Afterlife: A Guided Tour of Heaven and Its Wonders - Swedenborg ...

AFTERLIFE
After spirits have been prepared for heaven in these
learn ing sites (which does not take long, because they are
surrounded by spiritual concepts that comprehend a great
deal at once), they are dressed in angelic clothing, usually
white as linen, taken to a path that leads up toward
heaven, and turned over to guardian angels there. Then
they are accepted by other angels and put in touch with
their communities and with a host of blessings. The Lord
then takes each angel to her or his community. This hap -
pens in various ways, sometimes with detours. No angel
knows the paths along which they are taken, only the
Lord. When they arrive at their own communities, their
inner natures are opened, and since they are in harmony
with the inner natures of the angels who are members of
that community, they are recognized instantly and
accepted with joy.
It Is Not So Hard to Lead a Heaven-Bound Life
as People Think It Is
Some people believe it is hard to lead the heaven-bound
life that is called “spiritual” because they have heard that
we need to renounce the world and give up the desires
attributed to the body and the flesh and “live spiritually.”
All they understand by this is spurning worldly interests,
especially concerns for money and prestige, going around
in constant devout meditation about God, salvation, and
eternal life, devoting their lives to prayer, and reading the
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