A Search for God Anniversary Edition
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Edgar Cayce. A Search for God Anniversary Edition
A Search for God
INTRODUCTION
NOTE:
PREFACE
Prayer
MEDITATION
I. Introduction
II. Prayer and Meditation
III. Preparation for Meditation. A.The Physical Body
B.The Mental Body
C.The Spiritual Body
IV. The Forces
V. Methods of Meditation
Experiences
VI. Conclusion
I. COOPERATION
Introduction
Need for Cooperation
Method of Obtaining Cooperation
Realization of Cooperation
II. KNOW THYSELF
Introduction
The Physical Body
The Mental and Spiritual Bodies
Self in Relation to Others
Self in Relation to Creative Force
The Awakening of Self
Conclusion
III. WHAT IS MY IDEAL?
Introduction
Ideals Grow with Development
The True Ideal
Attaining the Ideal
Conclusion
IV. FAITH
What Is Faith?
Need of Faith
How Faith Is Developed
Where Faith Abounds
Self-Analysis Necessary
Evidences of Faith
Reward of Faith
V. VIRTUE AND UNDERSTANDING
Introduction
Virtue and Understanding Are Spiritual
Virtue and Understanding Are Essential to Right Living
The Way to Virtue and Understanding
Personal Experiences
Virtue Is a Defense, Understanding Is a Weapon
The Effects of Virtue and Understanding on Ourselves and Others
VI. FELLOWSHIP
Introduction
Am I My Brother's Keeper?
Our Fellowship with God
Fellowship with God, the Need of the World
Duty of Those Who Have Fellowship with the Father
Fellowship Brings a Peace That Passes Understanding
VII. PATIENCE
Introduction
Value of Patience
Means Through Which Patience Is Gained
It Takes Patience to Run the Race
Personal Experiences
VIII. THE OPEN DOOR
Introduction
The Preparation of Self
How to Open the Door
How to Know the Father
The Great Need for Service
The Kingdom of the Father
IX. IN HIS PRESENCE
Introduction
The Knowledge of His Presence
The Preparation of Self
Experiencing the Abiding Presence
Personal Experiences
Let Us Remember That Our Guard Is Ever in His Presence
X. THE CROSS AND THE CROWN
Introduction
Why Is It Necessary to Bear a Cross? Because One Was Borne by Another?
Why Was It Necessary That He, the Maker of Heaven and Earth, Should Bear a Cross?
Why Did He Come into the World as a Man That He Might Bear a Cross?
Why Do We, as Individuals, Necessarily Bear Much That He Bore, and Yet Say That When Taking His Yoke upon Us the Cross Becomes Easy?
Does the Life Lived According to Our Own Faith, Our Own Understanding, and Our Own Walking in His Presence Explain Why Each Soul Must Bear a Cross?
Why Has the Cross Been Chosen Rather Than Some Other Philosophy That Might Correlate the Material and Spiritual Life?
Why Is the Cross, the Emblem of Shame, Necessary for Those Who Seek the Crown?
Why Must I, as a Soul in a Material Plane, Bear a Cross?
XI. THE LORD THY GOD IS ONE
Introduction
The Manifestations of God Are One
How We May Come into the Realization of the Oneness
The At-Onement Through Jesus, the Christ
Personal Experiences
Conclusion
XII. LOVE
Introduction
Love Manifested
The Power of Love
The Test of Love
Love Is Giving
Divine Love Passes Understanding
Personal Experiences
Conclusion
GOD IS LOVE
A Search for God
PREFACE
I. OPPORTUNITY
Definition
Opportunities Come Through Cooperation
A Knowledge of Self Helps Us to Recognize More Opportunities
The Higher the Ideal, the Greater Are the Opportunities
Faith Helps Us Grasp Opportunity
Opportunities Found in Fellowship
Opportunities Are Recognized Through Virtue and Understanding
Our Opportunities Should Be Met in Patience
The Open Door Is the Way into Greater Fields of Opportunity
It Is an Opportunity to Realize His Presence
Opportunities Found in the Cross, in the Crown
The Opportunity to Know That the Lord Thy God Is One
It Is an Opportunity to Love
II. DAY AND NIGHT
Introduction
Why the Creation of the World?
Day unto Day Uttereth Speech
Night Unto Night Showeth Knowledge
Experiences Regarding Day and Night
I Am—Alpha and Omega
Conclusion
III. GOD, THE FATHER, AND HIS MANIFESTATIONS IN THE EARTH
Introduction
The Great Question
God, the Father
The Manifestations of the Father in the Earth
Perfect Manifestation in the Earth
We Are Manifestations of God
IV. DESIRE
Introduction
Physical Desires
Mental Desires
Spiritual Desires
The Wisdom of Unselfish Desire
Conclusion
V. DESTINY OF THE MIND
Introduction
Destiny
Mind in Relation to the Mental Body
Mind in Relation to the Physical Body
Mind in Relation to the Soul Body
Signs Along the Way
Conclusion
VI. DESTINY OF THE BODY
Introduction
What Is the Physical Body?
Are We Aware of the Destiny of the Physical Body?
What Is Meant by Presenting Our Bodies a Living Sacrifice?
How Shall We Use This Holy Temple, Which Is Our Body?
What Is Meant by the Resurrection of the Body?
How Should We Regard the Experiences of the Physical Body?
How May We Show Ourselves Approved?
VII. DESTINY OF THE SOUL
Introduction
Creation of Soul
The Soul's Association with the Mind and the Body
The Activities of the Soul in the Material
Conclusion
VIII. GLORY
Introduction
Glory of the Mind
Glory of the Body
Glory of the Soul
Conclusion
IX. KNOWLEDGE
Introduction
Knowledge Is of God
Knowledge Is Power
Interpretation of Self
The Application of Knowledge
Correct Evaluation of Knowledge
Knowledge of His Presence
X. WISDOM
Introduction
The Approach to Wisdom
Let Us Examine Ourselves
Application of Wisdom
XI. HAPPINESS
What Is Happiness?
Who Are Happy?
When Are We Happy?
Pleasure Is Not Happiness
Conclusion
XII. SPIRIT
Introduction
In the Beginning
Humanity's Projection
God's Projection
Time, Space and Patience
Self the Barrier
Experiences
Conclusion
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RECOMMENDED PARALLEL MATERIAL
A.R.E. PRESS
Отрывок из книги
BOOK I
Compiled by Study Group #l of the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.
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The fact that we hope, that we have desires for better things, that we are able to be sorry or glad, indicates activities of the mind that take hold upon something that is not temporal in nature, something that does not pass away at the death of the body. Such mental activities come from the spiritual center of our being, the soul. God breathed the breath of life into Adam and he became a living soul.4
Then, each is a soul endowed with the attributes of God, possessing the power of creation, of being one with the Father, a joint heir with the Son.
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