Saturday, November 07, 2015

TCR 366 - our souls; TCR 367 - real charity and faith

TCR 366
Everyone has the same life,
because he has the same soul,
from infancy to old age;
but as its states change
in keeping with different ages and adjustments,
so too does the person's perception of life.

God's life is present in all its fulness
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.

TCR 367 [2]
Charity and faith,
if they are to be real charity and real faith,
can no more be separated
than the will and understanding;
if they are separated,
the understanding is reduced to nothing,
and the will soon follows.
It is the same with charity and faith,
because charity dwells in the will,
and faith in the understanding.

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