CL 316 - Right and Left

CL 316 [5]

. . . 'the right eye' means the good connected with sight,
and 'the left eye' the truth connected with it.
So, too, 'the right ear'
means the good connected with hearing,
and 'the left ear' the truth connected with it.
Similarly, 'the right hand'
means the good connected with a person's strength,
and 'the left hand' the truth connected with it.
And so on with the rest of these twinned pairs.
"Moreover, because 'right' and 'left'
have these symbolic associations, the Lord said:

If your right eye causes you to slip, pluck it out....
And if your right hand causes you to slip, cut it off....
(Matthew 5:29,30)

He meant by this
that if something good is turned to evil,
it should be cast away.

For the same reason
He also told His disciples to cast their net
on the right side of the boat,
and when they did so,
they caught a great number of fish.
(John 21:6)

And by this He meant
they should teach the good of charity,
and by doing so would gather in people.