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The Third Round: The Importance of not Identifying with what is of the Proprium as our Self
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From the work, Arcana Coelestia 4151.5-7 According to the doctrinals from the Word, the devil is continually endeavoring to seduce man, and is continually inspiring evil; and therefore when anyone commits a great crime; it is said that he has suffered himself to be led astray by the devil. And this is the real fact, although few if any believe …
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The Third Round: Faith Alone Understood from a Logopraxis Perspective
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From the work, Charity 11 11. It is clear then, from these considerations, that the first of charity is to shun evils as sins; which is done by repentance. Who does not see that an impenitent man is evil? And who does not see that an evil man has not charity? And who does not see that he who has …
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Remembering that the Lord Has Us in a Process
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From the work, Heaven and Hell 532 532. Everyone may know that thoughts are led or tend in accord with the intentions, that is, in the directions that one intends; for thought is man's internal sight, and resembles the external sight in this, that to whatever point it is directed or aimed, thither it turns and there it rests. Therefore …
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The Third Round: Logopraxis Isn't About Becoming a Better Person
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From the work, Arcana Coelestia 5854.2 The Lord could through angels lead man into good ends by omnipotent force; but this would be to take away the man's life, for his life consists in entirely contrary loves. Therefore the Divine law is inviolable, that man shall be in freedom, and that good and truth, or charity and faith, shall be …
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The Third Round: The Coat of Many Colours; Heaven's Perfection is Found in Its Diversity
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For the work, Arcana Coelestia 4677 And he made him a tunic* of various colors. That this signifies the appearances of truth thence, whereby the spiritual of the natural is known and distinguished, is evident from the signification of a "tunic," as being the truth of the natural, of which hereafter; and from the signification of "various colors," as being …
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