Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 10719

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10719. Heaven resides with a person in the inner self, thus in the person's thought and intentions, and from these in the outer self, that is, in the person's words and actions, but not in the outer self without the inner. For all hypocrites know how to say the right things and do the right things, but they are incapable of right thinking or of having right intentions. By right thinking and right intentions thoughts and intentions springing from a love of good and a belief in what is true should be understood.


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