2541. I have also spoken with spirits, saying that if people had faith in the Lord, heaven could then be opened to them, or the inward avenue toward heaven, which has been closed-almost as has happened of the Lord's mercy in me. And then there would be an association of souls, spirits, and angels with people in the world, and of people in the world with souls, spirits, and angels, so that spirits would know what is going on in the world and people in the world what is going on in heaven. Thus they would live together and on both sides.