DISCOURSE, man's, in itself is such as is the thought of his understanding which produces it, [527]. Discourse itself is grounded in the thought of the understanding, and the tone of the voice is grounded in the will affection, [140]. Speech which is said to flow from the thought, flows not from the thought, but from the affection through the thought, [36]. Spiritual language with representatives fully expresses what is intended to be said, and many things in a moment, [481]. Conversation in the spiritual world may be heard by a distant person as if he were present, [521]. Frequent discourse from the memory and from recollection, and not at the same time from thought and intelligence, induces a kind of faith, [415].
DISJUNCTION, all, derives its origin from the opposition of spiritual spheres, which emanate from their subjects, [171].
DISSIMILITUDES in the spiritual world are separated, [273]. See [Likeness].
DISTANCES.—Spheres cause distances in the spiritual world, [171]. Distances in the spiritual world are appearances according to the states of mind, [78].
DISTINCTION, characteristic, of the woman and the man, [217].
DIVERSITIES.—Distinction between varieties and diversities. There are varieties between those things which are of one genus, or of one species, also between the genera and species; but there is a diversity between those things which are in the opposite principle, [324]. In heaven there is infinite variety, and in hell infinite diversity, [324].
DIVIDED.—Every thing divided is more and more multiple, and not more and more simple, because what is continually divided approaches nearer and nearer to the Infinite, in which all things are infinitely, [329].
DIVINE GOOD AND TRUTH.—The divine good is the esse of the divine substance, and the divine truth is the existere of the divine substance, [115]. The divine good and truth proceed as one from the Lord, [87]. Lord God, the Creator, is essential divine good, and essential divine truth, [84]. The divine truth in the Word is united to the divine good, [129]. All divine truth in the heavens gives forth light, [77].
DIVINE ESSENCE, the, is composed of love, wisdom, and use, [183]. Nothing but what is of the divine essence can proceed from the Lord, and flow into the inmost principle of man, [183]. There is not any essence without a form, nor any form without an essence, [87].