Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 2517

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2517. No one should wish to come higher into heaven than the Lord sees fit

You may see what was said above [2513], that when they are good or have faith, all are allotted their own places, and each one in that place experiences the highest joy; and if they are drawn by fantasy to come into a higher heaven, they thereby lose all their joy. For those who had been in inward regions, and were not yet disposed to receive that joy, declared that they wanted to return into their own heaven.


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