I struggled with a task but there were occurrences of meaningful coincidences and spiritual activity over the two week period. AC 6554 ….. That “to bury” signifies both regeneration and resurrection, and likewise the resuscitation and setting up again of the church, is because these significations involve what is like; for regeneration is resurrection, because when man is being regenerated he is becoming alive from being dead, thus is rising again. And in like manner when the church is being resuscitated and set up again in a man; for this is effected by regeneration, thus by resurrection from death unto life.… Read more »
John Talbot
August 29, 2023 8:59 pm
Logopraxis 6544 to 6578 6544 “in the cave of the field of Machpelah,” signifies the beginning of regeneration; “which Abraham bought with the field,” signifies those whom the Lord had redeemed; “for a possession of a sepulcher, from Ephron the Hittite,” signifies those who receive the truth and good of faith, and suffer themselves to be regenerated; “upon the faces of Mamre,” signifies the quality and the quantity. 6550 For a possession of a sepulcher from Ephron the Hittite. That this signifies those who receive the truth and good of faith, and suffer themselves to be regenerated, is evident from… Read more »
I was really busy the first week and I had not got round to doing my reading. Then one night I woke with a really vivid dream. It made me realise that I had not done my reading and I ended up reading it at 3 am and thinking about my dream. I was amazed how the two were linked. My dream I was walking through the church building, it was like the one from my teenage years in Derby. On a little deck at the back were three very hungry dogs and on the grass outside a small pig,… Read more »
Joseph’s brothers were worried that now their father was gone that Joseph would turn against them. When I move on along my spiritual path and my old beliefs die off, or are enlightened into deeper spiritual truths I can become riddled with guilt that I did it all so badly before. But Joseph’s reaction is so reassuring. The Lord is never there judging us but always seeing the end in view, which is to lead us to heaven. Getting wrapped up in guilt is not a good way to live our lives. I saw an excellent movie this week,… Read more »
Judy & Len Robinson
August 25, 2023 2:58 pm
ACV8S33-Judy #6574-3….” But not one whit is permitted them by the Lord, except to the end that good may come of it, namely, that truth and good may be brought into shape and strengthened with those who are in temptation. In the universal spiritual world reigns the end which proceeds from the Lord, which is that nothing whatever, not even the least thing, shall arise, except that good may come from it. Hence the Lord’s kingdom is called a kingdom of ends and uses.” Principle: The Lord governs all even to the most minutest of details that good may prevail. Task:… Read more »
Experience: A brief experience where being an observer allowed for the viewing of the ridiculous machinations of the proprial thoughts-pitting itself against itself; a love must be still too strongly attached for the Lord to give complete respite from the angst but choice was restored and actions able to be modified. Maybe that’s all that can be hoped for or experienced. The text also revealed how the goods and truths or appearances of such ,held in the memory knowledges, need to subject themselves to the regeneration process so that they can be elevated to the spiritual church or discarded. When… Read more »
Hal Rosner
August 24, 2023 10:26 pm
HAL LP Submission for 8/30/23 Principle: The Word, and Doctrine covers all aspects of regeneration. Task: a. For the sake of outward-thinking ‘spiritual literacy’ engage with an exercise that helps one better understand the minute particulars of how the Lord works to regenerate the human mind. Give an in-depth focus to AC 6544 by looking deeply into the correspondences that are presented. b. As I observe the thought stream, observe when the “voice of judgement” is active. Is it directed toward self, and condemning behaviors? Or, is it outward focused toward others? Remember that the Word covers all aspects of the regenerative process. … Read more »
HH 577… under these outward semblances the evil lay so concealed and obscure, that he scarcely knew himself the deep wickedness and cunning of his spirit; nor that in himself he is such a devil as he becomes after death, when his spirit comes into itself and into its own nature. … the Lord cannot protect man unless he acknowledges the Divine and lives a life of faith and charity; for otherwise he averts himself from the Lord and turns himself to infernal spirits, and thus his spirit becomes like wickedness. AC 6559…If evil spirits do any evil in the… Read more »
Submission The states of hell are like the initial states that react – before there can be a pause and deflection and then consultation with the Word. They last as ‘long’ as they need to. The world of spirits states carry with them more of a bargaining and argumentative back and forth dialogue. The sense of self is indecisive in this state. And the work here is to sit and be held in this. Interestingly – this as of self effort in itself relies on the celestial states of knowing that this is what must be done. Celestial states carry… Read more »
Liz Coggins
August 21, 2023 2:51 pm
6568: and they said, Behold we are thy servants. That this signifies that they shall not be at their own disposal, is evident from the signification of ‘servants’ as being to be without freedom from their own, thus not to be at their own disposal and mastery. 6569 through 6577, and 6578: And spake upon their heart…..denotes influx into the Will, and the resulting trust.
