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

WHAT LOVE IN MARRIAGE?

"In its essence, true love in marriage is nothing else than the willing of two to be one, that is, their desire that the two shall become one life." - Emanuel Swedenborg

THE DIVINE CONNECTION

"We have a connection with the Divine, and our inmost being is such that we can receive the Divine and not only receive it, but also make it our own by acknowledgment and love, thus by reciprocating.

Since we are implanted in the Divine, we can never die. For we are in what is eternal and infinite, not only because it flows into us, but because we receive it."- Emanuel Swedengorg