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DREAMING THE IMPOSSIBLE—ENVISIONING OUR FUTURE
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The 40-Day Forgiveness Praer, (b J. Everett Irion, pictured here) was one of the best articles the magazine has ever published. I tried it and it works! Where can I find a new copy? —Janalynn Martens, Grand Ledge, MI
Editor’s reply: This popular article was published twice before: Sep/Oct ’85 and Nov/ Dec ’07. It’s available in the Venture Inward archives at EdgarCayce.org/members, along with other new and vintage articles. OLDIES BUT GOODIES I’ve been enjoying Venture Inward . Every so often I pull out copies of the A.R.E. Journal from the ‘70s to
review an article or two. I’ve kept all my A.R.E. publications over the years, as it seems the articles and books are timeless. That is to say, the readings themselves are timeless! I also love those old 6x9 inch booklets, each of which was dedicated to a particular topic from the readings. I see from my library that they go back at least to the ‘60s! Just think of all the hours of personal research and dedication that went into those publications before the age of computers. I’ve always believed that those privileged to work for the Cayce organization had a special link with Cayce (Ra Ta) over incarnations.
We are perfect just as we are because we are living in the green apple stage of our psychological evolution. Green apples are hard to stomach because they are immature, yet this is a perfectly natural and unavoidable stage of their growth. The same is true with us. In our immaturity our consciences and ideas about ethics vary. Most of the world’s violence and corruption reflect this immaturity. The greed that caused the 2008 global meltdown is an example in a long chain of psychological—and physical—violence that has plagued much of the world for centuries. Green apples eventually become big, ripe red (or yellow) apples—and we, too, will some day mature. Then we will create a peaceful world. —Paul James, Coeur d ‘Alene, Idaho
—Janyce Divers, email
Just a note to tell you how much I enjoyed the inspiring article Communing with Nature. Nature is surely pinnacled in the stars, and this has always been the thrust of my mission as an astronomer—to get others to look up at the majesty of the heavens and experience the joys of personally communing with the universe! —Jim Mullaney (author, Edgar Cayce and the Cosmos )
REGARDING THE ARK
I was very interested in Barbara Robinson’s article on the Ark of the Covenant (Apr-Jun ’11). Many years ago I read a book by Elisabeth Haich called Initiation, which says that the Ark was once housed inside the Great Prami. Anone intereste —Therese, Mount Shasta, California in the Ark should read this book. There is also a PBS WE ARE PERFECT, BUT program, Wonders of the NOT FINISHED African World, which reports Over the years many of us that some believe that the have frequently heard, “We Ark was taken from Jerusaare perfect just the way we lem to Aksum, Ethiopia, in are.” How can this be so? the time of Solomon. Here’s my explanation: —Margaret McKenna, Chicago July-September 2011
COMMUNING WITH NATURE Thank you for the well written and easy-to-understand article Communing with Nature (Apr Jun ’11) which finally explained to me that very slippery Cayce concept of “attunement.” Breaking it down and giving concrete step-by-step examples was excellent! It also brought me back to thinking about the Qigong I used to practice some time ago. So, I will be thinking about ways to begin Qigong once again. Now, to incorporate all these wonderful practices into our busy lives! I also found the article Inspirational Writing (Apr-Jun ’11) to be extremely helpful and will be incorporating that into my meditation practice. I think that as the world is quickening, we need more of these step-by-step articles to help newcomers and also to help those on their spiritual path to deepen their relationship with Spirit and gain the confidence that they can serve their fellow beings.
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CORRECTION
In the A.R.E. Catalog, Dr. C. Norman Shealy, author of Medical Intuition, is listed as the founder of the American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA). And yet on p.40 of the Apr-Jun ’11 Venture Inward , Dr. Gladys McGarey is listed as founder of the AHMA. If they are co-founders, that information would be of interest. If not, please clarify this seeming disagreement.
In the Honor Roll of Distinguished Donors (Apr-Jun ’11, p.21): The A.R.E. Southeast Region was mistakenly left off The Presient’s Circle. In 2010, this group raised $20,000 to meet the Copeland Challenge for the A.R.E.’s Education Center building fund. Heinz and Katchen Manske should also have been listed in the Presient’s Circle. We apologize for the errors.
—Patricia Jory, Selah, WA
Editor’s reply: Drs. Shealy and Gladys McGarey cofounded the AHMA—along with Evarts Loomis, Dr. Bill McGarey, and Jerry Looney—in 1978, and both have served as its president in the past.
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Men respond to subliminal aromas
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roma has the most powerful effect on a person of all the sensory modalities, according to Edgar Cayce. Research reported here over the years has provided some amazing corroborative evidence for the (usually subliminal) effect of odor. The latest study comes from the field of evolutionary psychology and its study of “relationship management,” which asks questions about how the sexes choose each other for mating and how they maintain that relationship. In this study, conducted at Florida State University, men were left in a room with a woman who, unknown to the men, was either in the fertile or infertile stage of her cycle. Later, researchers asked the man to rate the woman for her attractiveness. Past research has shown that when a woman is in
the fertile stage of her cycle, men will rate her as more attractive than they will at other stages of her cycle. In this new study, that same effect was observed. However, the researchers invited two types of men into this new study. One type was already involved in a committed romantic relationship, while the other type was not. The results indicated that only the men not already in a relationship rated the fertile woman as more attractive. The men already in a relationship rated the fertile woman as less attractive. The researchers interpreted this result in an evolutionary context, suggesting that the negative reaction to the scent of a fertile woman supported the men’s ability to maintain their current relationship by making them feel less attracted to someone who might pose a threatening invitation to mate.
Brain feedback game improves happiness
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f happiness is a brain event, then can we train our brain to spend more time in its happy state? Apparently so. Researchers from the University of Louisville have developed a brain biofeedback system that rewards the person’s brain when it emits more happiness-related behavior (“prefrontal gamma” waves) by showing the person enhanced photos with pleasant music. The study won an award from The Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Bio6
feedback where the system was demonstrated. The training required a total of 5 hours over 12 sessions. Afterwards, the researchers measured significant gains in the person’s happiness and improvements in memory. The gain in overall happiness remained constant when measured after four months. No plans for the commercialization of the system were mentioned, but are anticipated.
What makes for a long life may surprise you
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ongevity Project participants who were the most cheerful and had the best sense of humor as kids lived shorter lives, on average, than those who were less cheerful and joking. It was the most prudent and persistent individuals who stayed healthiest and lived the longest.” That was the conclusion of one of the lead researchers in the 80-years-long study on longevity, recently published as a book, The Longevity Project: Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study (Hudson Street Press). Conducted at the University of California at Riverside, and building on data first collected at Stanford University, the research compared personality characteristics of
individuals with their health histories and mortality. The researchers explained the surprising results for positive thinkers: Kids who are more optimistic take greater risks with their lives. While optimism is good for dealing with crises, it is less advantageous in the long run. Other findings from this study: • Marriage is more of an advantage to men’s health than to women’s, whose health survives divorce better than does men’s. • Working hard in the later years—being committed to productivity—was associated with a longer life, for both men and women. • Health and longevity gains associated with social relationships are greatest when the person is involved and helping others.
Exercise can inhibit aging
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t’s possible that exercise can keep you young. We know it’s good for our health and mental outlook. It may be good for more than that, according to some new research conducted at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It may slow aging. In their study, the researchers employed mice who had a genetic defect that caused the mitochondria (living processes within a cell that combine oxygen and nutrients to create energy) to deteriorate quickly, leading to aging and an early death. One group of these mice lived a normal lab life, while the other group of mice enjoyed a regimen of intense exercise on an activity wheel. Three times a week for 45 minutes, these mice would run the wheel at a speed equivalent to a human running six miles an hour. The mice that didn’t exercise began to show aging effects as early as month three. By one year, all these mice were dead. However, all the exercising mice were still alive, with very few gray hairs. (Consider the example set by fitness expert Jack LaLanne!) More research is planned to determine if such intense exercise is needed for this effect and to determine the exact mechanism of its operation. EdgarCayce.org
China bans reincarnation without government permission
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hina’s State Administration for Religious Affairs issued a new law, forbidding Tibetans to reincarnate without formal government permission. In what the government called “an important move to institutionalize management of reincarnation,” they spelled out specific procedures and circumstances that will govern reincarnation. In actuality, the move is meant to give the Chinese government the say in choosing the next Dalai Lama. Although the Buddhist monks will appoint the successor by interviewing children about their memories of past lives, the government will be able to proclaim the next “official” Dalai Lama, someone whose reincarnation meets with government approval.
Small shifts in poles may be normal occurrence
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he shifting of the earth’s magnetic poles is one of the themes associated with projections of earth changes and other possible planetary calamities. The recent earthquake in Japan, registering a record 9.0, caused the earth’s poles to shift about 6-7 inches, according to a report by NASA. It was enough of a change to require airplane pilots to compensate for the new heading of their destination airport. The shift in the earth’s poles, according to NASA, also caused that day to be shorter, by about two microseconds. Researchers at NASA pointed out, for the purposes of comparison, that during a normal year, the earth’s axis shifts here and there about 3 ½ feet, a much greater distance than that caused by the Japan earthquake. They also noted that during the year, the length of a day increases and decreases by about a millisecond, which is more than 500 times the amount of shortening caused by the earthquake. Conclusion: recent events on our planet amount to just another day for Mother Earth.
Man-made destruction may be upon us
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cientists have determined that there have been five mass extinctions in the history of our planet. They were created by natural causes and wiped out as much as 75 percent of life each time. According to a study recently published in the journal Nature, we may be in the midst of a sixth mass extinction. This one, according to the study, is man-made. Habitation loss; over-hunting; over-fishing; the spread of germs, viruses, and introduced species; and climate change caused by fossil-fuel greenhouse gases are the sources of this slow scourge. Except for the mass ex tinction caused by a comet colliding with Earth, which killed quickly, the other four extinctions have occurred over hundreds of thousands to millions of years, caused by global warming or cooling. This sixth extinction, which began perhaps 200 years ago, is happening rapidly, and will complete itself in 500-2,000 years. July-September 2011
Romania taxes Researchers ‘find’ witches with new Atlantis in Spain laws
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t’s a hard time for witches and seers these days in Romania. First the government officially recognized witches, seers, and psychics as legitimate professionals. That recognition also required that the government institute taxes on the income of this trade group. That was bad enough, leading some witches, according to an Associated Press report, to dump poisonous mandrake into the Danube in an attempt to put a hex on the government officials. The new law also requires witches to have a permit, to provide their customers with receipts, and bars them from practicing near schools and churches, with the threat of fines or jail time if their predictions don’t pan out.
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esearchers believe they have found evidence for a tsunami-buried Atlantis in some marshland near Cadiz, Spain. Using a combination of deep-ground radar, digital mapping, and underwater technology to survey the site, an international team of archaeologists led by the University of Hartford (Connecticut), have been investigating the area, and their results will be shown on a National Geographic Channel special. The investigation began with the discovery of several “memorial cities,” presumably built in Atlantis’s image by its refugees after the continent’s likely destruction by a tsunami.
Optimism helps heal the heart
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ptimism is a hearthealthy attitude, as research reported here in the past has shown. New research shows also that optimism helps heal a heart confronted with coronary heart disease. The study, conducted at Duke University Medical Center, followed almost 3,000 heart patients for 15 years. At the beginning of the study, researchers measured a patient’s level of optimism by asking for true/false responses to statements such as “I expect my lifestyle will suffer; I can
still live a long, healthy life; I doubt that I’ll ever fully recover.” At the end of the study, the histories of these patients were compared and correlated with their initial attitude about their heart and future prospects. The results, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, indicated that those with the most optimistic attitudes experienced a more successful recovery and lived longer than those with less optimism. 7
Less education means higher blood pressure
High-fiber diet can prolong life
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he average American doesn’t get enough fiber in the diet, and now research indicates that such a shortage can cut the life span as well as create health problems along the way. A new study by the National Institutes of Health found that the difference in mortality between folks with low-fiber and high-fiber diets is significant—a highfiber diet cuts the death rate by 25 percent! This study found that a high-fiber diet was associated with significantly reduced rates of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and respiratory ailments.
t’s been known for some time that health is related to socio-economic status, which in turn is related to educational attainment. Folks with higher levels of education have overall better health. Recent research pressure, which is related has pinned down one facto several types of health tor that could be the cause concerns. The researchers of this relationship—blood noted, “Low educational pressure. attainment has been Average blood pressure demonstrated to predispose among adults is inversely individuals to high-strain related to level of education jobs, characterized by high attained, according to a recent study published in the levels of demand and low levels of control, which journal BMC Public Health. have been associated with Those with lower levels of education have higher blood elevated blood pressure.”
