306. 6259. He is one among earthly lives or minds who have no knowledge but that which comes with a character produced by earthly feelings. Those minds, such as he is, suppose that they are people on earth in their outer form, not knowing differently, even though they are spirits. And when questioned about the senses, whether they have eyes, or ears, or nostrils, or mouth, they reply, supposing that they possess a human face, that they have. Then, when told that they have no outer sight, nor smell, nor taste, thus that those organs would be of no use to them, they do not understand. Questioning them further, I ask whether they know what faculties answer to those senses in spiritual beings, or whether they might possess types of senses adapted to receive whatever answers [on the spiritual plane to the objects of the outer senses]. But those earthly minds, of whom he was one, are unable to reply at all to these questions, being ignorant of any interaction of spiritual elements with those of nature. [Interaction (Correspondence); Person on earth; Earthly (Natural); Portrayal (Representation); Spiritual things; Spirit]