[5] All things that man thinks and wills flow into him
from experience (n. 904, 2886-2888, 4151, 4319, 4320,
5846, 5848, 6189, 6191, 6194, 6197-6199, 6213, 7147,
10219).
Man's capacity to give attention to subjects, to think,
and to draw conclusions analytically, is from influx (n.
4319, 4320, 5288).
Man could not live a single moment if influx from the
spiritual world were taken away from him; from experience
(n. 2887, 5849, 5854, 6321).
The life that flows in from the Lord varies in accordance
with the state of man and in accordance with reception (n.
2069, 5986, 6472, 7343).
With those who are evil the good that flows in from the
Lord is changed into evil, and the truth into falsity;
from experience (n. 3642, 4632).
The good and truth that continually flow in from the Lord
are received just to the extent that they are not hindered
by evil and falsity (n. 2411, 3142, 3147, 5828).
[6] All good flows in from the Lord, and all evil from
hell (n. 904, 4151).
At the present day man believes that all things are in
himself and are from himself, when in fact they flow in;
and this he might know from the doctrine of the church,
which teaches that all good is from God, and all evil from
the devil (n. 4249, 6193, 6206).
But if man's belief were in accord with this doctrine he
would not appropriate evil to himself nor would he make
good to be his own (n. 6206, 6324, 6325).
How happy man's state would be if he believed that all
good flows in from the Lord and all evil from hell. (n.
6325).
Those who deny heaven or who know nothing about it do not
know that there is any influx from heaven (n. 4322, 5649,
6193, 6479).
What influx is, illustrated by comparisons (n. 6128, 6190,
9407).
[7] Everything of life flows in from the first fountain of
life, because that is the source of it; and it continually
flows in thus everything of life is from the Lord (n.
3001, 3318, 3337, 3338, 3344, 3484, 3619, 3741-3743,
4318-4320, 4417, 4524, 4882, 5847, 5986, 6325, 6468-6470,
6479, 9276, 10196).
Influx is spiritual and not physical, that is, influx is
from the spiritual world into the natural, and not from
the natural into the spiritual (n. 3219, 5119, 5259, 5427,
5428, 5477, 6322, 9110).
Influx is through the internal man into the external, or
through the spirit into the body, and not the reverse,
because the spirit of man is in the spiritual world, and
his body in the natural (n. 1702, 1707, 1940, 1954, 5119,
5259, 5779, 6322, 9380).
The internal man is in the spiritual world and the
external in the natural world (n. 978, 1015, 3628, 4459,
4523, 4524, 6057, 6309, 9701-9709, 10156, 10472).
There is an appearance that there is an influx from the
externals of man into internals, but this is a fallacy (n.
3721).
With man there is influx into things rational, and through
these into knowledges, and not the reverse (n. 1495, 1707,
1940).
What the order of influx is (n. 775, 880, 1096, 1495,
7270).
There is direct influx from the Lord, and likewise mediate
influx through the spiritual world or heaven (n. 6063,
6307, 6472, 9682, 9683).
The Lord's influx is into the good in man, and through
good into truth, and not the reverse (n. 5482, 5649, 6027,
8685, 8701, 10153).
Good gives the capacity to receive influx from the Lord,
but truth without good does not (n. 8321).
Nothing that flows into the thought is harmful, but only
what flows into the will, since this is what is
appropriated to man (n. 6308).
[8] There is a general influx (n. 5850).
This is a continual effort to act in accordance with order
(n. 6211).
This influx is into the lives of animals (n. 5850).
Also into the subjects of the vegetable kingdom (n. 3648).
It is in accord with this general influx that thought
falls into speech with man, and will into acts and
movements (n. 5862, 5990, 6192, 6211).