1639. A similar thing occurred when I was praying the Lord's prayer. Hence it is clear what mental images are like that are not closed, but flowing in from the Lord by the inner way, namely that they have a great abundance of elements. But what closed mental images are like, I do not yet know-whether there is anything within them. Perhaps they are thus closed so as not to penetrate further, for there is self-merit in them. So when they penetrate further, their evil must be turned into good, which is [the work] of the Lord Alone.