AC 9817 - The Wise in Heart; AC 9818 - Spirit

AC 9817 - The Wise in Heart

. . . the world is conjoined with heaven
through the Word;
but only with those who are in
the good of faith and of love.
From all this it can be seen
that the influx of the Lord
with the people of the church
is through the Word;
for in the heavens the Lord is everything,
because the Divine which proceeds from Him
and is received by the angels
makes heaven.

The reason why "the wise in heart"
denote those who are in the good of love,
is that wisdom is predicated of
the life of heaven in a person,
and also that by "the heart" is meant the good of love.
The life of heaven in a person
is expressed in the Word by "spirit" and by "heart;"
by "spirit" is meant
the life of a person's intellectual part,
and by "heart" the life of his will part.
To the intellectual part belongs truth,
and to the will part belongs good.
Truth belongs to faith, and good to love;
for the understanding receives
the truths which are of faith,
and the will the goods which are of love.
From this it is plain that by "the wise in heart"
are meant those who are in
the good of love from the Lord.
The good of love is celestial good,
through which is spiritual good;
and spiritual good is that which covers celestial good,
as garments cover the body.

AC 9818 [2, 3] - Spirit

The word "spirit" is used
in many passages in the Word,
and when said of a person,
by his "spirit" is meant the good and truth
that have been inscribed on his intellectual part,
consequently there is meant the life of this part.

From this it can be known what is meant by "Spirit"
when said of the Lord, namely,
the Divine truth that proceeds from His Divine good,
and that when this Divine truth flows in with a person,
and is received by him,
it is "the Spirit of Truth," "the Spirit of God,"
and "the Holy Spirit;"
for it flows in immediately from the Lord,
and also mediately through angels and spirits;
. . . in the Word, "spirit," when said of a person,
denotes the good and truth
that has been inscribed on his intellectual part,
consequently that it denotes the life of this.
For there is the life of the intellectual part,
and the life of the will part;
the life of the intellectual part
is to know, to see, and to understand,
that truth is true, and that good is good;
whereas the life of the will part
is to will and to love truth for the sake of truth,
and good for the sake of good.
This latter life is called in the Word "heart;"
but the former is called "spirit."