AC 3314 - What the World Does Not Know About the Rational

AC 3314 [2]

. . . the world, even the learned world,
is ignorant of the most general truths upon the subject --
as that the rational is distinct from the natural,
and that it is good and truth
which constitute both the rational and the natural;
and still less is it known
that the rational must flow into the natural
in order for a person to be able to think,
and to will as he thinks.
As these most general truths are unknown,
the influx spoken of above
can with difficulty be comprehended;
and yet these are matters in regard to which
the angels have light,
and perceive things innumerable,
and this attended with the delight in which
they are when it is given them
at the same time to think concerning
the Lord's Divine in respect to the Human.
The person who is in good
and in whom there is what is angelic
while he is in the body,
is also gifted with some light from the Lord
on these and similar subjects;
but he who is not in good
feels a loathing when thinking of such things,
and the more so the more he thinks of them
as applied to the Divine
that pertains to the Lord's Human.
It is better therefore
that those who are of such a nature
should remove their mind from such subjects;
for they comprehend nothing of them,
and even reject them;
saying at heart,
What is this to me?
will bring me neither honors nor gain.