WHAT IS LOVE AND WISDOM?

"What is love without the understanding of how to express it, or wisdom without love to guide and motivate? They are nothing. What are love and wisdom without action, or a life where these can find fulfillment? They are nothing. Love and wisdom are only actual, that is, real, if they are used in life."-Emanuel Swedenborg

THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE

"It is the law of divine providence that we should not be compelled by outward means to believe and love things that belong to religion, but that we should bring ourselves to believe and love, and sometimes compel ourselves."- Emanuel Swedenborg

WHAT IS PRAYER?

"Prayer is truth coming from the heart, and we are continually at prayer when we live according to that truth."- Emanuel Swedenborg

LIVING PRAYER

"When we pray from the heart, there comes an answer in he form of a gentle perception of some truth. When we live by that truth, our lives become a LIVING PRAYER." Emanuel Swedenborg

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