Saturday, March 21, 2009

HH 400, 402, 403 - love, use, idleness

HH 400 [4]
. . . love to the Lord and love to the neighbor
wish to share with others all that is their own,
for this is their delight,
while the loves of self and of the world
wish to take away from others what they have,
and take it to themselves . . .

HH 402
. . . uses are the goods of love and charity in which angels are;
therefore everyone has delights
that are in accord with his uses,
and in the degree of his affection for use.

HH 403
There were some spirits who believed
from an opinion adopted in the world
that heavenly happiness consists in an idle life
in which they would be served by others;
but they were told
that happiness never consists in abstaining from work
and getting satisfaction therefrom.
This would mean everyone's desiring the happiness of others for himself,
and what everyone wished for no one would have.
Such a life would be an idle not an active life,
and would stupefy all the powers of life . . .

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