TCR 30 - Spiritual Thought

TCR 30 [1-2]

. . . something must first be said concerning spiritual thought.
This derives nothing from space,
but everything from state.
State has relation to love, life, wisdom, affections, joys,
and, in general, to good and truth.
A truly spiritual idea concerning these
has nothing in common with space:
it is on a higher level,
and looks down upon spatial ideas beneath it
as heaven looks down upon the earth.

God is present in space apart from space,
and in time apart from time
because He is always the same from eternity to eternity,
the same before the creation of the world as after it.
There was neither space nor time
in God and in His sight before creation,
but only since
because He is the same,
He is in space apart from space,
and in time apart from time.
Consequently it follows that nature is separate from Him,
while yet He is omnipresent in it,
just as life is present
in every substantial and material part of a person,
yet does not mingle with them . . ..