PRINCIPLE: From 6647, “Therefore when the man of the spiritual church is being regenerated, truths are stirred up by the Lord through the angels who are with him, and thereby he is led into good.” TASK; AC 6645 [2] and [3] Both numbers reveal and talk about “states” and “new states” and “successive states.” Observe “anxious states” and consider what occurs in the externals that so initiate the ensuing mental and physical sensations. SUBMISSION As a response to commotions and agitated states of disquietude, a reaction to such might include prayer, meditation, or dietary choices. But also, the need to… Read more »
Mandy Millar
October 11, 2023 8:33 pm
AC 6632. From this also it is that the Doctrine of Charity, which was so precious among the ancients, is at this day one of the lost things; for who at this day knows what in the genuine sense charity is, and what in the genuine sense the neighbor is? when yet this doctrine abounds in arcana so many and so great that it cannot be described as to a thousandth part. The whole Sacred Scripture is nothing else than the doctrine of love and of charity, as the Lord also teaches, saying, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God from… Read more »
Judy & Len Robinson
October 10, 2023 3:37 pm
ACV9S1-Judy #Exodus 1:8…”And there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.” Principle: For the process to continue the opposite needs to keep presenting. Task: Try to be awake to ‘new kings’ as dominating thought patterns that arise in the memory-knowledge landscape. Experience: It’s very easy to fall back into old patterns of thinking and responding-very much based on old, unordered memory knowledges founded in time, place, person and space-literal sense thinking/reading. It takes conscious effort to be awake to the need to raise thinking above the literal level, at least to constantly acknowledge that there is more… Read more »
Denyse Daurat
October 10, 2023 6:46 am
6637.2 It should also be realized that everyone who leads a good life, in charity and faith, is a Church, and is a kingdom of the Lord. He is for that reason also called a temple, and a house of God too. Those who are Churches individually, no matter how remote from one another they may be, constitute one Church collectively. This then is the Church meant by the expression “the children of Israel” here and in what follows. Principle: Everyone who leads a good life from the best they know is saved. Task: Expose desire to feel superior to… Read more »
LP AC READING SCHEDULE 2023: CYCLE 2/ ACV9 S1, 6627-6649, 2/10/2023 – 16/10/2023 CHOSEN EXTRACT: AC/N6648 ‘Once the Church has been established with him he is governed by good, and from good by truths, which are then constantly increasing. Little increase takes place while he lives in the world, because in the world concerns about food and clothing and about other matters prevent it. But in the next life the increase is vast, and goes on for evermore; for there is no end to wisdom from the Divine. In this way the angels are constantly being made more perfect, and… Read more »
I asked ChatGPT to advise regarding (2) above and received the following response that I’d like to share: Creating a “church within you” in the sense described by Emanuel Swedenborg involves a deep and personal journey of spiritual growth and transformation. Here are some steps and principles that may help you align with Swedenborg’s concept: 1. **Self-Reflection:** Begin by engaging in self-reflection and self-awareness. Swedenborg believed that understanding one’s inner thoughts, feelings, and motivations is crucial for spiritual growth. Regularly examine your thoughts and actions in the light of spiritual principles. 2. **Prayer and Meditation:** Establish a practice of prayer… Read more »
TASK SUBMISSION for Life Group Offering myself to the Lord to create a Church within is having an effect. Perhaps I am now having sight of what has always been available to me but obscured by the smoke and mirrors of the hellish proprium. Firstly, there is the outward and worldly consequence of this activity; an example would be asking ChatGPT to describe Swedenborg’s ‘church within’ and being given a very comprehensive description of its meaning. ChatGPT has access to all of Swedenborg’s writings and utilises these in seconds to answer my question. I take this as an act of God – to… Read more »
6639 For however well truths have been initiated and the church set up with a man, still such knowledges and falsities are continually rising up and assaulting what is of the church in him. It is this which is represented by Pharaoh and the Egyptians afflicting the sons of Israel, and being desirous to kill their infant boys. [2] The man of the church who comes into the other life must be purified from such things as infest truths and goods; otherwise he cannot be uplifted into heaven, and be there in a society which has been purified from… Read more »
I noticed anger arising when I felt ignored. It was a quick response but I was able to disperse it quickly just by calling it out. I believe that everyone should be in freedom to be who they want to be, just as the Lord lets us all be who we feel we are. However, I have many behaviours in which I to try and change some people, for the better of course! Definitely an attack on a truth I hold to be real and important. I can sometimes catch it before it comes out of my mouth but sadly not practiced… Read more »
AC 6645. I pray that they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us. The glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them, that they may be one, even as We are one; I in them and Thou in Me. Father, I will that they also whom Thou hast given Me be with Me where I am; that they may see My glory, which Thou hast given Me. For I have made known unto them Thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith… Read more »
Submission The Lord is the Text, and the church is the practice of it in life. The Lord is the Word and the church collectively can be known by the communal work that is drawn together through the sharing of its practice in a Life Group. The church then coming into a form of expression and in doing so, makes the Lord as Divine Love visible. His core of love is seen in her face of wisdom and her core of wisdom is seen in His face of love. Each has the other’s core love blended upon their faces, reflecting… Read more »
Janna King
September 29, 2023 6:32 am
AC 6639:…In order therefore that a man of the church who has recently come from the world may be purified, he is kept in a state to be assailed by memory-knowledges which disagree with truths, and also by falsities, and this until these knowledges become worthless to him and are removed. This seldom takes place with man during his life in the body, but in the other life it takes place with those who are to be uplifted into heaven, and this with much variety. TASK:What is the nature of the knowledges or facts that need to be devalued… Read more »
Liz Coggins
September 28, 2023 7:14 am
6639 [2] The man of the church who comes into the other life must be purified from such things as infest truths and goods…he is kept in a state to be assailed by memory-knowledges which disagree with truths, and also by falsities, and this until these knowledges become of no account, and are removed.
