4. The order of influx
1. As man instructs his understanding, he prepares it for the reception of light, and hence for wisdom from heaven.
2. As man does the goods of charity, he prepares the will for the reception of the heat of heaven, or of love.
3. Like one who cuts a diamond, he makes preparation for the splendor of light to be diffused from himself.
4. As man makes himself an organ of influx, heaven flows into him, and thus that which is from the Lord out of heaven.
5. As man makes himself spiritual from the Lord, so the Lord made Himself Divine from the Father.
6. The order of influx is this, that man should live according to the laws of order, and in proportion as he does so, he becomes a recipient: wherefore the Lord says, "If anyone hears and keeps My commandments, he loves Me, and I will love him and make My abode with him."
7. Each love knows its own love, and they unite reciprocally, or mutually and alternately.
8. The Lord conjoins Himself to man, as man conjoins himself to the Lord; not otherwise. And man conjoins himself to the Lord, as the Lord conjoins Himself to man. The Lord perpetually conjoins Himself.
