LIFE.—The life of man essentially is his will, and formally is his understanding, [493]. Every one has excellence of life according to his conjugial love, [510].
LIGHT.—In heaven, the light with which warmth is united is wisdom, [137]. In heaven there is perpetual light, and on no occasion do the shades of evening prevail; still less is there darkness, because the sun does not set, [137]. Heavenly light is above the rational principle with man, and rational light is below it, [233]. If heavenly light does not flow into natural light, a man does not see whether any thing true is true, and neither does he see that any thing false is false, [233]. False and delusive lights, [77]. See [Heat and Light].
LIGHTNING.—In the spiritual world, the vibration of light, like lightning, is a correspondence and consequent appearance of the conflict of arguments, [415].
LIKE.—There is not one angel of heaven absolutely like another, nor any spirit of hell, neither can there be to eternity, [362]. There are not two human faces exactly alike, [186].
LIKENESS or SIMILITUDE.—The likeness of children to their parents, [525]. Man is a likeness of God from this circumstance, that he feels in himself that the things which are of God are in him as his, [132], [134]. Similitudes and dissimilitudes between married partners in general originate from connate inclinations, varied by education, connections, and imbibed persuasions, [227]. There are both internal and external similitudes and dissimilitudes; the internal derive their origin from religion, and the external from education, [246]. The varieties of similitudes are very numerous, and differ more or less from each other, [228]. Various similitudes can be conjoined, but not with dissimilitudes, [228]. The Lord provides similitudes for those who desire love truly conjugial; and if they are not given in the earths, he provides them in the heavens, [229]. In the spiritual world, similitudes are joined, and dissimilitudes separated, [273].
LIVE, to, for others is to perform uses, [18].
LOINS, the, with men correspond to conjugial love, [510].
LOOK, to.—The Lord looks at every man in the fore front of his head, and this aspect passes into the hinder part of his head, [444]. In heaven it is impossible to look at the wife of another from an unchaste principle, [75].