Friday, January 22, 2010

CL 170 - the delightful states resulting from a marriage of good and truth

CL 170
. . . conjugial love originates from the marriage between goodness and truth,
and this marriage comes from the Lord.
Moreover, it is the nature of love to will to share with another,
indeed, to confer joys upon another whom it loves from the heart,
and to seek its own joys in return from doing so;
and this being the case, infinitely more, therefore,
does the Divine love in the Lord will to confer joys upon mankind,
whom He created to be recipients
of both the love and the wisdom emanating from Him . . ..

We list these states as
innocence, peace, tranquillity, inmost friendship, complete trust,
and a mutual desire of the mind and heart to do the other every good,
since innocence and peace have to do with the soul,
tranquillity has to do with the mind,
inmost friendship has to do with the breast,
complete trust has to do with the heart,
and a mutual desire of the mind and heart to do the other every good
has to do with the body as a result of these.

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