AC 10299 - worship & influx

AC 10299 [2-5]
When a person is in genuine worship,
then the Lord flows into the goods and truths which are with him,
and raises them to Himself, and with them the man,
insofar and in such a manner as he is in them.
This elevation does not appear to the man
unless he is in the genuine affection of truth and good,
and in the knowledge, acknowledgment, and faith
that everything good comes from above, from the Lord.

That it is so may be comprehended
even by those who are wise from the world,
for they know from their learning that natural influx,
which is called by them physical influx, is not possible,
but only spiritual influx;
that is, that nothing can flow in from the natural world into heaven,
but only from heaven into the world.
From all this it can be seen how it is to be understood
that the influx and operation of the Divine of the Lord
are into each and all things of worship.

Nevertheless a person must not let down his hands and await influx,
for this would be to act like an effigy devoid of life;
in spite of all he must think, will, and act as of himself,
and yet must ascribe to the Lord everything
of thought of truth and of endeavor of good;
by so doing there is implanted in him by the Lord
the capability of receiving Him and the influx from Him.

For man was created no otherwise than to be a receptacle of the Divine;
and the capability of receiving the Divine is formed in no other way.
When this capability has been formed,
he afterward has no other will than that it should be so;
for he loves the influx from the Lord,
and is averse to any working from himself;
because the influx from the Lord is the influx of good,
whereas any working from himself is the working of evil.
In such a state are all the angels in heaven;
therefore by "angels" in the Word are signified truths and goods
which are from the Lord,
because the angels are receptions of these.