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The inner self is as distinct from the outer self as heaven is from earth.
Emanuel Swedenborg
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Emanuel Swedenborg
Age: 84 †
Born: 1688
Born: January 29
Died: 1772
Died: March 29
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In the world it is little comprehended what love is and yet it is man's very life. That this is little comprehended is evident from the common saying What is love? What it is, is not known for the reason that love is not manifest to the understanding, and the understanding is the receptacle of the light of heaven.
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True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.
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For the judgment was accomplished not only upon all the men of the Christian church, but also upon all who are called Mohammedans, and, moreover, upon all the Gentiles in the whole world.
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Anyone can see that intending and not acting when we can is not really intending, and loving and not doing good when we can is not really loving.
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The more one is absorbed in so-called philosophy, the greater one's delusion and blindness.
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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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People are unaware that spirits even exist, let alone that angels are present with them.
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