AC 7306. Go unto Pharaoh in the morning. That this signifies elevation to things more confirmatory, is evident from the signification of “going,” or “entering to Pharaoh,” as being communication (see n. 7000), here communication of things confirmatory that it is the Divine which warns them to desist from infestations; and from the signification of “morning,” as being a state of enlightenment and revelation (see n. 3458, 3723, 5097, 5740), here elevation, because predicated of those who are in falsities and who cannot be enlightened, but can be elevated in respect to attention. The reason why they who are in… Read more »
Submission: When I first read this number in the text, I received a clear picture of a bowl-like vessel to represent truth receiving illustrations or personal meaning in my mind. And then I discovered that this bowl had other smaller bowls inside of it, to receive more truths – like unpacking a Russian doll. Also, that what we can receive depends on our state at that point, in respect of a particular life circumstance we may be examining or unpacking. For example, with a spiritual law or truth such as one of the ten commandments, I’ve been working with an… Read more »
Mandy Millar
December 19, 2024 5:39 pm
Part AC 7320 … From all this it is evident that by “the Egyptians laboring to drink waters from the river” is signified that they who are in falsities from fallacies desire to know scarcely anything about truths, thus that they have aversion for them. The cause of the aversion is that the truths which are perverted by falsities, still fight secretly and silently, and labor to shake off the falsities, and thus cause annoyance; for if the falsities are removed a little, together with their faith, truths condemn. Part AC 7344 … That by “not being able to… Read more »
Hal Rosner
December 18, 2024 4:10 pm
TEXT: 7305 – “they obstinately determined not to release those whom they infest” “not to release” 7306 – “elevation to things more confirmatory” “falsities reject and extinguish” 7308 – “everything has its state, in which and according to which it is” 7318 – “ Truth is falsified from reasonings it is concluded and said that because no one can do what is good from himself, therefore good effects nothing towards salvation.” 7320 – “truths which are perverted by falsities, still fight secretly” 7324 – “memory-knowledges that are of service to falsities of doctrine” “memory – knowledges that are of service… Read more »
Judy & Len Robinson
December 18, 2024 11:09 am
ACV9S26-Judy #7343…..”He who is in the affection of truth applies truths to himself according to the state and quality of his affection; he who is in the affection of falsity, when he applies truths to himself, perverts and falsifies them, as can be seen from the fact that Divine truth flows in with all, but is varied with everyone according to the state and quality of his life; ….. [2] “to the pure all things are pure, and to the impure all things are impure.” Principle: Life flowing in from the Lord is consistent with all but varies according to… Read more »
7306 The reason why they who are in falsities cannot be enlightened, is that falsities reject and extinguish all the light which enlightens, which light is received solely by truths. 7317[3] They, after some time begin to know that no others are let into heaven than they who have lived the life of faith, thus who have had charity toward the neighbour; and when they begin to know this, then they begin to despise the teachings of their faith, and also their faith itself; for their faith was not faith, but only the knowledge of such things as are of… Read more »
I was given lots of opportunities to show love to people over the Christmas period. Once it was in the form of a difficult email I had to write to try and stop and argument escalating between two people I know, both trying to help others but having difficulty understanding each other. I felt guided to write the email which fortunately helped put an end to the disagreement. I feel sure that keeping as my end in view, to help both people helped me be guided to get the right tone. But firstly, some false ideas raised themselves, so that I… Read more »
Janna King
December 8, 2024 2:22 am
7320. And the Egyptians shall labor to drink waters from the river. That this signifies that they would desire to know scarcely anything about it, is evident from the signification of “the Egyptians,” as being those who falsify truths; and from the signification of “drinking,” as being to be instructed in truths hence “to labor to drink” denotes not to desire to be instructed, thus to desire to know scarcely anything, that is, about truths; and from the signification of the “waters of the river,” as being falsities , here falsified truths. From all this it is evident that by… Read more »
Liz Coggins
December 7, 2024 7:52 am
7314: and behold hitherto thou hast not heard.
7317[2] ….everyone that heareth my words and doeth them, I will liken to a prudent man, and everyone that heareth my words, and doeth them not, I will liken unto a foolish man.
