Speaking with spirits, I said that every good person obtains from the Lord the maximum of joy, that is, even to the deepest for them, more than which they cannot bear. And even though in the deeper level there may be immeasurably greater joy, nevertheless those who wish for greater joy than the innermost one they have attained, are covetous. Moreover, if one should receive that deeper joy, one would be receiving something destructive of all, and of oneself, because one cannot bear it. So this is covetousness, that is, evil, as spirits confirmed, for when coveting was mentioned, they were almost dumbfounded, and became silent. 1748, 24 Sept.