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Hell and Heaven are near man, yes, in him and every man after death goes to that Hell or heaven in which he was, or to his spirit, during his abode in the world.
Emanuel Swedenborg
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Emanuel Swedenborg
Age: 84 †
Born: 1688
Born: January 29
Died: 1772
Died: March 29
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Angelic happiness is in service, from service, and according to service.
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A life of kindness is the primary meaning of divine worship.
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A man after death, is not a natural but a spiritual man nevertheless he still appears in all respects like himself.
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Man is an organ of life, and God alone is life.
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So far as the Angels are recipients of that spiritual heat and light they are loves and wisdoms, not loves and wisdoms for themselves, but from the Lord.
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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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I am well aware that many will say that no one can possibly speak with spirits and angels so long as he lives in the body and many will say that it is all fancy, others that I relate such things in order to gain credence, and others will make other objections.
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Marriages on earth--because they are the seminaries of the human race and of the angels of heaven also because, likewise, they proceed from a spiritual origin, that is, from the marriage of good and truth and since, in addition, the Lord's divine proceeding principally flows into conjugal love--are most holy in the estimation of the angels.
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The act of exploring what the men are, and moreover the separation of the good from the evil, is visitation and the good are then removed, and the evil are left behind.
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Charity itself consists in acting justly and faithfully in whatever office, business and employment a person is engaged in.
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God loves every one of us but cannot directly benefit us he can benefit us only indirectly through each other. For this reason he inspires us with his love
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Man, before he is being regenerated, does not even know that any internal man exists, much less is he acquainted with its nature and quality.
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We are, because God is.
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So far any one shuns evils, so far as he does good.
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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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