395# 此三爱自创造、并由出生而在每一个人里面；并且当它们依正当秩序而相互从属时，便成全人；若不依正当秩序，则败坏人。此事将在下一条中加以证明。这里只须指出：当天堂之爱为头，世界之爱为胸与腹，自我之爱为足与足底时，此三爱便依正当秩序而相互从属。
如前屡次所言，人的心智分为三个区域。人从最高区域仰望上帝，从第二即中间区域观看世界，从第三即最低区域观看自己。心智既是如此，便能被提升，也能自行向上提升，因为它趋向上帝与天堂；又能流展，也能自行向四旁流展，因为它趋向世界及其自然；并且能被降下，也能自行向下降低，因为它趋向尘地与地狱。身体之视觉在此诸方面仿效心智之视觉：它也能仰视、环视与俯视。
【2】人的心智犹如一座有三层居所的房屋，其间有阶梯相通；最高层中居住从天堂而来的天使，中层中居住世上的人，最低层中居住精灵。凡此三爱在其中依正当秩序而相互从属的人，便能随意上升与下降；当他升入最高居所时，便与天使为一，如同天使；当他由此降至中间居所时，便在那里与世人为一，如同天使般的人；当他从此再往下降时，便与精灵为一，如同世上的人，并且教导他们、责备他们、制伏他们。
【3】凡此三爱在其中依正当秩序而相互从属的人，其三爱也如此相互协调：最高之爱，即天堂之爱，在第二之爱即世界之爱之内；并借此在第三即最低之爱，也就是自我之爱之内。凡在内之爱，也必照其意旨指引外在之爱。因此，若天堂之爱在世界之爱之内，并借世界之爱在自我之爱之内，人便在一切事上，由天堂之上帝而实行用。
此三爱在运作中，犹如意志、理智与行动。意志流入理智，并在那里为自己预备媒介，借这些媒介产生行动。关于这些，将在下一条中有更详尽的说明；届时将证明：此三爱若依正当秩序而相互从属，便成全人；若不依正当秩序，则败坏并颠倒人。
395# 本次讨论的下一部分（TCR 403-405节）将说明，这三种爱自创造，因而自出生时，就在每个人里面；当保持适当秩序时，它们会完善他，但当不受约束时，它们就会摧毁他。但这里只需提及，当天堂之爱构成头，世界之爱构成胸和腹，自我之爱构成脚和脚底时，这三种爱就具有正确的从属关系。如前面频繁所述（TCR 34，42，69，147，186，296节），人类心智分为三个区域。人从最高区域关注神，从第二或中间区域关注世界，从第三或最低区域关注自己。由于这就是心智的性质，所以它能被提升，也能向上提升自己，因为它能关注神和天堂；它能被扩展，也能朝四面八方扩展自己，因为它能关注世界及其性质；它能被降低，也能降低自己，因为它能关注大地和地狱。在这些方面，身体的视觉模仿了心智的视觉；身体的视觉也能向上、向四周和向下看。
人类心智就像通过楼梯相连的三层房子；天堂天使住在最高层，世人住在中间层，恶灵住在最低层。当这三种爱具有正确的从属关系时，人就可以在这所房子里随心所欲地上上下下。当他登上最高层时，他就作为一位天使而与天使们在一起；当他从最高层下到中间层时，他就作为一个天使人而与世人在一起；当他从中间层再往下时，他就作为一个世界的人而与恶灵在一起，他教导、责备并制服这些恶灵。
当这三种爱具有正确的从属关系时，它们还会如此协调一致：最高层的爱，即天堂之爱，从内在存在于第二层的爱，即世界之爱里面，并通过这爱而存在于第三层或最低层的爱，即自我之爱里面；在里面的爱随意支配在外面的爱。因此，当天堂之爱从内在存在于世界之爱里面，并通过这爱而存在于自我之爱里面时，人从天堂的神那里以每一种爱来履行功用。这三种爱在它们的运作中就像意愿、理解力和行动；因为意愿流入理解力，并在那里为自己提供采取行动的方法。关于这几点，详情可见于下文（TCR 403-405节），那里将说明，这三种爱当具有正确的从属关系时，会使人完善，但当缺乏正确的从属关系，它们会扭曲或颠倒并摧毁他。
395. The next part of this discussion [403-405] will show that these three categories of love are in each one of us from creation and by birth; when they are prioritized in the right way they improve us, but when they are not prioritized in the right way they damage us. At present it is enough to mention that these three loves are prioritized in the right way when our love for heaven plays the part of the head; our love for the world, the part of the chest and abdomen; and our love for ourselves, the part of the lower legs and feet.
