HH 167 - to eternity vs. from eternity

HH 167
I was once thinking about eternity,
and was able, with the idea of time,
to perceive what to eternity means, namely, without end,
but not what from eternity means,
thus not what God did from eternity before creation.
When anxiety on this account arose in my mind
I was raised up into the sphere of heaven,
and thus into the perception that angels have in respect to eternity;
and it was then made clear to me
that eternity must be thought of,
not from time but from state;
and then the meaning of from eternity can be seen.