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Naps make you smarter
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e know Thomas Edison took naps to help his work and we’ve since learned that naps improve our health, our mental outlook, and our memory. A recent study published in Current Biology has shed light on what happens in naps that create these effects. In this study, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, recruited volunteers to come to the lab to learn a memorization task, connecting faces with names. Afterwards, half the volunteers got a 90-minute nap that afternoon, while the rest were assigned other laboratory activities for the afternoon. Early that evening, the researchers re-tested everyone’s memory for the first task. Those who napped did much better at remembering what they had learned earlier that day. The researchers then gave the volunteers a s econd memorization task. Those who had not napped did about 20 percent worse than they had done earlier in the day. Those who napped improved their per formance relative to their earlier work. The researchers concluded from this study that napping helps retain what has been learned, and helps with learning after the nap. When the researchers studied the EEG recordings of each volunteer’s nap time, they found that there were “sleep spindles” occurring in non-dream sleep. They speculate that these spindles reflect the brain moving information from short-term memory to long-term storage. This movement into long-term storage would explain why the nappers remembered their learning better than the non-nappers. The researchers also speculate that when information is moved from short-term to long-term memory, it relieves a burden on short-term memory; clearing it for better work, as evidenced by the nappers outper forming their counterparts on a new learning exercise. The researchers concluded that napping helps both after learning and before learning. 8
Peer pressure can be mobilized for good
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hen we hear of peer pressure, we usually think of its ill effects, when folks go with the crowd and go wrong. Little-known research, however, shows that peer pressure can be mobilized to motivate folks to change their behavior for the better. In her book Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World (Norton), Tina Rosenberg, a Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant winner, surveys the evidence for the constructive use of peer pressure. She notes the power of the small group to effect change and describes several programs that use this approach, such as groups to promote nonsmoking (“Rage Against the Haze”) and safe sex (“Love Live”). Research shows that both positive and negative health habits can spread virally across social networks, and that folks in proximity to one another—close associates—tend to mirror the health habits of each other. She advocates that the public health system employ the same peeroriented approach that advertisers use to motivate teenagers. Rather than a campaign telling teens, “Dare to Be Different— Don’t Smoke!” when they crave to fit in, we should be advertising, “Join the Cool Clean Crowd of Smoke-Free Teens!” For related Web links or more information, go to creativespirit. net/psiresearch EdgarCayce.org
Finding Your Soul’s Purpose: The Moon’s Nodes There is as much reason to dwell upon the thought from whence the soul came, as it is upon whence the soul goeth. (3003-1)
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Raye Mathis will mentor the online eGroup Life Purpose Astrology, Sept. 7-Oct. 14. Visit EdgarCayce.org/ egroups for details. RAYE MATHIS, MSW, LSW, has been an astrological counselor for over 40 years. A former A.R.E. board member, she currently serves on the faculty of Atlantic University where she mentors an online course, “Spiritual Crisis.” Call 800-428-1512 for information. July-September 2011
���� C���� ��� ����� many times about one’s soul purpose this lifetime and his answers varied, depending on the individual. He even suggested that studying astrology could be helpful—though always emphasizing that the Will was the overriding factor. In all influences, as are seen, that are as standards or as signposts along life’s way, these are written—as it were—in the astrological influences that have influenced and do influence an entity through any given experience or time… (288-30) How can you use astrology to find your soul’s path in this life? On the one hand the entire horoscope symbolizes your soul’s purpose this lifetime, but many astrologers will first look toward the Nodes of the Moon. The Nodes of the Moon are not actual bodies in the sky, but are the two points where the Moon crossed the ecliptic (the path of the Sun) on the day you were born. These two points, the North Node and the South Node, are always exactly opposite each other by sign and by house location. They are sometimes referred to as the “dragon’s head” and “dragon’s tail”— terminology that has its roots in the mythology about the hero’s need to meet and conquer the dragon (a symbol for issues that block you on your spiritual path). Generally it is believed that the South Node describes your soul’s past, your path of least resistance, and habitual patterns you need to change; but also your innate talents and skills. In other words, things you already know from previous lifetimes. The North Node reflects your soul’s future path and purpose along with the underdeveloped parts of your personality. In other words, things you came in to learn. Rather than think of the Noes as an either/ or situation—that you have to leave the South Node and head “North”—it is more helpful to
consider the Nodes as a pair of opposite (but related) tendencies that should be more balanced. You may need to place more emphasis on the areas symbolized by your North Node, yet you don’t throw away your past in order to jump to your future. Instead you integrate the past into the future. Explore your past in a similar way to how you might research your ancestral inheritance: to learn spiritual “illnesses” you might be susceptible to, karmic pitfalls, family issues passed on to you, etc. Mine your background for those undeveloped skills and talents that have lain dormant and now need to be cultivated. No one’s past is without some hidden gems of merit. The North Node often seems to be an unfamiliar area: one you haven’t investigated; something haven’t been drawn to in past lives but that, when its influences are included, would enable you to grow spiritually and expand your horizons extensively during this lifetime. The two signs of the Moon’s Nodes form an axis and a polarity whose integration reflects an important part of every soul’s purpose this lifetime. For example: all souls entering this summer of 2011 will have the North Node in Sagittarius and the South Node in Gemini. (The astrological house locations of the Nodes will vary depending on the time of birth, and will influence each individual soul differently, though some general traits from these two astrological signs can be applied to all these summer souls.) In regard to Sagittarius and Gemini, these souls will have to make sure their talent for gathering data, facts, and information (Gemini) is used to develop concepts that are deep, lasting, and that expand their view of the world (Sagittarius); rather than contributing to superficial communication with others that might degenerate into gossip and discussing the trends of the moment (negative Gemini). They may need to work toward taking more risk in finding their place in the world (Sagittarius), rather than remaining interested only in their own local neighborhood (Gemini). In the end, neither astrology nor even Edgar Cayce had the final answer to one’s soul purpose. Q. What is the main purpose of my present incarnation and am I fulfilling it? A. No one may answer such but self. … For remember, ye are free-willed even before the Father. (1472-10) 9
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tivity, and (3) shifting of the poles of the earth as a part of the coming New Age.
La Niña and El Niño Amazingly, on May 28, 1926, Edgar Cayce made a connection between temperature changes in deep ocean currents and weather changes in reading 195-29: “As the heat or cold in the various parts of the earth is radiated off, and correlated with reflection in the earth’s atmosphere, this in its action changes the currents or streams in the ocean. ...” This reading was concerning the future of wheat crops and weather patterns, and Cayce’s description may be his version of what we’ve all come to know today as La Niña and El Niño. These are weather patterns that are a result of temperature chanes in the eep currents of Pacic Ocean. These changes in the temperature of ocean currents have had a dramatic impact on our weather.
The Tsunami in the Indian Ocean Perhaps the most amazin example of Cayce’s prophetic abilities was his prediction of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean that resulted from an undersea earthquake. This event occurred on December 26, 2004, but Cayce saw it in April of 1941: “Strifes will arise through the period. Watch for them...in the Indian Ocean. ...Ye say that these are of the sea; yes, for there shall the breaking up be...”(3976-26, 4/28/1941) The event began with an undersea earthquake in Continued on page 12 EdgarCayce.org
It’s NOT about Earthquakes Spiritual Transformation is the Goal B Y K E V I N J. T O D E S C H I
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am more convinced than ever that the Edgar Cayce material on earth changes is not really about earthquakes at all but instead about our connectedness as a human species. Just what are some of the misperceptions about this material? And what do the readings really suggest? The readings on earth changes can be summarized into four categories: 1) readings discussing changes for the 1930s, especially 1936; 2) readings suggesting that earth changes are gradual; 3) readings stating that earth changes are cataclysmic and disastrous; and 4) earth changes that occurred in prehistory (ancient times). I recently contacted at random a number of different departments within A.R.E. and spoke to a dozen different staff people and volunteers—from various backgrounds, lengths of service, and duration of membership. My question was simple, “How many readings did Edgar Cayce give on the topic of earth changes?” Most of the responses were either “hundreds” or “thousands.” One person said “50.” Only one said that the number was less than 20, and less than 20 is the correct answer. Setting aside category #4 (prehistory), less than 20 of the more than 14,000 readings talk about the potential of future earth changes. Information that essentially explores .14 percent (that is point-one-four percent) of the Cayce material has become the most-publicized topic in the entire archives. Amazing! In terms of category #1, here are some examples of the readings Continued on page 13 11
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the Indian Ocean measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale that generated three enormous tidal waves (tsunamis) that flowed out far enough to strike ten Asian and two African countries.
Earthquakes and Sea Levels In 1941, Cayce gave another detailed description of earth changes to a Ms. 1152: “As to conditions in the geography of the world, of the country, changes are gradually coming about [note the word gradually]. ... In the next few years, lands will appear in the Atlantic [e.g., Iceland and Fogo Cape Verde—we’re still waiting for Atlantis to rise] as well as in the Pacic [e.., Hawaii an New Zealan]. And what is the coastline of many a land now will be the bed of the ocean. Even many of the battlefields of the present [1941, WW II] will be ocean, will be the seas, the bays, the lands over which the new order will carry on their trade. Portions of the now east coast of New York, or New York City itself, will in the main disappear. This will be another generation though [a generation is 25 years, therefore 1941+25 years equates to the generation born in the mid-1960s]; while the southern portions of Carolina, Georgia will disappear [likely from the major fault under Charleston, SC]. This will be much sooner. The waters of the lakes [Great Lakes] will empty into the Gulf [of Mexico] rather than the waterway over which such discussions have been recently made [St. Lawrence Seaway—this is likely to be a result of movement on the New Madrid fault under the Mississippi River]. It would be well if the waterway were prepared... Then the area where the entity is now located [Virginia Beach] will be among the safety lands, as will be what is now Ohio, Indiana and Illinois and much of the southern portion of Canada and the eastern portion of Canada; while the western land—much of that is to be disturbed...” Ms. 1152 finishes this reading with some very direct questions about New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. “Q. Will Los Angeles be safe? A. Los Angeles, San Francisco, most all of these will be among those that will be destroyed before New York even.” (1152-11, 8/13/1941) 12
Clearly some earth changes are inevitable given that our planet is made up of tectonic plates that continue to move. These movements affect volcanoes and earthquakes. Another often-publicized reading is about the interconnected timing of some U.S. west coast activity with volcanoes in the Caribbean and Italy: “If there are the greater activities in the Vesuvius [Italy], or Pelée [sister volcano to Montserrat in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea], then the southern coast of California— and the areas between Salt Lake and the southern portions of Nevada—may expect, within the three months following the greater activity, an inundation by the earthquakes.” (270-35, 1/21/1936) Clearly some earth changes are inevitable given that our planet is made up of tectonic plates that have moved and continue to move. These movements affect volcanoes and earthquakes, which in turn generate tsunamis.
Shifting of the Poles of the Earth Q. What great change or the beginning of what change, if any, is to take place in the earth in the year 2000 to 2001 A.D.? A. When there is a shifting of the poles; or a new cycle begins. (826-8, 8/11/1936)
When asked to explain what some of the characteristics of the New Age would be, Cayce answered: In the Piscean age, in the center of same, we had the entrance of Emmanuel or God among men, see? What did that mean? The same will be meant by the full consciousness of the ability to communicate with or to be aware of the relationships to the Creative Forces and the uses of same in material environs. This awareness during the era or age in the age of Atlantis and Lemuria or Mu brought what; destruction to man, and his beginning of the needs of the journey up through that of selfishness. Then, as to what will these be—only those who accept same will even become aware of what’s going on about them! How few realize the vibratory forces as create influences from even one individual to another, when they are even in the same vibratory force or influence! And yet ye ask what will the Aquarian age bring in mind, in body, in experience? (1602-3, 9/22/1939) Continued on page 14 EdgarCayce.org
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talking about 1936: Q. Please forecast the principal events for the next fifty years affecting the welfare of the human race. A. This had best be cast after the great catastrophe that’s coming to the world in ‘36 (thirty-six), in the form of the breaking up of many powers that now exist as factors in the world affairs … Then, with the breaking up of in ‘36 (thirty-six) will be the changes that will make the different maps of the world. (3976-10, 2/8/1932) Q. What will be the type and extent of the upheaval in ‘36? A. The wars, the upheavals in the interior of the earth, and the shifting of same by the differentiation in the axis as respecting the positions from the Polaris center. (5748-6, 7/1/1932) Q. Will the earth upheavals during 1936 affect San Francisco as it did in 1906? A. This’ll be a baby beside what it’ll be in ‘36! (270-38, 2/13/1933) With the above in mind, was Edgar Cayce wrong? There was no shifting of the poles, no physical changes that impacted world maps, and no cataclysmic earthquakes. Let me offer an alternative explanation. Much like interpreting a dream, oftentimes a psychic has to “interpret” the symbols and images he or she sees in an effort to explain the changes that are being seen and predicted on a future timeline. Rather than earthquakes or pole shifts, 1936 marked the beginning of civil war in Spain, Hitler’s invasion of the Rhineland in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, and ongoing aggression between Japan and China that grew to an all-out war in 1937. Events were set in place causing the outbreak of World War II and the changes Cayce saw expressed themselves in the affairs of humankind. In fact, even by 1935 it appears as though the “different maps of the world” that Cayce had once foreseen as physical earth changes were being revisited and further clarified. In response to a question regarding global affairs, Cayce warned a 29-year-old freight agent of catastrophic events that were building to a world at war: As to the affairs of an international nature, these we find are in a condition July-September 2011
of great anxiety on the part of many; not only as individuals but as to nations … This will make for the taking of sides, as it were, by various groups or countries or governments. This will be indicated by the Austrians, Germans, and later the Japanese joining in their influence … For these will gradually make for a growing of animosities. And unless there is interference from what may be called by many the supernatural forces and influences, that are activative in the affairs of nations and peoples, the whole world—as it were— will be set on fire by the militaristic groups and those that are “for” power and expansion in such associations. (416-7, 10/7/1935) During the same reading when a question was asked about the possibility of cataclysmic earth changes, Cayce said, in part: “Tendencies in the hearts and souls of men are such that these [disasters/cataclsms] ma be brouht about. For … man—by his compliance with divine law—bring[s] order out of chaos … by his disregard … bring[s] chaos and destructive forces into his experience.”
are at the periods when the cycle of the solar activity, or the years as related to the sun’s passage through the various spheres of activity become paramount or Catamount [?] [Tantamount?] to the change between the Piscean and the Aquarian age. This is a gradual, not a cataclysmic activity in the experience of the earth in this period. (1602-3, 9/22/1939) In contradiction to the perspective of “gradual change” is the fact that the world seems to be in the midst of one global disaster after another—for example, Hurricane Katrina and earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, Australia, and Japan (coupled with a Tsunami) might lead us to question the “gradual change” worldview. However, many studies show that there are not more disasters; instead, there are more people, better global communication systems, and an ever-increasing population growth in vulnerable, disaster-prone areas. In other words, we have always had earthquakes, but ever-burgeoning population growth and ongoing changes in weather patterns will make vulnerable areas of the global even more susceptible to potential In category #2, a number of read- calamity. ings suggest that the earth changes we can anticipate are gradual in nature, In category #3, there are definitely including: readings that have been quoted to sugQ. Are the physical changes in gest the inevitability of cataclysmic earth Alabama predicted for 1936-38 to be changes, including the following: gradual or sudden changes? The earth will be broken up in many A. Gradual. pla ces. The early portion will see a Q. What form will they take? change in the physical aspect of the west A. To be sure, that may depend upon coast of America. There will be open much that deals with the metaphysical, waters appear in the northern portions of as well as to that people called actual or Greenland. There will be new lands seen in truth! for, as understood—or should off the Caribbean Sea, and dry land will be by the entity—there Continued on page 14 are those conditions that in the activity of individuals, in line of thought and endeavor, keep oft many a city and many a land intact through their ap plication of the spiritual laws in their associations with individuals. (311-10, 11/19/1932) In 1998 we may find a great deal of the activities as have been wrought by the gradual changes that are coming about. These 13
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The Changes Are Gradual
Cayce’s Positive Future
In 1998 we may find a great deal of the activities as have been wrought by the gradual changes that are coming about [81 quakes over 6.5, 8 over 7.0, and one tsunami that destroyed 9,500 homes in Papua New Guinea]. These are at the periods when the cycle of the solar activity, or the years as related to the sun’s passage through the various spheres of activity become paramount or Catamount [?] [Tantamount?] to the change between the Piscean and the Aquarian age. This is a gradual, not a cataclysmic activity in the experience of the earth in this period. (1602-3, 9/22/ 1939, author’s emphasis)
Despite all of these changes, Cayce associates them with a positive outcome: For a thousand years He [Jesus Christ] will walk and talk with men of every clime. Then in groups, in masses, and then they shall reign of the first resurrection for a thousand years; for this will be when the changes materially come. (364-8, 4/15/1932, author’s emphasis) In Matthew 24, Jesus prophesied many earth changes, only to finish by describing them as part of the “birth pains” of a new era, adding,“Those days will be shortened.” The Revelation prophesies a period of 1,000 years when Satan and all evil are bound and the earth enjoys a golden age. Cayce touches on this, “Can the mind of man comprehend no desire to sin, no purpose but that the glory of the Son may be manifested in his life? Is this not a new heaven, a new earth? For the former things would have passed away. For as the desires, the purposes, the aims are to bring about the whole change physically, so does it create in the experience of each soul a new vision, a new comprehension.” (281-37, 9/8/1937, author’s emphasis) What should we do? Cayce was asked this question and gave an answer we all should consider: “Q. What can I do to help bring about the New Age? A. You will have to practice it in your own life.” (5154-
Modern Reports Modern experts that track our planet’s activities are reporting a trend toward increasing changes, both in number and in magnitude. Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute, recently reported in The Street , “Four of the five costliest earthquakes and tsunamis in the past 30 years have
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR JOHN VAN AUKEN , is a director and head of research at Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. He is an internationally renowned speaker and acknowledged expert on the Cayce readings, ancient mysteries, and other topics. He writes VentureInward’s Ancient Mysteries column and is the author of several books, including From Karma to Grace and Edgar Cayce and the Kabbalah.
