20. It is stated that man is kept in freedom to turn himself this way or that. Every man has this freedom not from himself but from the Lord; and therefore it is said that he is kept in it. Concerning the equilibrium between heaven and hell, and that man is in this equilibrium and consequently in freedom, see the work on HEAVEN AND HELL Nos. 589-596 and Nos. 597- 603. That every man is kept in freedom, and that freedom is taken away from no one, will be seen in the proper place.