Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6893

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6893. 'Has appeared to me' means [His] presence. This is clear from the meaning of 'appearing to someone' as presence; for in the internal sense 'appearing' does not mean being seen with the eyes but in thought. Thought itself also brings about presence; for a person who is in one's thoughts appears and is so to speak present before one's inward sight. In the next life this is what happens in actual effect, for when anyone there thinks intently about another person, that person comes to be standing present there. So it is that friends are brought together there, and enemies too, and that from the latter they undergo harsh experiences.


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