A Man of the Field

Forming The New Church Mind In Today's World

 

 

Volume 1: Reformation

The Struggle Against Nonduality

 

Volume 2: Enlightenment

The Spiritual Sense of the Writings

 

Volume 3: Regeneration

Spiritual Disciplines For Daily Life

 

Volume 4: Uses

The New Church Mind In Old Age

 

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By Leon James

October 2002

(draft 18a)

 

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A "field" means doctrine (AC 368)

A "man" signifies faith and truth (AC 427; 4823)

Because 'field' means doctrine anyone receiving any seed of faith, whether the individual, the Church, or the world, is called a field. (AC 368)

 

 

Volume 2

Enlightenment

Extracting The Spiritual Sense of the Writings

 

Chapter 1

The Spiritual Sense Of The Writings Demystified

 

 

Table of Contents

 

 

Access Other Chapters and Volumes here. 4

Preface to Volume 2. 4

DEDICATION.. 9

Chapter 1. 11

The Spiritual Sense Of The Writings Demystified. 11

1. Introduction. 11

2. A Diagram Showing The Formation Of The New Church Mind. 16

3. The Operation Of Reformation, Enlightenment, Regeneration. 17

4. The Nine Installation Steps. 20

5. Doctrine Is The Reception Of Spiritual Information Packets. 25

6. Biology Of The Spiritual Doctrine. 25

7. Diagram Of The Discrete Levels In The Mind and the Writings. 27

8. The Spiritual Doctrine is Heaven and the Lord In Us. 29

9. Why The Spiritual Doctrine In Our Mind Must Be A Divine Doctrine. 33

10. Objections To The Divine Doctrine In Our Mind. 36

11. The Spiritual Doctrine In The Mind Must Be Proven By The Letter 39

12. Man Enters Heaven Through The Church. 41

13. Demystifying The Divinity Of The Spiritual Doctrine. 44

14. The Divine Rational Cannot Be Approached In The Letter 46

15. Examples Of Enlightenment In Everyday Circumstances. 49

16. Surface Meaning And Underlying Meaning Of Sentences. 51

17. The Divinity Of The Spiritual Sense We Extract From The Letter 57

18. The Spiritual Sense Of Ecclesiastical And Civil Government 61

19. Anatomy Diagram Of The Spiritual Doctrine in the Mind. 62

20. The Difference Between The Spiritual Sense And The Spiritual Doctrine. 65

21. The Physiology Of Spiritual Enlightenment 66

22. Enlightenment Is Not A Mysterious Process. 71

23. Spiritual-Rational Meditations. 75

24. The Internal Meaning Of Music And Art 79

25. The Difference Between Natural And Spiritual Language. 82

26. The Spiritual Doctrine Cannot Be Used For Politics And Morality. 84

27. "Within The Natural" Vs. "In The Natural.". 85

28. Spiritual Topics Vs. Spiritual Meanings. 87

29. Diagram Of Natural Vs. Spiritual Understanding Of The Writings. 88

30. The Divinity Of The Spiritual Doctrine. 92

31. The Substitution Technique For Teaching The Spiritual Doctrine. 96

32. The Correspondence Technique For Teaching The Spiritual Doctrine. 99

33. The Dangers Of Remaining In The Letter OF the Writings. 103

34. The Doctrinals Taught In The Church Are In a Natural Language. 107

35. The Fear of the Divinity of Doctrine in Our Understanding. 110

36. The Lord Is Divine Doctrine. 113

37. Human Understanding Is Not Divine Doctrine. 115

38. Human Statements Are Not Divine. 116

39. The Spiritual Sense Of The Writings Must Not Be Denied. 118

40. Protecting The Church From False Doctrines And Heresies. 120

41. The Infinite is Contained Within The Finite. 124

42. The Spiritual Sense Explained By Rational Correspondences. 125

43. The Secret Of Extracting The Spiritual Sense Of The Writings. 130

44. Regeneration Is By The Spiritual Sense. 132

45. The Spiritual Sense Is Also A Correspondence. 134

46. Enlightenment Is The Only Way To See The Spiritual Sense. 138

47. Lower And Higher Correspondences. 140