HHS31 566-588

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Sarah Walker
August 28, 2023 4:57 pm

HH 577… under these outward semblances the evil lay so concealed and obscure, that he scarcely knew himself the deep wickedness and cunning of his spirit; nor that in himself he is such a devil as he becomes after death, when his spirit comes into itself and into its own nature. … the Lord cannot protect man unless he acknowledges the Divine and lives a life of faith and charity; for otherwise he averts himself from the Lord and turns himself to infernal spirits, and thus his spirit becomes like wickedness. AC 6559…If evil spirits do any evil in the… Read more »

Michael Lock
Michael Lock
August 28, 2023 5:43 am

LP31: HH 566-581 Extracts from HH569:  ‘… all inflow from the spiritual world varies depending on how it is received or depending on the forms into which it flows. … the warmth and light from heaven’s sun, (which) is love. When that warmth or love flows into good recipients, like good people and spirits or angels, it makes their goodness fertile … when heaven’s light flows into the true perceptions of good will, it yields intelligence and wisdom … Everything depends on reception.’ HH569 as I Believe it Applies to Me All inflow into me from the spiritual world varies… Read more »

Ian Keal
August 25, 2023 9:12 am

HH 577 [4] Nevertheless, man is continually withdrawn by the Lord from the evils that he attaches and as it were attracts to himself by his affiliation with infernal spirits. If he is not withdrawn by the internal bonds of conscience, which he fails to receive if he denies a Divine, he is nevertheless withdrawn by external bonds, which are, as said above, fears in respect to the law and its penalties, and fears of the loss of gain and the deprivation of honor and reputation. In fact, such a man may be withdrawn from evils by means of the… Read more »

Ian Keal
September 7, 2023 9:48 am
Reply to  Ian Keal

I do believe that I was given an opportunity to experience silent, nefarious turnings and twistings, albeit in a much more subtle way. Every day, I would read through the numbers that I chose to focus on, along with the Principle and the Task. On one occasion I became aware of a desire to stop reading and put the piece of paper down. There were no words present, just an impulsive action of my right arm to move the page away from my sight, accompanied by a feeling of saturation. Genii? Maybe. Then the questions flooded in. What just happened?… Read more »