appear. (3976-15, 1/19/1934) This reading has been frequently quoted in earth-changes books, booklets, and even “prophecy” documentaries. The irony, however, is that no one ever quotes the question which Cayce was answering, as follows: What are the world changes to come this year physically? (Note: the reading was given in 1934.) However, before the question regarding 1934 was even asked, Cayce also predicted: As to the changes physical again: The earth will be broken up in the western portion of America. The greater portion of Japan must go into the sea. The upper portion of Europe will be changed as in the twinkling of an eye. Land will ap pear off the east coast of America. There will be the upheavals in the Arctic and in the Antarctic that will make for the eruption of volcanoes in the Torrid areas, and there will be shifting then of the poles—so that where there has been those of a frigid or the semi-tropical will become the more tropical, and moss and fern will grow. And these will begin in those periods in ‘58 to ‘98, when these will be proclaimed as the periods when His light will be seen again in the clouds. As to times, as to seasons, as to places, Alone is it given to those who have named the name … However, this same reading also includes the curious statement,“I, Halaliel, have spoken,” presenting this as one of the few readings when another entity spoke through Edgar Cayce. So this reading can’t really be attributed to Edgar Cayce at all. And just who is Halaliel? My understanding is that he is the archangel of karma. Certainly, we must have some potential for grace in our collective global futures? Another interesting possibility about this reading is the statements regarding the “greater portion of Japan” going “into the sea” and the EdgarCayce.org
What if global turmoil is simply a means to an end of coming to the realization of our connectedness—the universe’s means of bringing us together in oneness? “upper portion” of Europe changing as in “the twinkling of an eye.” Although not literally true, both certainly became symbolically true as an aftermath of World War II. Another item often cited concerns a dream Edgar Cayce had in 1936 after having been arrested in Detroit for practicing medicine without a license. (Report 294-185). Essentially, the dream portrayed Edgar Cayce as being reincarnated in 2158 in a coastal town in Nebraska (!) and discovering that his work from his lifetime as Edgar Cayce was still being studied. That dream has been misquoted in both books and lectures as “Edgar Cayce predicted Nebraska would be the coastline” when, in fact, that is not the case at all. A reading was given on the dream and essentially interpreted it as encouragement— that regardless of what happened in the external world (e.g., being arrested), Cayce’s work was important and would survive. The readings also suggest that whenever war, strife, and turmoil occur in the affairs of humankind, sunspots occur as a natural consequence. On one occasion Cayce went so far as to state that the phenomenon of “sunspots” was inextricably connected to instability and turmoil upon the planet earth itself. (5751-1) In other words, instability among people leads to instability upon the planet and throughout the universe! Along similar lines, when a 40-year-old woman asked for more information about herself and her relationship to the universe, the response came that, for all individuals, everything that was out of accord with spirit and divine laws had an impact upon the heavens. (2408-1) On another occasion, Cayce told a group: “For as the people of each nation pray, July-September 2011
and then live that prayer, so must the Spirit work.” (3976-23) One of the most interesting dynamics of people working together is that they can raise the “vibration” of energy and thought to a higher level. Simply stated, this means that literal physical earth changes seen decades ago by Edgar Cayce could now be changes that will occur on a different level. Certainly, some earthquakes will continue to occur as part of the natural physical evolution of the planet. But potentially even more influential changes could come from worldwide political turmoil (such as what is occurring in the Middle East), global economic challenges (that are reinforcing the awareness of our interconnectivity), and many more “upheavals” that are not necessarily geological in nature.
Just what did Edgar Cayce see for our collective futures? The readings state that eventually one hallmark of the Aquarian Age we are entering could be described simply as “purity.” (1602-3) It is important to point out that we’re not going to wake up one day soon and think “Oh my gosh—we’ve entered an age of purity.” Instead, there is a gradual transition between ages. It’s quite possible that it will be a generation or two from now that humankind finally looks back and says, “You know, it appears that the real change started to occur around the end of 2012…” In addition to purity, the readings suggest that the Age is ultimately one of globalization in terms of understanding that each individual is responsible for every other individual. Certainly, with the globalization of communications brought on by the Internet this may have already become a reality. Finally, in addition to globalization and purity, the Edgar Cayce readings also state that spiritual consciousness will reach such a height of development during this period that eventually each individual will be able to communicate directly with the Divine. Ultimately, I no longer believe that the Edgar Cayce readings on earth changes
are really about physical changes at all. Instead they are about the fact that a new world is being born. The changes— however they manifest—provide an opportunity to understand our relationship with one another and get our priorities back in focus. Rather than plotting out potential earthquakes or simply revisiting the potentials of earth-change readings given decades ago, perhaps the time has come to look at this material in a new light. What if global turmoil is simply a means to an end of coming to the realization of our connectedness? What if we could come to an understanding of our oneness with one another without the challenge? What if global events were the universe’s means of bringing the world together in oneness? The changing events in our world and in our lives are to enable us to remember why we are here. Our planet is in the midst of upheavals that will enable individuals everywhere to eventually gain this realization: with God as our Creator we are all part of the same family. That understanding and experience is our collective destiny. We don’t want to fool ourselves: the geological condition of the planet makes some earth changes inevitable. In other words, there will continue to be earthquakes. But the purpose of the changes we are experiencing is not for the earth changes themselves but simply a step toward reawakening to our destiny as spiritual beings manifesting in the earth. ABOUT THE AUTHOR KEVIN J. TODESCHI is Executive Director and CEO of Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. and Atlantic University. He oversees activities of the Cayce work worldwide. As both student and teacher of the Edgar Cayce material for more than 30 years, he has lectured on five continents in front of thousands of individuals. A prolific writer, he is the author of many articles and more than 20 books, including Edgar Cayce on Vibration, Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records, and The Rest of the Noah Story.
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The Body, Mind, Will, Spirit Connection Part I: The Body
When the body is viewed as the temple of the living God, it becomes a sacred vessel.
THE REVEREND JUNE BRO is a long-time A.R.E. member and friend of Edgar Cayce. She is an ordained Disciples of Christ minister.
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house which is holy all through—a chapel in which God meets us face to face. What are the ways that God would have us use these bodies? He spoke of a balance in our bodily activities; a time for work, a time for play, a time for intimacy, a time for eating, a time for studying, a time for praying and meditating, and a time for doing something to help someone else at every opportunity. All of these activities require the cooperation of the physical body. Most important of all, He said, was that we hold to the ideal of serving our Maker in every act that requires using our bodies. Now what about using our bodies to show affection? We all need affection and need to offer affection. We all need a warm kiss and a hug. We all need the encouragement of a loving word. At times we need an arm around our shoulders giving us the support we long for. We all long for intimacy. A woman came to me as I sat at the reception desk, and asked if she could talk confidentially with me. She said that she and her companion were both on a serious spiritual path. They love one another deeply and she asked whether intimacy is allowed when a couple is seeking to make God central in everything they did. I gave her the best understanding I have regarding using the body in this way. 1 told her that if the encounter is preceded by prayer, if both understand that their bodies are sacred vessels, if the love is unselfish, if there are promises to one another, God will meet them in that bodily act, too. A sexual encounter can be a hint of the joy that is destined for us as we become one with our God. The woman thanked me with tears running down her cheeks. I assured her again that every activity of the body can and should be a holy act, inviting God to be present. For it is in Him ye live, and move, and have thy being. And it is in thy body-temple, where He hath promised to meet thee—in the holy of holies. (1992-1) Look for Part II: The Mind in the next issue of Venture Inward . EdgarCayce.org
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BY ANN JAFFIN
Stan’s encounters with the deceased as well as his research helped prepare him for his transition, so it’s it’s not surprising surprising that he started communicating soon after he died.
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Y HUSBAND, STAN, was an electronics kind of guy. guy. A ham radio enthusiast from his teens, he fell in love with computers as an undergraduate in the 1960s and went on to earn a doctorate doctor ate in information technology technolog y, which became his lifelong l ifelong career. He published a series of seven articles about antenna design in an amateur radio magazine in the early 1980s. Stan had numerous books about the mathematics of electronics but one that I found, How to Measure Anything with Electronic Instruments, aptly described his fascination with the topic. Just a few few months months before before his death, death, Venture Inward published published a lengthy article by Stan in the spring 2010 issue, issue , “ Cayce’s Borderland: Higher Dimensions–Other Realities.” Realities.” The readings use the term borderland to to describe the dimension to which we go after physical eath. Perhaps Stan was fascinate b what the reains ha to sa about higher dimensions because over the years several of his deceased relatives appeared to him. Thus, he knew firsthand that there is survival after bodily death. Although Stan had been the strongest, healthiest person I knew, my beloved helpmeet of 35 years died die d from an aggressive form of colon cancer on July 13, 2010, and entered the borderland. I know that his encounters with the deceased as well as his research and studies helped to prepare him for his transition. So it’s not really surprising that Stan began communicating very soon after he died. Although I was not there, he showed up at my A.R.E. study group meeting the night after he passed with a message for me. MaryAnn, a kind and sensitive friend, frie nd, was able to see and “hear” him. She explained that she saw his head and upper body and that they communicated communica ted mentally, not audibly. audibly. Of course, his appeara appearance nce was the biggest message; it said in a dramatic fashion that he was alive and well and eager to communicate. The Cayce readings assure us that “... life is a continuous experience experienc e ...” ...” (1824-1) EdgarCayce.org
Not surprisingly, many of Stan’s communications have been through electronic devices. device s. This not only fits with his interests, it also fits with what Cayce’s readings say about the relationship between God and electricity. Know then that the force in nature that is called electrical or electricity is that same force ye worship as Creative or God in action! (1299-1) Electricity or vibration is that same energy, same power, ye call God. (2828-4) Immediately after Stan’s death, I began wearing his favorite watch, an Atlantis dive watch. My Atlantean husband was fascinated with Cayce’s readings on Atlantis and his favorite vacation destination was Bimini, which he loved to explore. I can still see him blazing trails for A.R.E. friends through the mangrove swamps of east Bimini with his machete. I called him Indiana Jaffin. The first “watch” communication occurred the day after his funeral. Before he died, Stan had instructed me not to contact a particular family member with news of his death. To my surprise, this person had heard about Stan’s passing and called me the day after the funeral. We talked for about 20 minutes. After I hung up the phone, I glanced at Stan’s watch, which was digital, and was amazed to see that all its digits were flashing zeros. I knew that Stan was unhappy and saying, “I know who you’re talking to!” A couple of weeks later, Stan again communicated through the watch. During his illness, we had discussed the need for me to move from our beloved old house before winter. I listed it for sale sal e with a friend’s realtor who quickly found me a perfect place to live. While the realtor and I worked on the listing paperwork for four hours, I kept checking the time on Stan’s watch because I had another appointment. Afterwards, I went into Stan’s study, which I had emptied out mercilessly the day before, and noticed that Stan’s watch had again zeroed out! I knew that it was a sign from him and that he was near. I was concerned that he might be angry but then realized that although the watch had zeroed out, July-September 2011
it was not flashing. I felt that Stan was telling me that he knew what I was doing, but unlike before, he was not angry. He approved. I was happy and grateful to have this reassurance. Stan returned to communicating through his Atlantis dive watch over Labor Day weekend. I was awakened at 2:30 a.m. by a beeping noise. I thought it was the remote control for the air conditioner and was afraid the battery might die on this very hot night. But it was Stan’s watch on my bedside table that was beeping. It soon stopped. The next night I was awakened at 4 a.m. by his watch, and again it beeped only briefly. I knew he was close by. The following night I was unusually tired and told him that I was very, very glad that he was with me, but I needed to sleep through the night. That night his watch did not beep. I missed his electronic communication and the next night I told him that I wanted him to wake me up again with his watch beep. I woke to a soft beep at 4 a.m., spoke to him, the beeping stopped, and I went back to sleep. Two months to the day after his funeral, I assured Stan that I wanted his presence and communication but needed to sleep and asked him to communicate in other ways. Early the next morning the bedroom phone rang just once at 5:30 a.m., but there was no one on the line; 5:30 was the time that Stan woke up to go to work. As always, I was happy to know he was with me, and I was able to go right back to sleep. Stan and I had a wonderful weekend getaway near the ocean, less than two months before his death, at the home of Lisa, one of my oldest friends. She had a digital picture frame in her living room full of family photos which had been a gift from her son the previous year. Exactly two weeks after Stan’s passing, Lisa was very surprised to see that a pink heart the size of a quarter had formed at the bottom of the screen of this electronic device. The heart contained four words: “Love is for eternity. eterni ty.” The frame had never done anything like this before. Lisa realized that this was from Stan
and meant for me. The heart remained there for 24 hours and then disappeared. disa ppeared. During that time, another friend visited Lisa and she, too, saw the heart with its beautiful message. Stan not only communicated with some other very good friends, he manifested a gift for two of them. For many years, we went out to dinner and played bridge with Jane and Tom. We were at their home the evening that Stan had first taken ill. Like Stan, Jane and Tom are very technologically savvy people. Two months to the day after he died, Jane found that she had received a gift from Stan. When she opened a small drawer in her computer table where she kept a few important items, she was very surprised to find something new. Not only could she not figure out how it had gotten there, she did not know what it was! It was in an unopened plastic bag and looked like some kind of a small, electronic gadget which plugged into something, but neither Jane nor Tom had anything that tha t it fit. She showed it to other people, including computer sales and professional people, who finally decided that it i t was some kind of sensor se nsor.. But many of them felt that it was old and not something that was presently available. It was probably something that Stan had for his electronics that he had never used and that I wouldn’t know what to do with anyway. Thus it was safe to give it away. At this particular time, Jane was helping me gather information about a powerful home generator which had been Stan’s, for her friend who was interested in buying it. Since Stan was so much on Jane’s mind at that time, she figured that this mysterious electronic gift was from him. The gift was also a play on words. It was a sensor, and Stan’s gift was giving his long-time friends a sense of his presence. Before we were married, Stan bought me a Mongolian lamp that I’ve always kept on my bedside table. We both felt that we had ridden the steppes of Asia to19
