600、应该知道，人与天堂和地狱的结合不是直接地结合，而是通过灵人界的灵人间接地与它们结合，是这些灵人而不是来自地狱或天堂本身的灵人与人同在。人通过灵人界的恶灵与地狱相结合，通过那里的善灵与天堂相结合。正因为如此，灵人界在天堂和地狱中间，平衡就在那里。
灵人界在天堂和地狱的中间，可参见有关灵人界的章节（第421-431节）；天堂和地狱间的平衡就在那里，可参见前一章（第589-596节）。由此显明了人的自由的源头。
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600. 必须知道的是, 人与天堂并地狱的联结不是直接与它们联结, 而是通过灵人界的灵人间接与它们联结. 这些灵人与人同在, 他们无一来自地狱本身, 也无一来自天堂本身. 人通过灵人界的恶灵与地狱相联, 通过那里的善灵与天堂相联. 由于这种安排, 灵人界在天堂与地狱的中间, 处在一个平衡点上. 灵人界在天堂与地狱的中间, 这一点可见于有关灵人界的章节(天国的奥秘 421-431节); 天堂与地狱之间的平衡点就在灵人界, 这一点可见于前一章(天国的奥秘 589-596节). 由此可见人的自由来自何处.
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600. 我們當知, 世人與天國, 地獄不是直接相通, 而是通過靈界之靈間接相通。這些靈與世人同在, 他們既非來自地獄, 也非來自天國。通過靈界的惡靈, 我們與地獄相通;通過靈界的善靈, 我們與天國相通。因著這種安排, 靈界居於天國和地獄之間, 處在兩者的平衡點上。
600. We need to be aware that our union with heaven and with hell is not directly with them but is mediated by spirits who are in the world of spirits. These spirits are with us, none from hell itself or heaven itself. We are united to hell through evil spirits in the world of spirits and with heaven through the good spirits there. Because of this arrangement, the world of spirits is halfway between heaven and hell and is at the point of balance.
On the location of the world of spirits halfway between heaven and hell, see the chapter on the world of spirits (421-431); and on its being at the point of balance between heaven and hell, see the last chapter (589-596).
We can see from this where we get our freedom.
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600. It ought to be known that the conjunction of man with heaven and with hell is not an immediate conjunction with them, but a mediate conjunction by means of spirits who are in the world of spirits. These spirits, and none from hell itself or from heaven itself, are with man. By means of evil spirits in the world of spirits man is conjoined with hell, and by means of good spirits there he is conjoined with heaven. Because of this the world of spirits is intermediate between heaven and hell, and the equilibrium itself is there. (That the world of spirits is intermediate between heaven and hell may be seen in the section on the world of spirits, 421-431; and that the equilibrium itself between heaven and hell is there, may be seen in the preceding section, 589-596.) From these things now the source of man's freedom is evident.
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600. It must be understood that the conjunction of man with heaven and with hell is not a direct conjunction with them, but a mediate conjunction by means of spirits who are in the world of spirits. These spirits, and none from hell itself or from heaven itself, are with man. By means of evil spirits in the world of spirits man is conjoined with hell, and by means of good spirits there he is conjoined with heaven. Because of this the world of spirits is intermediate between heaven and hell, and in that world is equilibrium itself. (That the world of spirits is intermediate between heaven and hell may be seen in the chapter on the world of spirits, 421-431; and that the essential equilibrium between heaven and hell is there may be seen in the preceding chapter, 589-596.) From all this the source of man's freedom is evident.
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600. Sciendum est, quod conjunctio hominis cum caelo et cum inferno, non sit immediate cum illis, sed mediate per spiritus qui in mundo spirituum sunt; hi spiritus sunt apud hominem, at nulli ex ipso inferno et ex ipso caelo: per spiritus malos in mundo spirituum conjungitur homo cum inferno, et per spiritus bonos qui ibi sunt, cum caelo. Quia ita se res habet, ideo mundus spirituum est medius inter caelum et infernum, et ibi est ipsum aequilibrium. Quod mundus spirituum sit medius inter caelum et infernum, videatur in articulo De Mundo Spirituum (421-431) et quod ibi sit ipsum aequilibrium inter caelum et infernum, in articulo mox praecedente (589-596). Ex his nunc patet, unde homini est liberum.