AC 3742 - the Lord's life

AC 3742
... there is one only life, which is from the Lord alone...
The appropriation of the Lord's life comes from
His love and mercy toward the universal human race,
in that He wills to give Himself to every one,
and all that is His,
and in that He actually does give them in so far as they receive,
that is to say,
in so far as they are in the life of good and in the life of truth,
as being likenesses and images of Him.
... such a Divine endeavor is continually proceeding from the Lord...

A short example is given at the end of 3743.
The whole of 3743 is in today's comments in the blog.

... like the light of the sun, which although single and white,
is yet varied as it passes through or flows into various forms,
and thereby produces beautiful and pleasing colors,
as well as those which are not beautiful and not pleasing.

AC 3732 - "to vow a vow"

AC 3732
In the internal sense "to vow a vow" signifies
to will that the Lord shall provide,
is from the fact that in vows there is a the desire and affection
that what is willed may come to pass;
thus that the Lord shall provide.
There is also implied somewhat of a stipulation,
and at the same time somewhat of an obligation
on the part of a person,
which he takes upon himself
if he comes to possess the object of his wish...

AC 3718 - there are two kinds of fear

AC 3718
Speaking generally, "fear" is of two kinds -
fear in what is not sacred,
and fear in what is sacred;
fear in what is not sacred is the fear in which are the wicked;
but fear in what is sacred is the fear in which are the good.
This latter fear is called reverential or sacred fear,
and is the result of our wonder at and longing for what is Divine,
and also of our love.
... The fear of love is a fear of injuring the Lord in any way,
or of injuring the neighbor in any way,
thus of injuring what is good and true in any way,
and consequently of injuring the sacred things
of love and faith and the consequent worship.

AC 3709 - What are the truths of the good of doctrine?

AC 3709
Truths of the good of doctrine are the doctrinal things
of love to the Lord and of charity toward the neighbor,
which are said to be conjoined with good
in the natural man
when to know them for the sake of doing them
is a pleasure and a delight.

AC 3704 - "Father" and "Son"

AC 3704 [2]
... in the internal sense "Father" signifies good;
and in the supreme sense, the Lord as to Divine good...
that "Son" signifies truth,
and the "Son of God," and the "Son of man," as to Divine truth....
And the same is evident from all those passages
where the Lord makes mention of His "Father,"
and calls Himself the "Son."

AC 3703 - good is the source, and truth is the action

AC 3703
... good is that from which all things are in both general and particular,
and truth is that through which they all come into manifestation...
(Green cover edition, translated by Potts)

...good is the source of every single thing that has being
and truth the means by which it is brought into being.
(Elliott translation)

manifestation - display or demonstration
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

AC 3700 - a ladder

AC 3700
And behold a ladder set on the earth. (Genesis 28:12)
In the original tongue the term "ladder" is derived from an expression which signifies a "path" or "way,"
.... which shows ... the communication of truth which is in the lowest place with truth which is in the highest.

AC 3696 - "laying down" and "sleeping" signify tranquillity

AC 3696
With those who are to be regenerated...
the case is that first of all they are in a state of tranquillity,
or in a state of external peace
(for external peace, or peace in externals, is called "tranquillity")
and the same is produced from the Divine state of peace
that is inmostly within it;
and it comes forth into the externals through the removal
of cupidities (evil desires) and falsities (false ideas);
for these are what cause all unrest.

[2]
... a state of peace in spiritual things
is like spring and dawn in natural things...
and that peace is from good and truth,
and unrest from what is evil and false....

In peace I will both lay me down and sleep;
for You Jehovah alone makes me to dwell in confidence.
(Psalm 4:8)

He will make me to lie down in green pastures;
He will lead me to the waters of rest;
He will restore my soul.
(Psalm 23:2,3)

AC 3680 - knowledges of good & knowledges of truth

AC 3680
... all truths are knowledges of good;
and truths which are not from good,
or which do not look to good as the end,
are not truths;
but in so far as they look to doctrine,
they are called the knowledges of truth.

AC 3676 - Are knowledges truths?

AC 3676
...knowledges are not truths in themselves,
but from the Divine things within them;
and when these Divine things shine forth,
the knowledges for the first time become truths.

AC 3660 - more on why the Word was written the way it was

AC 3660 [2]
... there are goods and truths of the natural
in which the goods and truths of the rational can be,
and that there are goods and truths of the natural
in which the goods and truths of the rational cannot be;
consequently, that there are goods and truths
of the natural which can be adjoined
to the goods and truths of the rational by correspondence.

