Tuesday, August 17, 2010

AE 283 - within & without

AE 283
Celestial good is good in essence,
and spiritual good is good in form;
and this for the reason that the will,
in which good resides,
is the person himself, or the person in essence;
while the understanding in which is truth,
which is the form of good,
is the person thence derived, thus the person in form;
this good also is round about the other.

[2] . . . that which is above is also within,
and that which is below is also without,
and what is without is round about.
This is why in the Word
higher things, and things in the midst, signify things interior;
and lower things, and things round about, signify things exterior.

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