Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8114

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8114. I could see that they enjoyed a state of happiness even more internal, and that they were capable of accepting a state of happiness still more internal than that. It is seen in the fact that their interiors are not closed but opened in the Lord's direction; for the more opened interiors are, the more they are capable of accepting Divine Good and Divine happiness. It is altogether different with those whose lives do not conform to the order of heaven. Their interiors are closed and their exteriors opened in the direction of hell, from which flow feelings of contempt for others, hatred, vengeance, and cruelty, which they delight to vent against those who do not defer to them or fall in with their wishes.


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