This is Volume 1

A Man of the Field

Forming The New Church Mind In Todayís World

 

 

Volume 1: Reformation

The Struggle Against Nonduality

 

Volume 2: Enlightenment

The Spiritual Sense of the Writings

 

Volume 3: Regeneration

Spiritual Disciplines For Daily Life

 

Volume 4: Uses

The New Church Mind In Old Age

 

 

By Leon James

October 2002

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Volume 1

Table of Contents

 

Access to Volume 2 here. 7

Access Volume 3 here. 7

Preface to Volume 1. 7

1. The Writings Are A Divine Scientific Revelation. 7

2. The Writings Are The Lordís Second Coming. 12

3. Heaven Is Created From Rational Love. 13

4. A Divine Revelation That Surpasses All Others. 14

5. Swedenborgís Scientific Experiments In The Spiritual World. 16

6. Swedenborgís Dual CitizenshipóNatural And Spiritual 17

7. This Book Is About Regeneration. 19

Dedication. 24

VOLUME 1: 26

REFORMATION:Ý THE INWARD STRUGGLE AGAINST NONDUALITY.. 26

Introduction: 26

The New Church Mind is to be Formed by the Writings Exclusively. 26

1. Introduction. 26

2. The Writings in Heaven. 28

3. Spiritual Truths Understood Naturally and Spiritually. 29

4. The Great Battle Of Nonduality Vs. Duality. 30

5. Enlightenment From The Lord. 33

6. A Man of the Field. 34

7. At The Threshold Out Of Hell Into Heaven. 39

8. Cooperation in our Regeneration. 42

9. The Lordís Relationship to All Religions. 42

10. The Writings As The Exclusive Source For Spiritual Truths. 44

11. Separating Nonduality and Duality in the Mind. 46

12. Reformation by Means of the Writings. 50

13. Old and New Testament From Perspective Of The Writings. 53

14. The Writings Are The Last Revelation. 54

15. The Writings Are For The Rational Mind. 57

16. Anatomy Of Regeneration. 58

17. The Birth Of The Interior-Natural 61

18. Reformation And Regeneration Begin In Early Adulthood. 62

19. Nonduality Fills The Culture Around Us. 64

20. Two Methods For Fighting Nonduality In The Mind. 67

Chapter 1. 69

Absolute Opposition Between Duality and Nonduality. 69

1. Introduction. 69

1. Religious Membership Not Required For Salvation. 71

2. Revelation Is Necessary For Spiritual Truths. 72

3. The New Rational Consciousness of God. 74

4. Nonduality is from Self-intelligence. 77

5. Nonduality In The Mind Opposes Regeneration. 81

2. Incompatibility with the Writings