Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8063

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8063. 'Within all your borders' means within the range of truth that springs from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'borders' as the range of truth springing from good. For every truth has its own range, which is sometimes manifested in a sphere; and because it has its own range it has its own 'borders'. The sphere belonging to the range of truth is subject to the nature and amount of good, for good is like a flame and truth like the light from it. In the spiritual world a sphere extends to communities round about, and its range determines the range of communication there, see 6598-6613. Everyone in heaven has intelligence and wisdom, also happiness, in proportion to that extending sphere, that is, in proportion to the strength and at the same time the character of it. From this one may see what 'in all the borders' means in the spiritual sense, here that good must have nothing false within it. For false ideas lie outside the sphere; they begin where the truths leave off. But if they enter the sphere they are assimilated. The idea that they must not enter is meant by the words 'nothing made with yeast shall be seen among you' nor 'yeast within all your borders'.


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