Heaven and Hell: The Portable New Century Edition

146 HEAVEN and HELL §277 a. The innocence of infants is not real innocence—real innocence dwells in wisdom: 1616 , 2305 , 2306 , ...

§279 angels’ innocence 147 b. Infants in the Word mean innocence: 5608 ; and so do nursing babies: 3183. An old person means a w ...

148 HEAVEN and HELL §279 are brought fi rst into the innocence of infancy, which is realizing that we know nothing of truth and ...

§281 angels’ innocence 149 c. All the people in the inmost heaven are innocents: 154 , 2736 , 3887 ; and therefore they look to ...

150 HEAVEN and HELL §281 f. True marriage love is innocence: 2736. Marriage love is intending what the other intends, mutually a ...

§285 peace 151 h. The human sense of self consists in loving oneself more than God, and the world more than heaven, and regardin ...

152 HEAVEN and HELL §285 a. In the highest sense, peace means the Lord, because he is the source of peace; and in the inner sens ...

§288 peace 153 b. An odor in the Word means a perception of something pleasant or unpleasant, depending on the quality of the lo ...

154 HEAVEN and HELL §288 except through a heartfelt delight when they are involved in the good of their life, a pleasure when th ...

§290 peace 155 d. The union of the good and the true in people who are being regenerated takes place in a state of peace: 3696 , ...

156 HEAVEN and HELL §291 a. There are angels and spirits with every individual, and through them we have communication with the ...

§294 heaven’s union with us 157 b. All freedom is a matter of love and affection, because what we love, we do freely: 2870 , 315 ...

158 HEAVEN and HELL §294 heaven or with hell, the evil ones with hell and the good ones with heaven. Heaven is differentiated in ...

§297 heaven’s union with us 159 c. The difference between us and animals is that we can be raised by the Lord to himself, can th ...

160 HEAVEN and HELL §297 d. There is a direct infl ow from the Lord and also an indirect infl ow through the spiritual world: 60 ...

§302 heaven’s union with us 161 e. People who do not have a conscience do not know what a conscience is: 7490 , 9121. There are ...

162 HEAVEN and HELL §302 in our thought and affection. The angels have told me that they knew this kind of [empty] belief and ta ...

§304 union through the word 163 But there is no way to explain briefl y the nature of that connection of everything with what is ...

164 HEAVEN and HELL §304 a. Nothing arises from itself, but only from something prior to itself; so all things come from a fi rs ...

§307 union through the word 165 this was the source of the Lord’s union with the human race at that time. After those times, tho ...