As I have mentioned several times before [34, 42, 69, 147, 186, 296], the human mind is divided into three regions. From our highest region we focus on God; from our second or middle region we focus on the world; and from our third or lowest region we focus on ourselves. Because our mind has this structure, it can be lifted up or can lift itself up to focus on God and heaven; it can be spread out or spread itself out in every direction to focus on the world and its nature; and it can be lowered down or can lower itself down to focus on the earth and hell. In these respects physical sight emulates mental sight - physical sight too can look up, around, and down.
[2] The human mind is like a three-story house with stairs that provide transitions between levels. There are angels from heaven living on the top floor, people of the world on the middle floor, and demons on the bottom floor. People for whom these three categories of love have been prioritized in the right way can go up or down whenever they want. When they go up to the top floor, they are like angels among the angels there. When they go down to the middle floor, they are like angelic people with the people there. When they go even farther down, they are like worldly people with the demons there - they give the demons instructions, confront them, and tame them.
[3] When these three categories of love are properly prioritized in us, they are also coordinated in such a way that the highest love, our love for heaven, is present in the second love, our love for the world, and through that in the third or lowest love, our love for ourselves. In fact, the love that is inside steers the love that is outside wherever it wants. Therefore if a love for heaven is present in our love for the world and through that in our love for ourselves, with each type of love we accomplish useful things that are inspired by the God of heaven.
In operation these three loves function like the will, the intellect, and action: the will flows into the intellect, where it finds the means of producing action. There will be more on these last points in the next part of the discussion [403-405], which shows that if these three loves are prioritized in the right way, they improve us, but if they are not prioritized in the right way, they damage us and turn us upside down.
395. I shall prove in the next section [403-405] that every person is by creation and therefore from birth endowed with these three loves; and when they are properly ordered they increase a person's perfection, and when they are not, they corrupt him. For the moment it may be enough to remark that these three loves are properly ordered when the love of heaven makes up the head, the love of the world the chest and belly, and self-love the feet and soles of the feet. The human mind is divided into three levels, as I have said several times before; on the highest level a person looks towards God, on the second or middle level the world, and on the third or lowest level himself. Since the mind is like this, it can be raised or it can lift itself up, by looking to God and heaven; it can be spread or spread itself laterally in every direction, by looking to the world and nature in it; and it can sink or let itself down, by looking to the ground and to hell. In these respects the body's sight copies the mind's, for it too can look up, look around and look down.
[2] The human mind is like a house with three floors communicating by staircases. On the top floor live angels from heaven, on the middle floor people in the world, and on the bottom floor genii 1 . If a person has those three loves properly ordered, he can at will go up or down. When he climbs to the top floor he is with the angels and like one himself; when he comes down from there to the middle floor, there he is with people, like a man-angel; and when he comes even further down, he is with genii like a person in the world, and he instructs, reproves and tames them.
[3] When a person has those three loves properly ordered, they are also arranged among themselves so that the highest love, which is that of heaven, is inside the second, the love of the world, and by means of this in the third or lowest, which is self-love. The love which is inside also has complete control over the one which is outside. So if the love of heaven is inside the love of the world, and is by this means in self-love, then the person is guided by the God of heaven in the services he performs at each level. The three loves function like the will, the understanding and action. The will acts upon the understanding, and there seeks out means for itself which allow it to perform the action. But there will be more to be seen on this subject in the next section, where it will be proved that these three loves if properly ordered increase a person's perfection, and if not properly ordered, corrupt him and turn him upside down.
Footnotes:
1. Genii is a name used by Swedenborg for a class of evil spirits.
395. That these three loves reside in every man from creation and therefore from birth, and that when rightly subordinated they perfect him, and when not, they pervert him, will be shown in the next article. It may serve for the present merely to state, that these three loves are rightly subordinated when the love of heaven forms the head, the love of the world the breast and abdomen, and the love of self the feet and their soles. As repeatedly stated above, the human mind is divided into three regions. From the highest region man looks to God, from the second or middle region to the world, and from the third or lowest to himself. The mind being such it can be raised and can raise itself upward, because to God and to heaven; it can be extended and can extend itself to the sides in all directions, because into the world and its nature; and it can be let downward and let itself downward, because to earth and to hell. In these respects the bodily vision emulates the mind's vision; it also can look upward, round about, and downward.
[2] The human mind is like a house of three stories which communicate by stairs, in the highest of which angels from heaven dwell, in the middle men in the world, and in the lowest one, genii. The man in whom these three loves are rightly subordinated can ascend and descend in this house at his pleasure; and when he ascends to the highest story, he is in company with angels as an angel; and when he descends from that to the middle story he is in company with men as an angel man; and when from this he descends still further, he is in company with genii as a man of the world, instructing, reproving, and subduing them.
