Arcana Coelestia # 3198
3198. 'And lifted up his eyes and sew' means directing the attention. This is clear from the meaning of 'lifting up the eyes' as thinking, dealt with in 2789, 2829; here it means directing the attention since it is said that 'he lifted up his eyes and saw' and this has reference to Rational Good to which truth from the Natural had not yet been joined.
268 - Spiritual Beauty
Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose
Title: Spritual Beauty
Topic: Salvation
Summary: If we want to have inner beauty, we need to know that evil makes our spirit monstrous, but love and wisdom make it gorgeous.
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References:
Psalms 90:1-17
Genesis 12:10-12; 24:15-16; 29:16; Genesis 39:69-7
Exodus 2:1-2
1 Samuel 9:1-2; 16:1-12
Exodus 28:2
1 Samuel 25:3
1 Chronicles 16:29
2 Chronicles 20:21
Psalms 27:4; 29:1-2; 39:11; 50:1-3; 96:6-9; 149:1-4
Isaiah 4:2; 28:1-5; 33:17; 52:7; 61:1-3
Hebrews 11:23
Philippians 4:8
Isaiah 53:1-2