AC 7130
There are two minds in man;
one is the natural, and the other the rational mind;
the natural mind is the mind of the external man,
but the rational mind is the mind of the internal man.
The things of the natural mind are called memory-knowledges,
but those of the rational mind are called intellectual reasons;
they are also distinguished from each other by the fact
that the things of the natural mind
are for the most part in the light of the world,
which is called the light of nature;
whereas the things of the rational mind are in the light of heaven,
which light is spiritual light.
AC 7131
... for the memory-knowledges of faith and charity are indeed truths,
but general truths....
For example: it is a truth of memory-knowledge
that charity toward the neighbor is the essential of the church;
also that faith cannot be except where charity is;
and likewise that truth and good can be conjoined,
but not truth and evil, nor good and falsity;
besides many similar truths, which are truths of memory-knowledge.
That these can be enriched with innumerable things,
can be seen from the fact that volumes can be written about them,
and yet the singular truths,
which are the interior things of faith, can never be described,
for these can only be seen in the light of heaven,
and do not fall into natural words.
These truths are like charity, which is spiritual affection,
and which for the most part cannot be expressed in words,
except its most general things...
which can be compared with such things as are in the world.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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