From these and other
like things heard from the angels it has been made clear to me how
great is their wisdom, and how great in comparison is the ignorance
of man, who scarcely knows what regeneration is, and is ignorant of
every least step of the process when he is being regenerated.
{Footnote 1} That which universally rules or is dominant in man
is in every particular of his life, thus in each thing and all
things of his thought and affection (n. 4459, 5949, 6159, 6571,
7648, 8067, 8853-8858). A man is such as his ruling love is (n.
917, 1040, 8858); illustrated by examples (n. 8854, 8857). That
which rules universally constitutes the life of the spirit of
man (n. 7648). It is his very will, his very love, and the end
of his life, since that which a man will he loves, and that
which he loves he has as an end (n. 1317, 1568, 1571, 1909,
3796, 5949, 6936). Therefore man is such as his will is, or
such as his ruling love is, or such as the end of his life is
(n. 1568, 1571, 3570, 4054, 6571, 6935, 6938, 8856, 10076,
10109, 10110, 10284).
270. The wisdom of the angels of the third or inmost heaven shall now
be described, and also how far it surpasses the wisdom of the angels
of the first or outmost heaven.
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