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Matthew 6:28

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28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

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Spiritual Experiences #4692

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4692. Such spirits have a room near them on the east; and when they do not know how a matter stands, they go in Chambers and there hear what they must believe and at that moment believe.

Nearby are also those who trust in their own personal power, for they believe that some are created to be an impure vessel and some to be a pure one, and consequently that they are the chosen and not those who are below. But they were told how the matter is: all are chosen. But they did not agree with this.

In a word, they are such because no knowledge stands in the way and breaks down their feeling. They appear quite high above the head, at an angle.

  
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Thanks to the Academy of the New Church, and Bryn Athyn College, for the permission to use this translation.