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There are two dimensions to the inner meaning of the
Word: the spiritual and the heavenly. The spiritual dimension
is to decipher the inner message as drawn out
of the literal meaning (which serves as a springboard for
the message, just as objects of sight sometimes serve as
springboards for loftier thoughts). The heavenly dimension
is to sense only the emotion behind the message of
the inner meaning. Spiritual angels focus on the former;
heavenly angels, on the latter. When people on earth read
the actual text, angels who focus on the latter dimension
(the emotion) instantly sense from the feeling alone what
the literal meaning involves. From it they form heavenly
thoughts for themselves with unending variety, by an indescribable
method based on the way the heavenly qualities
of love in the emotion follow each other in harmonious
order. This description shows what the Lord’s Word
holds in its inner recesses.
—Secrets of Heaven 2275