Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 2168

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2168. This is how those are, who in the life of the body put on an expression of respectability, to the point that no one thinks anything else than that he is a respectable man, but meanwhile he is looking in every single action of others, every utterance, step, and facial expression, for something evil, and constantly watching for it. There are many such people who only watch for the evils of another and seldom his good qualities. 1748, 2 June. In this way both groups are improved. Such spirits usually think in opposites. If there are good qualities, then they think ill of them, if evil qualities, they think them good, that is, they think others to be evil, not good, etc.


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