TCR 363
. . . the Lord, charity and faith make one,
just as in a person's life, will and understanding do . . .
TCR 364 [3]
Also, the Lord is omnipresent,
and where He is present,
there He is with His whole essence.
It is impossible for Him to take anything away from that essence,
so as to give a part to one and another part to another,
but He gives it in its entirety,
enabling a person to take a little or much.
He says too that He has His dwelling
with those who keep His commandments,
and that the faithful are in Him and He is in them.
In short, everything is full of God,
and from that fulness each takes his own share.
TCR 366
How the influences flowing in from the Lord
are received by the person depends upon his form.
Form here means the person's state
as regards his love together with his wisdom, in other words,
as regards his affections for the various kinds of good of charity,
and at the same time his perceptions of the truths of his faith.
. . . God is one, indivisible, and the same from eternity and for ever,
but not the same as a simple object but infinitely the same,
all the variation being due to the subject in whom God is.
The form or state of the receiver brings about the variations . . ..
[2] God's life is present in all its fullness
not only with good and religious people,
but also with wicked and irreligious people;
and in no way differently with the angels of heaven and the spirits of hell.
The difference is that the wicked block the path and close the door,
to prevent God entering the lower levels of their minds;
whereas the good smooth the path and open the door,
also inviting God to enter the lower levels of their minds,
even as He dwells in the highest levels.
. . . Every person has this ability,
and this could by no means be the case,
if life coming from God were not in his soul.
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
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