gether in a past life. Recently, a very personal electrical communication showed that Stan had not lost his sense of humor. One sultry summer night, when the air conditioner was not keeping up, I told him that I was so hot I thought I’d just dispense with my nightgown. To my surprise, the Mongolian lamp went out completely for about 15 or 20 seconds and then came back on! It has never done that before or since. I just stood in the dark and laughed, loving that he was letting me know that he was right there with me. I also had a dramatic electrical communication from Stan. One evening I was taking messages off my answering machine when a call came in that I wanted to take. It was from Sandy, a friend in Maryland, who owns a riding stable. Over the years, we had many wonderful rides at Sandy’s, and Stan had his last vigorous trail ride there. Just as I answered the incoming call, the light bulb in my antique ceiling fixture blew out with a loud noise. None of our antique light fixtures had ever behaved like that. When a friend came to change that bulb, I cautioned him to remove the globe that covered it carefully because I was sure that the bulb had shattered and the globe would be full of broken glass. We were very surprised to find that the bulb was still intact but the lamp socket was singed! Apparently the light fixture had shorted out, which may have prevented a fire! I feel that this was not only another electric communication from my dear husband, but that he had intervened to protect me and our home from a fire. I said a little prayer of thanksgiving to both God and Stan. The readings remind us to: ...pray oft for those who have passed on...Those who have passed through God’s other door are oft listening, listening for the voice of those they have loved in the earth. The nearest and dearest thing they have been conscious of in earthly consciousness. (3954-1) 20
Stan has not limited his communications to electronic gadgets. He has also used some of the more traditional spirit communication methods such as appearing to sensitive friends and speaking to them, usually through mental impressions. One of my most difficult and heartrending tasks was to find a new home for our beautiful, six-year-old Siberian husky, Yuri [see “Synchronicity”]. MaryAnn, the study group friend through whom Stan had communicated the night after he died, accompanied me to a dog rescue facility. After touring the facility, MaryAnn and I sat on a bench in the bustling lobby so I could collect myself. Much to my surprise, MaryAnn said quietly to me, “Oh, Stan is here.” Stan, MaryAnn, and I proceeded to have a remarkable three-way conversation. MaryAnn remarked that Stan looked even better than the last time she saw him! I told Stan about a painful regret that I carried, and he gave me a wonderful gift, when he said that I had given him so much that he was able to leave sooner. I knew that introducing him to the Cayce readings was an important part of what I had given him. Since I could not see or hear Stan, I asked MaryAnn if leaving sooner referred to his dying relatively young, and she said that it did. Stan told me that I was doing great and that I must do the work that I had incarnated to do, which was to write the second book that had been knocking on the door of my consciousness for several years. He explained that responsibility
for Yuri must not prevent me from doing my work. He also reminded me to take care of my health. Tearfully I thanked him for his guidance and said I’d like for it to continue, but I did not want to hold him back. He said I was not holding him back but he did have to study. When MaryAnn asked what he would be studying, he replied, “The medicine of the future.”This made sense. Stan had a strong interest in health, and as a child, he had wanted to be a doctor. I was happy when I asked if he would visit me in my new place and he said yes. He also told me that I need to have more faith in God, though Stan did not usually talk about God. We then talked about some family members. However, when my insecurity resurfaced and I asked him how soon the house would sell, he made no reply and disappeared. Many tissues later, when Mary Ann and I got into my car, she said that Stan was back. He told her that our house would sell and I should not worry. He sure was right…it sold in less than a week! This encounter with Stan was told to me b Pam, a coworker an oo frien of Stan’s. Pam creits Stan with helpin her make good career decisions and find new job opportunities with good promotion potential. A few weeks after Stan ie, Pam ha a big decision to make and missed being able to talk it over with him. She had a new job offer and the question that was on her mind was should she stay or New Rate Increase July 1, 2011 Rate of return based on age
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shoul she move? Pam put it this wa: “I always discussed these types of questions with Stan, who would lay out the ‘road map’ of how to ‘execute’ the transition to the new opportunity. He told me years ago to make sure that I was ready to leave and ‘move on.’ Stan’s advice was to never entertain a ‘counter offer’ from my current employer.” On the Sunday morning of Labor Day weeken, with all that on her min, Pam
One of the hardest things I’ve had to do since my husband, Stan, died was to find a good home for our beloved Siberian husky, Yuri. After many attempts, a family found him through a “coincidental” encounter with someone who works for our mutual veterinarian. Yuri’s new owner is the president of the local dog park so he obviously really loves dogs. And this wonderful family welcomes my visits so I still have our pet in my life! As I was preparing to leave after a visit with Yuri’s new family, I mentioned to the lady of the house that I had to get back to my writing. When she asked what I was writing, I asked if she had ever heard of Edgar Cayce. She said, “No,” but her father-in-law said, “Edgar Cayce was a special person.” He went on to tell me that his mother had been very interested in spiritual matters and had requested a reading from Cayce for him when he was a young man. Unfortunately this never happened and he was on the list to have a reading when Edgar died! So our dear Yuri went from a home where his owner, Stan, had Cayce readings in his family to a new family where a member almost had a Cayce reading. What are the odds of either of those things occurring, let alone both?
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was sleeping in her son’s room since he was spending the night at a friend’s and her husband’s snoring kept her awake. Sometime between midnight and 5:00 a.m. Pam sense a presence in the room. Although she was still asleep, a bright light illuminated the room. She felt a strong push and was almost shoved off the bed! She found herself halfway off the bed with her knee on the floor. She pulled herself back onto the bed with her eyes still closed and realized, “That’s the answer to the question that I’ve been wondering about—what would Stan say? ‘Move!’” Shortly after Stan passed through what Cayce called God’s other door, I received a lovely note from Kevin Todeschi, A.R.E.’s CEO, and his wife, Mary Roach, a highly respected psychic. Mary kindly offered me a psychic reading. I fled holiday loneliness and drove to Virginia Beach for both Thanksgiving and New Year’s and had a reading with her each time. Both were full of information from Stan about why he died, and what it was like to die, as well as of words of loving comfort and guidance for me. Both readings were very moving and helpful. Stan had not expected to die. The process felt as though he was caught in an overwhelmingly powerful ocean wave that tumbled him over and over and over. When at last he was finally able to breathe, he was out of his body and on the other side. Stan’s physical body peeled off of him like a glove and then he was bathed in what he knew was truly the indescribably wondrous and loving spirit of God. Stan was told that his dying before me was part of a pre-birth contract that we had made. This challenging situation would foster our growth and enable Stan work with me from a higher level of consciousness on the book. The book would also be enriched by my struggling with his loss. Stan assured me that much help would be forthcoming, which has indeed been the case, and for which I am truly thankful. The Source of the Cayce readings tells us that: ...there should not be sorrow and sadness in those periods when the physical turmoils and strifes of the body are laid aside, for the moment, for the closer walk
with Him. For indeed to be absent from the material body is to be present with the Lord. (1824-1) One of the most important revelations from Mary was that Stan and I would learn to communicate and continue to work together. In fact, the last time that MaryAnn communicated with Stan, he said he’d rather talk to me than to her. Stan and I are working on communicating. On his birthday, I prayed that if it was God’s will, I’d very much like to feel Stan’s presence and I believe I did. Spirit speaks to us in many ways. Synchronicity is one. When it was no longer possible for me to take care of my dear husband at home, he was admitted to a nearby 14-bed inpatient hospice facility, where he died the next morning. The name of that facility is Casey House. On a commemorative cobblestone in
the Casey House garden, I used an appropriate term from the Cayce readings to describe Stan. The inscription reads: “Stan Jaffin, Beloved Husband and Helpmeet.” ABOUT THE AUTHOR ANN JAFFIN is a longtime A.R.E. member from Silver Spring, Md. In addition to writing several articles for Venture Inward , she is the author of Past Lives an Present Karma (A.R.E. Press).
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could give to your dog once a day, and it would help him to live almost two years longer? Would you be committed to getting it into him every day? How much would you be willing to pay for such a pill? Well, there is no such pill. But don’t worry; I have an even better proposition for you. What if I told you that simply keeping your pet at his ideal weight will accomplish the same thing? It is true—feed your dog less and he will live longer. A few ears ao, Purina publishe a stu regarding pet food intake and longevity. They followed two groups of Labrador retrievers from birth to death. One group was fed as much food as they wanted; the other was fed 25 percent less food than whatever the first group ate. The findings were stunning. The researchers found that the group of labs that ate less food was thinner. (Actually that finding did not surprise anyone.) But, they also found that the thinner dogs lived on average 1.8 years longer than their pudgy counterparts. Furthermore, for the slim labs there was a 2.8year delay in the symptoms of arthritis and other chronic diseases. So we’re talking not only quantity of life, but also quality of life. This research is the basis of a commercial you may have seen on TV claiming that ground-breaking research has shown that feein Purina o foo properl, for life, can help dogs live almost two years longer. While this ad is technically true, it leads the viewer to think that it was the food that caused the longevity, when in reality it was the fact that the food was “fed properly” or restricted. This
is just one example of misleading pet food claims—but I digress. Back to the 80 pound lab in the room. You might think from the significance of the longevity difference in the above groups that the overweight dogs must have been extremely fat. In truth, the average body condition score (a rating of the amount of fat vs. muscle with 1 being emaciated, 5 being ideal, and 10 being extremely obese ) for the short-lived dogs was 6.5 out of 10. So, it does not take much extra weight to put your pet in danger. Unfortunately, pet owners in general have a bloated ideal of what a fit pet should look like. Studies have shown that people consistently underrate their pet’s body condition score. For your pet’s sake, you need to be able to objectively evaluate your pet’s weight. There are several ways to check your pet’s body condition score. First, look straight down on your pet. There should be a narrowing of his body contour just behind the ribcage (the waist). Looking at your pet from the side, the abdomen should tuck up behind the ribs. Finally, feel the sides your dog’s ribcage, right behind the shoulders. You should be able to easily feel the ribs (but not see them). If instead you can pinch an inch, your pet is overweight. Overweight is defined as a pet being 10 percent above his ideal weight. Obese is defined as a pet being 20 percent over his ideal weight. Taken together, these two conditions are the second most common diagnosis for middle-aged dogs and cats (those between the ages of 5 and 11). According to a recent study, 34.9 percent of dogs are overweight and 6.7 percent are obese. The reality for cats is worse; 34.3 percent are overweight and 9.7 percent are obese. Two extra pounds on a ten-pound cat is the difference between fit and obese! The formula for weight loss is simple; put fewer calories in and burn more calories off. Of course just because something is simple does not mean it is easy. I am going to devote my next column to how to address this weighty issue. 23
Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt BY C HRISTOPHER DUNN
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he landscape of the ancient world is dotted with fabulous structures that are breathtaking in their complexity.
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an astronomical computer found by fishermen on the sea floor near the island of had their pyramids and temples. The Antikythera in 1901, the development of technology in the ancient world seems to Hindus crafted elaborate temples have clear origins and is fairly well understood. throughout Asia. The Greeks built Going back yet further in time, a deeper mystery lies in the question of how the the Parthenon, an the Bablonians ancient Egyptian civilization could have flourished for 3,000 years without improving constructed the Jupiter Temple and the the tools used to quarry and shape stone to near perfection. Since 1984, when Analog fabled Hanging Gardens. The Romans magazine published my article “Advanced Machining in Ancient Egypt?” controversy made their mark all over their world, on this subject has persisted. The article proposed that the ancient Egyptians were with engineering geniuses guiding the more highly developed than previously believed and that they used advanced tools construction of their famous roads, the and methods to cut granite, diorite, and other difficult-to-work stone. It does not Coliseum, and numerous temples and seem credible that brilliant architects and engineers would continue to use stone tools viaducts, while Roman sculptors guided and copper chisels for three millennia. their chisels over marble and alabaster, The most stunning and convincing artifacts that clearly contradict theories about giving it physical presence and beauty. hard igneous rock having been quarried and worked in prehistory, are the incredible With the exception of artifacts such as granite and basalt boxes in the rock tunnels of the Serapeum at Saqqara (see fig. 1). the mysterious Antikythera Mechanism, Within these mysterious tunnels that were carved out of the limestone bedrock are over 20 huge granite boxes. These 70-ton boxes with their 20-ton lids were quarried at Aswan—over 500 miles away—and installed in arched crypts recessed into the walls of the labyrinth of underground tunnels. All the boxes were finished on the inside and the bottom side of the lid, but not all were finished on the outside. It appears that work stopped suddenly in the Serapeum, for there were boxes in several stages of completion: boxes with lids, boxes that had yet to have the lids placed on them, and the rough box and lid near the entrance. The floor of each crypt was several feet lower than the tunnel floor, and iron railings were installed to prevent visitors from falling. In one of the crypts there was a granite box with a broken corner, accessible by means of steps down to the lower floor. The outside of the box appeared to be roughly finished, but the glint of a high polish on the inside surfaces beckoned me to climb inside. Running my hand along the surface of the granite reminded me of the thousands of times I have run my hand along a granite surface plate when I was working as a machinist and later as a tool and die maker. The feel of the stone was no different, though I was not sure of its flatness or accuracy. To check my impression, I placed Figure 1: Entrance to the Serapeum 24
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the edge of my precision-ground parallel against the surface—and I saw that it was dead flat. There was no light showing through the interface of the steel and the stone, as there would be if the surface was concave, and the steel did not rock back and forth, as it would if the surface was convex. To put it mildly, I was astounded. I did not expect to find such exactitude, because this order of precision is not necessary for the sarcophagus of a bull—or any other animal or human. I slid the parallel along the surface both horizontally and vertically, and there was no deviation from a true, flat surface. The flatness was similar to precisionground surface plates that are used in manufacturing for the verification of exactly machined parts for tools, gauges, and myriad other products that require extremely accurate surfaces and dimensions (see sidebar below for more details). Moving the steel edge along the granite provided enough information for me to conclude that I needed a longer straight edge—and, preferably, even more sophisticated alignment equipment—to determine the accuracy of the inside surfaces of the box. I was also impressed to find that each corner of the box had a small radius that ran from the top of the box to the bottom, where it blended with the corner radius of the floor of the box. The artifacts I have measured in Egypt have the marks of careful and remarkable manufacturing methods. They are unmistakable and irrefutable in their precision, but origin and intent will always be open to speculation. A series of photographs were taken inside the Serapeum on August 27, 2001. Those taken of me inside one of these huge boxes (see fig. 2) show me inspecting the squareness between a 27-ton lid and the inside surface of the granite box on which it sits.
