600. We need to be aware that our union with heaven and with hell is not directly with them but is mediated by spirits who are in the world of spirits. These spirits are with us, none from hell itself or heaven itself. We are united to hell through evil spirits in the world of spirits and with heaven through the good spirits there. Because of this arrangement, the world of spirits is halfway between heaven and hell and is at the point of balance.
On the location of the world of spirits halfway between heaven and hell, see the chapter on the world of spirits (421-431); and on its being at the point of balance between heaven and hell, see the last chapter (589-596).
We can see from this where we get our freedom.
