Those who are brought into heaven must also pass through their own series of stages, progressing from one society to another. This applies both to those in the class of the spiritual and those in the class of the heavenly. Those in the class of heavenly [souls], let in first, come into a society of serious [angels], because now, right after undergoing their chastening, they love nothing more than serious thoughts, and when other things interrupt, they reject them for the time being. Consequently, they have an extremely contented attitude, like people who love to dwell on serious matters. Those things which are joys to others they do not regard as joys, but find their own joy, or highest good, in serious meditations. Also, their meditations are focused on essentials. From these they feel obligated not to depart because they are essentials, so they do not stray from them. These words were written with them present, and in fact also with them as the guiding agency, and from their style it is evident that their minds adhere to essentials and do not stray from them.