42、凡对内在人和外在人只有一种笼统观念的人，都以为内在人在思考和意愿，而外在人在说话和行动，因为思考和意愿是内在的，而说话和由此而来的行动是外在的。但要知道的是，当人聪明地思考、智慧地意愿时，他的思考和意愿来自一个属灵的内在。然而，当他不聪明地思考、不智慧地意愿时，他的思考和意愿来自一个属世的内在。因此，当一个人对主和关于主的事有良善的思维，对邻舍和关于邻舍的事有良善的思维，对他们有良善的意愿时，他的思考和意愿来自一个属灵的内在，因为那时，他的思考和意愿来自对真理的信和对良善的爱，因而来自天堂。然而，当一个人对他们有邪恶的思维和意愿时，他的思考和意愿来自一个属世的内在，因为那时，他的思考和意愿来自对虚假的信和对邪恶的爱，因而来自地狱。简言之，一个人越处于爱主爱邻的状态，就越拥有一个属灵的内在；这属灵的内在是其思考和意愿的源头，也是其言语和行为的源头。然而，他越处于爱自己爱世界的状态，就越拥有一个属世的内在；这属世的内在是其思考和意愿的源头，也是其言语和行为的源头。
42、对内在和外在之人只有笼统概念的人，相信是内在之人在思考和意愿，是外在之人在说话和行动。因为思考和意愿属于内在活动，而说话和行动则是外在活动。但是应当知道，当人聪明地思考和明智地意愿时，是他属灵的内在进行思考和意愿。但是当人不是聪明地思考和明智地意愿时，是他物质的内在在思考和意愿。
因此，当一个人持良善意愿，正确地思考主和关于主的事物，及邻舍和关于邻舍的事物时，他是通过属灵的内在进行思考和意愿，因为那时他是根据真理的信仰和良善的爱去思考，因此是通过天堂去思考。但是当人对上述事物错误地思考和意愿时，他是通过物质的内在思考和意愿，因为他是通过错谬的信仰和邪恶的爱去思考和意愿，因此是通过地狱去思考和意愿。简而言之，当人爱主和爱邻舍时，他就处在属灵的内在，通过此内在去思考和意愿，以及说话和行动。但是当人爱自己和爱世界时，他就处在物质的内在，经此内在去思考和意愿，并说话和行动。
42. People who have only a vague concept of the inner self and the outer self believe that it is the inner self that thinks and intends and the outer that speaks and acts as a result, since thinking and intending are internal activities, and speaking and acting are external. It should be borne in mind, though, that when we think intelligently and intend wisely, we are thinking and intending from a spiritual inner nature, but when we do not think intelligently and intend wisely we are thinking and intending from an earthly inner nature. This means that when our thoughts about the Lord and about matters that involve the Lord are good and when our thoughts about our neighbor and about matters that involve our neighbor are good, and when our intentions toward them are good, we are thinking and intending from our spiritual inner nature. This is because our thinking is based on a belief in what is true and a love for what is good, and is therefore coming from heaven. However, when our thoughts about them are evil and our intentions toward them are evil, then we are thinking and intending from our earthly inner nature because our thinking is based on a belief in what is false and a love for what is evil, so our thinking is coming from hell.
In short, to the extent that we are focused on loving the Lord and loving our neighbor, our inner nature is spiritual. We are thinking and intending from that nature and are speaking and acting from it as well. To the extent that we are focused on loving ourselves and loving the world, though, our inner nature is earthly. We are thinking and intending from that nature and are speaking and acting from it as well.
42. If we have only a vague idea about our inner and outer selves, we suppose that since our thinking and motivation are inside us, and our speech and action are outside, our inner self is what thinks and wants things, and our outer self is what says and does things. We should realize, though, that when we think with understanding and want things wisely, our thinking and motivation come from our inner spiritual part. But when we think without understanding and want things unwisely, our thinking and motivation come from our inner material-level part.
So when we think well of the Lord and what is his, and of other people and what is theirs, and when we wish well toward them, our thinking and motivation come from our inner spiritual part. They come from believing what is true and loving what is good, which means they come from heaven.
But when we think badly of the Lord and of other people, and wish harm to them, our thinking and motivation come from our inner material part. They come from believing false things and loving evil things, which means they come from hell.
In short, the more we love the Lord and other people, the more we are in tune with our inner spiritual part. Our thinking and motivation come from it, and so do our speech and actions. But the more we are absorbed in selfishness and materialism, the more we are in tune with our inner material part. Our thinking and motivation come from it, and so do our speech and actions.