[3] In the man in whom these three loves are rightly subordinated, they are also coordinated thus: The highest love, which is the love of heaven, is inwardly in the second, which is the love of the world, and through this in the third or lowest, which is the love of self; and the love that is within directs at its will that which is without. So when the love of heaven is inwardly in the love of the world, and through this in the love of self, man from the God of heaven, performs uses in each. In their operation these three loves are like will, understanding, and action; the will flows into the understanding, and there provides itself with the means whereby it produces action. But on these points more will be seen in the following article, where it will be shown that these three loves, when rightly subordinated, perfect man, but when not rightly subordinated, pervert and invert him.
395. These three loves are in every man from creation, and therefore from birth, and they perfect him when kept in their proper order, but destroy him when not so regulated. This will be shown in the next article; but here it may be noted that these three loves are rightly subordinated when the love of heaven constitutes the head, the love of the world the breast and belly, and the love of self the feet and soles of the feet. The human mind, as has been frequently stated above, is divided into three regions, from the highest of which a man regards God, from the second or middle the world, and from the third or lowest himself. Since this is the nature of the mind, it can be raised, and can raise itself, upwards, because it can look towards God and heaven, it can be extended, and can extend itself on all sides, because it can look towards the world and nature of which the world forms a part; and it can be sent, and can send itself downwards, because it can look towards the earth and hell. In these respects bodily vision resembles mental vision, as it also can look upwards, around and downwards.
[2] The human mind is like a house of three storeys which communicate with one another by stairways; angels of heaven dwell in the highest of these storeys, in the middle, men of the world, and in the lowest, evil spirits (genii). When these three loves are rightly subordinated, a man can ascend and descend at pleasure. When he ascends to the highest storey, he is in company with angels as an angel; when from this he goes down to the middle storey he is there in company with men as a man-angel; and when he descends from this still lower he is in company with evil spirits as a man of the world, and these he instructs, reproves and subdues.
[3] When these three loves are duly subordinated they are also so co-ordinated that the highest love, the love of heaven, is inwardly within the second, the love of the world, and through this, within the third or lowest, the love of self; and the love which is within directs at its pleasure that which is without. Therefore, if the love of heaven is inwardly within the love of the world, and through this within the love of self, the man performs uses in the exercise of each of these loves, from the God of heaven. These three loves are in their operation like will, understanding and action; for the will enters by influx into the understanding, and there provides itself with means by which it proceeds to action. However, more will be seen concerning this in the following article, where it will be shown that these three loves, when they are rightly subordinated, perfect a man, but pervert and destroy him when they are not.
395. Quod tres illi Amores sint in unoquovis homine a creatione et inde nativitate, et quod dum rite subordinati sunt, perficiant hominem, et dum non rite, pervertant illum, in sequente Articulo demonstrabitur; hic solum memorare licet, quod tres illi amores tunc rite subordinati sint, quando Amor Coeli facit caput, Amor mundi pectus et ventrem, et Amor sui pedes et plantas. Mens humana distincta est in tres regiones, ut supra aliquoties dictum est; homo e suprema regione spectat Deum, e secunda seu media Mundum, ac e tertia seu infima semetipsum; Mens quia talis est, potest elevari et se elevare sursum, quia ad Deum et Coelum, potest effundi et se effundere ad latera quaquaversum, quia in Mundum et ejus naturam, et potest demitti et se demittere deorsum, quia ad terram et ad infernum; in his visus corporis aemulatur visum mentis; ille quoque potest suspicere, circumspicere, et despicere.
[2] Mens humana est sicut Domus trium mansionum, inter quas est communicatio per scalas, in quarum suprema habitant Angeli e Coelo, in media homines e Mundo, et in infima genii; homo, in quo tres illi amores rite subordinati sunt, potest ex placito ascendere et descendere, et cum in supremam mansionem ascendit, una est cum Angelis sicut Angelus, et cum inde descendit in mediam, est ibi una cum hominibus sicut homo Angelus, et cum ex hac ulterius descendit, est una cum geniis sicut homo mundi, et illos instruit, arguit, et domat.
[3] In homine, in quo tres illi Amores rite subordinati sunt, etiam coordinati sunt ita, quod supremus Amor, qui est amor coeli, sit intus in secundo, qui est amor mundi, et per hunc in tertio seu infimo, qui est amor sui, et amor qui intus est, is etiam dirigit illum qui extra est ad suum nutum; quare si amor Coeli est intus in amore Mundi, et per hunc in amore sui, homo agit usus in unoquovis a Deo Coeli. Sunt illi tres amores in operando, sicut Voluntas, Intellectus et Actio; Voluntas influit in Intellectum, et ibi prospicit sibi media, per quae producit actionem. Sed de his videbuntur plura in sequente Articulo, ubi demonstrabitur, Quod tres illi Amores, si rite subordinati sunt, perficiant hominem, at si non rite subordinati sunt, pervertant et invertant illum.