AC 9682 [2]
The presence of the Lord is effected by means of influx,
and the influx is according to the life of good and of truth.
Those who are in the good of love to the Lord
are those who receive the influx most immediately;
those who are in the good of charity toward the neighbor
also receive it, but more remotely,
because the good of charity toward the neighbor
is more remote than the good itself of love to the Lord;
while those who are in the good of faith
also do indeed receive the influx,
but only in proportion to the good which the faith has in it;
and therefore those who receive it
are in the good of life from the truths of faith;
for the Lord is in good,
because all good is from Him,
and absolutely none from a person,
nor from the angels in heaven.
AC 9683 [2]
Immediate influx is received
according to the order in which the person or angel is,
thus according to the Divine truth which is from the Divine,
because this is order;
and so it is order itself with a person
that he should live in the good which is from the Lord,
that is, that he should live from the Lord.
This influx is continual,
and is adjoined to each and all things of the will of a person,
directing them as much as possible into order,
for a person's own will
is continually leading him away from order.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
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