42. Anyone with only a general idea of the internal and external man believes that it is the internal man who thinks and wills, and the external who speaks and acts, since thinking and willing are inward matters and speaking and acting as a result are outward matters. But it should be known that when a person thinks intelligently and wills wisely, then his thinking and willing come from a spiritual internal. When, however, he does not think intelligently and will wisely, his thinking and willing come from a natural internal. Consequently, when a person has good thoughts about the Lord and matters concerning the Lord, and when he has good thoughts about the neighbour and matters concerning him, and has good intentions towards them, his thinking and willing are then from a spiritual internal because his thinking and willing are then from faith in truth and love for good, so they come from heaven. When, however, a person has evil thoughts and intentions concerning them, then his thinking and willing come from a natural internal, because they arise from faith in falsity and love for evil, that is, from hell. In short, the more a person is in a state of love to the Lord and of love towards the neighbour, the more he has a spiritual internal, and this is the source of his thinking and willing, and also of his speech and actions. However, the more he is in a state of self-love and love for the world, the more he has a natural internal, and this is the source of his thinking and willing, and also of his speech and actions.
42. Those who have a merely general idea of the internal and the external man, suppose that it is the internal man which thinks and wills, and the external man which speaks and acts; because thinking and willing are internal, and speaking and acting are external. But it is to be borne in mind, that, when a man thinks intelligently, and wills wisely, he then thinks and wills from a spiritual Internal: but that when a man does not think intelligently, and will wisely, he thinks and wills from a natural Internal. When a man, therefore, thinks rightly concerning the Lord, and the things that belong to the Lord; and when he thinks rightly concerning the neighbour, and the things belonging to the neighbour, and wills rightly towards them, he thinks and wills from a spiritual Internal, because he then thinks from a faith of the truth and from a love of good, and consequently from heaven. But when a man thinks wrongly concerning them, and wills wrongly towards them, he then thinks and wills from a natural Internal, because from a faith of what is false and a love of what is evil, and consequently from hell. In a word, in so far as a man is in love to the Lord, and in love towards the neighbour, he is in a spiritual Internal, and he thinks and wills from it, and from it he also speaks and acts; but, in so far as a man is in the love of self and the love of the world, he is in a natural Internal, and from it thinks and wills, and also from it speaks and acts.
42. They who have only a general idea concerning the internal and the external man, believe that it is the internal man which thinks and wills, and the external which speaks and acts; because to think and to will is internal, and to speak and to act thence is external. But it is to be known that when man thinks intelligently and wills wisely, he then thinks and wills from a spiritual internal; but when man does not think intelligently, and will wisely, he thinks and wills from a natural internal. Consequently, when a man thinks well concerning the Lord, and those things which are of the Lord, and well concerning the neighbor, and those things which are of the neighbor, and wills well to them, he then thinks and wills from a spiritual internal, because he then thinks from the faith of truth and from the love of good, thus from heaven. But when man thinks and wills wickedly concerning them, he then thinks and wills from a natural internal, because he thinks and wills from the faith of falsity and from the love of evil, thus from hell. In a word, so far as man is in love to the Lord, and in love towards the neighbor, so far he is in a spiritual internal, from which he thinks and wills, and from which also he speaks and acts; but so far as man is in the love of self, and in the love of the world, so far he is in a natural internal, from which he thinks and wills, and from which also he speaks and acts.
42. Qui modo communem ideam de interno et externo homine habent, credunt quod internus homo sit qui cogitat et qui vult, et externus qui loquitur et qui facit, quoniam cogitare et velle est internum, et inde loqui et facere est externum Sed sciendum est quod cum homo intelligenter cogitat et sapienter vult, tunc cogitet et velit ab interno spirituali at cum homo non intelligenter cogitat et sapienter vult, cogitet et velit ab interno naturali: consequenter cum homo bene de Domino et de illis quae Domini sunt, et cum bene de proximo ac de illis quae proximi sunt, cogitat et illis bene vult, tunc cogitat et vult ab interno spirituali, quia tunc cogitat ex fide veri et ex amore boni, ita ex caelo: at cum homo male de illis cogitat et male illis vult, tunc cogitat et vult ab interno naturali, quia ex fide falsi et ex amore mali, ita ex inferno. Verbo quantum homo in amore in Dominum est, et in amore erga proximum est, tantum in interno spirituali est, et ex eo cogitat et vult, et quoque ex eo loquitur et facit at quantum homo in amore sui est, et in amore mundi, tantum in interno naturali est, et ex eo cogitat et vult, et quoque ex eo loquitur et facit.