13. It is a fact, well known in the other life, but entirely unknown in the world to-day, that no one is able to think and to will from himself, but that he does so from others: the link which connects all with the First of Life, that is, with the Lord, is such that anything not connected has no existence. Those who are in evils and falsities have their link with the hells, whence come their thought and desire; those who are in goods and truths have their link with heaven, and thence they draw their thought and desire. From this the origin and nature of the two kinds of freedom can also be clearly seen. That this is the case has been frequently shown.