Wow, I'll never look at the magnificence and beauty of nature in the same way again. I marvel at the bounty of my small vegetable garden and literally tear up some days in such appreciation of the miraculous coming together of seed, earth, rain and sun to produce such blessings.
I'm with you on the tears and the miracles, Marian! This video did have some stunning ideas, even for a lifelong Swedenborg follower like me (Chara). Blessings to you!
*Dear Curtis, without abeyance, you exhibit the lovely amalgam of teaching, poetry, humor with a depth that leaves us with a craving for more. Hummm, how you use those divine gifts. ‼️✝️💕 Right man for this job. 😊
At last! At 80 I despaired that any "religion" would embrace my beloved plants and animals. With that there was no place for me either. With this viewpoint I see where they still exist and far beyond just serving humans in the here and now. No more regarding them as just "things" with no place in "church", they are indeed part of a magnificent and infinitely intricate Church. The individual beings I have encountered here are still there along with an eternity of beings so vast I can barely form thought around it.
I thank God for allowing us the opportunity to behold his Divine Works, and for being apart of his Glorious plan. I am grateful for the chance to except that, all of his ways are good towards the whole world, and everything thing in it. Such a BEAUTIFUL thing to witness. 💖 Thanks OTLE for sharing this, I gain more and more peace after every video. 🥰
@nonyabiz1682 You would be in alignment with indigenous thought. The medicine men at the sweat lodges that I was part of referred to the lava rocks that were heated up for them as "rock people." They sacrificed their lives, their energy for the people who partook in the ceremony.
@@4theLord1 That is amazing. Respect for all of nature, and the world around us is such a wonderful quality. I believe it will be the way in heaven as well.
We're delighted to hear that these ideas are actually helpful for you, geaver. Healing, calming, and peaceful are some good blessings! Thanks for being with us!
It helps to understand life by knowing natural things have a heavenly and Divine source, or cause. As the levels, degrees, and planes radiate out they terminate in the world. The truth is more than speech the truth is doing good and movement. Knowing the truth the fact sets people free. Great job OTLE and team
Everything in the Spiritual and physical world are connected and works in correspondence with the other. Thanks Curtis and OTLE team for great knowledge
We could, Keyfer, and many people do! In Swedenborgian terms, the concept of everything being in the human form makes that work for me -- all the billions of different functions in all the billions of different cells and organs and limbs, etc., make ONE form and contribute essential to that form!
@@Keyfer62 People who flatline in the O.R. say that they see the medical staff ⚕️ connected with a silver chord, working together. This is common in NDEs. They are taught that they are one with the universe...
What of garden pests and other organisms that harm plants? “Bad” bugs in the garden, powdery mildew on roses, blight on trees? I’ve long wondered why the constant struggle in the garden against things that would destroy it…… Without having the words for it till now, I’ve wondered if there are negative correspondences too…that come from the various negative thoughts of humans(?) Thank you all for all you do!
Yes, shefo -- "negative correspondences." Swedenborg talks about both negative and positive correspondences, so that water can be a damaging flood, or it can be life-giving and clarifying. And he talks about how animals can be strong (positive) or destructive (negative). I always try to think about how the "negative" things in nature must fit into the ecosystem SOMEhow, and provide a balance -- or reveal a deficit, like the fact that many diseases are actually due to vitamin/nutrition deficiencies. Interesting to ponder -- thanks for adding to the conversation!
Thank you Lord for this. Thank you Curtis for showing us the Lord's correspondence (representation) in all the beautiful things that surround us. But we also need to be aware of the falsities and evils that are ever present (are used) in this world. How are these evils created through correspondences? How can we be be made more aware of them?
Hi Jim -- Great question. The misuse of physical resources that were created by God corresponds to the misuse of spiritual resources that were created by God. For instance, there are religious ideas that had their origin in God's truth, and yet people used those ideas as weapons to dominate others instead of to help people. We discuss that further in this playlist, "God and Evil" th-cam.com/video/ifpXbWeUh5E/w-d-xo.html Hope this gives you something to chew on in regard to your wonderings!
Hello Curtis,, Good video friend. Deism was a metaphysical theory developed by Aristotle. The early Chritstains borrowed certain aspects of deism to form the basis of their theology. Deism was also widely taught by the Freemasons during the American Revolution, that's why so many of the Founding Fathers made mention of it. I wonder Did the ancient Egyptains uses correspondences in their hieoglyphs? Always enjoy your videos Curtis. Thank you!!
Thanks for filling us in on some of the history of Deism, Randy. I (Chara) have a tough time keeping all my "-isms" straight! Yes, Swedenborg does mention hieroglyphs as partaking of correspondence. I'll see if I can find some quotes for you on that!
Here's one, Randy, from Swedenborg's book called "Sacred Scripture." Subsection 2 mentions hieroglyphics, but thought I'd give you the context of the whole thing. I don't think he ever goes specifically into what individual hieroglyphs correspond to..... "20. 4. The spiritual meaning of the Word has not been recognized before. It was explained in Heaven and Hell 87-105 that absolutely everything in the physical world corresponds to something spiritual, as does absolutely everything in the human body. However, the nature of this correspondence has been unknown until the present time, even though it was common knowledge in ancient times. For the people who lived in those times, the knowledge of how things correspond to each other was the very essence of knowledge. This knowledge was so universal that it governed the writing of all their scrolls and books. "[2] The Book of Job, which is an ancient work, is full of correspondences. So were the Egyptian hieroglyphs and the fables of the earliest peoples. All the ancient churches had practices that symbolized heavenly things. Their rituals, as well as the regulations underlying their worship, were made up entirely of correspondences. The same held true for everything about the church among the children of Jacob - their burnt offerings and sacrifices were correspondences even with respect to details. So were the tabernacle and everything in it. So were their feasts - the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Tabernacles, the Feast of First Fruits. So too was the priesthood of Aaron and the Levites as well as the sacred garments of Aaron and his sons. So also were all the laws and judgments that had to do with their worship and life. "[3] And since divine things become manifest in this world by means of correspondences, the Word was written entirely by means of them. That is why the Lord, speaking as he did from his divine nature, spoke in correspondences, since in the physical world whatever comes from the divine nature clothes itself in things that correspond to divine realities and that therefore conceal in their embrace the divine realities that we call heavenly and spiritual."
