126. Once the Lord has transplanted a love for heavenly life in place of a love for hellish life, then he transplants desires for what is good and true in place of cravings for what is evil and false, the pleasures of impulses to do good in place of the pleasures of impulses toward what is evil and false, and the good actions of heavenly love in place of the evil actions of hellish love--eventually genuine care in place of cleverness, and wise thought processes in place of malicious ones. In this way we are begotten anew and become new people. Teachings about Life for the New Jerusalem 67-73, 74-79, 80-86, and 87-91 tells which good qualities take the place of evil ones. In 32-41, it explains that we come to love truths of wisdom to the extent that we abstain from evils as sins and dislike them; and in 42-52 that we have faith and become spiritual to the same extent.
