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There is a general and a particular influence exerted by
the Lord through the spiritual world on recipients of that
influence in the natural world. The general influence is
exerted on recipients that follow the code ordained for
them; the particular influence is exerted on recipients
that do not. Animals of every kind live by the code ordained
by their nature, so a general influence is exerted
on them. We human beings, on the other hand, do not
live by the code ordained for us or by any law of that
code, so a particular influence is exerted on us.
—Secrets of Heaven 5850