Divine Love and Wisdom (Rogers) n. 74

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74. It can be seen from this that time accords with thought from affection, for thought from affection is what determines the quality of a person's state. As for distances encountered in travels through stretches of space in the spiritual world, the fact that these accord with the passage of periods of time can be illustrated by a number of examples. For routes there are actually shortened in accordance with the travelers' longings, which are those of their thought from affection, and they are also conversely lengthened. So it is that intervals of time are called also spaces of time. On the other hand, whenever a person's thought is not conjoined with his own affection, in such states time goes unnoticed, as in dreams.


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