They then acknowledge the Lord and worship Him from their very life. All the wisdom that they seemed to have has been only in the exteriors of their mind, and while this allowed them to seem wise in the world, when the exteriors are left behind with the natural body, they also leave behind all their apparent wisdom and act from their inner insanity. Therefore the evil are allowed to return to the state of exteriors for short intervals where they are allowed to remember how they have been acting. This is not allowed, for they would use their false exteriors to seek to deceive and subvert others. Eventually, their exteriors would burn with the same fire as their interiors, and this would consume their whole life.
Spirits become visibly just what they had been in themselves in the world.
Things done and said in secret now become manifest because external things do not restrain them. They speak openly, and attempt to do whatever they will, as they are no longer afraid of their reputation in the world. All inhibitions are lost, and angel guards are needed to restrain them from committing actual acts of violence against other spirits, for they can no longer restrain themselves from doing exactly what they want to do, when they want to, without any regard to the consequences. Everyone can judge for themselves how they would act if they were left free to act with no fear of the law and no fear in regard to life, and with no outward restraints, such as fear of injury to one's reputation or of loss of honor and gain and consequent pleasures. This is how the Lord, in His infinite Wisdom, allows each of us to find our own home.