AC 8439 - reception is nothing without application

AC 8439
. . . reception is not anything
unless there is also application, namely, to use.
For the influx from the Divine passes first into the perception
which is of the understanding with the person,
then it passes into the will,
and next into act, that is, into good work, which is use,
and there it ceases.
When the influx of good and truth from the Lord
makes this passage,
then the good and truth are appropriated to the person;
for then the influx goes down into the ultimate of order,
that is, into the ultimate of nature,
where all Divine influx aims to come.
The person in whom Divine influx thus advances
may be called "a way of heaven."