Here's another, describing one of his experiences in the spiritual world: " I was in the spirit as before. I accompanied my guide, first to a hill in the southeast. When we had gained its gently sloping height, he showed me a wide stretch of land; far away we beheld a mountainlike eminence, between which and the hill where we stood was a valley and beyond it a plain from which the high ground rose gently. Descending the hill to cross the valley, we saw here and there on either side wood and stone carved in the likeness of men and of various beasts, birds and fishes. I asked the angel, "What are these? Are they idols?" "Not at all," he replied. "They are figures representing different moral virtues and spiritual truths. The peoples of this epoch had a knowledge of correspondences; and as every man, beast, bird or fish corresponds to some quality, therefore each piece of sculpture represents an aspect of a virtue or truth, and several together the virtue or truth itself as a whole. They are what in Egypt were called hieroglyphics." "
Lastly! I now see that Swedenborg wrote something called "Egyptian Hieroglyphics Expounded through Correspondences" -- but apparently he never published it. In a letter he wrote to someone in 1771, he described this as a work soon to be printed. Too bad it didn't happen!
@@offTheLeftEye Thank you very much!! I was just trying to share what I know. You'er always helping me, just wanted to return the favor. 😊 Have a good week guys!!
It is Friday evening, I was driving through the town where I live to go to the supermarket after work (work had been kind of glum) to buy some food for dinner. There was a depressing feeling around (it’s not the nicest town, though not by any means the worst) people drinking for the sake of drinking, it was just one of those pretty depressing evenings. Then, as I drove out of the car park, a baby pigeon, old enough to be out by itself, but still being fed by its parent. There they were, the two of them. My heart melted and it was like they were the only real in that place. Every thing else an unreal backdrop, but those two, straight from heaven. Then I came home and watched this - thank you!❤🕊
Thank you for sharing that tender moment, Mette. We can be moved by such simple things in nature, and in human interaction. You were paying attention and it touched your heart. May we continue to live that way.
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I loved this episode, Curtis, thanks for the great correspondence of the lemon, such a clear example of goodness and truth flowing down from the Lord through the heavens into the physical world. It was delightful to hear you read from Secrets of Heaven and Heaven & Hell about angels’ conversations manifesting in paradisal gardens in the lower heavens.
Thank you so much, Curtis, for this wonderful and amazing video! For some reason or another the past few months I’ve been wondering about my connection to the world of spirit…🕊 you just gave me a way to see exactly what that represents! That, in reality, it’s all around me and mine to withhold and even touch!!!! This commentary could not have come at a better time! Thank you so very much! 💕🕊💕
Thanks for this message, Peter! It always touches me to hear about the "coincidence" of timing for people in a particular state of mind and spirit. God's Providence taking care of you!
The scripture that immediately came toy mind was "the heavens declare the glory of God and all the firmament his handiwork, day unto day pours forth speech night after night reveals knowledge, there is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.." one of psalms I don't remember which, maybe 119. Anyway this explanation was great thank you Curtis 🙏🙏
Yes Lorraine that psalm is a glorious one, and has beautiful imagery. Here is a video about another psalm, 91 .th-cam.com/video/QgG345J67DI/w-d-xo.html
How awesome & wonderful...🫂...it reminds me that when I look at a tree, I only see a tree! 🌳, but then again I am not a carpenter!,, because when a carpenter looks at a tree 🌳 within that wonderous wonder of nature, a carpenter can see a table or a chair or some other useful thing!, then I see that this must be a correspondence between the carpenter and the wood somehow? 🤔, but then I can see it, but only when I think like a carpenter?...oh my!, now I can see correspondence everywhere 👀. "Nice One ☆🌟Curtis🌟☆" you do such awesome wonderful things...❣️🫂❣️ Wonderful & Beautiful day's ahead Y'all
It's wonderful how our thoughts like that seem to be guided for our own growth and enlightenment, Nebulus. Thanks for sharing yours! And thanks for the kind affirmation!
I love this video! The use of a thing is its goodness and it's form and quality is its truth. Thank you Curtis for another awesome video, you are sure good to my soul and mind ☺️❤️🙏
on the other hand tho because you where talking about the lemon, the lemon on itself standing there dose make me happy, I like the color, the form it's interesting, it can give me inspiration for other things and I did not even have to touch it or do anything with it and just observed it, as you said at the beginning sitting in nature alone give us that sense of joy and fulfillment by just observing and being, of course there is much more going on in there then what our eyes can capture from a far but it serves it serves a good purpose in and of itself already
@offTheLeftEye Thank you and am grateful to you and your entire team including Dr. Johnathan Rose 🙏 This is one of the most beautiful episodes that I have heard. It's at the top of the list of things being said similar to "I love you" Keep up the good work!
Wonderful work, Curtis! I always enjoy the humor and personality you bring to this subject matter. It’s powerful on its own, but something about your vantage point and perspective is very reassuring! 😁🙏
Just had two revelations within the first few mins! Bam. When I saw the grasses at 0.45, they looked (to me) like they are leaning or turning towards God and I realised that's what plants do. They grow and point towards their source of Life/Llght, the sun, the correspondence to God. Are we designed to turn our faces/grow towards God? Revelation 2. When I had an nde-like dream in 2006 I was shown how vitally important it was that I existed, because none of 'all this' could happen if I didn't. I've understood and appreciated that ever since, but just now I realised its much bigger than that. if I didn't exist then God couldn't either (because I'm a piece of him, and vice versa) The same principle applies to everyone and everything.
Every time you or someone else talks about this 'other' wonderful world I sooooo want to be able to imagine it! But my own images can only take material from already experienced things. I long to be in awe. Well, it says in the Bible "what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard God has prepared for..." "Sigh..." I guess I have to wait....
