Být sám v Bibli znamená být bez zlých a falešných vlivů. Proto Pán hledá samotu, aby se modlil, a proč je izraelský národ často popisován jako „obydlí sám“.

(Notae: Nebeská tajemství 138, 139, Nebeská tajemství 4273, Nebeská tajemství 8689; Exodus 18:14; Geneze 2:18, 32:24; Žalmy 102:7, 136:4; Proroci a Žalmy 352, 386)

Když se používá „sám“ ve vztahu k vlastnictví - když je něco „jeho a jeho sám“ - význam je doslovnější.

(Notae: Nebeská tajemství 139, Nebeská tajemství 8168)

6315. The person whose life has been raised up from the level of the senses by means of the good of faith is by turns in light on the sensory level and in light on a more internal one. When worldly cares occupy his attention, or he is among groups of people in which external interests flourish, or he indulges in mere pleasures, he is living on the sensory level. In this state he avoids and also objects to talking and thinking about God and matters of faith. If he did talk or think about them in that state he would consider them to be worthless unless he were instantly raised by the Lord from that level to more internal things. But when that person is not taken up with worldly things but sees in light on a more internal level, what is right and fair is the basis of his thought; and if he sees in light on a still more internal level, what is spiritually true and good is the basis of it. The person who leads a good life is raised from light on one level to that on another; he is raised to a more internal level the instant he begins to have evil thoughts, for angels are close by him. I have been allowed to know these things through experiences I have had, for I have frequently been aware of being raised up, and at the same time of changes of state in both my affections and my thoughts.