DRAWING NEAR TO GOD

"So far as you approach and draw near to God, doing so entirely as if of your own accord, so far does God approach and draw near to you, and becomes one with you in your inmost being." - Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS MODERN LIFE?

"Modern life places too much emphasis on the here and now. Though it is important not to focus full attention on a particular time in the distant future, raising our thoughts above time and space toward what is infinite and eternal raises our mind above the whirlwind of temporal life."-Emanuel Swedenborg

WHERE IS HEAVEN & HELL?

"Hell and Heaven are near to people, in fact, within people. Hell exists within people who are in a state of evil. Heaven exists within people who are in a state of goodness. Even more than this, to the extent that people are receptive of the goodness of heaven, they are in heaven right now."- Emanuel Swedenborg

HOW DOES THE TRUTH SHINE?

"Truth does not shine from itself, because there is nothing flaming in it alone. It shines from goodness, for goodness is like a flame that gives forth light."-Emanual Swedenborg

HEAVENLY ANGELS

"Since the angels in heaven receive goodness from the Lord, they long for nothing more than to perform useful services.

These services are the very delight of their lives, and it is from them that they enjoy bliss and happiness." - Emanuel Swedenbborg

WHAT IS SPIRITUAL POWER?

"Spiritual power is to desire the well-being of another and to desire to give to another as far as possible what is within us." - Emanuel Swedenborg

DOING GOOD

"Unless we do the good that we intend, there is within us a failure to will that eventually becomes lack of desire to act." - Emanuel Swedenborg