'Look not back behind thee,' as in Genesis 19:17, means that Lot, who represents the good of charity, should not look to matters of doctrine. 'To look up,' is to look to celestial things. In Genesis 18:22, looking signifies thinking because seeing denotes understanding.

(Referências: Arcana Coelestia 2245)

4695. ‘Ecce somniavi somnium adhuc’: quod significet contenta, nempe praedicationis, constat ex illis quae supra n. 4685 dicta sunt.