WHAT IS LOVE IN MARRIAGE?

"The love in marriage of one man to one woman is the precious jewel of human life . This love produces states of innocence, peace, tranquility, inmost friendship, complete trust, and a mutual desire of the mind and heart to do everything good for each other. Because of these qualities, this love also produces bliss, rapture, delight, pleasure, and owing to an eternal enjoyment of states like these, the happiness of heaven." - Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS WISDOM?

"Wisdom is a quality of the heart and life. When we attain wisdom, the issue is no longer a struggle to understand what is good and true, because what is good and true has become so incorporated into daily life that we become an embodiment of those values and loves."- Emanuel Swedenborg

ARE YOU QUALIFIED TO BE IN HEAVEN?

"Heaven consists of heartfelt desire for the good of others rather than our own good. It is serving others from love to promote their happiness, not for the sake of any selfish hope of reward." - Emanuel Swedenborg

GOD AND NATURE

"The ancients learned much about God and spirituality through nature. It was their Bible, so to speak. However, through the process of time, people began to focus more on the material aspects of nature rather than the spiritual life that is reflected within it. People ceased to see the reflection of God in nature and so lost a connection with him. This connection can be reestablished, and the Creator can be seen once again, through al of creation."- Emanuel Swedenborg

GOODNESS & TRUTH

"If we wish to receive a heavenly selfhood, we must do what is good and think what is true as if we were doing and thinking by our own powers, but still believe that all goodness and truth come from God."- Emanuel Swedenborg

EXPRESSION OF LOVE

"Love comes into being through useful service to others. In fact, the real joy of love is in its expression. Love that does not find expression soon dies."-Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS GENUINE WISDOM?

"Genuine wisdom involves humility. The wiser we become, the greater the realisation that there is so much more to learn and understand."- Emanuel Swedenborg