Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 2518

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2518. Indeed it is obvious what fantasy it is to want to come into heaven, or from arrogance to create a society over which one presides as the uppermost to whom the others are subordinated. Such a fantasy in the other life has no other effect than to destroy one's happiness, for no such subordination exists. It is the Lord Alone Who should be adored. All happiness originates from the mutual love of one toward another, as can be clear enough to everyone, for to put one's happiness in falsity and in the opposite [of mutual love] is to destroy one's joy.


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