AC 3175, 3179 - Good, Truth, Regeneration

AC 3175 [2]

. . . unless man is rational, he is not man;
and therefore according to
the quality and the measure of a man's rational,
such is the quality and the measure of the man.
Man cannot possibly be rational
unless he possesses good.
The good whereby man surpasses the animals,
is to love God,
and to love the neighbor;
all human good is from this.
Into this good
truth must be initiated and conjoined,
and this in the rational.
Truth is initiated into good and conjoined with it
when man loves God and loves his neighbor,
for then truth enters into good,
inasmuch as good and truth mutually
 acknowledge each other,
all truth being from good,
and having respect to good
as its end and as its soul,
and thus as the source of its life. 

AC 3179

. . . the things that take place during man's regeneration
are altogether unknown to him;
and if he were to know
only one out of ten thousand of them
he would be astounded.
There are innumerable, indeed, unlimited secret things
by which man is, at that time, led of the Lord,
some only of which shine forth
from the internal sense of the Word.