AC 9079 - An Image of Heaven

AC 9079 [2]

. . . the forms of good and the truths with a person
love one another,
and in accordance with that love
they acknowledge one another,
and accordingly exist in association with one another.
This has its origin among angelic communities,
in which angels love one another,
acknowledge one another,
and live in association with one another,
depending on how similar and close together
their forms of good are.
And what is amazing,
when people governed by a similar good come together,
even if they have never seen one another before,
it is as though they have seen one another
since early childhood.
It is from this origin that the forms of good
and the truths present with a person
conjoin themselves to one another
according to the form heaven takes,
producing an image of heaven in him.
But the Lord is the source of all this,
both in heaven and in an angelic person,
that is, in a person who is being regenerated
and becoming an angel.