Saturday, June 18, 2011

AE 1129 - order & freedom

AE 1129 [3]
. . . it is from order that the angelic heavens,
consisting of thousands and thousands of societies,
act as one through love to the Lord
and through love towards the neighbor,
and that they are kept in order through Divine truths
which are the laws of order.
Also it is from order
that the hells beneath the heavens,
which are also divided into thousands and thousands of congregations,
are kept in order by means of judgments and punishments,
so that they are unable to do the least harm to the heavens,
although they are hatreds and insanities.
It is also from order
that between the heavens and the hells there is an equilibrium,
in which is a person in the world,
and in which he is led to heaven if led by the Lord,
and to hell if led by himself;
for it is the law of order
that a person must do whatever he does
from freedom according to reason.

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