The underside of the lid and the inside wall of the box I found to be square, and finding that the squareness was achieved not just on one side of the box but both, raises the level of difficulty in accomplishing this feat. Think of it as a geometric reality. In order for the underside of the lid to be square with the two inside walls, the inside walls would have to be parallel to one another along the vertical axis. Moreover, the topside of the box would need to establish a plane that is square to the sides. That makes finishing the inside exponentially more difficult. The manufacturers of these boxes in the Serapeum not only created inside surfaces that were flat when measured vertically and horizontally, they also made sure that the surfaces they were creating were square and parallel to each other, with one surface, the top, having sides that are 5 feet and 10 feet apart from each other. But without such parallelism and squareness of the top surface,
Exacting Standards In 1995 I inspected the inside and outside surfaces of two boxes in the Serapeum, and found the inside of the box to be perfectly flat. Those familiar with precision machined parts and the relationship between gauges and surface plates know that the gauge may show that the stone is flat within the tolerance of the gauge—in this case 0.0002 inch (0.00508 millimeter) flatness. If the gauge is moved 6 inches along the stone surface, however, and the same conditions are found, it cannot be claimed with certainty that the stone is within the same tolerance over 12 inches—unless the plate has been inspected by another means and is calibrated to a known standard. My initial inspection was with a 6-inch precision straight edge that was accurate to .0002 inch.
the squareness noted on both sides would not exist. The flat surfaces of the inside of the boxes exhibited a high degree of accuracy that is comparable to surfaces found on surface plates in modern manufacturing facilities. Finding such precision from any epoch in human history leads one to conclude that a sophisticated system of precise measure must have been in existence. This is an area of intense interest to A.R.E. members as well as engineers, like me, who find in Egypt a language with which we are familiar—the language of science, engineering, and manufacturing. Our counterparts in that ancient land left future generations of scientists, engineers, architects, and those who take their instructions and shape materials to their specifications, with a difficult challenge. This challenge is to recognize what
Figure 2: Inspecting the granite boxes
The precision square I used to check the squareness of the lid and inside surface of the box was calibrated to .00005 inch (that is 5/100,000 of an inch) using a Jones & Lamson comparitor. Having knowledge of the incredible precision in the boxes in the Serapeum, we should be reminded of the work of Sir William Flinders Petrie, who measured and recorded for prosperity the marvelous layout of the Giza Plateau, and particularly the accuracy and true alignment of many of the features found in the Great Pyramid. His measurements discovered that the casing stone were cut within .010 inch and the constructed portion of the Descending Passage was accurate to within the thickness of a thumbnail (.020 inch) over a length of 150 feet.
they created and provide evidence-based, reasonable answers that give the ancient engineers credit for what they achieved. Ramses
While the boxes in the Serapeum present a significant challenge to those who attempt to explain ancient Egyptian craftsmanship, they are not complex surfaces, like the surfaces that combine to create the magnificent statues of Ramses II that grace the Temples of the South and the North. But why, you might ask, would I turn my attention away from engineering precision to a sculpture? Because the monolithic statues of Ramses issue a challenge to all who would care to explain how they were made. What am I? How did I come to exist? Make another just like me! What does the face of Ramses have in common with a modern precision engineering object, such as an automobile? It has flowing contours with distinct features that are perfectly mirrored one side to the other. The fact that one side of Ramses face is a perfect mirror image to the other implies that precise measurements had to have been used in its creation. It means that the statue was carved in intricate detail to create precise three-dimensional surfaces. The jaw-lines, eyes, nose and mouth are symmetrical and were created using a geometric scheme that embodies the Pthaorean Trianle as well as the Golden Rectangle and Golden Triangle. Encoded in the granite is the sacred geometry of the ancients (see fig. 3). When I was researching for my book, The Giza Power Plant , I had my first en-
counter with Ramses the Great at the open air museum at Memphis. It was in 1986 and my interest was mostly engineering and the pyramids, so I was not necessarily concerned with statues or visiting the temples in the south. It struck me as peculiar at the time, though, that while looking down the length of the 300-ton Ramses statue I noticed that the nostrils were identically shaped and symmetrical. The significance of this feature gained more prominence when I eventually visited the temples in 2004 and became fascinated with the three-dimensional perfection of the Ramses statues at Luxor (see fig. 4). This fascination prompted me to gather digital images so that I could examine some of the features of Ramses in the computer. What I discovered was remarkable in that the images revealed a much higher level of manufacturing technology than what has been discussed previously. The results of my examination are remarkable. The stunning implications are analogous to looking through the time and seeing the elegance and precision that is normally built into a Lexus in a place where only the most rudimentary techniques of manufacturing are thought to have existed. The techniques that the ancient Egyptians are supposed to have used—those taught us in school—would not produce the precision of a Model T Ford, let alone a Lexus. (See sidebar below for more details.) We know that the ancient Egyptians used a grid in their designs, and that such a method or technique for design is intuitively self-evident. It does not require a quantum leap of an artisan’s imagination to arrive at what is today a common de-
Perfect symmetry In gathering the images of Ramses, it was important that the camera was oriented along the central axis of the head. This way the distribution of material on the left and right side was equal. In order to compare one side of the face to the other, a copy of the image was made, flipped horizontally and made 50 percent transparent. Then the reverse image was positioned over the original to compare the two sides. To choose the dimensions of the grid to further examine the photograph of the statue, I assumed that the features of the face would lead me to the answer, and studied which features were most prominent. It seemed to me that the mouth had something to tell us due to its unnaturally upturned shape, so I placed a grid with cell dimensions that were the same height and half the width of the dimensions of the mouth. It was then a simple matter to generate circles based on the geometry of the facial features. I didn’t expect, though, that they would line up with grid lines in so many locations. 26
Figure 4: The symmetry of Ramses at Luxor
sign method. With this in mind, therefore, I took the photograph of Ramses and laid a grid over it. After musing over what size to use, I took a chance on a grid that was based on the dimensions of the mouth. After establishing the size and number of the cells used, I was astounded to discover that the facial features lined up with the grid in so many places. Going through my mind was: “Okay—now when does this cease to be a coincidence and become a reflection of truth?” Plumbin the ri for further in formation, I discovered that Ramses’ mouth had the same proportions as a classic 3-4-5 right triangle. The idea that the ancient Egyptians had known about the Pthaorean trianle before Pthaoras, an the ma have even tauht Pthaoras its concepts, has been discussed by scholars, though not without controversy. Ramses presented me with a ri base on the Pthaorean
Figure 3: The statue of Ramses at Memphis
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Figure 5: The geometry of Ramses at Luxor
triangle, whether it was the ancient Egyptians’ intentions or not. As we can see in fiure 5, the Pthaorean ri allows us to analyze the face as it has never been analyzed before. (The Ramses geometry and precision and the discovery of tool marks on some of the statues are discussed at greater length in Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt .) Abu Roash
Small, seemingly insignificant mistakes made by ancient tools bring to light information from which a precise controlled method of manufacture can be discerned. Other remarkable features of machining on granite are also examined, but probably the most stunning example of ancient machining lies on a wind-swept hill five miles from the giza Plateau. Abu Roash has recently been advertised as the “Lost Prami” b Zahi Hawass, the Eptian Minister of Antiquities, even though it has been well known and written about for many years. I wasn’t expecting much when I first visited the site in February 2006, but what I found was a piece of granite so remarkable that I returned to that site three more times to show witnesses in order to explain its unique features. Those who accompanied me on different occasions were David Childress, Ju Peck, Ewar Malkowski, dr. Arlan Andrews and Dr. Randall Ashton. Edward Malkowski immediately dubbed the stone the new rose-red Rosetta Stone. Mechanical engineer Arlan Andrews independently came to the same conclusion. The technique and equipment used to cut this stone were truly impressive (see sidebar to the right). July-September 2011
Cutting edge Looking closer at the surface of the block in figure 6 - F, we can see striations that are spaced between approximately 0.030 inch (0.762 millimeter) to 0.06 inch (1.52 millimeters) apart. These are a common feature on many artifacts found in Egypt, including some holes and the cores that were extracted from the holes. The radius where the cut surface terminates is puzzling when we consider different ways in which the block may have been made. One suggestion made to me was that the Figure 6: Views of the stone at Abu Roash blade that cut the piece was a straight saw but that it was warped and cut the curve on the stone face. If that were possible, it would explain one radius on the block, but whether you view the block from above, or along its length, you also see a radius. When considering this and pondering on how this inexplicable geometry was cut into the granite, the straight saw has to be eliminated, because it would be impossible for it to cut a concave radius along its face and along its edge. Another suggestion given to me was that the stone was cut by a stone ball swinging from a pivot point. Yet the evidence suggests a far greater amount of control and certainty than that of a swinging ball—regardless of the skill put into the swing. I tried to imagine a process in which the piece would be cut in one single sawing operation, but I could not come up with a method that did not demand more out of the tool than was possible due to an increase in surface area being cut. Figures 7 and 8: Measuring the stone at Abu Roash In other words, assuming a larger block was being cut along the striated surface with the saw on an angle, depending on the thickness of the entire block, the thin block, which is the one we are studying, would break apart from the thicker one. But passing the stone across the saw on an angle would result in an increase in the surface area being cut. In pursuing an answer to the puzzle, while providing an answer to Petrie’s question about the size of the saw, it was necessary to calculate the radius of the saw—the granite block at Abu Roash, provided the attributes to calculate that the stone was cut with a circular saw that was over 37 feet in diameter. This seems almost impossible to believe, but the evidence is cut into the stone for anyone to measure and illustrated in figure 7 and 8 for verification.