I hear you, goat! And nice to hear from you again. :) God is preparing a place for all of us, and I'm thinking it's going to blow our socks off! The number of times Swedenborg uses the word "ineffable" gives me the notion that my space-and-time-bound mind is never going to be able to imagine the reality of it all. So here's to patience and trust, as we wait for our turn to experience the wonder of heaven!
With your videos and explanations, I can approach the periphery of an understanding of Swedenborg. Shallow understanding , but that's all I can handle now. Certainly more than I can touch by reading. What an intense intellect he had! In your example of the lemon, can that also apply to a person? Being useful and doing good for.others?
Yes Couerleroi, you have it! Being useful and doing good for others is the way to embody spiritual truth, and to complete the chain that God intends for all of us.
Great question, Pamela. I guess that's something everyone has to answer for themselves. But symbolically, it could be the beginning of our individual awakening that there is more to life than the earthly grind.... the beginning of some kind of spiritual awakening.
A question came to my mind - how does the misuse of the resources on our planet - creating weapons to kill people, etc. subverting the free will given to us by God, to control and subjugate people - how is deliberate misuse of that comes from God, explained by the laws of correspondence? Please let me know if you need clarification and thank you for your consideration of my question.
Great question! The misuse of physical resources that were created by God corresponds to the misuse of spiritual resources that were created by God. For instance, there are religious ideas that had their origin in God's truth, and yet people used those ideas as weapons to dominate others instead of to help people. We discuss that further in this playlist, "God and Evil" th-cam.com/video/ifpXbWeUh5E/w-d-xo.html
Yes, Maureen! That's what Swedenborg witnessed, anyway, and tells a story of some young newcomers to heaven who were surprised to see they still had all their body parts. Of course they're not made of physical matter, but of spiritual substance, and we have the experience of being in a body. What do you think?
I have a doubt about Swedenborg´s hell regarding people on Earth who love to watch the "violence" of a boxing fight between very agressive men, is it possible that "Hell" is just a place where peacefull people can find repulsive BUT OTHER PEOPLE MAY FIND ENJOYABLE FOR ALLOWING MEN'S AGRESSIVE TENDENCIES ??? And is it possible that the eternity of hell is just based on different or opposite preferences of individuals on how to find "meaning" in existence ?? If the answer to these questions are affirmative, my doubt is whether people can still "change" these preferences in the afterlife
Great question, Kaledon, and one that even devoted Swedenborgians debate. Swedenborg indicates that when we enter the spiritual world after the death of our body, we go through a process of learning and reflecting and shedding and choosing, until we are "all one thing." That is, we completely embrace (and embody) love and kindness and goodness, or we completely embrace self-interest and ego and arrogance and cruelty. He makes it sound like we don't get to either heaven or hell until we are COMPLETELY sure who we are and what we love, for good. And yes, in that scenario, people who ENJOY violence and cruelty would be more comfortable in hell. But there are a few passages that indicate the eternal possibility of growth and change, and the truth that God loves everyone and is constantly magnetizing us all towards him -- as much as we will allow it. So some believe that a resident of hell will be there forever -- because they love it there -- and some believe that in a timeless situation, we might become more open to God's love and be inspired to change. In this Q&A session, Curtis discusses a similar question at about 35:44: th-cam.com/users/livevbhmer-MK5A. Let us know what you think, if you want.
My earliest childhood memories - about age 2 or 3 - are of being among flowers and trees and seeing them as magic. When I first saw nature being destroyed by big machines I felt a visceral pain and sense of wrong., something that other people and grown-ups didn't seem to feel. You might like to read my work on the 'Creationary Synthesis', an alternative to the Darwinian evolutionary paradigm.
User here is a show that speaks to suicide. I hope that you have not suffered from losing someone this way. It is so hard. th-cam.com/users/live7b--acA4jQY
Isaiah 48:6-7 (KJV 1900): 6 Thou hast heard, see all this; And will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, Even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. 7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; Even before the day when thou heardest them not; Lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
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@@offTheLeftEye. He's right, I also was directed to a site with OTLE name, but it was an advertisement. 🤔🧐 I'd like to help, and this comment reminded me of it, but I'm not sure it's y'all?
@@offTheLeftEye Thanks, I appreciate it. I was able to donate because I watched another video with Curtis doing an amazing job explaining The Book of Revelation. 🤯😎
Great question, WizardKitty. It would be interesting to ponder that. What comes to mind is maggots, who seem like horrible things but can be used to clean out dead tissue. I don't know much about parasites or their ecosystem.... Do you have any thoughts about how they could possibly be useful, in even a small arena?
@@offTheLeftEye the only thing I can think of, as far as human parasites, is that the lack of them shows a healthy environment for the humans. So, indicators of poor sanitation? That’s a stretch…
Was Swedenborg a Dualist? I only understand all of this stuff just so much, but I think I largely grasp Dualism. I really do not grasp nonduality, for instance. I don't see how it can be true.
Can you describe "Dualism" for me, eskede? He sees just about everything as a reflection of the Love and Wisdom (duality) in the ONE God. Good and truth, faith and charity, will and understanding, heart and lungs, etc. What do you think?
@@offTheLeftEye The short definition is the material world and spiritual/mind/soul all have definite existence distinctly from one another. They are not the same thing. One may be able to exist without the other.
@@eskede4733 Thank you for that description. Here is a video about the interdependence of the material and spiritual worlds. th-cam.com/video/UqU_3hieJvY/w-d-xo.html What do you think of the ideas it presents?
