AC 6232 - Indefinite Is Finite from the Infinite; AC 6247 - Being Affected with Truth

AC 6232 [1-3]

. . . all things in the spiritual world
which proceed from the Infinite,
as do truths and goods,
are capable of being multiplied
and increasing indefinitely.
That is called indefinite
which cannot be defined and limited by number;
nevertheless what is indefinite
is finite relatively to what is infinite,
and so finite
that there is no ratio between the two.

That truths and goods can increase indefinitely
comes from the fact that they proceed from the Lord,
who is infinite.
That truths and goods are of this nature,
may be seen from the fact
that the universal heaven is in truth and good,
and yet no one is in exactly
the same truth and good as another.
This would still be the case if heaven
were a thousand and a thousand times greater.
The same may be seen from the fact
that the angels are being perfected to eternity,
that is, they continually grow in good and truth,
and yet cannot arrive at the grade of any perfection,
because there always remains an indefinite scope;
for truths are indefinite in number,
and each truth has an indefinite scope within it;
and so on.

This is still more evident from things in nature:
though men should increase in number indefinitely,
still no one would have the same face as another,
nor the same internal face, that is, the same mind,
and not even the same tone of voice;
from this it is plain
that there is an indefinite variety of all things,
and that there is never one thing the same as another.
This variety is still more indefinite
in the truths and goods
that belong to the spiritual world;
because one thing in the natural world
corresponds to thousands and thousands
in the spiritual world;
and therefore the more interior things are,
the more indefinite they are.

AC 6247

. . . when a person is affected with truth
for the sake of doctrine
in order that he may become intelligent,
he is also at the same time
affected with reputation and glory.
This affection cannot then but be present,
and it is also permitted as being introductory,
because the man is of such a nature.
But when he is affected with truth for the sake of life,
he then rejects glory and reputation as ends,
and embraces the good of life,
that is, charity toward the neighbor.