spirits of other earths, and thus be assured that there is a plurality of worlds, and learn that the human race is… Read more »
Submission: I have been taking myself down very early to the beach for a morning walk and swim almost every day for a while. And now as the southern hemisphere turns towards winter, it is quite dark when I arrive and start walking. I have consequently had the opportunity to see the stars in the sky as I walk and to also watch the sun rise over the horizon and see it cast its morning light upon the oh so expansive waters and sky. It is all quite beautiful and sings the Lord to me. I also recently attended a… Read more »
HH 418: The immensity of the heaven of the Lord is shown in this, that heaven in its entire complex reflects a single Man, and corresponds to all things and each thing in man, and that this correspondence can never be filled out, since it is a correspondence not only with each of the members, organs, and viscera of the body in general, but also with all and each of the little viscera and little organs contained in these in every minutest particular, and even with each vessel and fiber; and not only with these but also with the organic substances… Read more »
Submission: One of the things that has constantly come up in my life is the question of, “What is my Use?” Is it something that I can come to know? Why do I think that I need to know? The following is a series of thoughts that flowed in as I pondered the questions. I have to carry what I have to carry. And I have to work with what I have to work with. This session has brought to my awareness that the Lord leads everyone toward their use. The proprium, in me, wants it to be something tangible,… Read more »
LP 20 HH 415-420 SELECTED EXTRACT FROM HH 415 Dole: ‘… the earliest people became angels, because they thought more deeply and spiritually and were therefore enveloped in heavenly affection; while for later ages … as time passed we became more externally minded and began to think more on the natural level, which meant that we were enveloped in more earthly affection.’ Ager: ‘… in ancient times … men then thought more interiorly and spiritually, and from such thought were in heavenly affection; but … in the process of time man became more external and began to think more naturally,… Read more »
The words in the brackets are my ad ins as to how it reads to me as spiritual process. HH 417…It is fully known in the other life that there are many earths (states of the natural mind) inhabited by men (a sense of self) from which (states of ) spirits and (states of) angels come; for everyone(state) there who desires from a love of truth and of use to do so is permitted to talk (communicate) with spirits of other earths, and thus be assured that there is a plurality of worlds, and learn that the human race is… Read more »
Submission: I have been taking myself down very early to the beach for a morning walk and swim almost every day for a while. And now as the southern hemisphere turns towards winter, it is quite dark when I arrive and start walking. I have consequently had the opportunity to see the stars in the sky as I walk and to also watch the sun rise over the horizon and see it cast its morning light upon the oh so expansive waters and sky. It is all quite beautiful and sings the Lord to me. I also recently attended a… Read more »
HH 418: The immensity of the heaven of the Lord is shown in this, that heaven in its entire complex reflects a single Man, and corresponds to all things and each thing in man, and that this correspondence can never be filled out, since it is a correspondence not only with each of the members, organs, and viscera of the body in general, but also with all and each of the little viscera and little organs contained in these in every minutest particular, and even with each vessel and fiber; and not only with these but also with the organic substances… Read more »
Submission: One of the things that has constantly come up in my life is the question of, “What is my Use?” Is it something that I can come to know? Why do I think that I need to know? The following is a series of thoughts that flowed in as I pondered the questions. I have to carry what I have to carry. And I have to work with what I have to work with. This session has brought to my awareness that the Lord leads everyone toward their use. The proprium, in me, wants it to be something tangible,… Read more »