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Chapter 4 (part 7)

25.) "Whether or not God will create something more out of His will after the end of this time is not perceptible to my spirit, for it does not penetrate deeper than within its own centre wherein it lives, and therein is the paradise and the kingdom of heaven." (Principles, ix. 41.)
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Apophatic Theologytheology

Describing the divine only by negation—God transcends all positive categories and concepts; the via negativa.

The passage acknowledges the limits of spiritual perception regarding God's will, aligning with negative theology.

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Divine Hiddennesstheology

The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.

The author states that God's future will 'is not perceptible to my spirit', indicating divine concealment from human knowledge.

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Inner Lightanthropology

The divine spark or luminous quality residing within the human person, potentially recognisable through introspection.

The presence of paradise and heaven within the spirit implies an internal divine luminosity or quality.

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Kingdom Withinanthropology

The claim that the divine realm is present inside the individual, accessible without external mediation.

[auto] The passage explicitly states that 'therein is the paradise and the kingdom of heaven' within the spirit's own centre.

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Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

The reference to God creating out of His will depicts the divine as an active, volitional agent.

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Microcosm Macrocosmcosmology

The human being as a small-scale image of the entire cosmos; the body, soul, and intellect mirroring the structure of the heavens and the divine — distinct from correspondence in that it makes the human the privileged mirror.

The text posits that the human spirit's centre contains the divine realm, reflecting the cosmos within the individual.

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Mystical Unionsoteriology

The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.

The spirit living in its centre where heaven resides indicates a state of union with the divine.

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Self Knowledgesoteriology

The recognition of one's own true divine nature as the primary path to liberation; 'know thyself' as soteriology.

Locating the divine realm within one's own centre suggests introspection as the path to finding heaven.

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