Since there is no life but the one, that is, the Lord's, and all who are in the heavens and on earth are only forms, or substances shaped for receiving life, the question could arise as to what the origin is of objects of thinking. Everyone knows that no thinking can exist without a given object, following the rule that objects have to activate the senses. The answer is, the Lord, who loves the preservation of each and every individual in the heavens and on earth, and has compassion on them. From Him comes every object, which, from its origin is Divine and most holy, but when it comes down into forms or shaped substances that are distorted, then thoughts come forth according to the form and character of each one. But because the Lord constantly has compassion on them, and intends and plans their salvation, it cannot possibly fail, because of their most holy origin, that all things down to the very least be held in an order outside of which no one can slip, unless it be for his or her own good. 1748, 15 June.