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141. 十六, 天堂的四个方位
无论天堂还是尘世, 都有东, 南, 西, 北四个方位; 并且这四个方位在两个世界都取决于各自的太阳: 在天堂取决于天堂的太阳, 也就是主; 在尘世取决于尘世的太阳. 然而, 它们之间却有着很大的区别. 首先, 在尘世, 南方可以说是太阳在地球之上最高处的地方, 北方则是太阳在地球之下正相对位置的地方, 东方是昼夜平分时日出的地方, 西方是那时日落的地方. 因此, 在尘世, 四个方位都以南方为基准来决定. 而在天堂, 所谓的东方是指主显为太阳的地方, 与之相对的是西方, 南方在右, 北方在左; 无论脸和身体朝哪个方向转动, 都是如此. 因此, 在天堂, 四个方位都以东方为基准来决定. 天使越从主接受热和光, 或爱和聪明, 可以说主就越显现照耀他们. 由于同样的原因, 在圣言中, 主被称为东方.
注: 就至高意义而言, 主就是东方, 因为祂就是天堂的太阳, 这太阳总是升起, 从不落下(天国的奥秘 101, 5097, 9668节).
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141. 天國的方位
和我們所在的這個物質世界一樣, 作為心靈世界的天國也分東南西北四方。在兩個世界, 這些都取決於各自的太陽——在天國取決於天國的太陽, 也就是主;在地球, 取決於地球的太陽。雖然兩者都由太陽決定, 但還是有顯著的差別。在我們這個世界, 當太陽行至距地球最高之處, 我們稱之為"南,"而反方向, 也就是距地球最低之處, 我們稱之為"北"。東方是春分和秋分時節太陽升起的地方, 西方是彼時太陽落山的地方。所以在地球, 四個方位以南方為基準。而在天國, 東方是主作為太陽而被見到的地方, 西方與之相對, 南方在其右, 北方在其左。面孔和身體無論向哪裡轉動, 各方位都是如此確定。所以在天國, 四個方位以東方為基準。
主作為太陽被看見的地方被天人們命名為"東,"是因為生命的全部源泉皆來自這位作為太陽的主。再者, 就此意義而言, 從主而來的熱與光(或聰明與智慧)在天人之中被接收, 他們便說主已在他們當中顯現。這也是為何主在聖言中被稱為"東"。
141. The Four Quarters in Heaven
There are four quarters in heaven just as there are in the world - east, south, west, and north. These are determined in each world by its sun, in heaven by heaven's sun, which is the Lord, and on earth by earth's sun. However, there are major differences. The first is that in our world we call "south" the direction in which the sun reaches its greatest height above the earth, and "north" where it is below the earth, in the opposite direction. East is where the sun rises at the equinoxes, and west is where it sets at that time. So on earth, all the directions are determined on the basis of the south. In heaven, though, they call "east" where the Lord is seen as the sun. West is in the opposite direction, south in heaven on the right, and north on the left. This holds true wherever people turn their faces and their bodies. So in heaven, all the directions are determined on the basis of the east.
The reason they give the name "east" to the direction in which the Lord is seen as the sun is that the whole source of life is from him as the sun. Further, to the extent that warmth and light, or intelligence and wisdom from him, are accepted among angels, they say that the Lord has risen among them. This is also why the Lord is called the east in the Word. 1
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1. The east in the highest sense is the Lord, because he is heaven's sun, which is always rising and never setting: 101, 5097, 9668.
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141. THE FOUR QUARTERS IN HEAVEN
Both in heaven and in the world there are four quarters, east, south, west and north, determined in each world by its own sun, in heaven by the Sun of heaven which is the Lord, in the world by the sun of the world. Yet there are great differences between them; FIRST, that in the world, the south is said to be where the sun is in its greatest altitude above the earth, the north where it is in its opposite position beneath the earth, the east where it rises at the equinox, and the west where it then sets. Thus, in the world it is from the south that all the quarters are determined. In heaven, however, the quarter where the Lord appears as a Sun is said to be the east. Opposite to this is the west, on the right in heaven is the south and on the left there the north, and this in every turning of face and body. Thus, in heaven it is from the east that all the quarters are determined. It is said to be the east (oriens) where the Lord is seen as a Sun, because all origin (origo) of life is from Him as a Sun. Moreover, so far as angels receive heat and light or love and intelligence from Him, the Lord is said to arise (exoriri) upon them. For the same reason, in the Word the Lord is said to be the East 1(Oriens).
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1. In the highest sense the Lord is the East (Oriens), because He is the Sun of heaven, which is always in its rising and never in its setting (Arcana Coelestia 101, 5097, 9668).
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141. THE FOUR QUARTERS IN HEAVEN.
Both in heaven and in the world there are four quarters, east, south, west, and north, determined in each world by its own sun; in heaven by the sun of heaven, which is the Lord, in the world by the sun of the world. And yet there are great differences between them. In the first place, in the world that is called the south where the sun is in its greatest altitude above the earth, north where it is in its opposite position beneath the earth, east where it rises at an equinox, and west where it then sets. Thus in the world it is from the south that all the quarters are determined. But in heaven that is called the east where the Lord is seen as a sun, opposite to this is the west, at the right is the south in heaven, and at the left the north; and this in whatever direction the face and the body are turned. Thus in heaven it is from the east that all the quarters are determined. That is called the east [oriens] where the Lord is seen as a sun, because all origin [origo] of life is from Him as a sun; moreover, so far as angels receive heat and light or love and intelligence from the Lord He is said to arise [exoriri] upon them. For the same reason the Lord is called the East [Oriens] in the Word. 1
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141. [XVI.] DE QUATUOR PLAGIS IN CAELO.
In caelo sicut in mundo sunt quatuor plagae, oriens, meridies, occidens, et septentrio, utrinque determinatae a suo sole; in caelo a Sole caeli qui est Dominus, in mundo a sole mundi. Sed usque intercedit multa differentia. Prima est, quod in mundo dicatur meridies ubi sol in maxima sua altitudine supra terram est, septentrio ubi in opposito infra terram est, oriens ubi in aequinoctiis oritur, et occidens ubi tunc occidit: ita in mundo a meridie determinantur omnes plagae. in caelo autem oriens dicitur ubi Dominus ut Sol apparet, ex opposito est occidens, ad dextrum in caelo est meridies, et ad sinistrum ibi est septentrio, et hoc in omni conversione faciei et corporis eorum ita in caelo ab oriente determinantur omnes plagae. Quod oriens dicatur ubi Dominus ut Sol apparet, est causa, quia omnis origo vitae est ab Ipso ut Sole; et quoque quantum apud angelos recipitur calor et lux seu amor et intelligentia ab Ipso, tantum dicitur Dominus exoriri apud illos: inde quoque est, quod Dominus in Verbo dicatur Oriens. 1
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