[3] To know these goods and truths,
and to distinguish them from one another,
and also to view their qualities,
and thus how they are adapted for conjunction,
does not appear clear to a person
so long as he does not think from what is interior,
or from enlightenment by the light of heaven;
for in this case such things appear to him
to be both obscure and undelightful.
But nevertheless they are suited to the
apprehension and understanding of angels,
and even to the apprehension of spirits;
for the thoughts of angels and spirits are not distracted by
cares for worldly, corporeal, and earthly things,
as they had formerly been when they lived as people in the world.
Angels and spirits are in the pleasantness of intelligence
and the bliss of wisdom when such things are present with them
from the internal sense of the Word;
for then what is Divine shines upon them,
because in the supreme sense the Lord is treated of,
and in the representative sense the church and regeneration;
and thereby they are in the Lord's Divine sphere,
and in that of His ends and uses.

AC 3652 - Why was the Word written the way it was?

AC 3652 [5]
... each and all of the things recorded in the Word
concerning the Jewish and Israelitish people
are representative of the Lord's kingdom in the heavens,
and of His kingdom on earth....
But these matters were of such a nature as to be capable of representing
the celestial and spiritual things of the Lord's kingdom,
and the events that took place for the sake of the representation.
In this way the Word could be so written
as to be adapted to the understanding of the person who should read it,
and also to the understanding of the angels who are with the person.
This likewise was the reason why the Lord spoke in the same manner;
for had He spoken otherwise,
His Word would not have been adapted to the understanding
of those who read it, especially at that time;
nor to the understanding of the angels,
thus it would neither have been received by man,
nor understood by the angels.

AC 3634 - a person who is in correspondence

AC 3634
A person who is in correspondence, that is,
who is in love to the Lord and in charity toward the neighbor,
and thence in faith,
is as to his spirit in heaven,
and as to his body in the world;
and because he thus acts as one with the angels,
he is also an image of heaven....

AC 3605 - Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

AC 3605 [2]
... concerning the words in the Lord's prayer,
"Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;"
in that temptation and evil are rejected
until what is purely angelic, that is, good, remains
without any idea of temptation and of evil,
and this with the added idea of indignation and aversion,
in regard to evil being thought of when the Lord is thought of.

AC 3599 - where there is good

AC 3599
... where there is good
there must be truth
in order for there to be anything...

AC 3589 - affection which desires and delights

AC 3589
... the signification of 'dainties,'
as being the delightful things which are of good
and the pleasant things which are of truth,
the delightful things which are of good are the desirable things,
and the pleasant things which are of truth are the delightful things;
for the affection of good is that which desires,
and then the affection of truth is that which delights.

AC 3577 - manna, dew, & morning

AC 3577 [4]
As the manna was heavenly bread,
in the supreme sense it signified the Lord as to Divine good;
and with people the celestial of love,
for this is from the Divine of the Lord;
the "dew" in which and with which the manna descended,
in the supreme sense denotes the Divine truth;
and in the relative sense, the spiritual truth with people;
"morning" is the state of peace in which these goods are.

AC 3571 - Are you being regenerated?

AC 3571 [2]
... A person knows nothing of how he is regenerated,
and scarcely that he is being regenerated.
But if he is desirous to know this,
let him merely pay attention to the ends which he proposes to himself,
and which he rarely discloses to any one.
If the ends are toward good, that is to say,
if he cares more for his neighbor and the Lord than for himself,
then he is in a state of regeneration;
but if the ends are toward evil, that is to say,
if he cares more for himself than for his neighbor and the Lord,
let him know that in this case he is in no state of regeneration.

AC 3540 - good and truth need each other

AC 3540
Every good has its own truths,
and every truth has its own good,
which must be conjoined together
in order for them to be anything.

AC 3533 - seeing

AC 3533
... the natural sees from the effect,
but the rational sees from the cause.

AC 3509 - Isaac, Rebekah, Esau, Jacob

AC 3509 [2-3]
... "Isaac" is the rational mind as to the good
which is of the will,
"Rebekah" being the rational mind with respect to the truth
which is of the understanding;
"Esau" is the good of the natural
that comes forth from the good of the rational;
and "Jacob" is the truth of the natural
that comes forth from the good of the rational through the truth therein.

