Heavenly Doctrine (Tafel) n. 82

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82. Man's Self (proprium) (concerning which see the Doctrine at no. 70), that it is the Love of Self and the World. A man's Self (proprium) is nothing but dense evil, nos. 210, 215, 731, 874-876, 987, 1047, 2307, 2308, 3518, 3701, 3812, 8480, 8550, 10283, 10284, 10286, 10731. The Self (proprium) of a man is his voluntary [or will] part, no. 4328. A man's Self (proprium) consists in his loving himself more than God, and the world more than heaven, and in holding the neighbour of no account, in comparison with himself; thus it consists in the love of self and the world, nos. 694, 731, 4317, 5660. Not only all evil, but also all falsity, spring from a man's Self (proprium); and this falsity the falsity of evil, nos. 1047, 10283, 10284, 10286. A man's Self (proprium) is hell with him, nos. 694, 8480. Whoever therefore is led by Self (proprium) cannot be saved, no. 10731. The good which a man does from Self (proprium) is not good, but in itself is evil, because it is done for the sake of self and of the world, no. 8480. The man's Self (proprium) must be separated, in order that the Lord may be present, no. 1023, 1044. And it is actually separated when the man is being reformed, nos. 9334-9336, 9452, 9454, 9938. This is done by the Lord alone, no. 9445. By regeneration a man receives a heavenly Self (proprium), nos. 1937, 1947, 2881, 2883, 2891. This appears to him as Self (proprium); yet it is not his, but the Lord's with him, no. 8497. Those who are in this Self (proprium) are in freedom itself, because freedom consists in being led by the Lord and by His Self (proprium), nos. 892, 905, 2872, 2886, 2890-2892, 4096, 9586, 9587, 9589-9591. All freedom is from self (proprium), and its quality is according thereto, no. 2880. The quality of the heavenly self (proprium), nos. 164, 5660, 8480. How the heavenly self (proprium) is implanted, nos. 1712, 1937, 1947.


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