Spiritual Experiences Minor (Buss) n. 4553

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4553. IDEAS. The ideas which are of the memory are various; as, for instance, the idea of a person, namely, whatsoever one has heard concerning him, has seen in connection with him, has observed while he spoke with him, whatever he has thought about him, both well and ill-all remain; and many more things than he was ever aware of which have appeared to him, as it were, unnoticed. All these ideas remain, and are presented simultaneously in the other life, when anything is thought about any one; but, still, in such a way, that, when good is thought concerning him, then evils are as it were rejected to the circumference; when evil, then goods are rejected to the circumference. Thus, at the same time, thousands of things are presented simultaneously, or in a moment; and they appear before good spirits and angels, or are even perceived. Wherefore, they who have thought nothing but ill concerning men, are not able to think otherwise than ill concerning them. They who [have thought] well, not otherwise than well: and so forth.


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