Heaven and Hell - Swedenborg Foundation

HEAVEN AND HELL 508
Infernal freedom, which consists in being led by the loves of self and of the
world, is not freedom but servitude (n. 2884, 2890).
For servitude is in being led by hell (n. 9586, 9589–9591).
INFLUX
[5] All things that man thinks and wills flow into him; from experience (n.
904, 2886–2888, 4151, 4319, 4320, 5846, 5848, 6189, 6191, 6194,
6197–6199, 6213, 7147, 10219).
Man’s capacity to give attention to subjects, to think, and to draw
conclusions analytically, is from influx (n. 4319, 4320, 5288).
Man could not live a single moment if influx from the spiritual world were
taken away from him; from experience (n. 2887, 5849, 5854, 6321).
The life that flows in from the Lord varies in accordance with the state of
man and in accordance with reception (n. 2069, 5986, 6472, 7343).
With those who are evil the good that flows in from the Lord is changed
into evil, and the truth into falsity; from experience (n. 3642, 4632).
The good and truth that continually flow in from the Lord are received
just to the extent that they are not hindered by evil and falsity (n. 2411,
3142, 3147, 5828).
[6] All good flows in from the Lord, and all evil from hell (n. 904, 4151).
At the present day man believes that all things are in himself and are from
himself, when in fact they flow in; and this he might know from the doctrine
of the church, which teaches that all good is from God, and all evil from the
devil (n. 4249, 6193, 6206).
But if man’s belief were in accord with this doctrine he would not
appropriate evil to himself nor would he make good to be his own (n. 6206,
6324, 6325).
How happy man’s state would be if he believed that all good flows in from
the Lord and all evil from hell (n. 6325).