Spiritual Experiences-Word Exp. n. 124

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124. * in others, if they had been in the same state, speaking with the Spirits of God the Messiah, and with so many other Spirits, I do not yet know. [Fear] [See also WE 4416-18, concluding the explanation of this verse.]

[See WE 4428-31, explaining Exod. 20:2;5.] * Also, it is clear that everything which goes forth from the human being, as if the human being were its origin, is evil, because from an evil root; and therefore that we must not evoke such things, as if they were from ourselves. * This is the reason why we do not obtain anything we ask for from ourselves, as is


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