DP 193 [2-3]
. . . there are in every person two beginnings of life,
one natural and one spiritual,
the natural beginning of life
being the beating of the heart,
and the spiritual beginning
being the will of the mind;
and that each attaches to itself a partner
with which to dwell
and with which to carry on its vital functions,
the heart joining to itself the lungs,
and the will joining to itself the intellect.
Now because the soul of the will is love,
and the soul of the intellect is wisdom -
both of them from the Lord -
it follows that love is every person's life,
and such a life
as has been conjoined with wisdom.
DP 195 [2-3]
Good, to everyone,
is what his affection finds delight in,
and truth what his thought
consequently finds satisfaction in.
For everyone calls good
that which, owing to his will's love,
he feels as delightful,
and he calls truth that which,
owing to the wisdom of his intellect,
he perceives therefore as giving satisfaction.
Both of these flow from the life's love
like water from a spring
or like blood from the heart.
Both taken together are like a tide or atmosphere
which envelops the whole human mind.
These two - delight and satisfaction -
in the mind are spiritual,
but in the body natural.
On both levels they form a person's life.
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