497. Every spirit can be controlled through the feelings, and thus be brought to whatever it pleases the Savior. Then they are brought whithersoever it pleases Him; but they should still be carried along by understanding. This is so for many reasons, the principal one being that character, and thus will, must necessarily develop through understanding in order for the person to participate in it; for without the exercise of our understanding, we do not realize that our own self is involved. There are very many further reasons, having to do with the human being's regeneration.