AC 6916 - Living According to Truths; AC 6917 - Riches; AC 6921 - Material Things; AC 6931 - Purer Spirits and Angels

AC 6916

. . . when any one lives according to truths,
the truths themselves then become goods;
and therefore such as is the quality of the truth,
and such becomes the good.
This good afterward
associates and adjoins to itself 
no other truths
than such as are in accord with its own quality,
consequently no other than such as are helpful,
thus which are in the neighborhood and in the house.

AC 6917

Riches and wealth are hurtful to those who are in evil,
because they apply them to evil uses;
but they are useful to those who are in good,
because they apply them to good uses.
If therefore the riches and wealth
which pertain to the evil
are transferred to the good,
they become good.

AC 6921

. . . material things are like weights
which induce slowness and retard,
because they bear the mind downward
and immerse it in earthly things,
and thus remove it from the spiritual,
from which all clear discernment comes.

AC 6931

The purer spirits and angels are,
the more readily and fully do they take in,
and the more perfectly retain in the memory,
what they hear.
And as this goes on to eternity,
it is evident that they are continually
increasing in wisdom.