Tuesday, March 29, 2016

AE 365 - spiritual peace vs. success in the world

AE 365 [42] 

. . . those have peace
who are in the conjunction
of good and truth from the Lord,
and as evil destroys good,
and falsity destroys truth,
so do these destroy peace.
From this it follows
that those who are in evils and falsities
have no peace.
It appears as if they had peace
when they have success in the world,
and they even seem to themselves at such times
to be in a contented state of mind;
but that apparent peace is only in their extremes,
while inwardly there is no peace,
for they think of honor and gain without limit,
and cherish in their minds cunning, deceit, enmities,
hatreds, revenge, and many like things,
which unknown to themselves,
rend and devour the interiors of their minds,
and thence also the interiors of their bodies. 


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