Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 10741

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10741. Just as love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour constitute the life of heaven in a person, so self-love and love of the world, when these are predominant, constitute the life of hell in him; for the latter kinds of love are the opposites of the former. Those therefore with whom self-love and love of the world predominate cannot receive anything at all from heaven; instead, what they receive comes from hell. For whatever a person thinks and whatever he intends, that is, whatever he believes and whatever he loves, comes either from heaven or from hell.


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