Heaven and Hell: The Portable New Century Edition

306 HEAVEN and HELL §512 levels of our minds. We are in heaven when we acknowledge the Divine Being and at the same time act fai ...

§514 our third state 307 a. Shattering experiences do happen in the other life—that is, some people who arrive there from the wo ...

308 HEAVEN and HELL §514 west, and in breadth from south to north; but the breadth seems to be less than the length. The general ...

§517 our third state 309 b. Everything good has its delight from constructive activities and in keeping with them; this is also ...

310 HEAVEN and HELL §517 We may gather from this that knowledge in itself, which is an out- ward form of truth, does not get any ...

§521 not by mercy alone 311 in angelic clothing, usually white as fi ne linen, taken to a path that leads up toward heaven, and ...

312 HEAVEN and HELL §521 However, they do not know anything about human beings, that our quality depends on our lives and our li ...

§525 not by mercy alone 313 a. Divine truth emanating from the Lord is the source of his design, and divine good is the essence ...

314 HEAVEN and HELL §526 526 I have at times talked with angels about this and have said that many people in the world who have ...

§527 not by mercy alone 315 b. In the inner meaning of the Word, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob mean the Lord in regard to his divine ...

316 HEAVEN and HELL §527 wanted the life of the love they had acquired in the world to be taken away from them and an angelic li ...

§530 not hard to reach heaven 317 on a mournful life for themselves, a life that is not open to heavenly joy, since our life doe ...

318 HEAVEN and HELL §530 person—which is essentially a spiritual person—is opened. When this is our nature, the Lord adopts and ...

§532 not hard to reach heaven 319 play the hypocrite in their worship. In their private thinking they scoff at the holy rites of ...

320 HEAVEN and HELL §532 world, it is also turned away from heaven and spread out among what- ever items meet our eyes. [ 2 ] It ...

§534 not hard to reach heaven 321 We can now see that it is not so hard to lead the life of heaven as 533 people think, because ...

322 HEAVEN and HELL §534 a. A stone means truth: 114 , 643 , 1298 , 3720 , 6426 , 8609 , 10376. So the law was written on stone ...

§535 not hard to reach heaven 323 I have been allowed to talk with some people in the other life who 535 had distanced themselve ...

324 HEAVEN and HELL §535 b. A life of piety apart from a life of thoughtfulness accomplishes nothing, but together they accompli ...

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