Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7363

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7363. They talked to me about the life of the inhabitants on their planet. They said that people there are not under the control of any regime; rather they are divided into individual communities, large and small, and in these they associate with the kind of people whose minds match their own. They know in an instant from another's face and speech whether his mind matches theirs, and in this they are rarely mistaken. Such people become friends in an instant; but they feel no aversion to everyone else, for there is no aversion, still less any hatred. They went on to say that their associations are delightful, and that they discuss with one another things that are happening in their communities, and especially those that are happening in heaven, since a large number of them enjoy open contact with the angels in heaven. One can also well believe this because they are such, and their manner of associating with one another is such, that all their communities throughout that planet taken together represent a general angelic community. For all the communities vary from one another, but the Lord links them all together by means of the heavenly form to make a single whole; for a single whole is made up of various parts properly assembled to produce the overall form.


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