Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 2365

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2365. About human Freedom

One Law of order in the government of the universe by the Lord is that everyone is left in freedom. For without freedom, there is no life, nor any worship, and without freedom there is no correction. There is freedom in the other life also, but an apparent freedom. Everyone is allowed to will, an ability they think to be their own, nor can they distinguish it from the freedom in bodily life,* as they have told me several times. But there is a difference. 1748, 20 June. * The expression here is "the other life," but in this case meaning life in the world.


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