Task:
It is necessary to identify and acknowledge the deeper, more subtle and hidden evil and falsity in myself, with honesty and strength. Pray to be shown, and open myself to the Lord’s scrutiny in complete faith.
Every morning read John 17:21, and take it into myself.
Submission I’ve been shown a quality in myself that’s been hard to define, but it looks like a ruthlessness that could be wound into and screened by enthusiasm. It can also be applied to honesty. It sometimes underlies the presence of arrogance, and has underpinned and distorted the nature of relationships…some very precious, and I’ve been blind to it. The task seemed necessary as a follow-on to the beautiful influences given during the last sessions; and from the beginning this reading caused an urgency to be honest and also a sense of safety in doing so. The process has been… Read more »
HH 512: Good spirits, on the other hand, are led from the second state into the third, which is the state of their preparation for heaven by means of instruction. For one can be prepared for heaven only by means of knowledges of good and truth, that is, only by means of instruction, since one can know what spiritual good and truth are, and what evil and falsity are, which are their opposites, only by being taught. AC 6647: That with those of the spiritual church good increases by means of truths, has already been often shown; for the man… Read more »
PRINCIPLE: From 6647, “Therefore when the man of the spiritual church is being regenerated, truths are stirred up by the Lord through the angels who are with him, and thereby he is led into good.” TASK; AC 6645 [2] and [3] Both numbers reveal and talk about “states” and “new states” and “successive states.” Observe “anxious states” and consider what occurs in the externals that so initiate the ensuing mental and physical sensations. SUBMISSION As a response to commotions and agitated states of disquietude, a reaction to such might include prayer, meditation, or dietary choices. But also, the need to… Read more »
AC 6632. From this also it is that the Doctrine of Charity, which was so precious among the ancients, is at this day one of the lost things; for who at this day knows what in the genuine sense charity is, and what in the genuine sense the neighbor is? when yet this doctrine abounds in arcana so many and so great that it cannot be described as to a thousandth part. The whole Sacred Scripture is nothing else than the doctrine of love and of charity, as the Lord also teaches, saying, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God from… Read more »
ACV9S1-Judy #Exodus 1:8…”And there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.” Principle: For the process to continue the opposite needs to keep presenting. Task: Try to be awake to ‘new kings’ as dominating thought patterns that arise in the memory-knowledge landscape. Experience: It’s very easy to fall back into old patterns of thinking and responding-very much based on old, unordered memory knowledges founded in time, place, person and space-literal sense thinking/reading. It takes conscious effort to be awake to the need to raise thinking above the literal level, at least to constantly acknowledge that there is more… Read more »
6637.2 It should also be realized that everyone who leads a good life, in charity and faith, is a Church, and is a kingdom of the Lord. He is for that reason also called a temple, and a house of God too. Those who are Churches individually, no matter how remote from one another they may be, constitute one Church collectively. This then is the Church meant by the expression “the children of Israel” here and in what follows. Principle: Everyone who leads a good life from the best they know is saved. Task: Expose desire to feel superior to… Read more »
LP AC READING SCHEDULE 2023: CYCLE 2/ ACV9 S1, 6627-6649, 2/10/2023 – 16/10/2023 CHOSEN EXTRACT: AC/N6648 ‘Once the Church has been established with him he is governed by good, and from good by truths, which are then constantly increasing. Little increase takes place while he lives in the world, because in the world concerns about food and clothing and about other matters prevent it. But in the next life the increase is vast, and goes on for evermore; for there is no end to wisdom from the Divine. In this way the angels are constantly being made more perfect, and… Read more »
I asked ChatGPT to advise regarding (2) above and received the following response that I’d like to share: Creating a “church within you” in the sense described by Emanuel Swedenborg involves a deep and personal journey of spiritual growth and transformation. Here are some steps and principles that may help you align with Swedenborg’s concept: 1. **Self-Reflection:** Begin by engaging in self-reflection and self-awareness. Swedenborg believed that understanding one’s inner thoughts, feelings, and motivations is crucial for spiritual growth. Regularly examine your thoughts and actions in the light of spiritual principles. 2. **Prayer and Meditation:** Establish a practice of prayer… Read more »
