WHAT IS WISDOM?

"True wisdom is seeing what is beneficial to our eternal life and managing our present life according to that knowledge."- Emanuel Swedenborg

HOW DOES THE LORD HELP US?

"THE LORD DOES NOT WITHDRAW US FROM OUR PERSONAL HELL UNLESS WE SEE THAT WE ARE IN HELL AND WISH TO BE LED OUT" - Emanual Swedengorg

WHAT IS LOVE?

"Love of a woman and a man is precious because it embodies the union of love and wisdom in God and also in creation. Wisdom and love desire to be one and have no greater delight than when they are one." - Emanuel Swedenborg

THE FACE OF GOD

"EVERY IDEA IS IMPRINTED WITH THE FACE OF GOD" - Emanuel Swedenborg

TELLING THE TRUTH

"A person can say something 'truthful' that is literally correct but not necessarily right. Similarly, a person can express something true that isn't necessarily good. To speak the truth alone without love is to speak from judgment without mercy. Love gives truth its light ans its healing power. Any real truth has love within it and leads to good actions."- Emanuel Swedenborg

HOW TO ATTAIN ENLIGHTENMENT

"We attain enlightenment when we love truth for the sake of truth, and not for the sake of self-promotion or worldly gain." - Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS HEAVEN and HELL?

"Heaven and Hell are actual spiritual abodes, but they are also states of life and of mind. We create our own Heaven and Hell by the free choices we make in life. For those of us who are trying to escape the hell we have created for ourselves, the Lord is always ready to offer a hand and draw us up to higher ground. But this cannot be accomplished unless we see the state we are in, desire to be set free, and take his hand." - Emmanuel Swedenborg