DP 106 - External & Internal Thought; DP 108 - End, Cause, Effect

DP 106

A person's external level of thought in itself
is of the same character as his internal one.

There are many kinds of loves,
but two of them are like lords or kings,
namely, heavenly love and hellish love.
Heavenly love is love toward the Lord
and love for the neighbor,
while hellish love is love of self
and love of the world.
These two kinds of loves
are as opposed to each other as heaven and hell;
for one who is impelled by
a love of self and the world
does not wish anyone well but himself,
whereas one who is impelled
by love toward the Lord and love for the neighbor
wishes all well.

DP 108

We find everywhere
three concurrent elements in union,
called end, cause and effect.
One's life's love in this case is the end,
its affections with their accompanying perceptions
are the cause,
and the delights of its affections
with their accompanying thoughts are the effect.
For just as the end
comes through the cause into the effect,
so also does love
come through its affections to its delights,
and through its perceptions to its thoughts.