Just looking at the endless intricate beauty of nature speaks for itself - for me, incontrovertible proof of the divinity underlying all phenomenal reality..🌹🌹🌹
In traditional Deism, God's existence is revealed through nature. There are different types of Deism since it is not a creed-fueled religion, but rather the result of the workings of the predictable rational mind. In my teenage years, I was a traditional deist, though I had never heard of Deism. I believed at that time that (any term for "God") created the material world, set it on its divinely-defined course, then left it alone to function as it was meant to. Then, Deepak Chopra said that nothing can exist without an observer. Swedenborg, being a scientist, identified the observer and power behind everything as God. Jurgen Ziewe identified Him as a Consciousness. The channeling tell us that, though the brain may die, the spirit lives on, the mind functions as it always did. The NDE's report that people continue as normal people after the death of the body with no interruption of thought and emotion. My adult mind now tells me that materiality has no innate consciousness to drive it to the fulfillment of its purpose. So, there HAS to be an Observer to watch it, a Mind to keep it going, a Thought to see it to its justification. And, that there HAS to be a primary and eternal Consciousness outside of materiality that MUST maintain all life on a continuous basis. Swedenborg explained that at a time when mankind was still steeped in slavish faith and obedience to arbitrary rule. I still believe all religion to be infantile, but of a positive service to many. I am still a deist, but a more mature one thanks to Swedenborg and all the developed minds that have explained the greatest mystery behind all that is.
Thanks, Carolyn, for giving us a quick view of the spiritual journey you've been on. So interesting! I'll be thinking about the Observer you describe....
@@offTheLeftEye I was watching TH-cam videos on the formation of the universe, how Earth began, how life started and developed and how evolution brought all life to this point. When I saw how, for millions of years, Earth and the universe were devoid of intelligent life, how Earth was molten rock, solid rock, rock covered with spans of snow and ice, oceans, forests, savannas---in constant movement and violent change, mostly at a snail's pace. But, rock cannot see, cannot understand, cannot appreciate any of it. Of what value does anything have if there is no one to see it while it is happening; for that matter, to orchestrate the change and movement of any inanimate object? Thus, there must have always been an Observer.
@@carolynnorton9552 Yes God strives for a reciprocal relationship, one where He is a witness to our lives and we can in turn love Him. That is the nature of God's love.
So many people nowadays just living secular lives, taking “vacations” while the people in their community are starving living on the streets. It’s just nasty Man, I hate classism and economics.
In Finland there is now a court case that has moved to the higher courts although the basic court gave "not guilty" verdict on all counts, of hate speech done by citing the bible. This needs international attention, because the court system is trying to punish a politician, a prominent leader in the christian party (Paivi Rasanen) for speaking from the book that is the basis of the state religion of the country!! This is a Lutheran state church. evlut DOT fi. And because freedom of speech plus freedom of religion is attacked in a grand soviet style by the "woke" community who are sworn into falsehood and unholy works.
Oh my, digitalmusic -- Mixing politics and faith sure can get messy. May God watch over us all, and inspire us with his love so that we may wish well to all and do our best to live kindly and usefully, even if we have differences of opinion.
Wow, I'll never look at the magnificence and beauty of nature in the same way again. I marvel at the bounty of my small vegetable garden and literally tear up some days in such appreciation of the miraculous coming together of seed, earth, rain and sun to produce such blessings.
I'm with you on the tears and the miracles, Marian! This video did have some stunning ideas, even for a lifelong Swedenborg follower like me (Chara). Blessings to you!
*Dear Curtis, without abeyance, you exhibit the lovely amalgam of teaching, poetry, humor with a depth that leaves us with a craving for more. Hummm, how you use those divine gifts. ‼️✝️💕 Right man for this job. 😊
Such a warmly affirming message, Babe Carla! And thanks for upping my vocabulary exercise! :)
True Curtis is the right man for the job
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@@bettyabote4229 We are lucky to have him, yes.
At last! At 80 I despaired that any "religion" would embrace my beloved plants and animals. With that there was no place for me either. With this viewpoint I see where they still exist and far beyond just serving humans in the here and now. No more regarding them as just "things" with no place in "church", they are indeed part of a magnificent and infinitely intricate Church. The individual beings I have encountered here are still there along with an eternity of beings so vast I can barely form thought around it.
So glad this gave you a perspective you can embrace, b.a.d.! Blessings to you!
I thank God for allowing us the opportunity to behold his Divine Works, and for being apart of his Glorious plan. I am grateful for the chance to except that, all of his ways are good towards the whole world, and everything thing in it.
Such a BEAUTIFUL thing to witness. 💖
Thanks OTLE for sharing this, I gain more and more peace after every video. 🥰
Thank YOU, MacMac -- your comments enrich our channel! Continued peace and blessings to you!
Very true
@@bettyabote4229 you too Betty, I am inspired by your comments. Stay strong and stay blessed.💞
I totally agree with you 💯
@@dadedowuh Let's keep the conversation going!
A Lakota medicine man and friend had bumper stickers that he handed out reading, Everything is Sacred.
Beautiful, SallyAnn. As Swedenborg puts it, the only reality is Divine Love!
When I was a little girl, I remember thinking all the rocks were ancient spirits.
@nonyabiz1682 You would be in alignment with indigenous thought. The medicine men at the sweat lodges that I was part of referred to the lava rocks that were heated up for them as "rock people." They sacrificed their lives, their energy for the people who partook in the ceremony.
@@Shellsea22 Swedenborg says that for children, everything is alive.
@@4theLord1 That is amazing. Respect for all of nature, and the world around us is such a wonderful quality. I believe it will be the way in heaven as well.
Curtis, I am finding so much peace in Swedenborgs experiences and the way you walk is through them. Thank you🙏❤️
We're delighted to hear that these ideas are actually helpful for you, geaver. Healing, calming, and peaceful are some good blessings! Thanks for being with us!
A lot of NDEs talk about flowers that glow from an internal light 🌞🌻✨☀️
Thanks for pointing that out, AandMsMom. Amazing.
This was absolutely superb, bravo!!
So glad it touched your heart, SanAntonioTonight! Thanks!
It truly is my Dude. Hello fellow Texan. 👋👋
It helps to understand life by knowing natural things have a heavenly and Divine source, or cause. As the levels, degrees, and planes radiate out they terminate in the world. The truth is more than speech the truth is doing good and movement. Knowing the truth the fact sets people free. Great job OTLE and team
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Blessings to you Thomas. 🕊️
Yes, Thomas -- thanks for sharing these reflections and adding to the conversation!
Everything in the Spiritual and physical world are connected and works in correspondence with the other.
Thanks Curtis and OTLE team for great knowledge
All connected, Betty! You're welcome!
