HH 312
. . . external things which are things, relating to the world and the body,
had so occupied and filled their minds
that they could not be raised into the light of heaven
and look into the things of the church beyond its doctrinals;
for when matters relating to the body and the world are loved,
as they are at the present day,
nothing but darkness flows into the mind . . ..
HH 313
For to the extent that a person's interiors are opened
he looks towards heaven,
but to the extent that his interiors are closed and his exteriors opened
he looks towards hell,
because the interiors of a person are formed
for the reception of all things of heaven,
but the exteriors for the reception of all things of the world;
and those who receive the world, and not heaven also, receive hell.
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