Selection from Arcana Coelestia ~ Emanuel Swedenborg
Enlightenment and Perception by the Lord through the Word
The Lord speaks with the man of the church in no other way than through the Word, for He then enlightens man so that he may see truth, and also gives him perception to perceive that it is so; but this is effected according to the quality of the desire for truth with the man, and the desire for truth with a man is according to his love of it.
They who love truth for the sake of truth are in enlightenment, and they who love truth for the sake of good are in perception
(from Arcana Coelestia 10290)
