Monday, November 05, 2012

SD 5125, 5136 - heaven is not a place but a state of life

SD 5125
All who come from the world
bring with them the opinion that heaven is on high,
thus in place;
for which reason,
they say that they wish to be raised up into heaven.
But they do not know that heaven is not a place,
but a state of life, 

namely, of the life of love, charity and faith;
and that, though they appear in a higher place than others,
place is an appearance.

SD 5136
In heaven, there are lands, mountains and rivers;
and there is, likewise, [in the world of spirits] a land of Canaan,
where the most upright spirits are.
Such [correspondences] inflow out of heaven [from] the Lord,
by means of the angels,
when the Word is read.
All things there are representatives
of celestial and spiritual things, as in the Word.

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