Apocalypse Revealed 78. And that thou canst not bear the evil, signifies that they cannot bear that evils should be called goods, and the reverse, because this is contrary to the truths of doctrine. That this is the signification of these words, is evident from what follows, by which is signified that they scrutinize those things in the church which are called goods and truths, when yet they are evils and falsities. To know goods, whether they are goods or evils, is of doctrine, and is among its truths, but to do goods or evils is of the life; this is said, therefore, of those who primarily regard the truths of doctrine, and not the goods of life, (73). By "the evil" in the spiritual sense, are not meant the evil but evils, because this sense is abstracted from persons.



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Spiritual Literacy



Let those who have ears to hear, hear what the spirit is saying to the Churches



(Revelation 2:29)



Thinking spiritually, or practising spiritual literacy skills, underpins all of our Logopraxis work. It refers to the ability to ‘read ’what presents into our conscious awareness, in the light of what the Text teaches is true. In cultivating these skills, we seek to observe spiritual principles and from these, to then recognise states of thought or feeling that arise in us while engaging with it, and also while engaging with others in external life.



Our day-to-day activities and relationships are the field in which our inner reactions and responses can be observed and seen to illustrate what the Text teaches regarding the nature of self and the nature of the Divine, of the Lord. Natural or material thinking is dominated by worldly concerns that involve people (including ourselves), places, events, memories of the past, or projections regarding the future - and in general terms, this mode of thought functions from the belief that what the senses perceive are ‘real’ things. Spiritual thinking is not concerned with that but rather is focused on those things that belong to our ‘states of mind’: the relations of goods and truths, thoughts and affections, motivations and intentions, beliefs and attitudes, shunning evils and falsities, and the activity of the hellish proprium and hell versus what is of the Lord and heaven.



So, the practise of spiritual literacy skills involves working to remove the natural material world elements of person, place, time, and space from the content of what we are ‘reading’ or listening to, and to hold the intention to see how what’s being offered might be framed in a way that captures the universal aspects of spiritual process. This divided attention of observing both internal and external states is a valuable tool in stilling the mind and helps us to be consciously present to what arises both within ourselves and with what is being presented before us either through the Text or through others.



Consequently, Logopraxis Life Groups are practise groups as they are an opportunity to practise spiritual literacy as we speak and listen when we meet.  They offer a hermetically sealed container within which the material gathered from each individual's practice can serve as the basis for creating a unique environment. It is where we may learn to be with others in a new way, and where the practise of the Word is what is central.



Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) 5253{2}... time nor space exists in the spiritual world. These two elements belong properly to the natural order, which also accounts for its being said that those who die depart from the realm of time, leaving temporal concerns behind them. And the reason why in the spiritual world they do not see anything that has to do specifically with some person is that any focusing, when they speak, on some particular person narrows down and limits the idea they have in mind; such a focusing prevents any broadening or removal of limits to their idea. Their use, when they speak, of broadened and unlimited ideas renders their lang...

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