Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7818

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7818. The expressions 'looking above self' and 'looking below self' are used to mean having certain things as one's end in view, or loving them above all else. Thus 'looking above self' means having as one's end in view what is the Lord's and heaven's, or loving this above all else; and 'looking below self' means having as one's end in view what belongs to self and the world, or loving that above all else. Inwardly, furthermore, a person is actually facing the same way as his love faces.


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