Task: Develop a real focus and sensitivity to hearing; examine what is heard, and identify its nature; seek to be conscious, and submit to obedience.
Submission: The task became a couple of layers, that definitely worked together – to continue the effort to live from as of self, generally, and particularly in approaching the task; and to be awake to listening and hearing with willingness to obedience and submission. The first thing, generally, is the sense of the different parts that can, or do not, listen; and the vast galaxy of sleep seeded through it all! I noticed the judgemental chatter and peripheral anxiety ‘talking’ away, but when I remembered to reorientate myself there was patience and willingness to affectionately listen, a submission to hear – then the… Read more »
AC 7303: .. “and the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments,” signifies that their falsifiers fashioned the like by abusing order; “and Pharaoh’s heart was made hard,” signifies obstinacy; “and he heard them not,” signifies no reception and no obedience; “as Jehovah had spoken,” signifies according to the prediction; “and Pharaoh looked back, (as did Lot’s wife) and came unto his house,” signifies thought and reflection from falsities; “and did not set his heart even to this,” signifies resistance from the will, and the consequent obstinacy; 7306: Go unto Pharaoh in the morning. That this signifies elevation to… Read more »
And the hells, ie: the sorcerers and enchanters can argue Forever!! AC 1820: [2] As few know how the case is with temptations, it may here be briefly explained. Evil spirits never fight against other things than those which the man loves; the more ardently he loves them, the more fiercely do they wage the combat. It is evil genii who fight against the things that pertain to the affection of good, and evil spirits that fight against those which pertain to the affection of truth. As soon as they notice even the smallest thing which a man loves, or… Read more »
The Text said: Go thou to Pharaoh in the Morning. And (as if of my self) Stand thou to meet him near the bank of the river. I took this as a “Command” from the Lord. I don’t have the strength to fend off infestations of falsities from fallacies, and their accompanying genii driven evils. But the Word does. This session has been one of “Noticing” and “Paying Attention”. As in the previous session I noticed that infestations of enchantments were flowing in all the time. And the oh so subtle tripwires were being laid down at every turn.” Hey… Read more »
@Ian Dude, AC 1820 was a seminal “awakening” number for me, back in 1980. Was received with such eye-opening clarity to my thirsty internal man. Humbled with appreciation to read it again.
AC 7306. Go unto Pharaoh in the morning. That this signifies elevation to things more confirmatory, is evident from the signification of “going,” or “entering to Pharaoh,” as being communication (see n. 7000), here communication of things confirmatory that it is the Divine which warns them to desist from infestations; and from the signification of “morning,” as being a state of enlightenment and revelation (see n. 3458, 3723, 5097, 5740), here elevation, because predicated of those who are in falsities and who cannot be enlightened, but can be elevated in respect to attention. The reason why they who are in… Read more »
Submission: When I first read this number in the text, I received a clear picture of a bowl-like vessel to represent truth receiving illustrations or personal meaning in my mind. And then I discovered that this bowl had other smaller bowls inside of it, to receive more truths – like unpacking a Russian doll. Also, that what we can receive depends on our state at that point, in respect of a particular life circumstance we may be examining or unpacking. For example, with a spiritual law or truth such as one of the ten commandments, I’ve been working with an… Read more »
Part AC 7320 … From all this it is evident that by “the Egyptians laboring to drink waters from the river” is signified that they who are in falsities from fallacies desire to know scarcely anything about truths, thus that they have aversion for them. The cause of the aversion is that the truths which are perverted by falsities, still fight secretly and silently, and labor to shake off the falsities, and thus cause annoyance; for if the falsities are removed a little, together with their faith, truths condemn. Part AC 7344 … That by “not being able to… Read more »
TEXT: 7305 – “they obstinately determined not to release those whom they infest” “not to release” 7306 – “elevation to things more confirmatory” “falsities reject and extinguish” 7308 – “everything has its state, in which and according to which it is” 7318 – “ Truth is falsified from reasonings it is concluded and said that because no one can do what is good from himself, therefore good effects nothing towards salvation.” 7320 – “truths which are perverted by falsities, still fight secretly” 7324 – “memory-knowledges that are of service to falsities of doctrine” “memory – knowledges that are of service… Read more »