Task: Be awake to what it looks like to submit my natural self to the internal; and what happens when I resist. Reflect on these numbers above, through to the culmination in 6578.
Observations:The task changed a lot during the session – at first there was no task except to read the numbers that sang out to me every morning; but gradually my life situation began to bring a focus. I’ve had health issues that directed a lot of attention to the natural, and opened me to periods of vulnerability and anxiety, that were very relevant to AC 6568/6571 which looked to how things feel when I have no control, and how easily the evils flow in when there is a sense of separation and alienation. With continual daily reading there was gradually inserted… Read more »
Janna King
August 20, 2023 2:25 am
AC 6548. In the cave of the field of Machpelah. That this signifies the beginning of regeneration, is evident from the signification of the “cave of the field of Machpelah,” as being faith in obscurity (see n. 2935); and “Machpelah” denotes regeneration (n. 2970); thus the signification is the beginning of regeneration, for then faith is in obscurity. Principle: The Lord’s process of regeneration is not bound up in time or space. TASK: Shun the proprial appearance that we can ‘make progress’ or ‘accumulate good and truth’ in spiritual life. This is identifying with the proprium. It is also the… Read more »
AC 6574 [2] The words which Joseph here spake to his brethren: “Ye thought evil against me, God thought it for good, in order to do as it is this day, to make alive a great people” are words which contain within them a secret of heaven, which secret is this. In the other life the Lord permits infernal spirits to lead the good into temptation, consequently to pour in evils and falsities; which also they do with all endeavor; for when they are doing this, they are in their life and its delight. But the Lord Himself is then… Read more »
AC 6574 & 6578 speak to the subject of having Trust and Hope in the Lord. My original task shifted as I came to be aware that what I thought was a trust and hope in the Lord as being the One who “turns the pouring in of evils into good” was being severely challenged and tested by external circumstances over which I had absolutely no control. I found my “self” asking why the Word wasn’t “speaking upon my heart” and “comforting” my purely natural person place time and space view of what was unravelling. Oh, maybe it’s because my… Read more »
I struggled with a task but there were occurrences of meaningful coincidences and spiritual activity over the two week period. AC 6554 ….. That “to bury” signifies both regeneration and resurrection, and likewise the resuscitation and setting up again of the church, is because these significations involve what is like; for regeneration is resurrection, because when man is being regenerated he is becoming alive from being dead, thus is rising again. And in like manner when the church is being resuscitated and set up again in a man; for this is effected by regeneration, thus by resurrection from death unto life.… Read more »
Logopraxis 6544 to 6578 6544 “in the cave of the field of Machpelah,” signifies the beginning of regeneration; “which Abraham bought with the field,” signifies those whom the Lord had redeemed; “for a possession of a sepulcher, from Ephron the Hittite,” signifies those who receive the truth and good of faith, and suffer themselves to be regenerated; “upon the faces of Mamre,” signifies the quality and the quantity. 6550 For a possession of a sepulcher from Ephron the Hittite. That this signifies those who receive the truth and good of faith, and suffer themselves to be regenerated, is evident from… Read more »
I was really busy the first week and I had not got round to doing my reading. Then one night I woke with a really vivid dream. It made me realise that I had not done my reading and I ended up reading it at 3 am and thinking about my dream. I was amazed how the two were linked. My dream I was walking through the church building, it was like the one from my teenage years in Derby. On a little deck at the back were three very hungry dogs and on the grass outside a small pig,… Read more »
Joseph’s brothers were worried that now their father was gone that Joseph would turn against them. When I move on along my spiritual path and my old beliefs die off, or are enlightened into deeper spiritual truths I can become riddled with guilt that I did it all so badly before. But Joseph’s reaction is so reassuring. The Lord is never there judging us but always seeing the end in view, which is to lead us to heaven. Getting wrapped up in guilt is not a good way to live our lives. I saw an excellent movie this week,… Read more »
ACV8S33-Judy #6574-3….” But not one whit is permitted them by the Lord, except to the end that good may come of it, namely, that truth and good may be brought into shape and strengthened with those who are in temptation. In the universal spiritual world reigns the end which proceeds from the Lord, which is that nothing whatever, not even the least thing, shall arise, except that good may come from it. Hence the Lord’s kingdom is called a kingdom of ends and uses.” Principle: The Lord governs all even to the most minutest of details that good may prevail. Task:… Read more »
