What is implanted in
freedom endures, but not what is
implanted under compulsion
(n. 9588).
For this reason no one
is ever deprived of his freedom (n.
2876, 2881). The
Lord compels no one (n. 1937, 1947).
Compelling one’s
self is from freedom, but not being
compelled (n. 1937,
1947).
A man ought to compel
himself to resist evil (n. 1937,
1947, 7914).
Also to do good as if
from himself, and yet to acknowledge
that it is from the
Lord (n. 2883, 2891, 2892, 7914).
Man has a stronger freedom in the temptation combats in which he conquers, since he then compels himself more interiorly to resist, although it appears otherwise (n. 1937, 1947, 2881).
[4] Infernal freedom
consists in being led by the loves of
self and of the world
and their lusts (n. 2870, 2873).
Those who are in hell know no other freedom (n. 2871).
Heavenly freedom is
as far removed from infernal freedom
as heaven is from hell
(n. 2873, 2874).
Infernal freedom, which
consists in being led by the loves
of self and of the world,
is not freedom but servitude (n.
2884, 2890).
For servitude is in
being led by hell (n. 9586,
9589-9591).
Influx.
[5] All things that man thinks and wills flow into him from experience (n. 904, 2886-2888, 4151, 4319, 4320, 5846, 5848, 6189, 6191, 6194, 6197-6199, 6213, 7147, 10219).
Man’s capacity
to give attention to subjects, to think,
and to draw conclusions
analytically, is from influx (n.
4319, 4320, 5288).
Man could not live a
single moment if influx from the
spiritual world were
taken away from him; from experience
(n. 2887, 5849, 5854,
6321).
The life that flows
in from the Lord varies in accordance
with the state of man
and in accordance with reception (n.
2069, 5986, 6472, 7343).
With those who are evil
the good that flows in from the
Lord is changed into
evil, and the truth into falsity;
from experience (n.
3642, 4632).
The good and truth that
continually flow in from the Lord
are received just to
the extent that they are not hindered
by evil and falsity
(n. 2411, 3142, 3147, 5828).
[6] All good flows in
from the Lord, and all evil from
hell (n. 904, 4151).
At the present day man believes that all things are in himself and are from himself, when in fact they flow in; and this he might know from the doctrine of the church, which teaches that all good is from God, and all evil from the devil (n. 4249, 6193, 6206).
But if man’s belief
were in accord with this doctrine he
would not appropriate
evil to himself nor would he make
good to be his own (n.
6206, 6324, 6325).