I can always count on Emanuel for a reality check up. Thank You for upholding his legacy.
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You're welcome, Michael! Glad to know it feels grounding or affirming for you!
I love this video. Thank you Curtis and Team
You're welcome, Yvonne!
Beautiful ❤
Glad it touched your heart, Camilla!
What a beautiful teaching ❤
Thank you All
You're welcome, Julie! So glad it touched your heart!
Awesome message!
Could we say that everything is connected and makes a single unit?
We could, Keyfer, and many people do! In Swedenborgian terms, the concept of everything being in the human form makes that work for me -- all the billions of different functions in all the billions of different cells and organs and limbs, etc., make ONE form and contribute essential to that form!
We're all connected by the silver chord...
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I also think that we are all connected. What do you think the “silver chord” is, correspondences?
@@Keyfer62 People who flatline in the O.R. say that they see the medical staff ⚕️ connected with a silver chord, working together. This is common in NDEs. They are taught that they are one with the universe...
Thank you Curtis and team. Another wonderful video! I'm really loving learning more deeply about correspondences.
You're welcome, Good Will! So glad it's feeding your mind and spirit!
What of garden pests and other organisms that harm plants? “Bad” bugs in the garden, powdery mildew on roses, blight on trees? I’ve long wondered why the constant struggle in the garden against things that would destroy it……
Without having the words for it till now, I’ve wondered if there are negative correspondences too…that come from the various negative thoughts of humans(?)
Thank you all for all you do!
Yes, shefo -- "negative correspondences." Swedenborg talks about both negative and positive correspondences, so that water can be a damaging flood, or it can be life-giving and clarifying. And he talks about how animals can be strong (positive) or destructive (negative). I always try to think about how the "negative" things in nature must fit into the ecosystem SOMEhow, and provide a balance -- or reveal a deficit, like the fact that many diseases are actually due to vitamin/nutrition deficiencies. Interesting to ponder -- thanks for adding to the conversation!
Curtis, How Are You Doing? What Can I Say!! I Love 🕊️🙏 All Your Amazing Videos.
Hi Donald! Nice to hear from you again! Thanks for the love and for hanging in with us all these years!
Thank you Lord for this. Thank you Curtis for showing us the Lord's correspondence (representation) in all the beautiful things that surround us. But we also need to be aware of the falsities and evils that are ever present (are used) in this world. How are these evils created through correspondences? How can we be be made more aware of them?
Hi Jim -- Great question. The misuse of physical resources that were created by God corresponds to the misuse of spiritual resources that were created by God. For instance, there are religious ideas that had their origin in God's truth, and yet people used those ideas as weapons to dominate others instead of to help people. We discuss that further in this playlist, "God and Evil" th-cam.com/video/ifpXbWeUh5E/w-d-xo.html
Hope this gives you something to chew on in regard to your wonderings!
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We re delighted that is speaks to your heart marad.
Hello Curtis,, Good video friend. Deism was a metaphysical theory developed by Aristotle. The early Chritstains borrowed certain aspects of deism to form the basis of their theology. Deism was also widely taught by the Freemasons during the American Revolution, that's why so many of the Founding Fathers made mention of it. I wonder Did the ancient Egyptains uses correspondences in their hieoglyphs? Always enjoy your videos Curtis. Thank you!!
Thanks for filling us in on some of the history of Deism, Randy. I (Chara) have a tough time keeping all my "-isms" straight! Yes, Swedenborg does mention hieroglyphs as partaking of correspondence. I'll see if I can find some quotes for you on that!
Here's one, Randy, from Swedenborg's book called "Sacred Scripture." Subsection 2 mentions hieroglyphics, but thought I'd give you the context of the whole thing. I don't think he ever goes specifically into what individual hieroglyphs correspond to.....
"20. 4. The spiritual meaning of the Word has not been recognized before. It was explained in Heaven and Hell 87-105 that absolutely everything in the physical world corresponds to something spiritual, as does absolutely everything in the human body. However, the nature of this correspondence has been unknown until the present time, even though it was common knowledge in ancient times. For the people who lived in those times, the knowledge of how things correspond to each other was the very essence of knowledge. This knowledge was so universal that it governed the writing of all their scrolls and books.
"[2] The Book of Job, which is an ancient work, is full of correspondences. So were the Egyptian hieroglyphs and the fables of the earliest peoples. All the ancient churches had practices that symbolized heavenly things. Their rituals, as well as the regulations underlying their worship, were made up entirely of correspondences. The same held true for everything about the church among the children of Jacob - their burnt offerings and sacrifices were correspondences even with respect to details. So were the tabernacle and everything in it. So were their feasts - the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Tabernacles, the Feast of First Fruits. So too was the priesthood of Aaron and the Levites as well as the sacred garments of Aaron and his sons. So also were all the laws and judgments that had to do with their worship and life.
"[3] And since divine things become manifest in this world by means of correspondences, the Word was written entirely by means of them. That is why the Lord, speaking as he did from his divine nature, spoke in correspondences, since in the physical world whatever comes from the divine nature clothes itself in things that correspond to divine realities and that therefore conceal in their embrace the divine realities that we call heavenly and spiritual."
Here's another, describing one of his experiences in the spiritual world:
" I was in the spirit as before. I accompanied my guide, first to a hill in the southeast. When we had gained its gently sloping height, he showed me a wide stretch of land; far away we beheld a mountainlike eminence, between which and the hill where we stood was a valley and beyond it a plain from which the high ground rose gently.
Descending the hill to cross the valley, we saw here and there on either side wood and stone carved in the likeness of men and of various beasts, birds and fishes. I asked the angel, "What are these? Are they idols?"
"Not at all," he replied. "They are figures representing different moral virtues and spiritual truths. The peoples of this epoch had a knowledge of correspondences; and as every man, beast, bird or fish corresponds to some quality, therefore each piece of sculpture represents an aspect of a virtue or truth, and several together the virtue or truth itself as a whole. They are what in Egypt were called hieroglyphics." "
Lastly! I now see that Swedenborg wrote something called "Egyptian Hieroglyphics Expounded through Correspondences" -- but apparently he never published it. In a letter he wrote to someone in 1771, he described this as a work soon to be printed. Too bad it didn't happen!
