383. His name was Death, and Hell followed with him. That this signifies eternal damnation, appears from the signification of name, as denoting the quality of a thing (concerning which see above, n. 102, 148); here, the quality of the Word, [with those] who are in evils and the falsities thence; from the signification of death as denoting damnation (concerning which also see above, n. 186), for spiritual death is nothing else; from the signification of hell, as denoting evil and the falsity thence, because in these and from these hell exists. Furthermore, by hell is signified the same as by death, namely, damnation, but because both are here mentioned, and thus [hell] is distinguished from Death, by hell is signified eternal damnation; for those who come into hell remain there to eternity; therefore it is also said, "and Hell followed with him," to follow with him signifying to abide therein, namely, in damnation to eternity. From these considerations it is evident that by "his name was Death, and Hell followed with him," is signified eternal damnation.

105. If people set loving themselves and the world as their goal there is no way they can live a life of caring. They do not even know what caring is. Further, they completely fail to grasp the fact that intending and doing good for their neighbor without a goal of being rewarded for it is a heaven inside them-that inherent in this desire there is as great a happiness as heaven's angels have: more than words can convey. This is because selfish and worldly people believe that if they were deprived of the joy they take in their display of prestige and wealth they would no longer have any joy at all, when in fact that would be the beginning of an infinitely transcendent heavenly joy.