ACV9S26-Judy #7343…..”He who is in the affection of truth applies truths to himself according to the state and quality of his affection; he who is in the affection of falsity, when he applies truths to himself, perverts and falsifies them, as can be seen from the fact that Divine truth flows in with all, but is varied with everyone according to the state and quality of his life; ….. [2] “to the pure all things are pure, and to the impure all things are impure.” Principle: Life flowing in from the Lord is consistent with all but varies according to… Read more »
7306 The reason why they who are in falsities cannot be enlightened, is that falsities reject and extinguish all the light which enlightens, which light is received solely by truths. 7317[3] They, after some time begin to know that no others are let into heaven than they who have lived the life of faith, thus who have had charity toward the neighbour; and when they begin to know this, then they begin to despise the teachings of their faith, and also their faith itself; for their faith was not faith, but only the knowledge of such things as are of… Read more »
I was given lots of opportunities to show love to people over the Christmas period. Once it was in the form of a difficult email I had to write to try and stop and argument escalating between two people I know, both trying to help others but having difficulty understanding each other. I felt guided to write the email which fortunately helped put an end to the disagreement. I feel sure that keeping as my end in view, to help both people helped me be guided to get the right tone. But firstly, some false ideas raised themselves, so that I… Read more »
7320. And the Egyptians shall labor to drink waters from the river. That this signifies that they would desire to know scarcely anything about it, is evident from the signification of “the Egyptians,” as being those who falsify truths; and from the signification of “drinking,” as being to be instructed in truths hence “to labor to drink” denotes not to desire to be instructed, thus to desire to know scarcely anything, that is, about truths; and from the signification of the “waters of the river,” as being falsities , here falsified truths. From all this it is evident that by… Read more »
7314: and behold hitherto thou hast not heard.
7317[2] ….everyone that heareth my words and doeth them, I will liken to a prudent man, and everyone that heareth my words, and doeth them not, I will liken unto a foolish man.
Task: Develop a real focus and sensitivity to hearing; examine what is heard, and identify its nature; seek to be conscious, and submit to obedience.
Submission: The task became a couple of layers, that definitely worked together – to continue the effort to live from as of self, generally, and particularly in approaching the task; and to be awake to listening and hearing with willingness to obedience and submission. The first thing, generally, is the sense of the different parts that can, or do not, listen; and the vast galaxy of sleep seeded through it all! I noticed the judgemental chatter and peripheral anxiety ‘talking’ away, but when I remembered to reorientate myself there was patience and willingness to affectionately listen, a submission to hear – then the… Read more »
AC 7303: .. “and the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments,” signifies that their falsifiers fashioned the like by abusing order; “and Pharaoh’s heart was made hard,” signifies obstinacy; “and he heard them not,” signifies no reception and no obedience; “as Jehovah had spoken,” signifies according to the prediction; “and Pharaoh looked back, (as did Lot’s wife) and came unto his house,” signifies thought and reflection from falsities; “and did not set his heart even to this,” signifies resistance from the will, and the consequent obstinacy; 7306: Go unto Pharaoh in the morning. That this signifies elevation to… Read more »
And the hells, ie: the sorcerers and enchanters can argue Forever!! AC 1820: [2] As few know how the case is with temptations, it may here be briefly explained. Evil spirits never fight against other things than those which the man loves; the more ardently he loves them, the more fiercely do they wage the combat. It is evil genii who fight against the things that pertain to the affection of good, and evil spirits that fight against those which pertain to the affection of truth. As soon as they notice even the smallest thing which a man loves, or… Read more »
The Text said: Go thou to Pharaoh in the Morning. And (as if of my self) Stand thou to meet him near the bank of the river. I took this as a “Command” from the Lord. I don’t have the strength to fend off infestations of falsities from fallacies, and their accompanying genii driven evils. But the Word does. This session has been one of “Noticing” and “Paying Attention”. As in the previous session I noticed that infestations of enchantments were flowing in all the time. And the oh so subtle tripwires were being laid down at every turn.” Hey… Read more »
@Ian Dude, AC 1820 was a seminal “awakening” number for me, back in 1980. Was received with such eye-opening clarity to my thirsty internal man. Humbled with appreciation to read it again.