54、在任何意义上都不能说天堂在任何人之外。天堂在人里面，因为每位天使都照着他里面的天堂而接受外面的天堂。事实上，除非天堂在人里面，否则外面的天堂不能流入并被接受丝毫。｛注1｝这清楚地表明，以下的认识是何等的错误：进入天堂只是简单地被带到天使当中、而不论他内在的生命如何；天堂是凭着直接的怜悯｛注2｝而被恩赐给每个人的。｛注3｝许多灵人有这种错误观念，因着这样的信仰，他们被提入天堂。然而，因他们的内在生命与天使的生命完全相反，以至于他们一到那里，其理智官能就开始变得盲目，直到他们变得像傻瓜一样；而他们的意志官能开始备受折磨，直到他们变得像疯子。总之，那些生活败坏的人进入天堂后喘不过气来，翻滚扭曲，如同出水进入空气的鱼，又像动物在抽干了空气的真空中。｛注4｝由此可见，天堂不在人的外面，而是在人里面。｛注5｝
｛注1｝：【中】“事实上...丝毫”这句话和下一句在中译时位置作了调换，意思更清楚。
｛注2｝：【中】“直接的怜悯”意思是“仅仅凭着主的怜悯”。
｛注3｝：天堂不是出于直接的怜悯而是照着生命被赐予的；人通过生命中的诸多事物而被主引入天堂，这些事物都属于怜悯，这才是怜悯的意思（5057，10659）。天堂若能出于直接的怜悯被赐下，早就被赐给所有人了（2401）。一些以为“天堂是出于直接怜悯而被赐给每个人”的恶灵从天上摔下来（4226）。
｛注4｝：【英63】这里“在真空中”的原文意思是“在以太（ether）中”。史威登堡分享了那个时代的信念，即存在一种比空气更稀有的大气，称为“以太”，不会被气泵耗尽。他深信不可能有绝对的真空，因为这将意味着实相的无缝结构彻底断裂。例如，参见他1763年的作品《圣爱与圣智》（82）。【中】译者以为，史威登堡在这里借用“以太”一词来表达一种理念，即在真空中也存在着比空气更为本质的存在。现在从科学的角度看，真空中也会存在电磁场、引力波和暗物质等。从史威登堡的著作中可以看出，灵性事物是比物质世界更为本质的存在，而最为本质的存在是神性（the Divine），表现为流注（influx）、灵光或灵气场（acura）、爱和智慧等。前面提到的《圣爱与圣智》（82）的内容是牛顿与天使谈“真空”。
｛注5｝：天堂在人里面（3884）。【中】在谈到天堂中的天使时，有时会称为“天堂里的人”，意思是一样。史威登堡的著作告诉世人，天使就是进入了天堂的人（参阅74）。
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54. 我们断不能说天堂在任何人之外; 天堂在他里面. 因为每位天使都照着他里面的天堂而接受在他之外的天堂. 这清楚表明, 凡以为进入天堂只是简单地被带到天使当中, 无论他的内在生命如何, 因而天堂凭直接怜悯被恩赐给每个人的人受到何等大的误导; 而事实上, 除非天堂在人之内, 否则在外的天堂丝毫无法流入并被接受. 有许多灵人持有这种观点. 由于这种信仰, 他们被提入天堂; 但因他们的内层生命与天使的生命完全相反, 以致他们一到那里, 其理解官能就开始变瞎, 直到他们变得像傻瓜; 他们的意愿官能开始备受折磨, 直到他们变得像疯子. 简言之, 那些生活邪恶的人进入天堂后呼吸急促, 翻来覆去, 就像从水中进入空气的鱼, 或像空气耗尽后在真空中的动物. 由此可见, 天堂在人之内, 不在人之外.
注: 天堂不是出于直接怜悯而是照着生命被赐下的; 人藉以被主引入天堂的该生命的一切就属于怜悯, 这才是怜悯的意思(天国的奥秘 5057, 10659节). 天堂若能出于直接怜悯被赐下, 早就被赐给所有人了(天国的奥秘 2401节). 一些以为天堂出于直接怜悯被赐给每个人的恶灵从天上摔下来(天国的奥秘 4226节). 天堂在人里面(天国的奥秘 3884节).
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54. 我們斷不能說天國在人之外。天國在人裡面, 因為天人都是照內在的天國接收外在的天國。由此可見, 以為進天國就是純粹在於主的憐憫而被帶入天人當中, 與人的內在生命無關, 那是大錯特錯了。恰恰相反, 除非天國在人裡面, 外在的天國就沒有任何元素流入並被接收。
有一些靈持有上述觀念, 為此, 他們被帶到天國。由於他們的內在生命與天人的生命全然對立, 以致剛剛到達, 其知性就開始變得昏昧, 乃至呆頭呆腦, 其意志也受到折磨, 仿佛癲狂了一般。簡而言之, 生活敗壞的人進入天國, 就像魚兒離開了水, 必要遭受痛苦。由此可見, 天國在內不在外。
54. It can never be said that heaven is outside anyone. It is within; because every angel accepts the heaven that is outside in keeping with the heaven that is within. We can see, then, how mistaken people are who think that getting into heaven is simply a matter of being taken up among the angels, regardless of the quality of their inner life, who believe that heaven is granted merely because of [the Lord's] mercy. 1On the contrary, unless heaven is within an individual, nothing of the heaven that is outside flows in and is accepted.