From these things it may be seen what arcana are contained
in the internal sense of the Word;
but still there are very few which can be described
to human understanding;
while those which transcend it, and cannot be described, are without limit;
for in proportion as the Word penetrates more deeply,
that is, more interiorly, into heaven,
the more innumerable and indescribable the arcana become,
not only to man,
but also to the angels of the lower heaven;
and when it reaches the inmost heaven,
the angels there perceive that the arcana are infinite,
and are altogether incomprehensible to them,
because they are Divine.
Such is the Word.

AC 3490 - all good & truth

AC 3490
... all the good and truth in one who is regenerate are from the Lord.

The whole number, which is a very brief review, is quoted in comments.

AC 3474 - Where is heaven?

AC 3474
...heaven is not in what is high,
but in what is internal.

AC 3471 - Why is there grief first?

AC 3471
The reason why there was grief at first,
is that when truths are being inserted into natural good,
they at first cause pain,
for they oppress the conscience,
and induce anxieties,
because there are concupiscences (lust or cravings) present,
against which spiritual truth combats;
but this first grief by degrees diminishes,
and at last vanishes away.
It is as with a weak and sickly body,
which is to be restored to health by painful means;
in this state, at first it has grief.

AC 3464 - living in correspondence

AC 3464 [2]
As regards the doctrinal things that are from the literal sense of the Word, the case is this:
When a man is in them,
and at the same time in a life according to them,
he has a correspondence in himself;
for the angels who are with him are in interior truths,
while he is in exterior ones,
and thus through the doctrinal things he has communication with heaven,
but according to the good of his life.

As for example, when in the Holy Supper
he thinks in simplicity of the Lord
from the words then used -
"This is My body, and this is My blood" -
the angels with him are in the idea of love to the Lord
and charity toward the neighbor;
for love to the Lord corresponds to the Lord's body, and to bread;
and charity toward the neighbor corresponds to the blood, and the wine;
and because there is such a correspondence,
there flows an affection out of heaven through the angels
into that holy state in which the man then is,
which affection he receives in accordance with the good of his life.

AC 3447 - the external & internal of the church

AC 3447 [2]
As in every church of the Lord
there are those who are internal people
and those who are external,
and the internal are those who are in the affection of good,
and the external those who are in the affection of truth...

AC 3436 - reading the Word in order to be wise

AC 3436
... he who reads the Word in order to be wise,
that is, to do what is good and understand what is true,
is instructed according to his end and affection;
for unknown to him
the Lord flows in
and enlightens his mind,
and where he is at a loss,
gives understanding from other passages.

AC 3427 - What does the internal sense of the Word teach us?

AC 3427
... for the word in its internal sense treats of nothing else

than love to the Lord and love toward the neighbor;

and therefore the Lord says

that on these two commandments hang the Law and the Prophets,

that is, the whole Word.

AC 3419 - What is charity? Who is our neighbor?

AC 3419 [3]
... charity is the affection of being of service to others without any end of recompense;
and also what is the neighbor toward whom there should be charity,
namely, all in the universe,
but still each with discrimination.

[6]
... in the supreme sense the Lord is the neighbor,
for He says:
Inasmuch as you did it unto one of the least of these My brothers,
you did it unto Me.
Matthew 25:40

AC 3411 - fill with dust

AC 3411
And all the wells that his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them up, and filled them with dust.
(Genesis 15)
"And all the wells that his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them up,"
signifies that they who were in the memory-knowledge of knowledges
were not willing to know interior truths which are from the Divine,
and thus obliterated them:
"and filled them with dust"
signifies by earthly things....

AC 3404 - thinking about eternity

AC 3404 [2]
A person cannot possibly have any idea of the eternal except from time;
and this being the case,
he cannot possibly comprehend what is from eternity,
thus what the Divine was before time, or before the world was created.
And so long as there is in his thought anything of an idea from time,
if he thinks on the subject
he must necessarily fall into errors from which he cannot be extricated.
But to the angels, who are not in the idea of time, but in the idea of state,
it is given to perceive this most clearly,
for the eternal with them is not the eternal of time,
but the eternal of state without the idea of time.

AC 3387 - Why are there appearances of truths?

AC 3387 [2]
Truths or appearances of truth are given a person to the intent that
Divine good may be able to form his understanding,
thus the person himself.
For truths exist to the end that good may flow in;
for without vessels or receptacles
good finds no place, because it finds no state corresponding to itself;
and therefore where there are no truths,
or where they are not received,
there is no rational or human good,
consequently the person has no spiritual life.
In order therefore that a person may nevertheless have truths,
and thereby have spiritual life,
appearances of truth are given to every one according to his understanding;
which appearances are acknowledged as truths,
because they are such that Divine things can be in them.