@@offTheLeftEye Thank you very much!! I was just trying to share what I know. You'er always helping me, just wanted to return the favor. 😊 Have a good week guys!!
It is Friday evening, I was driving through the town where I live to go to the supermarket after work (work had been kind of glum) to buy some food for dinner. There was a depressing feeling around (it’s not the nicest town, though not by any means the worst) people drinking for the sake of drinking, it was just one of those pretty depressing evenings. Then, as I drove out of the car park, a baby pigeon, old enough to be out by itself, but still being fed by its parent. There they were, the two of them. My heart melted and it was like they were the only real in that place. Every thing else an unreal backdrop, but those two, straight from heaven. Then I came home and watched this - thank you!❤🕊
Thank you for sharing that tender moment, Mette. We can be moved by such simple things in nature, and in human interaction. You were paying attention and it touched your heart. May we continue to live that way.
Seth books since the 1960s are remarkable-Dreams ‘Evolution ‘ and Value Fulfillment book on audio YT by Tim. “You create your reality.” Period. Period. Period. You always get what you want. peace+&-.Thank You. 🎶💥🌸
Thanks for sharing what has made a difference in your life mut. Peace to you as well.
What are we REALLY seeing in nature!! It's ALL Spiritual!!!
All spiritual, and pretty mystical in its meaning! I guess we can just open ourselves up to intuiting what we witness, right Good Wolf?
I loved this episode, Curtis, thanks for the great correspondence of the lemon, such a clear example of goodness and truth flowing down from the Lord through the heavens into the physical world. It was delightful to hear you read from Secrets of Heaven and Heaven & Hell about angels’ conversations manifesting in paradisal gardens in the lower heavens.
So glad this all touched your heart, Gabrielle. I (Chara) also was really struck by those things. Everything is spiritual!
Thank you so much, Curtis, for this wonderful and amazing video! For some reason or another the past few months I’ve been wondering about my connection to the world of spirit…🕊 you just gave me a way to see exactly what that represents! That, in reality, it’s all around me and mine to withhold and even touch!!!! This commentary could not have come at a better time! Thank you so very much!
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Thanks for this message, Peter! It always touches me to hear about the "coincidence" of timing for people in a particular state of mind and spirit. God's Providence taking care of you!
The scripture that immediately came toy mind was "the heavens declare the glory of God and all the firmament his handiwork, day unto day pours forth speech night after night reveals knowledge, there is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.." one of psalms I don't remember which, maybe 119. Anyway this explanation was great thank you Curtis 🙏🙏
Yes Lorraine that psalm is a glorious one, and has beautiful imagery. Here is a video about another psalm, 91
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Good job!
Awww thanks, Bruce.
@@offTheLeftEye I always enjoy listening to the Monday edition on my commute. A little coffee, a little Swedenborg . . . .
Nice combo!
@@brucehanify3892 That is great to think that we can keep you company on your commute.
Gorgeous gardens and music 🎶... where do you think these concepts came from?
I'd have to say it all comes from God's love for us! What would your answer be, Gabrielle?
@@offTheLeftEye Heaven...
@@gabrielleangelica1977 Yes, a beautiful and glorious place....
This is wonderful, being a person who loves the outdoor world. Thank you .
Yes nature truly is incredible, Valerie. I am grateful to live near a wooded area, and our roads are lined with trees. How about where you live?
How awesome & wonderful...🫂...it reminds me that when I look at a tree, I only see a tree! 🌳, but then again I am not a carpenter!,, because when a carpenter looks at a tree 🌳 within that wonderous wonder of nature, a carpenter can see a table or a chair or some other useful thing!, then I see that this must be a correspondence between the carpenter and the wood somehow? 🤔, but then I can see it, but only when I think like a carpenter?...oh my!, now I can see correspondence everywhere 👀.
"Nice One ☆🌟Curtis🌟☆" you do such awesome wonderful things...❣️🫂❣️
Wonderful & Beautiful day's ahead Y'all
It's wonderful how our thoughts like that seem to be guided for our own growth and enlightenment, Nebulus. Thanks for sharing yours! And thanks for the kind affirmation!
I love this video! The use of a thing is its goodness and it's form and quality is its truth. Thank you Curtis for another awesome video, you are sure good to my soul and mind ☺️❤️🙏
So glad these ideas keep feeding you, Chinonye!
on the other hand tho because you where talking about the lemon, the lemon on itself standing there dose make me happy, I like the color, the form it's interesting, it can give me inspiration for other things and I did not even have to touch it or do anything with it and just observed it, as you said at the beginning sitting in nature alone give us that sense of joy and fulfillment by just observing and being, of course there is much more going on in there then what our eyes can capture from a far but it serves it serves a good purpose in and of itself already
Yes Miriam, lemons are a wonderful example of the beauty on nature. Their smell, and texture are pungent taste are all wonderful.
Very true and beautifully conveyed Curtis
So glad it feels meaningful for you, Rakesh!
@offTheLeftEye Thank you and am grateful to you and your entire team including Dr. Johnathan Rose 🙏 This is one of the most beautiful episodes that I have heard. It's at the top of the list of things being said similar to "I love you"
Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the heartfelt encouragement, Max!
You are magical Curtis ✨
He does have a way of expressing things, Sails!
Brilliantly done
Glad it resonated for you, jjgbmw!
Sooo lovaly , clear explanation, thank you❤
You're welcome, parirokhkarimi! So glad it touched your heart and enlightened your mind!
Wonderful work, Curtis! I always enjoy the humor and personality you bring to this subject matter. It’s powerful on its own, but something about your vantage point and perspective is very reassuring! 😁🙏
Thanks Astara for the comment. It is wonderful to know you enjoyed it.
Just had two revelations within the first few mins! Bam.
When I saw the grasses at 0.45, they looked (to me) like they are leaning or turning towards God and I realised that's what plants do. They grow and point towards their source of Life/Llght, the sun, the correspondence to God. Are we designed to turn our faces/grow towards God?
