AC 2556 - The Person Who Is Rational, Regenerate

AC 2556

With a person who is truly rational, that is, regenerate,
everything has been arranged into order
such as exists in heaven;
and this ordered arrangement of everything within him
comes as a result of heaven flowing into him.
From that ordered arrangement within him
a person possesses a power
of thought, deduction, judgement, and reflection,
which is so marvelous that it surpasses
all human knowledge and wisdom,
infinitely surpassing the conclusions
which by analysis
human effort draws from these sources.
The reason these facts
have not been known up to now
is that people have not believed
that all the things which constitute
their affections, perceptions, and thoughts flow in -
evil ones from hell, decent ones from heaven.
Thus these have a connection with the things
that are outside of them;
yet the fact of the matter is that a person,
as regards his spirit,
is joined to those outside of him in such a way
that if he were deprived of that connection
he would not remain alive for a single instant.
This may also be recognized from the consideration
that anything unconnected cannot possibly exist,
and that anything unconnected perishes in an instant.