Versículo 17. E incluso en la preparación para tal estado de apropiación no debe haber ninguna mezcla de falsedad. Es un don del Señor para el hombre celestial y espiritual, según el Amor y la Misericordia Divinos; es un bien íntimo adaptado a cada grado de la mente; y está íntimamente en los estados previos de liberación del mal y del error.

92. None but the person who is acquainted with the state of peace is capable of knowing about the serenity of the peace of the external man, which ensues when conflict, the unrest caused by evil desires and by falsities, comes to an end. That state is so joyful that it transcends every idea of joy. It is not just an end of conflict; it is also life coming from an inward peace, influencing the external man in a way that defies description. At that point truths of faith and goods of love are born, which draw their life from the joy that peace brings.