TASK SUBMISSION for Life Group Offering myself to the Lord to create a Church within is having an effect. Perhaps I am now having sight of what has always been available to me but obscured by the smoke and mirrors of the hellish proprium. Firstly, there is the outward and worldly consequence of this activity; an example would be asking ChatGPT to describe Swedenborg’s ‘church within’ and being given a very comprehensive description of its meaning. ChatGPT has access to all of Swedenborg’s writings and utilises these in seconds to answer my question. I take this as an act of God – to… Read more »
6639 For however well truths have been initiated and the church set up with a man, still such knowledges and falsities are continually rising up and assaulting what is of the church in him. It is this which is represented by Pharaoh and the Egyptians afflicting the sons of Israel, and being desirous to kill their infant boys. [2] The man of the church who comes into the other life must be purified from such things as infest truths and goods; otherwise he cannot be uplifted into heaven, and be there in a society which has been purified from… Read more »
I noticed anger arising when I felt ignored. It was a quick response but I was able to disperse it quickly just by calling it out. I believe that everyone should be in freedom to be who they want to be, just as the Lord lets us all be who we feel we are. However, I have many behaviours in which I to try and change some people, for the better of course! Definitely an attack on a truth I hold to be real and important. I can sometimes catch it before it comes out of my mouth but sadly not practiced… Read more »
AC 6645. I pray that they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us. The glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them, that they may be one, even as We are one; I in them and Thou in Me. Father, I will that they also whom Thou hast given Me be with Me where I am; that they may see My glory, which Thou hast given Me. For I have made known unto them Thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith… Read more »
Submission The Lord is the Text, and the church is the practice of it in life. The Lord is the Word and the church collectively can be known by the communal work that is drawn together through the sharing of its practice in a Life Group. The church then coming into a form of expression and in doing so, makes the Lord as Divine Love visible. His core of love is seen in her face of wisdom and her core of wisdom is seen in His face of love. Each has the other’s core love blended upon their faces, reflecting… Read more »
AC 6639:…In order therefore that a man of the church who has recently come from the world may be purified, he is kept in a state to be assailed by memory-knowledges which disagree with truths, and also by falsities, and this until these knowledges become worthless to him and are removed. This seldom takes place with man during his life in the body, but in the other life it takes place with those who are to be uplifted into heaven, and this with much variety. TASK:What is the nature of the knowledges or facts that need to be devalued… Read more »
6639 [2] The man of the church who comes into the other life must be purified from such things as infest truths and goods…he is kept in a state to be assailed by memory-knowledges which disagree with truths, and also by falsities, and this until these knowledges become of no account, and are removed.
Task:
It is necessary to identify and acknowledge the deeper, more subtle and hidden evil and falsity in myself, with honesty and strength. Pray to be shown, and open myself to the Lord’s scrutiny in complete faith.
Every morning read John 17:21, and take it into myself.
Submission I’ve been shown a quality in myself that’s been hard to define, but it looks like a ruthlessness that could be wound into and screened by enthusiasm. It can also be applied to honesty. It sometimes underlies the presence of arrogance, and has underpinned and distorted the nature of relationships…some very precious, and I’ve been blind to it. The task seemed necessary as a follow-on to the beautiful influences given during the last sessions; and from the beginning this reading caused an urgency to be honest and also a sense of safety in doing so. The process has been… Read more »
HH 512: Good spirits, on the other hand, are led from the second state into the third, which is the state of their preparation for heaven by means of instruction. For one can be prepared for heaven only by means of knowledges of good and truth, that is, only by means of instruction, since one can know what spiritual good and truth are, and what evil and falsity are, which are their opposites, only by being taught. AC 6647: That with those of the spiritual church good increases by means of truths, has already been often shown; for the man… Read more »