AC 687 - the nature of heaven - a harmony of many

AC 687
A society is nothing but a harmony of many,
for no one has any life separate from the life of others.
Indeed no angel, or spirit, or society can have any life
(that is, be affected by good, exercise will,
be affected by truth, or think),
unless there is a conjunction thereof through many of his society
with heaven and with the world of spirits.
And it is the same with the human race:
no person, no matter who and what he may be,
can live (that is, be affected by good, exercise will,
be affected by truth, or think),
unless in like manner he is conjoined with heaven
through the angels who are with him,
and with the world of spirits,
and even with hell, through the spirits that are with him.
For every person while living in the body
is in some society of spirits and of angels,
though entirely unaware of it.