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The first lesson—as has been given—learn what it means to cooperate in one mind, in God’s way; for, as each would prepare themselves, in meditating day and night, in “What wilt thou have me do, O Lord?” and the answer will be definite, clear, to each . . . will they seek in His name . . . 262-1

When individuals become interested in devoting more time and energy to personal spirituality, they may think about meditation, or prayer, or becoming more involved in their faith or a specific religion. Certainly, each of these activities can be extremely important in helping to bring an awareness of the Living Spirit into our lives. What may be surprising about the Edgar Cayce readings’ approach to personal transformation is the fact that it suggests one of the first steps to really understanding our heritage as spiritual beings is through a lesson entitled “Cooperation.”

Certainly, all of us think we know what the word cooperation means, and therefore too readily we may believe that there is nothing more to learn in this regard. It seems pretty apparent that we either know how to cooperate with another person or we don’t. However, from Cayce’s perspective, cooperation is not simply trying to work with another individual; rather, it is a state of being that sets aside personal agendas, motives, and desires so that God can use us as a “channel of blessings” to someone else. Perhaps more than anything else, this premise of somehow preparing ourselves for the activity of Spirit to flow through us is what defines the readings’ approach to cooperation:

As it has so oft been given from the first, know that the Lord, thy God, is one! Know that thy ability, thy service, begins first with cooperation in being that channel through which the glory of the Lord may be manifested in the earth! 262-92