AC 6451, 6454 - the Lord is the all of life

AC 6451 [3]
As all the interiors are together in the ultimate,
therefore the appearance is as if life were in the ultimate,
that is, in the body;
when yet it is in the interiors, nor yet there,
but in the highest,
that is, in the Lord, for whom is the all of life.

AC 6454
Whatever is in the natural, and especially what is in the exterior natural,
is obscure in comparison with what is in the interior natural,
and still more so in comparison with what is in the rational.
But this obscurity becomes clear in two ways;
first if the exteriors are brought into compliance with the interiors,
and thus from correspondence;
secondly, if the person can be elevated from the exterior to the interior things,
and thus to see the exterior things from what is interior.
This latter way is possible with those who are in the internal of the church,
and the former with those who are in its external;
but neither the one nor the other is obtained
except through regeneration by the Lord.