Besides many observations to be found elsewhere, as the Lord sees fit, there are also these: souls after death have means of salvation, they have buildings for instruction, they have books from which they are taught, they have the Word of the Lord, and many other things, except that their condition is different in regard to the circles they choose and are able to choose, and that their senses display to them many objects, so their understanding and will are controlled by different means. For in bodily life they are left to themselves to a much greater degree than after the life of the body, and are thus on a broader field of freedom, through which they are led about. 1748, 25 June.