DLW 14, 17, 19 - God Is One

DLW 14

Being and expression in the human God are,
in a distinct combination, one.

. . . They are one in a distinct combination
like love and wisdom.
Love, too, is being, and wisdom its expression,
for love does not exist except in a state of wisdom,
and wisdom does not exist except as a result of love.
Consequently, when love is in a state of wisdom,
then it has expression.
These two are one in a relationship so formed
that they can indeed be distinguished in thought,
but not in fact.
And because they can be distinguished
in thought and not in fact,
therefore we say
that they are in a distinct combination one.

DLW 17

The infinite elements in the human God are,
in a distinct combination, one.
People know that God is infinite,
because He is called infinite;
but He is called infinite because He is infinite.
He is infinite not only for the reason
that He is being and expression itself in itself,
but because He has infinite elements in Him.
An infinite entity without infinite elements in it
is not infinite except in name only.

DLW 19

That there are infinite elements in God
is more clearly apparent to angels from the heavens
in which they dwell.
The whole of heaven,
which consists of millions of angels,
is in the entirety of its form as though a single person.
So, too, every society in heaven,
both greater and smaller.
For that reason also every angel is a person,
for an angel is a heaven in miniature form.

Heaven in its entirety,
in its component parts,
and in its individual inhabitants
exists in such a form
because of the Divine character that angels receive;
for in the measure
of the Divine character he receives
an angel is a person in perfect form.
So it is that angels are said to be in God,
and God in them,
and that God is their all.
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From A Companion to Divine Love and Wisdom,
by Rev. Prescott A. Rogers
Further Thoughts - DLW 14-16

. . . in the Heavenly Doctrines
attention is drawn sometimes to a unity,
sometimes to a distinct unity of two things,
and at other times to a triunity
(a unity consisting of three things).
Throughout the Heavenly Doctrines (when)
Swedenborg describes and explains an important topic,
such a God or heaven or life,
in one or more of these three ways.
Sometimes he emphasizes the unity of that topic.
At other times he emphasizes its distinct unity,
and at other times he emphasizes its triuity
When he focuses on the unity,
he discusses only the essence
of the thing being discussed.
When he focuses on the distinct unity,
he focuses on the essence and the form as one.
And when he discusses triunity,
He discusses the thing's
essence, form, and activity as one.