AE 118 - to be spiritually poor

AE 118

To be spiritually poor, and yet to be rich,
is to acknowledge in heart
that one has no knowledge 
nor understanding
nor wisdom from himself,
but that he knows, understands, and is wise
wholly from the Lord.

. . . because they know and acknowledge this,
and also wish and love it to be so,
Divine truth from which are all intelligence and wisdom
continually flows in from the Lord,
and this they receive in the measure in which
they are affected by it,
that is, love it.

[2]  The spiritual affection of truth
has no other source than the Lord,
because the Lord is Divine truth in heaven and in the church,
for Divine truth proceeds from Him.
And as the Lord loves to lead every one to Himself,
and to save him,
and this He can do
only by the knowledges of good and truth from the Word,
so the Lord loves to impart these to man,
and make them of his life,
for in this way and no other
can He lead man to Himself and save him.
From this it is clear
that all spiritual affection of truth is from the Lord,
and that no one can be in that affection
unless he acknowledges the Divine of the Lord in His Human,
for by such acknowledgment there is conjunction,
and according to conjunction there is reception.

[3]  In the Word, "the poor and needy"
are mentioned here and there,
also the "hungry and thirsty."
By "the poor and needy"
are signified those who believe
that of themselves they know nothing;
and also those who are destitute of knowledge
because they have not the Word;
and by the "hungry and thirsty"
are signified those who continually long for truths,
and long to be perfected by means of truths.