397, 8417, 8420, 8557). "To go
(and to walk) with the Lord" means to receive spiritual life,
and to live with Him (n. 10567). "To walk" means to live (n.
519, 1794, 8417, 8420).

591. Evil continually breathes forth and ascends out of hell, and
good continually breathes forth and descends out of heaven, because
everyone is encompassed by a spiritual sphere; and that sphere flows
forth and pours out from the life of the affections and the thoughts
therefrom.{1} And as such a sphere flows forth from every individual,
it flows forth also from every heavenly society and from every
infernal society, consequently from all together, that is, from the
entire heaven and from the entire hell. Good flows forth from heaven
because all there are in good; and evil flows forth from hell because
all there are in evil. The good that is from heaven is all from the
Lord; for the angels in the heavens are all withheld from what is
their own, and are kept in what is the Lord's own, which is good
itself. But the spirits in the hells are all in what is their own,
and everyone's own is nothing but evil; and because it is nothing but
evil it is hell.{2} Evidently, then, the equilibrium in which angels
are kept in the heavens and spirits in the hells is not like the
equilibrium in the world of spirits. The equilibrium of angels in the
heavens exists in the degree in which they have been willing to be in
good, or in the degree in which they have lived in good in the world,
and thus also in the degree in which they have held evil in aversion;
but the equilibrium of spirits in hell exists in the degree in which
they have been willing to be in evil, or have lived in evil in the
world, and thus in heart and spirit have been opposed to good.

{Footnote 1} A spiritual sphere, which is a sphere of life,
flows forth and pours forth from every man, spirit, and angel,
and encompasses him (n. 4464, 5179, 7454, 8630). It flows forth
from the life of their affections and thoughts (n. 2489, 4464,
6206). The quality of spirits is recognized at a distance from
their spheres (n. 1048, 1053, 1316, 1504). Spheres from the
evil are the opposites of spheres from the good (n. 1695,
10187, 10312). Such spheres extend far into angelic societies
in accordance with the quality and quantity of good (n.
6598-6613, 8063, 8794, 8797). And into infernal societies in
accordance with the quality and quantity of evil (n. 8794).

{Footnote 2} Ma