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A life of kindness is the primary meaning of divine worship.
Emanuel Swedenborg
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Emanuel Swedenborg
Age: 84 †
Born: 1688
Born: January 29
Died: 1772
Died: March 29
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The more one is absorbed in so-called philosophy, the greater one's delusion and blindness.
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And as the divine that goes forth from the Lord is the good of love and the truth of faith, the angels are angels and are heaven in the measure in which they receive good and truth from the Lord.
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Charity alone, or love and compassion, is what joins [the Lord and a person] together.
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He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil.
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Conscience is God's presence in humans.
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Man is an organ of life, and God alone is life.
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We are all spirits inwardly. This is what's alive in the body, not the body on its own.
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All religion relates to life, and the life of religion is to do good
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In heaven there are two distinct loves, love to the Lord and love towards the neighbor, in the inmost or third heaven love to the Lord, in the second or middle heaven love towards the neighbor.
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We are, because God is.
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A heavenly society is a harmony of many.
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We all have spirits present with us who are feeling the way we are.
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Heaven is such that all who have lived well, of whatever religion, have a place there.
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Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want, and do.
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Angelic happiness is in service, from service, and according to service.
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The church of the Lord is spread over all the globe, and is thus universal and all those are in it who have lived in the good of charity in accordance with their religion.
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The inner self is as distinct from the outer self as heaven is from earth.
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All our longings for what is loving and true reach out into heaven. They put us in touch with angels who are feeling the same way and unite us with them.
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