1126. The one thing they think at that point, as they have repeatedly told me, is eternity. I wanted to learn from them how their thought can be fixed upon eternity alone, unless at the same time on life, that is, eternal life; but they said that at that time they could meditate on nothing other than eternity, and that it involves the same thing as eternal life. They tried to induce their own state of mind, or the state of their society, on my face, as well as my mind, but because I was more filled with thoughts of life than they were, they said, surprised, that they were not able to induce it. But afterwards, into their general notion [of eternity] are sown, one by one, thoughts of life, what it is, and its qualities. So they are like little children, who take up first general notions, then less general, then more particular ones. In this way a life of joy is imparted. 1748, 3 March.