NJHD 36
A person is so created as
to be in the spiritual world
and in the natural world at the same time.
The spiritual world is where the angels are,
and the natural world where people are.
As a person is so created,
there has been given to him
an internal
and an external;
an internal by which he is in the spiritual world,
and
an external by which he is in the natural world.
His internal is what is
called the internal person,
and his external is what is called the
external person.
NJHD 43
It is so provided and ordered by the Lord,
that so far as a person thinks
and wills from heaven,
so far the internal spiritual person
is opened and
formed.
It is opened into heaven even to the Lord,
and the formation is
according to those things
which are of heaven.
But, on the contrary,
so
far as a person does not
think and will from heaven,
but from the world,
so
far the internal spiritual person is closed,
and the external is opened.
The opening is into the world,
and the formation is to those things
which are of the world.
NJHD 45
He whose internal is so far external,
that he believes nothing
but
what he can see with his eyes
and touch with his hands,
is called a
sensual person;
this is the lowest natural person,
and is in fallacies
concerning all the things
which are of the faith of the church.
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