15, (Christianity, Words of Christ)
Having worked with a particular
soul in attempting to elevate her to a higher
degree, Andy and I found that no matter
how hard we tried, it seemed that this soul
couldn't understand what we were trying to
teach her, and she continued in the ways of
her former sin. One night, the Lord bade me
to see a set of three lights. Andy and I had
ignited all three of these lights within our
soul, but our friend had only lit two of the
lights. A voice from the heavens said, "She
has only two of the three lights, and thus,
she cannot understand." This gave me
insight.
"Nor has any one known that there are three
degrees of love and wisdom, in accordance
with which the angelic heavens are
arranged. Nor that the human mind is
divided into that number of degrees, to the
end that it may be raised after death into
one of the three heavens, which takes place
in accordance both with its life and its
faith."
The True Christian Religion, Volume I, No. 24,
Part 7-8, (Christianity, Swedenborgianism,
Author: Emanuel Swedenborg)