The Egyptian Legacy
The boxes in the Serapeum, the Ramses Statue and the stone at Abu Roash, are three examples of many that have been closely examined and are discussed in Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt . Other unique artifacts, include the Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Denderah, the contoured blocks on the giza Plateau, the Unnishe Obelisk an the infamous Petrie’s core #7, a unique artifact that has been a source of controvers since Petrie rst iscovere it. The White crown of Upper Egypt is also a remarkable example of ancient Egyptian geometry and manufacturing. Ellipsoids and ellipses were part and parcel of the ancient Egyptian knowledge. The stunning evidence is precisely crafted into hard granite and speaks louder than any tomb drawing about the amazing capabilities of the ancients. The ancient Egyptians who built the pyramids and temples, who crafted monumental statues out of igneous rock, were thinking with the minds of architects, engineers, and craftspeople. Are modern interpretations of the awesome feats of the ancient Egyptians irrelevant
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in providing new and powerful information about this ancient culture? When it comes to completely understanding the ancient Egyptians’ level of technological prowess, there can be no final conclusion. What is left to study today is a mere skeleton of what existed at the time of the ancient Egyptians. This skeleton survives as highly sophisticated and precisely crafted sedimentary and igneous rock. I have proposed in the past that higher levels of technology were used by the ancient Egyptians, but for the sake of argument, I have rejected some ideas and cast doubt on my previous assertions as to the level of technology they enjoyed. At the same time, I cast doubt on the methods of manufacture that Egyptologists have asserted were used to build the pyramids and the glorious temples in Egypt. These methods are primitive and include stone and wooden mallets; copper chisels; tube drills and saws; and stone hammers for quarrying, dressing, and sculpting hard igneous rock. To understand how the ancient Egyptians created these testaments to manufacturing prowess, we need to
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rely on an examination by scientists and engineers. They would take measurements with modern tools and analyze the full scope of the work and compare them with our own capabilities. The full scope of the work includes the most difficult aspects of the work, which are ignored by Egyptologists when they attempt to explain how the ancient Egyptians created their monuments. For instance, dragging a 25-ton block of granite over wooden rollers, with great difficulty, does not explain how a 500-ton obelisk or monolithic statues weighing 1,000 tons were moved by prehistoric people. Bashing out a few cubic centimeters of granite with a dolerite ball does not explain how thousands of tons of granite were extracted from the bedrock and shaped with extreme precision and displayed as monumental pieces of art in the temples of Upper Egypt. To know the true majesty and capability of the ancient Egyptians, one only has to know and appreciate the full extent of their work. There is enough evidence above ground to prove the existence of a prehistoric highly advanced civilization in Egypt. Continued exploration under the sands of Egypt—as well as under the paws of the Sphinx—could reveal the missing direct evidence that Cayce’s followers believe still exists. CHRISTOPHER DUNN is a manufacturing engineer and author of The giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt and Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt: Advanced Engineering in the Temples of the Pharaohs. His Web site is gizapower.com. To learn more about the Ramses statue, see www. youtube.com/watch?v=h6H13Mi6Kds
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ANCIENT MYSTERIES
BY JOHN VAN AUKEN
Our Linear Time vs. Ancient Cyclic Time ��� ��� ����� first came to Earth as the “Morning Stars that sang together at the coming of man” (Job 38:7 and Cayce reading 294-8) we had a very different sense of time than we do today. Now we are so immersed in Earth life and physicality that we feel time as linear, with a beginning and an ending, and life events occur at points along this timeline. But it was not so in ancient temple schools and it is not so in the teachings of Edgar Cayce. Instead of a timeline, it is a time cycle. An ending is simply a new beginning. The ouroboros (a serpent biting its tail) was the symbol of this teaching. In some ancient schools the ouroboros was detailed further to convey how cycles of time descend and ascend, like a pulse up and down a spiral of cycles, or, more poetically, like inhalations and exhalations of the cosmic breath of life (Genesis 2:7). In Solomon’s mystical seal (see illustration) time is cyclical, but the upper bird-serpent has wings while the lower bird-serpent has none—indicating lower and higher rhythms in the cycles of time. Seal of Solomon According to ancient Hindu concepts, creation begins when God moves and expresses Itself, and it ends when God withdraws into stillness, and the Brahma aspect of God does this over and over—the cosmic cycle. God generates the cycle of time (Kala-chakra) in order for life to explore itself and discover all the various aspects of its essence and potential. The ancient Hindu time cycle has us living in the last and lowest cycle, theKali 30
evening star. Also, at a major settlement of the Olmecs in Izapa the Sun passes through the zenith twice a year, once every 260 days. Another influence in the Mesoamerican cycle of time was the planting and harvesting cycle, which was approximately 260 Yuga. When it ends we return to the highest days from planting to harvesting. This cycle and truest cycle, the Satya Yuga, an age of of time is known as the Tzolk’in, which purest truth and perfection (Krita Yuga). combines 20 days with 13 numbers, which This fits with the Revelation in which an era multiply to 260, and generated one of the of darkness is followed by 1,000 years when common calendars of these ancient peoples. “Satan is bound” and goodness prevails. When the Tzolk’in timing (260 days) was Time exists in God as one time—with combined with the Haab system (their solar the past, present, and future coexisting at calendar of 365 days) the whole cycle of the same time! Cayce’s readings state, “All these two would repeat itself every 52 solar time is one time, see? That is as a fact, see?” years. This was called the Calendar Round, (294-45) For us it is difficult to see, but deep revealing a clear belief that time occurs in within us we may sense the truth of this. cycles of repeating sequences. Nature functions through cyclical The Maya taught that the current cycle rhythms, the most profound of which is life we are living in began August 11, 3114 BC and death. Of course, in the ancient teach- and ends next year on December 21, 2012. ings and in the Cayce readings, there is no Mesoamericans called this age or sun cycle death, only a birth into another quality of the Age of Movement. Secret legend has it life. “Indeed Life is continuous in God, and that the Age of Movement is followed by the only in the knowledge that you are one with Age of the Spirit of All Living Things, which Him can it be an awareness in whatever is then followed by the Age of Melting Back sphere you may be conscious in.” (1298-1) into Oneness—after which the whole cycle “There is no death to the spiritual.” (3188- repeats itself. Curiously, the ancient Hindu 1) “It is not all of life to live, nor all of death teachings point to 3102 BC as the beginning to die; for one is the birth of the other when of our current age, Kali Yuga, a year very viewed from the whole or center, and is but close to the Mayan year of 3114 BC. the experience of the entity in its transition What does all of this mean to us? What from and to that universal center.” (369-3) we are experiencing today, we have expeIn this view, death, or the end of one quality rienced before and likely will experience of life, is the beginning of another, so death again—hopefully at a higher level of unin the body is birth in the spirit. derstanding and more successfully. Lost The Maya and other Mesoamerican cul- someone or something? Don’t worry; you tures also believed in the cycle of time, even will meet them or it again. Can you feel the cycles within cycles. The end of a sequence peace and patience in this concept of time? was the beginning of another sequence. And Nothing is lost, nothing ends or dies; just many sequences occur within larger cycles. changes its condition. Life’s rhythms and Fascinatingly, there is some evidence that at cycles are continuous. Ah, how relaxing least one of the Mayan time rhythms (and that is. Of course, Cayce warned us not to there are several) was based on the length become satisfied, but approved of our being of human pregnancy—the 260-day period content . from the first missed menstrual period to John Van Auken will speak at the conferbirth of the bab (unlike the german/ ence 2012 and Prophecies of a New Naegele’s method of measuring from the Age, July 15-17 at A.R.E. HQ. Priced relast menstrual period to birth—280 days, duced to only $150 for this special 40 weeks). 260 is also the number of days conference. Visit EdgarCayce.org/ when Venus is the morning star in the sky conferencesor call 800-273-0020. followed by 260 more days when it is the EdgarCayce.org
Renovation work begins on headquarters site
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dgar Cayce’s A.R.E. recently completed the first of several planned improvements to its 67th Street headquarters with the total renovation of the Gibbons House. In recent years, the Gibbons House, located on 68th Street behind the old Cayce hospital building, has hosted the summer Helena Patti da Camp for children and the annual Wellness and Rejuvenation Intensive workshops. To date, the Patti Camp has been limited in the length of its programs—the house only had one restroom and state law requires two for official licensure—but with the upgraded facilities it will be possible to expand both the Patti Camp an Wellness an Rejuvenation programs. The exterior appearance of the building has been completely changed with all-new siding and an expanded driveway, creating additional staff parking. “The house has gone from the least attractive house on 68th Street to one of the best looking ones,” A.R.E. CEO Kevin J. Todeschi said. The interior of the house was also renovated to add a second restroom, expand and improve the kitchen, and convert the basement from storage space into the new maintenance shop. The Gibbons House will become temporary office space for the Conferences Department and the permanent location of Maintenance, both of which are moving out of the Carriage House building (next to the hospital building). After the staff is July-September 2011
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Proposed A.R.E. headquarters site after renovations
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settled in their new space, the Carriage House will be torn down to make room for the new Education Center. At the time of this printing, A.R.E. needed to raise an additional $750,000 to reach the required project fund total of $2 million and begin construction on the Education Center, which will be the new home of Atlantic University, the Cace/Reill® School of Massotherapy, and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. While the Education Center is being built, the old hospital building will be renovated to create the Cace-Miller Café. Other
renovations and improvements to the hospital building, Visitor Center,Wynn building, and parking lots will follow. For more information on any of these projects, or to make a donation, contact Patrick Belisle in the Office of Development at 757-4577126 or
[email protected]. Renovations are also underway in the A.R.E. Houston Center. Look for updates in the next issue of Venture Inward .
sychic medium, trainer, and author Robert Brown, one of the most respected mediums in the world today and a favorite presenter at A.R.E., returns to Virginia Beach to lead the Mediumship and Afterlife Communication Training Intensive , November 11-13. Edgar Cayce’s perspective was that afterlife communication is a facet of psychic ability, and he gave advice for how one might develop their own innate talents. This program is a training intensive for those who wish to learn more about the phenomenon of afterlife communication and explore ways to awaken these abilities within themselves. As part of the conference, Brown will demonstrate mediumship and how messages come through from the other side by providing random readings for the audience. In addition to these demonstrations, the program includes experiential exercises, group work, guided meditations, and an opportunity to “test one’s own abilities.” “Robert is a genuine medium and he has impressed our attendees, our staff, and me with his talents, his warmth, his reassuring sense of humor,” A.R.E. director John Van Auken said. “His ability to tap into spirit with such clarity and accuracy is remarkable. His message of enduring love is inspiring and comforting.” For more information or to register visit EdgarCayce. org/conferences or call 800-273-0020. 31
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Clarnce Mobey Daly City, California
Member since 1972 (Life Member since 2006) WHY I GIVE BACK TO THE A.R.E.: “There are several things that have changed my life for the
better: belonging to/ working in a church; joining the Navy Seabees and advancing through the ranks; and last but certainly not least— discovering the readings and being part of the Edgar Cayce work. I find the work both interesting and factual. I have also sponsored a Search for God study group in my home for over 27 years. I give back to the A.R.E. because it has affected me in so many good ways, and it continues to do the same for many others.” BACKGROUND/PROFESSION: Clarence got his BS
degree in Civil Engineering at the University of South Carolina and his Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco. He is retired from the U.S. Navy Civil Engineering Corps and from Daly Cit where he worke as Cit Enineer an Public Works Director. He is currently minister of a Spiritualist church. GIFTS TO A.R.E.: Over the years, Clarence has donated to
Cayce/Reilly wins ‘Best of Virginia Beach’ award
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he Cace/Reill ® School of Massotherapy has been named Best of Virginia Beach in the local Virginian Pilot newspaper’s annual contest. The school took the silver award in the Best Technical Training School category. “We are all very grateful for this recognition and proud to share the Cayce legacy of holistic health and therapeutic massage with our Hampton Roads community,” Education Services Manager Dawn Hogue said. The awards, announced in the newspaper May 1, are voted on each year by residents of the Hampton Roads area. Winners are selected for each individual city in the region.
Massage school eligible for veterans benefits
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he Cace/Reill® School of Massotherapy will become eligible to accept additional veterans benefits starting in August, in time for the September class to take advantage of them. One of the provisions of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act, signed into law January 6, increases educational opportunities for veterans by allowing them to use
the Post-9/11 or Montomer GI Bill benefits for on-thejob and vocational training. Cace/Reill is classie as a vocational school, so veterans will now be able to use their benefits for a massage therapy eucation there. Prior to the passage of this law only 2-year and 4-year degree schools were approved to accept tuition payment benefits under the Post-9/11 gI Bill.
almost all A.R.E. programs, including study groups, youth activities, library, Atlantic University, prison outreach, buildings and grounds, and regional A.R.E. activities. “Mostly I give to the general fund so they can use it where they need it the most,” he said. SPECIAL A.R.E. MEMORIES: “There are so many. Hav-
ing been part of a study group has helped me very much; and I’ve seen it help lots of others as well. One memory I cherish is when I took one of the A.R.E.’s first trips to Egypt and we all learned so much about that mysterious country. That was just great.” PERSONAL ACTIVITIES: “I give talks every month in our
Spiritualist church and less frequently for the local A.R.E. I still travel locally quite a bit and to foreign countries, and I write about travel as well as other subjects. Along the way I got into photography and enjoy that quite a bit. Life is grand!” Want to contribute to A.R.E.’s work? Contact Development Director Patrick Belisle at 757-457-7126 or
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The Cayce/Reilly® School of Massotherapy graduated 21 students in April—18 from the full-time September ’10 class, and 3 part-time students. One of the notable graduates was Cathy Good, DC, a chiropractor who works with the A.R.E. Health Center and Spa. Full-time classes at Cayce/Reilly begin every January,April, and September. Part-time and evening classes are also available, as well as weekend workshops and continuing education. Federal financial aid is available for those who qualify. Visit EdgarCayce.org/massageschool, call 757-457-7270, or see p.43 for information. EdgarCayce.org
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visiting group from Japan dedicated a Yoshino cherry blossom orchard to honor their 20-year ongoing relationship with Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. at a ceremony on May 6. The first conference delegation from Japan arrived in Virginia Beach in 1991—an effort arranged and orchestrated by Asato Maehata and Kevin J. Todeschi of Virginia Beach and Shigeru Mitsuda of Tokyo, Japan. That conference began a series of programs between A.R.E. and Japan, and eventually gave birth to the Edgar Cayce Center in Japan (ECCJ) with Shigeru Mitsuda as president. Since the initial Japanese conference there have been a series of seven ECCJ programs in Virginia Beach, and more than a dozen programs in Japan featuring a variety of A.R.E. speakers and health care professionals. The ECCJ has 700 members in the Tokyo area and offers regular programs and activities (www.
edgarcayce.jp). “The Edgar Cayce Center in Japan is our most active international center,” Todeschi said. “Not only has the work of Edgar Cayce been greatly disseminated to the Japanese people over the last two decades, but I consider myself greatly blessed by having had the wonderful opportunity to form lifelong friendships with such a group of amazing people!” Members of the 2011 Japanese conference, including (front row, from left): Asato Maehata stated that Asato Maehata, Kevin J.Todeschi, Shigeru Mitsuda and his sister Naoko Mitsuda— one of the reasons she had all of whom were also part of the first conference. helped organize the first conference 20 years ago was because had served as a translator of The orchard is located be“ Many Mansions and The Cayce books into Japanese for tween the Visitor Center and World Within, both by Gina Tama Publishin Compan. the access road, between 67th Cerminara, had been translated “In my life, I was saved by the and 68th streets, on A.R.E.’s into Japanese and made a tre- Cayce materials at a time of de- Virginia Beach campus. The mendous impact upon me. The spair,” he said. “I am convinced orchard also has two granCayce information changed that the information is the ite benches, each with a my life and led me to the ‘gospel’ in our time. I definitely commemorative plaque—one United States and eventually believe that many people in in Japanese and one in English. to the Cace/Reill® School of Japan will be benefited greatly The dedication came at the Massotherapy. I truly wanted by Cayce’s work, and that the end of a week-long conferto share with others what had material will help the Japanese ence created specifically for become so important to me.” people as it did me.” (For more the ECCJ members, featuring Shigeru has a longtime inter- on Shigeru’s personal story, see special lectures, tours, and Spa est in the Cayce material and Venture Inward , Jul/Au ’09.) appointments.
Healing Life Festival a success
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dgar Cayce’s A.R.E. and the Heritage, a local natural foods center and holistic bookstore, were the two major sponsors of the first annual Healing Life Festival at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront 24th Street Park, May 15. Conceived in response to the modern movement toward more personal empowerment in environmental and personal health, the festival included exhibits and demonstrations on living foods, holistic health practices and therapies, yoga, sustainable living and farming, green products, spiritual growth, recycling, and fitness. Hundreds of people attended throughout the day, and often formed long lines for the free massage and foot reflexology sessions provided by A.R.E. Health Center and Spa therapists. “It was a beautiful morning and we had an opportunity to introduce local Virginia Beach residents and visitors to the work of Edgar Cayce,” Spa manager Janice Long said. “Within a week, several people who received these free sessions came in to the Spa as new clients.”