Revelation 2. When I had an nde-like dream in 2006 I was shown how vitally important it was that I existed, because none of 'all this' could happen if I didn't. I've understood and appreciated that ever since, but just now I realised its much bigger than that. if I didn't exist then God couldn't either (because I'm a piece of him, and vice versa) The same principle applies to everyone and everything.
Point One: Absolutely, Anna!
Point Two: New and interesting perspective for me. Thanks for sharing!
This was the most eye-opening video I ever saw up to now. OK, at least top ten.
That is great to hear, PHRunner!
Every time you or someone else talks about this 'other' wonderful world I sooooo want to be able to imagine it! But my own images can only take material from already experienced things. I long to be in awe. Well, it says in the Bible "what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard God has prepared for..." "Sigh..." I guess I have to wait....
I hear you, goat! And nice to hear from you again. :) God is preparing a place for all of us, and I'm thinking it's going to blow our socks off! The number of times Swedenborg uses the word "ineffable" gives me the notion that my space-and-time-bound mind is never going to be able to imagine the reality of it all. So here's to patience and trust, as we wait for our turn to experience the wonder of heaven!
I loved this video Curtis. KB UK 😊
Glad to known it resonated for you, Karen! Sending blessings to you in the UK!
With your videos and explanations, I can approach the periphery of an understanding of Swedenborg. Shallow understanding , but that's all I can handle now. Certainly more than I can touch by reading. What an intense intellect he had!
In your example of the lemon, can that also apply to a person? Being useful and doing good for.others?
Yes Couerleroi, you have it! Being useful and doing good for others is the way to embody spiritual truth, and to complete the chain that God intends for all of us.
"Angels talk in pictures." This rings so true. So, "In the beginning was the Word.....". The beginning of what ?
Great question, Pamela. I guess that's something everyone has to answer for themselves. But symbolically, it could be the beginning of our individual awakening that there is more to life than the earthly grind.... the beginning of some kind of spiritual awakening.
A question came to my mind - how does the misuse of the resources on our planet - creating weapons to kill people, etc. subverting the free will given to us by God, to control and subjugate people - how is deliberate misuse of that comes from God, explained by the laws of correspondence? Please let me know if you need clarification and thank you for your consideration of my question.
Great question! The misuse of physical resources that were created by God corresponds to the misuse of spiritual resources that were created by God. For instance, there are religious ideas that had their origin in God's truth, and yet people used those ideas as weapons to dominate others instead of to help people. We discuss that further in this playlist, "God and Evil" th-cam.com/video/ifpXbWeUh5E/w-d-xo.html
@@offTheLeftEye Thank you so much for your response - I’ll check out the link.
@@dmswan3172 We are glad to be in conversation with you. It is worth talking about.
Very interesting… thank you.
You're welcome, TheClevengers! Glad it intrigued you!
So does all that correspondence mean that angels have bodies like ours with all its bits and functions?
Yes, Maureen! That's what Swedenborg witnessed, anyway, and tells a story of some young newcomers to heaven who were surprised to see they still had all their body parts. Of course they're not made of physical matter, but of spiritual substance, and we have the experience of being in a body. What do you think?
I have a doubt about Swedenborg´s hell regarding people on Earth who love to watch the "violence" of a boxing fight between very agressive men, is it possible that "Hell" is just a place where peacefull people can find repulsive BUT OTHER PEOPLE MAY FIND ENJOYABLE FOR ALLOWING MEN'S AGRESSIVE TENDENCIES ???
And is it possible that the eternity of hell is just based on different or opposite preferences of individuals on how to find "meaning" in existence ??
If the answer to these questions are affirmative, my doubt is whether people can still "change" these preferences in the afterlife
Great question, Kaledon, and one that even devoted Swedenborgians debate. Swedenborg indicates that when we enter the spiritual world after the death of our body, we go through a process of learning and reflecting and shedding and choosing, until we are "all one thing." That is, we completely embrace (and embody) love and kindness and goodness, or we completely embrace self-interest and ego and arrogance and cruelty. He makes it sound like we don't get to either heaven or hell until we are COMPLETELY sure who we are and what we love, for good. And yes, in that scenario, people who ENJOY violence and cruelty would be more comfortable in hell.
But there are a few passages that indicate the eternal possibility of growth and change, and the truth that God loves everyone and is constantly magnetizing us all towards him -- as much as we will allow it.
So some believe that a resident of hell will be there forever -- because they love it there -- and some believe that in a timeless situation, we might become more open to God's love and be inspired to change.
In this Q&A session, Curtis discusses a similar question at about 35:44:
th-cam.com/users/livevbhmer-MK5A. Let us know what you think, if you want.
My earliest childhood memories - about age 2 or 3 - are of being among flowers and trees and seeing them as magic. When I first saw nature being destroyed by big machines I felt a visceral pain and sense of wrong., something that other people and grown-ups didn't seem to feel. You might like to read my work on the 'Creationary Synthesis', an alternative to the Darwinian evolutionary paradigm.
Interesting, nicolas. I'll take a look.
The world is a book written by God and the Angels know its language. We being here, even though we hear and see this language, can't understand it.
Interesting way of putting it, therapydude. Thanks for adding to the conversation!
What does Swedenborg have to say about suicide
Maybe you could do a show about that topic
User here is a show that speaks to suicide. I hope that you have not suffered from losing someone this way. It is so hard. th-cam.com/users/live7b--acA4jQY
Isaiah 48:6-7 (KJV 1900): 6 Thou hast heard, see all this;
And will not ye declare it?
I have shewed thee new things from this time,
Even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
7 They are created now, and not from the beginning;
Even before the day when thou heardest them not;
Lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
Thank you for sharing this passage, Adoitlic.
I tried to donate , your link listed goes to a strange site. 😮
Uh-oh. Thanks for letting us know. I'll alert the proper authorities. Can you tell me which link you used? The one I just clicked worked fine, way down in the info under the video -- "Make a one-time or recurring donation."
