Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 9704

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9704. When intelligence permeates what a person thinks and wisdom what he wills, thought and will spring from the internal man; but when intelligence does not permeate what a person thinks nor wisdom what he wills, thought and will do not spring from the internal man. Consequently when a person's thought about the Lord and things that are the Lord's is right and good, and his thought about the neighbour and things that are the neighbour's is right and good, and when his will in regard to all this is right and good, his thought and will spring from the internal man. But when a person's thought about them is wrong and bad, and his will is wrong and bad, his thought and will do not spring from the internal man. Right thinking is a product of belief in what is true, and right willing a product of the love of what is good. But wrong thinking is a product of belief in what is false, and wrong willing a product of the love of what is evil.


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