204. As said, the offspring born of people who are in a state of truly conjugial love inherit inclinations and faculties, if a son, to perceive matters having do to with wisdom, if a daughter, to love the things that wisdom teaches; and the reason is that from creation a conjugial union between good and truth has been implanted in the soul of everyone, and also from the soul in subsequent elements. Indeed, as we have shown before,* this conjugial relationship fills the universe from the firsts to the lasts of it, from human beings all the way down to worms. Moreover, as we have also indicated previously,** every person from creation has implanted in him a capacity to open the lower regions of his mind to the point of union with its higher ones, which are in the light and warmth of heaven. It is clear from this that offspring who are born of a marriage in which this has been the case, from birth inherit a greater ability and readiness to join good to truth and truth to good, thus to become wise, than others. Consequently they also inherit a greater ability and readiness to absorb matters that have to do with the church and heaven. That conjugial love is tied together with these is something we have already demonstrated many times. This makes plainly evident to the sight of reason the purpose for which the Lord the Creator has provided and continues to provide marriages of truly conjugial love. * See no. 92. ** See no. 188.