AC 2946 - the first state of reformation

AC 2946
Such is the first state of all who are being reformed and made spiritual,
namely, that they do not believe
that they are reformed by the Lord but by themselves,
that is, they believe all of the will of good
and of the thought of truth to be from themselves;
they are also left in this state by the Lord,
since in no other way can they be reformed.
For if before they have been regenerated it should be said to them
that they cannot do anything of good from themselves,
or think anything of truth from themselves,
they would then either fall into the error of thinking
that they must wait for influx into the will and influx into the thought,
and if this does not take place must attempt nothing . . ..
But after they are regenerate,
then by degrees the knowledge is insinuated into them
that the case is otherwise,
and that all good and truth are solely from the Lord;
and still further, when they are becoming more perfected,
that whatever does not come from the Lord is evil and false.
To the regenerate, if not in the life of the body still in the other life,
it is given not only to know this, but also to perceive it;
for all the angels are in the perception that it is so.