Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 336

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336. THAT, WHEN COGNITIONS OF CELESTIAL AND SPIRITUAL THINGS, WHICH ARE PURE TRUTHS, ARE IN THE FAITH OF THE MIND AND ITS THOUGHT, THE WHOLE HEAVEN OF ANGELS CAN BE AFFECTED WITH DELIGHT By the mercy of God Messiah, I have learnt today that thoughts alone of heavenly truths affect the angels, and thus the whole heaven, in an ineffable manner. For the angelic heaven is in the way of truth, because there can be no truth which does not lead by faith to God Messiah; hence are the delights, and indeed the happiness of the angels; for those are angels who at the same time are delighted with the happiness of all, and desire the welfare of all, for this is of mercy, and this is of love, and this is of delight and happiness, and the communion of happiness throughout the whole heaven is therefrom. These things I learnt from those who perceived that heavenly delight, at a moment when I was thinking truly heavenly things; and thus, having been as it were awakened out of a sleep of peace, they acquired a perception of their delights, and so they testified it and confirmed it to me with the living voice. Psalm (iv). 1747, Dec. 14.


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