Ladder of fire, ladder of love: taking Jacob's Ladder seriously
The "tranquility of peace" is the same thing in the Writings as "Sabbath day rest"; it refers to the second state of regenerating humans. The first is by means of truth to arrive at good, like learning it is good to forgive and doing it because it is accepted as truth, this necessity of forgiveness. The second state, the Sabbath day rest, involves being in a good state from which truths proceed; such as foremost forgiving others because it nurtures or at least does no harm; from which proceed insights born of practical compassion. That is very briefly and in a nutshell. Truth helps us to arrive at alignment with love, which love once it dwells in our hearts bears truths like children. 2nd camera angle: "'according to generations' means according to the order in which they are begotten and proceed one from the other, that is to say, good from truth and truth from good. For there are two states which the person undergoing new birth from the Lord passes ...