AC 9227 - the Lord and the two states of the regeneration process

AC 9227
. . . by "Jehovah" in the Word is meant the Lord.


AC 9227 [2-3]
. . . the truths called the truths of faith
enter into a person by an external way,
and that the good which is of charity and love
enters by an internal way.
The external way is through the hearing into the memory,
and from the memory into the understanding;
for the understanding is a person's internal sight.
The truths which must be of faith enter by this way,
to the end that they may be brought into the will,
and thus be appropriated to (become a part of) the person.
The good which flows in from the Lord by the internal way,
flows into the will, for the will is the internal of a person.
The good which is from the Lord meets there
at the common boundary (of) the truths
which have entered by the external way,
and through conjunction with them
causes the truths to become good.
Insofar as this is effected,
so far the order is inverted, that is,
so far the person is not led by truths, but by good;
and consequently insofar he is led by the Lord.

From this it can be seen how during his regeneration
a person is raised from the world into heaven.
For all things that enter through the hearing,
enter from the world;
and those which are stored up in the memory,
and appear there before the understanding,
appear in the light of the world,
which is called natural light.
But those things which enter the will,
or which become of the will,
are in the light of heaven,
which light is the truth of good from the Lord.
When these things come forth from the will into act,
they return into the light of the world;
but they then appear in this light under a totally different form;
for previously the world was within everything;
whereas afterward heaven is so.
What has here been said shows also why
a person is not in heaven until he does truths from willing them,
thus from the affection of charity.