Candidates sought for A.R.E. Boards
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he Boards of Trustees are seeking A.R.E. members interested in serving on the Boards of the A.R.E., Edgar Cayce Foundation, and Atlantic University. For more information, see the Venture Inward page at EdgarCayce.org/members, or contact Claire Gardner, Corporate Secretary, at 757-457-7116 or
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The Spirit of Giving: Making a Difference through the A.R.E. From Development Director Patrick Belisle ven before CEO Kevin Todeschi asked me to come raise money for the A.R.E., I used to fantasize about how much fun it would be. As a professional fundraiser for the past 20 years, I knew that the three keys to success for any non-profit are: 1) Having a great cause, 2) Having a lot of people who are committed to that great cause, and 3) Leaders who are willing to ask those people to channel their resources to that great cause. As a member of the A.R.E., I knew that our Association had all of those elements. And today, after four years in this position, my fantasies of channeling abundance to the A.R.E. are coming true because of you—our dedicated members. You make all the difference. As you can see from the charts on this page, contributions are one very large piece of A.R.E.’s revenue pie. Whether folks are giving cash to the A.R.E. in general, appreciated stock or real estate to help build our new Education Center (see p.4), or monthly via credit card to our Library, Camp, or Prison Outreach programs, people are giving ! And we are grateful. We literally could not do what we do without your support. Last year, nearly 4,500 of our 29,000 members made donations. And of those donors, 475 gave $1,000 or more and are members of our Golden Circle. In addition, over 250 of our members have notified us that they have included the A.R.E., Atlantic University (AU), and/or the Edgar Cayce Foundation (ECF) in their estate plans, so they are members of our Edgar Cayce Legacy Society. I am constantly amazed by the spirit of giving I find in my fellow A.R.E. members—not only those who give financially, but all of you who volunteer to organize study groups, send out newsletters, and hold conferences in your own towns in order to get the Cayce material out to the world. You—our members—really want the A.R.E. to thrive! And so do I. Together, you and I are creating that reality day by day. Q. Should the establishment of such a Foundation be dependent alone for its financial support on the contribution system in effect at present in the Association? A. Be rather more inclusive and that those who have been aided in any channel or manner throughout their own experience must of not only their surplus but of themselves give, that the glory of God may be manifested in the earth. (254-83) In future issues I will tell you more about the Comprehensive Campaign we are currently planning and share stories of how our members’ donations are changing people’s lives for the better every day through the A.R.E.’s programs. In this issue, I am listing some of the short-term physical items we are raising money for and ask you to think about which of these might bring you some joy by donating to it. On behalf of all of us at the A.R.E., I thank you for all of your love and support. And I look forward to hearing from you soon. Yours in service, Patrick Belisle, Development Director
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o Smartphone and iPad “app” development $50,000 o Underwrite preservation of ECF photos/materials $50,000 $50,000 o Underwrite electronic classroom/MIS for AU 3 $30,000 o Create A.R.E. Virtual Library o 18-passenger van (for camps, conferences, schools) $25,000 $22,000 3 o 300 chairs—HQ Main Auditorium $18,000 o Replace 36-year-old library carpet $15,000 o Replace roof on 210 67th Street house o New computers and software for Production Dept $15,000 3 $10,000 o Ektron software for EdgarCayce.org $10,000 o Replace oil heat in massotherapy classroom $9,500 o 125 Chairs—Houston Center Auditorium 3 3 $7,500 o 100 Chairs—HQ Mini Auditorium $7,000 o Replace canopy on old hospital building 3 $6,500 o Install automatic doorway to Visitor Center o Replace Meditation Room drapes, cushions, valance $5,000 $2,500 o Projector for Main Auditorium 2010 REVENUES* Sales $914,120 Fees and Tuition $2,841,573 Memberships $1,080,023 Contributions** $3,470,394 Other Income $301,763 Total Revenues $8,607,873
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2010 EXPENDITURES* Program Services $6,769,452 Support Services $467,733 Fundraising $347,818 Total Expenditures $7,585,003
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Blueberries: Summer’s Healthy Delight
In the 21st century, we have seen Cayce’s promise fulfilled as the blueberry is one of the most intensely researched and medicinally valued foods of our time.
SIMONE GABBAY, RNCP, is a holistic nutritionist in Toronto. Her most recent book is Edgar Cayce’s Diet Plan for Optimal Health and Weight Loss , available at ARECatalog. com or 800333-4499. Visit her Web site at simonegabbay. com. July-September 2011
�’� ���������� �� ��� northern hemisphere, and food stores and farmer’s markets are offering an abundance of locally grown produce, including seasonal fruits and berries. The Cayce readings recommend berries for their cleansing properties, as well as for their nerve-building qualities and their nutritional contribution of iron, phosphorus, and silicon. Just a few readings mention specific types of berries, such as blackberries, gooseberries, or raspberries. Only a single reading highlights the blueberry, suggesting to “...especially use the garden blueberry.” (3118-1) However, this reading, given for a 56-year-old woman suffering from multiple sclerosis, includes a significant promise regarding the blueberry’s nutritional potential: “This is a property which someone, some day, will use in its proper place!” In the 21st century, we have seen this promise fulfilled as the blueberry is one of the most intensely researched and medicinally valued foods of our time. Blueberries pack a powerful nutritional punch. They provide the minerals calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, phosphorus, and zinc, along with small amounts of vitamins A, B, and C. Blueberries also contain dietary fiber, important for digestive health. They are exceptionally high in manganese, an essential trace mineral that plays an important role in bone formation and helps the body metabolize protein, carbohydrates, and fat. Blueberries are also packed with antioxidants, powerful phytochemicals that assist the body in neutralizing free radicals, which have been associated with various degenerative conditions, including heart disease, cancer, and mental decline. The bioflavonoid antioxidants anthocyanin and proanthocyanin, which provide some of the pigments that lend blueberries their deep purpleblue color, have been shown to offer protection against inflammation. Chronic inflammation at the cellular level has been linked to several degenerative and age-related diseases. Cardiovascular and metabolic health benefits In recent years, researchers have identified numerous health benefits linked to the consumption of blueberries. In a 2010 study conducted at Penninton Biomeical Research Centre in Baton Rouge, La., obese study subjects who had a family history of diabetes and who were considered “prediabetic” were shown to have
improved insulin resistance and a reduced risk of developing Type 2 diabetes as a result of consuming a blueberry-rich smoothie twice daily over a 42-a perio. Previousl, an animal stu at University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center had demonstrated that a blueberry-rich diet significantly reduced the risks of cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome, which relates to a group of health conditions that include excessive abdominal fat, high blood pressure, and elevated blood sugar. The Michigan study determined that blueberry intake positively affected genes related to fat-burning and -storage. Memory booster Recent research conducted at the University of Cincinnati showed that drinking two cups of blueberry juice each day for 12 weeks improved memory scores in elderly study subjects. Averaging 78 years of age, participants registered no weight gain over the course of the study. The blueberry’s high content of anthocyanins, which have been associated with increased neuronal signaling in the brain, may partially explain the surprising results of this memor stu. Previous research, conucte with animals, had also linked blueberry consumption to memory improvement. Several years earlier, a study at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging suggested that a blueberry-rich diet may improve motor skills and reverse agerelated short-term memory loss. Additional research has confirmed the blueberry’s role in supporting cardiovascular health, reducing undesirable LDL cholesterol levels, and protecting the heart muscle and brain against damage. A cousin of the European bilberry, which has been shown to improve night vision and prevent tired eyes, the blueberry has also been credited with benefiting eye health and reducing eye fatigue. Cultivated vs. wild The large, juicy, plump-looking blueberries sold in supermarkets are typically the cultivated kind. Wild blueberries tend to be smaller in size, but higher in disease-fighting antioxidants. North America’s blueberry season begins in Florida in mid-May, then moves farther north and concludes in Canada by September. Freeze the fresh berries for use during winter, or purchase them frozen for year-round enjoyment. 35
The HEALING
POWER of Vibrational Energy Edgar Cayce and Homeopathy BY CATHLEEN SPRINGER , C Hom
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mong the many modalities recommended in his readings, Edgar Cayce recognized the properties of Samuel Hahnemann’s homeopathic medicine as vibratory and effective: Hence, more often it will be found that the activity from what is known as the homeopathic doses is the better; even of allopathic medicine! (276-5) And do get the little white pills, for these will be most helpful. To give what is the common name for same would not be very pleasant to the entity, but it is what is needed. [Cimex Lectularius [bedbug juice] is the medical name for the properties needed.] (420-7) To bring the better results for the body, we would change somewhat the surroundings of the body. Through the activities of those properties as will aid in eliminations being properly set up, that do not over strain the functioning
of kidneys with the normalcy of the liver functioning, will tend to reduce the cause of conditions. These may be brought about through many channels, dependent upon which ones would be used. We would suggest those of the homeopathic remedies. Do that. (2597-3) Cayce realized that in healing work we are always treating a person’s individual vibratory disturbance that has manifest into what we call disease. He spelled out the importance of this vibration when he spoke of the subtle electro/vibrator force in the body, which he called life force or élan vitale (termed vital force by the founder of Homeopathic Medicine, Samuel Hahnemann). This electro/vibrator form of ener, Cayce stated, functioned at two levels within the body. At a low vibration it is the energy of growth and development and, conversely, illness and degeneration; at a high vibration, it is the energy
of the theta (or dream) cycle of sleep, of orgasmic sexuality, during certain stages of development such as puberty, when pregnant, and during deep meditative states. The life force, according to Cayce, can also become disordered, resulting in certain forms of mental and emotional illness. The Cayce readings stated that the life force of the body is conveyed through four principal organs of the system: the liver, kidneys, heart, and lungs. These organs were sometimes referred to by Cayce (and Hahnemann) as the hepatic system—the liver, heart, and lungs being the upper hepatic circulation and the kidneys representing the lower hepatic circulation. Cayce even referred to the liver and kidneys as the positive and negative poles of the battery of the body. (e.g., 369-5) Many of the therapies recommended in the readings were directed at improving the efficiency of the hepatic system, resulting in increased vitality.
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Vibration (Excerpted from the A.R.E. Cayce Health Database Glossary found on the home page of EdgarCayce.org) Vibration refers to an oscillation or sympathetic activity. Edgar Cayce often spoke of a subtle vibratory energy or force in the body, which he called the “life-force” or lowest form of electrical vibration. Each organ of the body has a distinctive energy vibration signature. When an organ is deficient in this vibratory energy, disease sets in. The various electrotherapeutic appliances were recommended to rejuvenate the body by introducing vibratory energy into the body or to balance the body’s own vibratory energies. Various medicinal solutions were also utilized in electrotherapy. Cayce said that the vibration of the medicine would enter the body rather than the chemical itself. …For all life force is of the vibratory nature, and when set in the proper and correct attunement for the physical needs of a given body and its vibratory force, and add to these those principles as have been applied in body and tissue building, add to these that as will change the vibratory. (93-1)
Cathleen’s Story Over a decade ago, I was seriously debilitated for four-plus years. After visiting dozens of doctors and spending thousands of dollars on an array of treatments, in year four of my illness a medical doctor made the diagnosis of Chronic July-September 2011
Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome (CFIDS). Still, no MD’s “bag of tricks” could put me back together again. Finally, homeopathy found me. After exhausting her knowledge to help me heal, a holistically-minded MD recommended that I consult with a homeopath, because “homeopathy helps a lot of people.” Since I knew nothing about homeopathy at that point in my life, the MD suggested a homeopath who first took an exacting two-hour history that covered my current symptoms, my health history, my personal life, and my family’s health history. She then gave me a dozen or so tiny pellets to place under my tongue. This dose of pellets (the remedy), the homeopath explained, was selected for me due to my own characteristic symptoms, which matched the characteristic symptoms of the remedy. Within three minutes after taking the little white pills, I felt a shift—suddenly I felt perfectly energetic, absolutely vibrant. The healing momentum from the long-standing chronic condition had commenced. This delightful state of vitality lasted about 24 hours; thereafter my body began to seek balance in a process that can be likened to what those working with Edgar Cayce’s recommendations experienced: diligent follow-through, step by step, forward and back, until lasting healing occurs. Throughout my journey to wellness, I learned that subtle vibrations can and do deeply affect the inner workings, the vibratory state, of one’s body in a very positive way.
Because of my extraordinary experience with this realm of vibrational medicine, once I was well enough to do so, I felt inspired to learn much more about homeopathy. In 1996, after three ears of stu at Pacific Acaem of Homeopathic Medicine in Berkeley, Calif., I proudly graduated as a Certified Homeopath.
What is Homeopathic Medicine? 1. The word “homeopathy” itself was coined by Samuel Hahnemann (17551843), a 17th-century German medical doctor, chemist, and medical translator. Homeopathy is derived from two Greek words: homoios, which means similar, and pathos, which means suffering. So in a literal sense, homeopathy means “similar suffering.” 2. Homeopathy is a system of therapy in which very small, non-toxic doses of natural substances (called remedies) are recommended to stimulate a healing reaction in a person. These remedies contain the vibration qualities of certain plants, minerals, and animal substances, and heal by matching a remedy’s potential signature symptoms to the vibratory and symptom-specific state of the person. 3. The practice of homeopathy is based on the Law of Similars. In simple terms, this means that what a substance can cause, it can cure. [From the American Heritage Dictionary: “A system for treating disease based on the administration of minute doses of a drug that in massive 37
amounts produces symptoms in healthy individuals similar to those of the disease itself.”]
Homeopathy—Illness as Vibrational Disturbance Samuel Hahnemann, known as the Father of Homeopathic Medicine, referred to the universal spirit as vital force or dynamis. He believed that when the vital force was disturbed by an imbalance of body, mind, or spirit, one’s natural state of health was thusly interrupted and illness resulted. To re-establish this vital force, Hahnemann prescribed these remedies derived from nature. As Hahnemann stated in the sixth edition of his cornerstone treatise on homeopathy, the Organon of Medicine: The affection of the morbidly deranged, spirit-like dynamis (vital force) that animates our body in the invisible interior, and the totality of the outwardly cognizable symptoms produced by it in the organism and representing the existing malady, constitute a whole; they are one and the same…As far as the physician is concerned, is not that which reveals itself to the senses in symptoms the very disease itself? …So it is the totality of symptoms, the outer image expressing the inner essence of the disease, i.e., of the disturbed vital force, that must be the main, even the only, means by which the disease allows us to find the necessary remedy. . . Although more mystic than religious, Hahnemann recognized the virtues of gratitude as witnessed in a letter he penned to a lifelong friend in 1830, “In the moments that we can spare from our busy lives we should unceasingly thank the great Spirit from whom all blessings flow, with our whole heart and all our undertakings worthy of Him, though in all eternity we can never thank Him too much for His goodness.”
Cayce and Hahnemann Agree on Importance of Vibrational Balance Hahnemann’s statement on the disturbance of the vital force is mirrored by Cayce’s many references to this same disturbance. As stated in Kevin J. Todeschi’s book, Edgar Cayce on Vibrations: Spirit in Motion (A.R.E. Press): … the Edgar Cayce material states 38
that each organ and function of the body creates a vibration all its own. When the ideal vibration is adversely affected in any way, disease and illness become the result. Edgar Cayce stated that the Radial Appliance utilizes the body’s own electrical current, or life force, to coordinate balance and homeostasis at the vibrational level, facilitating healing in the process. As with Cayce’s Radial Appliance*, for instance, the Hahnemann remedy dilutions also utilize the wisdom of the body’s life force or vital force to coordinate balance and bring to homeostasis at the vibrational level, to facilitate the healing process.
