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Kevin J. Todeschi. Edgar Cayce's Twelve Lessons in Personal Spirituality
EDGAR CAYCE’S. TWELVE LESSONS. IN. PERSONAL SPIRITUALITY
Contents
Author’s Note
Notes about the Edgar Cayce readings:
PREFACE
THE TWELVE LESSONS
THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDITATION IN. PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION
LESSON ONE. COOPERATION
MEDITATION AFFIRMATION
COOPERATION. Introduction
THE DYNAMICS OF COOPERATION
COOPERATION AS A. PATTERN OF AWARENESS
HOW MIGHT WE PUT. COOPERATION INTO ACTION?
CONCLUSION
LESSON TWO. KNOW THYSELF
MEDITATION AFFIRMATION
KNOW THYSELF. Introduction
THE TRIUNE NATURE OF HUMANKIND
OUR HERITAGE AS CO-CREATORS
KNOWING OURSELVES THROUGH OTHERS
AWAKENING TO OUR TRUE SELF
CONCLUSION
LESSON THREE. IDEALS
MEDITATION AFFIRMATION
IDEALS. Introduction
JUST WHAT IS AN IDEAL?
IDEALS DIRECT AND SHAPE THE. IMPULSE OF SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES
IDEALS HELP US DEAL WITH (AND HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE TO) THOSE EXPERIENCES WE NEED IN. ORDER TO COME TO KNOW OURSELVES
IDEALS CAN HELP US WORK THROUGH. THE SOMETIMES-CONFUSION WE’VE. COME TO CALL “FREEDOM OF CHOICE”
THE APPLICATION OF IDEALS IN DAILY LIFE
IDEALS CHANGE AND GROW AS WE DO
ULTIMATELY, THERE IS ONE IDEAL
CONCLUSION
LESSON FOUR. FAITH
MEDITATION AFFIRMATION
FAITH. Introduction
FAITH AS A UNIVERSAL FORCE
FAITH AS A GROWING AWARENESS
EXPERIENCING FAITH IN GOD, FAITH IN OTHERS, AND FAITH IN OURSELVES
CONCLUSION
LESSON FIVE. VIRTUE AND UNDERSTANDING
MEDITATION AFFIRMATION
VIRTUE AND UNDERSTANDING. Introduction
KNOWLEDGE VS. UNDERSTANDING
THE PERCEPTION OF VIRTUES CAN. LEAD TO GREATER UNDERSTANDING
WHOLENESS AS AN. ACTIVITY OF THE SPIRIT
DO WHAT YOU KNOW TO DO
CONCLUSION
LESSON SIX. FELLOWSHIP
MEDITATION AFFIRMATION
FELLOWSHIP. Introduction
OUR RESPONSIBILITY. TO ONE ANOTHER
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
COMMUNITY AS A RESPONSIBILITY
CONCLUSION
LESSON SEVEN. PATIENCE
MEDITATION AFFIRMATION
PATIENCE. Introduction
THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATIENCE
PATIENCE WITH SELF AND OTHERS
PATIENCE AS A STATE. OF AWARENESS
PATIENCE AS ADIMENSION
CONCLUSION
LESSON EIGHT. THE OPEN DOOR
MEDITATION AFFIRMATION
THE OPEN DOOR. Introduction
CULTIVATING A PERSONAL. RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
THE CHRIST CONSCIOUSNESS AS. THE DOOR TO GOD’S. ALL-ABIDING PRESENCE
JESUS AS ELDER BROTHER
SELFLESSNESS AS AN ATTITUDE
CONCLUSION
LESSON NINE. IN HIS PRESENCE
MEDITATION AFFIRMATION
IN HIS PRESENCE. Introduction
CULTIVATING THE AWARENESS. OF HIS PRESENCE
BEING A CHANNEL OF HIS PRESENCE
OUR WALK WITH GOD
CONCLUSION
LESSON TEN. THE CROSS AND THE CROWN
MEDITATION AFFIRMATION
THE CROSS AND THE CROWN. Introduction
AN OVERVIEW OF CAYCE’S APPROACH TO REINCARNATION
JESUSAS PATTERN AND. ELDER BROTHER
WHY IS IT NECESSARY THAT. HUMAN BEINGS SUFFER?
OUR OWN PATH. TOWARD WHOLENESS
CONCLUSION
LESSON ELEVEN. ONENESS
MEDITATION AFFIRMATION
ONENESS. Introduction
JUST WHAT IS ONENESS?
RELIGION AS A FORM
SPIRITUALITY AS A. LIVING AWARENESS
JESUS REVISITED
CONCLUSION
LESSON TWELVE. LOVE
MEDITATION AFFIRMATION
LOVE. Introduction
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT
LOVE IS GIVING
THE MANIFESTATION OF LOVE
CONCLUSION
TWELVE LESSONS IN PERSONAL SPIRITUALITY. MEDITATION AFFIRMATIONS
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EDGAR CAYCE’S
TWELVE LESSONS
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From a practical standpoint, if we are having difficulty with another individual, how might we best begin? Perhaps it can be as simple as replacing our negative thoughts with more positive ones. Have we ever stopped to think that even our own worst enemy has a best friend? What positive quality exists in the person that we’ve been somehow unable or unwilling to see? Instead of thinking unkindly about an individual with whom we’ve been having difficulty, let us instead discover if there is not something more positive to say. Perhaps we might go out of our way to show some small act of kindness to someone in need. What can we begin to do or to think that has somehow been neglected before? The readings’ approach is to continually practice kind thoughts and actions toward even those who may have hurt us. Just as we desire to be treated (and thought of) by others, we need to begin dealing with those around us in the same manner. Only through this approach may we find the inner peace that comes with true cooperation.
For as has been given, do today that thou knowest to do, having little thought of the needs of the tomorrow, and on the morrow is given that ye have need of. How does He give? “Give us today our daily bread,” not only the material but the mental and spiritual. “Direct me as I direct my fellow man, forgive me as I forgive.” And thus we see cooperation, brotherly love, patience, long-suffering, gentleness, kindness, coming as manifested experiences into the hearts and minds and lives of others. And these are the fruits of the spirit of truth. Then as ye mete these day by day, ye find them becoming not only as stepping-stones for thine own self but the ladder of truth upon which others may climb. Ye cannot ask others, then, to do what ye would not do thyself. What ye propose, then, ye must do—in body, in mind, in spirit. 165-26
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