Experience: A brief experience where being an observer allowed for the viewing of the ridiculous machinations of the proprial thoughts-pitting itself against itself; a love must be still too strongly attached for the Lord to give complete respite from the angst but choice was restored and actions able to be modified. Maybe that’s all that can be hoped for or experienced. The text also revealed how the goods and truths or appearances of such ,held in the memory knowledges, need to subject themselves to the regeneration process so that they can be elevated to the spiritual church or discarded. When… Read more »
HAL LP Submission for 8/30/23 Principle: The Word, and Doctrine covers all aspects of regeneration. Task: a. For the sake of outward-thinking ‘spiritual literacy’ engage with an exercise that helps one better understand the minute particulars of how the Lord works to regenerate the human mind. Give an in-depth focus to AC 6544 by looking deeply into the correspondences that are presented. b. As I observe the thought stream, observe when the “voice of judgement” is active. Is it directed toward self, and condemning behaviors? Or, is it outward focused toward others? Remember that the Word covers all aspects of the regenerative process. … Read more »
HH 577… under these outward semblances the evil lay so concealed and obscure, that he scarcely knew himself the deep wickedness and cunning of his spirit; nor that in himself he is such a devil as he becomes after death, when his spirit comes into itself and into its own nature. … the Lord cannot protect man unless he acknowledges the Divine and lives a life of faith and charity; for otherwise he averts himself from the Lord and turns himself to infernal spirits, and thus his spirit becomes like wickedness. AC 6559…If evil spirits do any evil in the… Read more »
Submission The states of hell are like the initial states that react – before there can be a pause and deflection and then consultation with the Word. They last as ‘long’ as they need to. The world of spirits states carry with them more of a bargaining and argumentative back and forth dialogue. The sense of self is indecisive in this state. And the work here is to sit and be held in this. Interestingly – this as of self effort in itself relies on the celestial states of knowing that this is what must be done. Celestial states carry… Read more »
6568: and they said, Behold we are thy servants. That this signifies that they shall not be at their own disposal, is evident from the signification of ‘servants’ as being to be without freedom from their own, thus not to be at their own disposal and mastery.
6569 through 6577, and
6578: And spake upon their heart…..denotes influx into the Will, and the resulting trust.
Task: Be awake to what it looks like to submit my natural self to the internal; and what happens when I resist. Reflect on these numbers above, through to the culmination in 6578.
Observations:The task changed a lot during the session – at first there was no task except to read the numbers that sang out to me every morning; but gradually my life situation began to bring a focus. I’ve had health issues that directed a lot of attention to the natural, and opened me to periods of vulnerability and anxiety, that were very relevant to AC 6568/6571 which looked to how things feel when I have no control, and how easily the evils flow in when there is a sense of separation and alienation. With continual daily reading there was gradually inserted… Read more »
AC 6548. In the cave of the field of Machpelah. That this signifies the beginning of regeneration, is evident from the signification of the “cave of the field of Machpelah,” as being faith in obscurity (see n. 2935); and “Machpelah” denotes regeneration (n. 2970); thus the signification is the beginning of regeneration, for then faith is in obscurity. Principle: The Lord’s process of regeneration is not bound up in time or space. TASK: Shun the proprial appearance that we can ‘make progress’ or ‘accumulate good and truth’ in spiritual life. This is identifying with the proprium. It is also the… Read more »
AC 6574 [2] The words which Joseph here spake to his brethren: “Ye thought evil against me, God thought it for good, in order to do as it is this day, to make alive a great people” are words which contain within them a secret of heaven, which secret is this. In the other life the Lord permits infernal spirits to lead the good into temptation, consequently to pour in evils and falsities; which also they do with all endeavor; for when they are doing this, they are in their life and its delight. But the Lord Himself is then… Read more »
AC 6574 & 6578 speak to the subject of having Trust and Hope in the Lord. My original task shifted as I came to be aware that what I thought was a trust and hope in the Lord as being the One who “turns the pouring in of evils into good” was being severely challenged and tested by external circumstances over which I had absolutely no control. I found my “self” asking why the Word wasn’t “speaking upon my heart” and “comforting” my purely natural person place time and space view of what was unravelling. Oh, maybe it’s because my… Read more »
And after some further reflection I realized that I didn’t choose this task. The task chose me.