@@offTheLeftEye. He's right, I also was directed to a site with OTLE name, but it was an advertisement. 🤔🧐
I'd like to help, and this comment reminded me of it, but I'm not sure it's y'all?
@@macmac6318 Thank you so much for letting us know. Try this one. swedenborg.com/communitymembershipportal/
@@offTheLeftEye Thanks, I appreciate it. I was able to donate because I watched another video with Curtis doing an amazing job explaining The Book of Revelation. 🤯😎
Thank you! And if either of you, MacMac and SanAntonio can tell me WHICH link didn't work, I'll let the techies know....
I back you Curtis😊
Thanks, Zorito!
What is the good and truth of parasites?
Great question, WizardKitty. It would be interesting to ponder that. What comes to mind is maggots, who seem like horrible things but can be used to clean out dead tissue. I don't know much about parasites or their ecosystem.... Do you have any thoughts about how they could possibly be useful, in even a small arena?
@@offTheLeftEye the only thing I can think of, as far as human parasites, is that the lack of them shows a healthy environment for the humans. So, indicators of poor sanitation? That’s a stretch…
Was Swedenborg a Dualist?
I only understand all of this stuff just so much, but I think I largely grasp Dualism. I really do not grasp nonduality, for instance. I don't see how it can be true.
Can you describe "Dualism" for me, eskede? He sees just about everything as a reflection of the Love and Wisdom (duality) in the ONE God. Good and truth, faith and charity, will and understanding, heart and lungs, etc. What do you think?
@@offTheLeftEye The short definition is the material world and spiritual/mind/soul all have definite existence distinctly from one another. They are not the same thing. One may be able to exist without the other.
@@eskede4733 Thank you for that description. Here is a video about the interdependence of the material and spiritual worlds. th-cam.com/video/UqU_3hieJvY/w-d-xo.html
What do you think of the ideas it presents?
@@offTheLeftEye I'm not sure what to think.
Just looking at the endless intricate beauty of nature speaks for itself - for me, incontrovertible proof of the divinity underlying all phenomenal reality..🌹🌹🌹
Yes, dmswan -- and the infinity of said divinity!
In traditional Deism, God's existence is revealed through nature. There are different types of Deism since it is not a creed-fueled religion, but rather the result of the workings of the predictable rational mind. In my teenage years, I was a traditional deist, though I had never heard of Deism. I believed at that time that (any term for "God") created the material world, set it on its divinely-defined course, then left it alone to function as it was meant to.
Then, Deepak Chopra said that nothing can exist without an observer. Swedenborg, being a scientist, identified the observer and power behind everything as God. Jurgen Ziewe identified Him as a Consciousness. The channeling tell us that, though the brain may die, the spirit lives on, the mind functions as it always did. The NDE's report that people continue as normal people after the death of the body with no interruption of thought and emotion.
My adult mind now tells me that materiality has no innate consciousness to drive it to the fulfillment of its purpose. So, there HAS to be an Observer to watch it, a Mind to keep it going, a Thought to see it to its justification. And, that there HAS to be a primary and eternal Consciousness outside of materiality that MUST maintain all life on a continuous basis. Swedenborg explained that at a time when mankind was still steeped in slavish faith and obedience to arbitrary rule. I still believe all religion to be infantile, but of a positive service to many. I am still a deist, but a more mature one thanks to Swedenborg and all the developed minds that have explained the greatest mystery behind all that is.
Thanks, Carolyn, for giving us a quick view of the spiritual journey you've been on. So interesting! I'll be thinking about the Observer you describe....
@@offTheLeftEye I was watching TH-cam videos on the formation of the universe, how Earth began, how life started and developed and how evolution brought all life to this point. When I saw how, for millions of years, Earth and the universe were devoid of intelligent life, how Earth was molten rock, solid rock, rock covered with spans of snow and ice, oceans, forests, savannas---in constant movement and violent change, mostly at a snail's pace. But, rock cannot see, cannot understand, cannot appreciate any of it. Of what value does anything have if there is no one to see it while it is happening; for that matter, to orchestrate the change and movement of any inanimate object? Thus, there must have always been an Observer.
@@carolynnorton9552 Yes God strives for a reciprocal relationship, one where He is a witness to our lives and we can in turn love Him. That is the nature of God's love.
These concepts are largely compatible with the doctrines and teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in my opinion
I love to hear about similarities between different faiths, asmith. Thanks for sharing your opinion about that.
Are there people wearing crowns on their head like the same kind the girl wears on her 16th birthday or while having a quinceanera?
I don't recall any descriptions like that, curiousmaster, except maybe in a wedding Swedenborg witnessed as a ceremonial piece.
@@offTheLeftEye okay.
Wait till ya see the computers there!!!
I do wonder about that, GoodWolf!
So many people nowadays just living secular lives, taking “vacations” while the people in their community are starving living on the streets.
It’s just nasty Man, I hate classism and economics.
There are some tough things about this world, MZR. May we look for the good as much as we can, and may we all find ways to be part of the solution!
Backwards thinking leads you to hell so think straight forward toward heaven I think 🤔 take care peace ✌️
Nice advice, Michael -- thanks!
What plants and trees have souls Elvis in part of god's original plan
Everything has life from the Divine! Did "Elvis" really mean to make an entrance in your comment, RD?
@@offTheLeftEye ?????
@@RainbowDragons123 Your first comment included the name Elvis. Was that what you meant to say?
In Finland there is now a court case that has moved to the higher courts although the basic court gave "not guilty" verdict on all counts, of hate speech done by citing the bible. This needs international attention, because the court system is trying to punish a politician, a prominent leader in the christian party (Paivi Rasanen) for speaking from the book that is the basis of the state religion of the country!! This is a Lutheran state church. evlut DOT fi. And because freedom of speech plus freedom of religion is attacked in a grand soviet style by the "woke" community who are sworn into falsehood and unholy works.
Oh my, digitalmusic -- Mixing politics and faith sure can get messy. May God watch over us all, and inspire us with his love so that we may wish well to all and do our best to live kindly and usefully, even if we have differences of opinion.
Beautiful ❤