Wisdom from Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 - 1772): Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to

Wisdom from Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 - 1772):

Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own

Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want, and do.

The sky is an enormous man.

This I can declare: things that are in heaven are more real than things that are in the world.

Everything good or true that the angels inspire in us is God’s, so God is constantly talking to us. He talks very differently, though, to one person than to another.

For heaven is within us, and people who have heaven within them come into heaven. The heaven within us is our acknowledgment of the Divine and our being led by the Divine.

Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.