Emanuel Swedenborg

Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#spirituality #love

The sky is an enormous man. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#nature #paganism #sky #nature

Everything good or true that the angels inspire in us is God’s, so God is constantly talking to us. He talks very differently, though, to one person than to another. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#god #heaven #inspiration #swedenborg #truth

The nature of heaven is to provide a place there for all who lead good lives, no matter what their religion may be. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#heaven #inclusion #nature #religion #swedenborg

Love comes into being through useful service to others. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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For the judgment was accomplished not only upon all the men of the Christian church, but also upon all who are called Mohammedans, and, moreover, upon all the Gentiles in the whole world. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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First of all it must be known who the God of heaven is, since upon that all the other things depend. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#consists #delight #desiring #feeling #give

The Divine of the Lord in heaven is love, for the reason that love is receptive of all things of heaven, such as peace, intelligence, wisdom and happiness. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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And as the Divine that goes forth from the Lord is the good of love and the truth of faith, the angels are angels and are heaven in the measure in which they receive good and truth from the Lord. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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