2549. The spirits said that they were not aware of having such faculties, even though when these things are told and portrayed to them, they acknowledge it. But the reason is that none reflect on their own abilities, with which they have been endowed, but because they are familiar to them, they do not regard them as more excellent than those possessed by others. And I was prompted to tell them that neither are the angels aware of having still more excellent and outstanding faculties, except when they are permitted to look down into the spirits beneath them, and thereby to see the difference. 1748, 6 July.