By a spiritual mental image I realized quite clearly that nothing else is required of human beings than to be compliant vessels, that is, that all things in them to the very least be as it were yielding, and thus adapting themselves and thus conforming to the things being poured in by the Lord through angels and spirits, in such a way as not to resist or reject the things being poured in. In order that one may not be resistant, but yielding, it is necessary that one have faith, and truth of faith, and be nothing, and do nothing from self, but let oneself be acted on, thus acting as if on our own-with ineffable happiness. When it comes to matters of belief and, to be sure, to everything pertaining to faith, we must with every single thought be absorbed in love of the neighbor and compassion and innocence, in order to be such a vessel and be able to enjoy happiness and experience the effect of those things that are being poured in by the Lord through the heavens. 1748, 1 July. This was confirmed by angels, who told that they were in such a state, when it pleased the Lord.