Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 2562

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2562. Nevertheless, by means of the tissues so marvelously intertwining and flowing into each other, it would never seem possible to the observing eye that actions could arise so normally, when yet every single fiber is looking after its own role in society with the others, which together constitute a unity of action among an unlimited variety of other societal actions. A mental image of this kind can be formed of inward ideas, or those pertaining to the angels of the inward heaven compared to the inward things of the world of spirits. From this, one who is able to weigh these matters and has become somewhat knowledgeable in them can conclude how unfathomable just inward things are, let alone the very inward ones, which flow into the inward ones! For a single mental image of the world of spirits can be compared to a single action resulting from countless powers and forms so operating and entering into the most minute action-and so forth. 1748, 7 July.


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