100 HEAVEN and HELL §189
a. In the Word, places and spaces mean states: 2625 , 2837 , 3356 , 3387 , 7381 , 10578 [ 10580 ]; from
experience: 1274 , 1277 , 1376 – 1381 , 4321 , 4882 , 10146 , 10578 [ 10580 ]. Distances mean differences in
state of life: 9104 , 9967. Motion and changes of location in the spiritual world are changes of
the state of life because that is their source: 1273 , 1274 , 1275 , 1377 , 3356 , 9440. The same holds
true of journeys: 9440 , 10734 ; illustrated from experience: 1273 – 1277 , 5606 [ 5605 ]. This is why
journeying in the Word means living, and also the course of life, as does emigrating: 3335 , 4554 ,
4585 , 4882 , 5493 , 5606 [ 5605 ], 5996 , 8345 , 8397 , 8417 , 8420 , 8557. “To go with the Lord” is to live
with him: 10567.
b. An individual can be led great distances in spirit by changes of state, while the body stays in the
same place: from experience, 9440 , 9967 , 10734. What it means to be led by the spirit into
another place: 1884.189 There are angels who do not live in communities but apart, home by
home. They live in the center of heaven because they are the best angels.190 The houses angels live in are not constructed as houses in our world
are, but are given them by the Lord for free, to each individual according
to her or his acceptance of what is good and true. They also change
slightly in response to the changes of state of their deeper natures (see
above, §§ 154 – 160 ).
Whatever angels possess, they attribute to the Lord, and anything
they need is given to them.
Space in Heaven
191
EVEN though everything in heaven appears to be located in space
just like things in our world, still angels have no notion or concept
of location and space. Since this can only seem like a paradox, and since
it is highly signifi cant, I should like to shed some light on it.192 All motion in the spiritual world is the effect of changes of inner
states, to the point that motion is nothing but change of state.a This is
how I have been led by the Lord into the heavens and also to other plan-
ets in the universe. This happened to my spirit, while my body remained
in the same place.b This is how all angels move about, which means they