There are many spirits who hold this opinion and who, because of their faith, have been taken up into heaven. However, once they arrived, because their inner life was contrary to the life angels are engaged in, they began to be blinded in their understanding to the point that they became virtually idiotic, while in regard to their self-control they began to be so tormented that they carried on like people gone mad. In short, people who have lived evil lives and who arrive in heaven bring their souls with them and are tormented like fish out of water, in the air, or like animals in the vacuum in air pumps once the air has been pumped out. It stands to reason, then, that heaven is within us and not outside. 2
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1. Heaven is not granted out of sheer mercy, but according to our life; and every trace of the life through which we are led into heaven by the Lord is from mercy, which is what "mercy" means: 5057, 10659. If heaven were given by sheer mercy, it would be given to everyone: 2401. Information about some evil people who had been rejected from heaven, and who believed that heaven was granted to everyone out of sheer mercy: 4276 [4226?].
2. 3884.
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54. It can in no case be said that heaven is outside anyone; it is within him. For it is in accordance with the heaven that is within him that every angel receives the heaven that is outside him. This makes clear how greatly deceived is he who believes that to come into heaven is simply to be taken up among angels, whatever he may be as to his interior life, thus that heaven is granted to each one by immediate (immediata) mercy, when in fact, unless heaven is within anyone, nothing of the heaven that is outside inflows and is received. There are many spirits who are of this opinion. Because of this belief they were taken up into heaven; but their interior life being contrary to the life in which angels are, they began to be blinded as to their intellectual faculties when they came there, until they became like fools, and they began to be tortured in their voluntary faculties until they behaved like madmen. In a word, those who live wickedly and come into heaven gasp for breath and writhe about just like fish out of water in the air, or like animals in the ether in an air-pump when the air has been exhausted. From this it can be confirmed that heaven is within and not outside anyone. 1
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1. Heaven is not granted from immediate mercy, but according to the life; and the all of that life, by which man is led of the Lord to heaven, is from mercy, and this is the meaning of mercy (Arcana Coelestia 5057, 10659).
If heaven were granted from immediate mercy, it would be granted to all
(Arcana Coelestia 2401).
Concerning some evil spirits cast down from heaven, who believed that heaven was granted to anyone from immediate mercy (Arcana Coelestia 4226).
Heaven is in man (Arcana Coelestia 3884).
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54. It can in no sense be said that heaven is outside of any one; it is within him. For it is in accordance with the heaven that is within him that each angel receives the heaven that is outside of him. This makes clear how greatly misled is he who believes that to come into heaven is simply to be taken up among angels, without regard to what one's interior life may be, thus that heaven is granted to each one by mercy apart from means; 1when, in fact, unless heaven is within one, nothing of the heaven that is outside can flow in and be received. There are many spirits who have this idea. Because of this belief they have been taken up into heaven; but when they came there, because their interior life was contrary to the angelic life, their intellectual faculties began to be blinded until they became like fools; and they began to be tortured in their voluntary faculties until they became like madmen. In a word, if those that have lived wickedly come into heaven they gasp for breath and writhe about, like fishes out of water in the air, or like animals in ether in an airpump when the air has been exhausted. From this it can be seen that heaven is not outside of a man, but within him. 2
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54. Nusquam dici potest, quod caelum sit extra aliquem, sed intra nam omnis angelus secundum caelum quod intra illum est, recipit caelum quod extra illum est. Inde patet, quantum fallitur qui credit quod venire in caelum, sit solum elevari inter angelos, qualiscunque sit quoad vitam interiorem suam; ita quod caelum detur cuique ex immediata misericordia; 1cum tamen nisi caelum sit intra aliquem, nihil caeli quod extra est, influit et recipitur. Sunt multi spiritus, qui in tali opinione sunt, ac ideo quoque propter fidem suam, in caelum evecti sunt sed cum ibi erant, quia interior vita eorum contraria erat vitae in qua angeli, coeperunt quoad intellectualia sua occaecari, usque ut facti sint sicut fatui, et quoad voluntaria sua cruciari usque ut gererent se sicut dementes verbo, qui male vivunt, et in caelum veniunt, trahunt ibi animam et torquentur comparative sicut pisces extra aquas in atmosphaera et sicut animalia in antliis pneumaticis in aethere extracto aere. Inde constare potest, quod caelum sit intra et non extra aliquem. 2
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