AC 2701 - "Eye"; AC 2702 - "Water"; AC 2704 - "And Gave the Child Drink"

AC 2701 [2]

That the "eye" signifies the understanding
is because the sight of the body
corresponds to the sight of its spirit,
which is the understanding;
and because it corresponds,
in the Word the understanding is signified by the "eye"
in almost every place where it is mentioned . . ..

The "left eye" is the intellectual,
but the "right eye" is its affection:
that the right eye is to be plucked out
means that the affection is to be subdued
if it causes stumbling.

AC 2702

. . . the signification of a "well of water,"
and of a "fountain," as being the Word,
and also doctrine from the Word,
consequently also truth itself;
and from the signification of "water," as being truth.
That a "well in which there is water," and a "fountain,"
denote the Lord's Word,
and also doctrine from the Word,
consequently also truth itself,
may be seen from very many passages.

AC 2704

And gave the child drink.
(Genesis 21:19)

That this signifies instruction in spiritual things,
is evident from the signification of "giving to drink,"
as being to instruct in truths;
and from the signification of the "child,"
as being the spiritual as to truth.
This state, which is that of instruction,
treated of in this verse,
is the third state of those
who are coming out of vastation or desolation;
for when they come into a state of enlightenment
or of heavenly light,
they are then in the affection
of knowing and learning truths;
and when they are in this affection,
they are easily and as it were spontaneously
imbued with truths:
those who are on earth,
from the Lord's Word or from doctrine;
but those who are in heaven, from the angels,
who perceive nothing more blessed and happy
than to teach novitiate brethren,
and imbue them with the truths and goods
which are of heavenly order,
and thus lead to the Lord.