AC 10528 - To Inquire of the Lord; AC 10551 - To See From Without, To Perceive From Within

AC 10528 [2. 4]

. . . to inquire of the Lord is to consult the Word;
for in the Word the Lord is present,
seeing that the Word is the Divine truth
which is from Him,
and that He is with the angels in His Divine truth,
and also with the people of the church
who receive Him.

To see from the internal
is to see from heaven
from the Lord.

AC 10551 [2]

It must here be told what it is to see from without,
and what to have perception from within.
Those who when reading the Word
are in enlightenment,
see it from within, for their internal is open,
and when the internal is open it is in the light of heaven.
This light flows in and enlightens,
although the person is unaware of it.
The reason why he is unaware of it,
is that this light flows into the knowledges
that are in the person’s memory,
and these knowledges are in natural light.
And as the person thinks from these knowledges
as from himself,
he cannot perceive the influx,
nevertheless from various indications
he is able to know that he has been in enlightenment.
But yet everyone is deceived
who believes himself to be in enlightenment,
unless he loves to know truth
for the sake of truth
and for the sake of the good of life,
thus unless he loves Divine truth for the sake of life,
because to live
according to Divine truths from the Word
is to love the Lord,
and all enlightenment comes from the Lord
when He is loved.