AC 6435 There shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every lifted up hill, streams, channels of waters (Isaiah 30:25) HH 475 … to think and to will and thence to act, is like a flame which gives heat and light all around, or like seed in the ground which springs up into a tree or flower, and lives. Every one may know that to will and not to act, when one can, is not to will; and that to love and not to do good, when one can, is not to love, but only to think that he… Read more »
Submission: I was astonished to find that this exact imagery presented itself in the sensual and corporeal plane very clearly – like a summary in vision of the state as a whole– I had expected the images to be more on an inner level of mind. My daughter chose the movie “Togo” for a family movie night and there in that was images of mountains and hills. Snowy and with icy flowing water. And there on the sides of them was the masculine working with his sled dogs, in freezing and harsh but majestic conditions. Loving to serve and loving… Read more »
Michael Lock
May 22, 2023 11:44 pm
LP 24, HH 470 – 484 CHOSEN EXTRACT 484 EXTRACT: The works and deeds of our moral and civic life are heavenly if we do them from a heavenly love, because things that we do from a heavenly love we do from the Lord, and everything we do from the Lord is good. On the other hand, the deeds and works of our moral and civic life are hellish if they come from a hellish love, since whatever we do from this love, which is a love for ourselves and the world, we do from ourselves, and whatever we do… Read more »
HH 479: [3] All spirits, provided they are kept in their ruling love, can be led wherever one pleases, and are incapable of resistance, however clearly they may see that this is being done, and however much they may think that they will resist. They have often been permitted to try whether they could do anything contrary to their ruling love, but in vain. Their love is like a bond or a rope tied around them, by which they may be led and from which they cannot loose themselves. It is the same with men in the world who are… Read more »
AC 6435 There shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every lifted up hill, streams, channels of waters (Isaiah 30:25) HH 475 … to think and to will and thence to act, is like a flame which gives heat and light all around, or like seed in the ground which springs up into a tree or flower, and lives. Every one may know that to will and not to act, when one can, is not to will; and that to love and not to do good, when one can, is not to love, but only to think that he… Read more »
Submission: I was astonished to find that this exact imagery presented itself in the sensual and corporeal plane very clearly – like a summary in vision of the state as a whole– I had expected the images to be more on an inner level of mind. My daughter chose the movie “Togo” for a family movie night and there in that was images of mountains and hills. Snowy and with icy flowing water. And there on the sides of them was the masculine working with his sled dogs, in freezing and harsh but majestic conditions. Loving to serve and loving… Read more »
LP 24, HH 470 – 484 CHOSEN EXTRACT 484 EXTRACT: The works and deeds of our moral and civic life are heavenly if we do them from a heavenly love, because things that we do from a heavenly love we do from the Lord, and everything we do from the Lord is good. On the other hand, the deeds and works of our moral and civic life are hellish if they come from a hellish love, since whatever we do from this love, which is a love for ourselves and the world, we do from ourselves, and whatever we do… Read more »
HH 479: [3] All spirits, provided they are kept in their ruling love, can be led wherever one pleases, and are incapable of resistance, however clearly they may see that this is being done, and however much they may think that they will resist. They have often been permitted to try whether they could do anything contrary to their ruling love, but in vain. Their love is like a bond or a rope tied around them, by which they may be led and from which they cannot loose themselves. It is the same with men in the world who are… Read more »