10703. 'He took the veil off until he was going to come out' means a state of enlightenment then. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking the veil off' as causing what is inward to appear; for when the veil was taken off, his face and the gleaming of its skin was evident, and 'the face' means interior things and 'the gleaming' the light from these within what is outward.

'The face' means interior things, see in the places referred to in 9546.

'The gleaming of the skin of Moses' face' means the shining forth or the light from the inward level of the Word within the outward, 10691.

It is called light because the light which enlightens a person inwardly is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord. For more about this Truth as the light of heaven, consequently as the light by which angels and spirits see things, and also as the source of the perception and intelligence in the person who is enlightened, see in the places referred to in 9548, 9684. But though it is called light within the outward level of the Word coming from its inward level, this should be taken to mean light in the outward level of the human mind coming from its inward level when the person reads it. For the Word does not shine forth except before the eyes of one who sees things in light from an inner level; by itself the Word is merely something written down. From all this it is now evident why it was that the skin of Moses' face gleamed and what this means in the internal sense.

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.