244. And that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear. That this signifies lest filthy loves should appear is evident from the signification of nakedness as being deprivation of the understanding of truth and good because of deprivation of the will thereof, or deprivation of the truth of faith because there is no good of love (concerning this see above, n. 240). And because by nakedness such deprivation is signified, therefore the shame of nakedness signifies filthy loves, for these become evident when they are not removed by the love of good and by the faith of truth therefrom. For a man is born into two loves, the love of self and the love of the world; therefore from heredity he derives an inclination to love himself and the world above all things. These loves are filthy because all evils flow from them, which are contempt of others in comparison with oneself, enmity against those who do not favour oneself, hatred, revenue, craft and deceit of every kind. Those loves with their evils cannot be removed but by their opposites, which are love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour; from the latter man derives an inclination to love the Lord above all things and his neighbour as himself; these two loves are pure loves, because they are from the Lord out of heaven, and from them also all goods flow. In proportion therefore as man is influenced by these loves, in the same proportion the filthy loves into which be is born are removed, until they do not appear; they are removed by truths from the Lord. From these considerations it is evident that by I counsel thee to buy of me white garments that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear, is signified to procure to themselves genuine truths and intelligence thence, from the Lord, lest filthy loves appear.