Summary Edgar Cayce and Samuel Hahnemann, two brilliant pioneers of holistic medicine, were certainly of one mind when it came to recognizing that outer symptoms are a result of a disturbance in the inner vibratory forces of the individual. As with the Cayce readings and his recommended methods of healing, homeopathic remedy selection is individualized based on a person’s dis-eased physical, mental and emotional characteristics—their current vibratory state—that has led to presenting a unique set of symptoms. With homeopathy, introducing the subtle resonance of a remedy that is acknowledged, through case studies and toxicological reporting, to encompass similar characteristics as those presented by the distressed individual, allows for the body’s innate wisdom to respond to this unique vibratory rate and attune the disturbance to the higher vibrations of a healthy state of being. Cayce’s and Hahnemann’s approaches to healing are similar in that the whole
person—mind, body, and spirit—is taken into account, healing is achieved through administered vibratory means so that the body cooperates in the healing process. (In Cayce’s readings, depending on the condition, various means including allopathic, pharmacological, osteopathic, surgical, and more, could also be advised.) Treatment, along with diligent monitoring of the case, is recommended until the body’s systems have returned to their optimum vibrations. Vibration is, in its simple essence or word, raising the Christ Consciousness in self to such an extent as it may flow out of self to him thou would direct it to… What produces same? These are the vibrations to which a body has raised by its attunement of its whole being, its whole inner self, of a consciousness of that divine force that emanates in Life itself in this material plane. (281-7 Healing Praer group Reains)
Vibration is spirit in motion. Vibration is you and I. I resonate. You resonate. Together we resonate. Let the vibration of Love, of healthy, peaceful Christ Consciousness, be the order of the day. *Available at baar.com or 800-269-2502. ABOUT THE AUTHOR CATHLEEN SPRINGER is a Certified Homeopath (C Hom) from Santa Rosa, California, where she is also an active Search for God Study Group member. Her Web site is cathleenspringer.com.
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Autogenic Training for Self-Health � ��� ���� I ���� I wanted to be a physician, and have always considered health to be the most important issue in life. However, it was not until my first visit to the A.R.E. for the “Week of Attunement” in August 1972, that I learned the foundations of Self-Health. I learned about autogenic training, biofeedback, and past-life therapy, all of which became foundations for my personal and professional approach to life. I immediately wanted to introduce all these tools into my work with chronic pain patients and was fortunate a few months later to hear Dr. Elmer Green, the father of biofeedback, talk about his use of “autogenic feedback training” for successful treatment of 84 percent of patients with migraine. Elmer also discussed this approach as self-regulation. My success with introducing biofeedback into my practice led me in 1974 to enter Humanistic Pscholo Institute, now Sabrook, to et a Phd in pscholo. Elmer became m chief outside faculty and a guide and friend for life. My doctoral dissertation led me to read 350 books in the field of self-regulation, as I began to discover common themes in many philosophies, which led to my concept of Biogenics®: • Bein as of now—bein roune in present time. Most people spend all too much time reliving traumas of the past • Positive self-esteem—virtuall all pscho logical problems arise because of poor self-esteem • Balancin bo feelins—sensor biofee back to become aware of physical tension held in the body and to learn to turn body sensations on or off • Balancin emotions—learnin to let o of anxiety, anger, guilt, and depression, and all their synonyms which are a basic foundation for virtually all physical problems • Spiritual attunement—ettin in touch with soul, divine, and God All of these concepts are widely repeated in the Cayce readings. Cayce spoke often of selfhypnosis, hypnosis, and meditation, as well as personal responsibility for all one’s attitudes and habits. A majority of Cayce’s readings dealt with Self-Health. Although Biogenics addresses all of the issues listed above, the basic foundation is July-September 2011
autogenic training, developed between 1912 and 1932 by Dr. J. H. Schultz, a German psychiatrist. By 1969 there were 2,600 scientific articles on autogenic training which showed that it: • Cure 80 percent of stress illnesses • Helpe athletes be more successful • Helpe business people perform better • Helpe stuents o better Autogenic training works rapidly to improve body and mind and, in my opinion, should be a basic practice for everyone. C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD, will be presenting his program Energy Medicine August 5-6 at A.R.E. HQ in Virginia Beach. Visit EdgarCayce.org/conferences or call 888-273-0020.
C. NORMAN SHEALY, MD, PhD,is a neurosurgeon, psychologist, founding president of the American Holistic Medical Association, and president of the Holos Institute for Health. He has published over 300 articles and 25 books, including his new book Energy Medicine (see p.40 for an excerpt).
How-To: Autogenic training at home Start by assuming a comfortable position—a reclining chair is ideal. Close your eyes. As you breathe in, say slowly to yourself:“My arms and legs” As you breathe out: “Are heavy and warm” Imagine the sun beaming down upon your arms and legs. Do this for three minutes daily for one week. Second week, after three minutes of “my arms and legs are heavy and warm,” add, as you breathe in: “My heartbeat is” As you breathe out: “Calm and regular” Continue for three minutes, while visualizing something calm and regular like the pendulum of a clock. Continue daily for a week. Third week do the two earlier exercises and add, as you breathe in: “My breathing is” As you breathe out: “Free and Easy” while visualizing something free and easy, such as a bird gliding through the air without having to flap its wings. Continue for three minutes during this third week. Then after these three phrases add, as you breathe in: “My abdomen” As you breathe out: “Is warm” while visualizing the sun beaming down upon your abdomen. Continue all four phrases three minutes each for a week. Then add, as you breathe in: “My forehead” As you breathe out: “Is cool” while visualizing being outside, warmly dressed, with a cool breeze blowing across your forehead. Continue three minutes and during this fifth week do all five phrases three minutes each. Then add, as you breathe in: “My mind” As you breathe out: “Is quiet and still” while you visualize a pleasant, quiet, still scene. Continue three minutes. You can add organ-specific phrases to address other issues, such as pain, always using a positive phrase and image. (If you need a guided recording to assist you, my CD “Basic Schultz” is available at selfhealthsystems.com. For a preview, visit the Venture Inward page at EdgarCayce.org/members.) Daily practice of autogenic training will help you in choosing all the physical, nutritional, and attitudinal essentials for Self-Health. It will be the most important 18 minutes of your life! 39
Energy Medicine: Practical Applications and Scientific Proof By C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD 4th Dimension Press (P) $15.95 vibration become to the consciousness along the various centers in an individual’s experi- ence in meditation made aware, they come to mean definite experiences. Just as anger is red, or as something depressing is blue, yet in their shades, their tones, their activities, to each other begin with the use of same in the experience to mean those various stages. For instance, while red is anger, rosy to most souls means light and joy—yet to others as they are formed in their transmission from center to center come to mean to express what manner of joy; whether that as would arise from a material, a mental or Excerpt from Chapter 3: a spiritual experience. Justice may be seen in the “The Power of Color“ common interpretation of white, but all manner of rays from same begins or comes to mean that HYSICISTS UNDERSTAND that light above the aura of all and its vibration from the operates on various wavelengths body and from the activity of mental experience and frequencies. This applies to when the various centers are vibrating to color. colors as well, which can be seen (281-30) in a rainbow or the effect of a prism. However, When asked which gland in the body is in the metaphysical energy of colors is important importance “highest,” Cayce replied, “the to note, as colors affect our lives continuously. pituitary.” In one of the only waking-state books They can also be used with intent in healing. Cayce himself wrote, Auras: An Essay on Color , a Consider the effect of the color itself on book on auras, Cayce wrote, “Indigo and violet thine own body as ye attempt to apply same by indicate seekers of all types, people who are either concentration, dedication or meditating searching for a cause or religious experience. upon these. For as has been given, color is but As these people get settled in their careers and vibration. Vibration is movement. Movement in their beliefs, however, these colors usually is activity of a positive or negative force. Is the settle back into deep blue. It seems that once activity of self as in relationship to these then the purpose is set in the right direction, blue is a positive? (281-29) natural emanation of the soul. Those who have You will rarely find individuals being intoler- purple are inclined to be overbearing, for here ant with others with something intrinsically there is an infiltration of pink. Heart trouble and carved being worn, or never very, very mad with stomach trouble are rather common to persons blue being worn… (578-2) with indigo and violet and purple in their Cayce believed that all blue color was auras.” In the same booklet, Cayce wrote, “Blue positive. Referring to the chakras as (spiritual) has always been the color of the spirit.” “centers,” Cayce was asked: Colors influence the entity a great deal more (Q) Do the colors vary for each center with even than musical forces... Drabs, or certain different individuals, from a definite color to be greens, have an effect that is almost that to associated with each center? bring illness in the physical body; while the (A) For to each—remember, to study each purples or violets, or shades of tan, bring an of these in the light not only of what has just exalted influence that would make the bringing been given, but that as a practical experience of building influences in the entity. (428-4) in a material world—as is known—vibration As has been indicated in an earlier chapis the essence of the basis of color. As color and ter, colors are very strongly associated with 40
particular chakras and glands. For instance, the adrenal gland is associated with yellow; the thymus with green; the thyroid with blue; and violet is associated with the pineal. Cayce also said that “Indigo and violet indicate seekers of all types; people who are searching for a cause or religious experience.” ( Color and the Edgar Cayce Readings, page 21) Violet is associated with the pituitary gland. In relation to other chakras, the gonads are identified as orange (second chakra), and creativity is related to the gonads. The adrenal glands, in the third chakra and the pancreas are yellow. The thyroid and parathyroid glands, in the fifth chakra are deep blue. The pineal, associated with the sixth chakra, is indigo. Cayce wrote, “As with everything there are positive and negative associated with color. Red can be the color associated with creation, energy and vitality but also its negative aspect can be anger.” According to Cayce, the pituitary gland transforms the colors of the light rays into revitalizing energy to rebuild those centers that are lacking in energy and to reinforce the energies being created with each gland. Each body, each activity, each soul-entity may react better to this, that or the other color. (288-38)
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Excerpt from chapter: “Reconciling with Ragweed” HOSE WHO SNIFFLE, sneeze, and swear their way through the annual hay fever season will probably be surprised to learn of this much-maligned herb’s important health benefits. A member of the genus Ambrosia (Latin for “food of the gods”), ragweed is a North American plant whose flowers produce copious amounts of pollen. These tiny granules are capable of bringing even strong men to their knees from around the middle of August until the first frost in October or November. As a trigger of hay fever symptoms, including sneezing, dripping nose, and itchy, watery eyes, ragweed pollen ranks number one, hands down, throughout most of the United States. The Cayce readings are notable in finding hope for the pollen-sensitive in the ragweed plant itself, said to offer its own special homeopathic form of relief. Even more exciting is the suggestion that symptom reduction may be just the tip of the therapeutic iceberg. Most of the 100-plus readings recommending “ambrosia weed” focused on its value as an internal cleanser and tonic for the liver and related organs. Since the liver is a major detoxifying organ, the theory is that a little TLC would make it that much more effective at knocking out those nasty allergens. Those who consulted Cayce about their hay fever were advised to start making a tea with the young, tender leaves well before the plant began to flower. One reading put it this way: July-September 2011
Thus, we would find in this particular season, before there is the blossoming of same, the body should take quantities of this weed. Brew same, prepare, take internally and thus war or ward against the activity of this upon the body itself… These will prevent, then, the recurrent condi- tions which have been and are a part of the experience of the body. This will enable the body to become immune because of the very action of this weed upon the digestive system, and the manner it will act with the assimilating body, too… Begin and take it through the fifteen days of July and the whole of August, daily, half a teaspoonful each day. Thus, we will find better eliminations, we will find better assimilation, we will find better distribution of the activities of foods in the body. (5347-1) As an internal cleanser, ragweed is consistently valued for its capacity to stimulate the entire gastrointestinal system without creating a dependency. More details are found in the following reading: Will there be taken… in the system, at regular intervals, those properties that are not habit forming, neither are they effective towards creating the condition where cathartics are nec- essary for the activities through the alimentary canal—whether related to the colon or the jeju- num, or ileum—yet these will change the vibra- tions in such a manner as to keep clarified the assimilations, and aid the pancreas, the spleen, the liver and hepatic circulation, in keeping a normal equilibrium. These [properties] would be found in those of the ambrosia weed…This will aid the digestive system, will aid the whole of the eliminating system. (454-1) Readings indicating a need for liver toning suggest a variety of substitute formulas for a ragweed-and-licorice laxative still on the market at the time called Simmons Liver Regulator. While some of the simpler versions contain only ragweed extract and grain alcohol, others include additional ingredients such as licorice, sarsaparilla, and tolu balsam. The following comments apply to a formula in the more basic category: Where this [Liver Regulator] is given for
anyone, the better preparation would be to make it out of the Ragweed, which is the basis of same… And you have better than Simmons Liver Regulator for activity on the liver! This for anyone! This is the best of the vegetable compounds for activities of the liver. Of course, if made commercially we would add some few other things to it. (369-12) Finally, another highly recommended use of ragweed is as a toner of the appendix through its capacity to “…stimulate the gastric flow… through the liver and gall duct…” and to “… cleanse those areas about the caecum and appendix.” (349-20) The readings regard this stimulating and cleansing effect as a powerful infection preventive, stating: “If the most hated of weeds were used as a portion of the diet it [appendicitis] would never occur…” (644-1) These are strong words of high praise for the lowly ambrosia weed, which could become one of our most loved if we gave it a chance.
CAROL ANN BARAFF is a massage therapist and long-time researcher and author of topics from the Edgar Cayce readings, particularly those associated with holistic health and practical application of natural remedies. She currently lives and writes in Virginia Beach, Va. She has incorporated her 40 years of researching and writing on holistic health topics from the Edgar Cayce readings into this simple yet complete everyday health guide full of practical solutions, natural remedies, and holistic health perspectives from Edgar Cayce, the “father of holistic medicine” himself.
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Patterns and Balancing of the Nervous System
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PETER SCHOEB, DC, CMT, is a chiropractor and a massage therapist who trained with Dr. Harold Reilly in massage and holistic therapies as found in the Edgar Cayce readings. He has taught at the Cayce/Reilly® School of Massotherapy for over six years, and is an international speaker and teacher in Cayce-based health and wellness. He works as a chiropractor and therapist at the A.R.E. Health Center and Spa in Virginia Beach, where he won a 2010 Readers’ Choice Award from The Health Journal.
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�� �� ��� ����’� ���� vital dinate the sympathetic and cerebrospinal systems governing systems is the nervous in the areas indicated. These are not merely to be system. It is important in maintain- punched or pressed, but the ganglia—while very ing life in the human body and in small—are as networks in these various areas. directing all biological processes. Ac- Hence a gentle, circular massage, is needed [see ilcording to MedicineNet.com, the human nervous lustration]; using only at times structural portions system is “The sum total of the tissues that record as leverages, but not ever—of course—bruising and distribute information within a person, and structure. does so by electrical and chemical means.” In To promote coordination, a therapeutic fact, there are approximately 10 billion nerve Cayce-Reilly massage, which includes this gentle, cells forming the different integrated systems, circular pattern, is very beneficial. With some interconnected through a complex wiring system practice and a review of the structures of the using chemical messengers. This system is exten- back, anyone can help a loved one by employing sively researched to increase the understanding these patterns. of its function and effect on the overall biology Once each week prepare about one-half ounce of the body. These processes are mainly of room-temperature organic peanut or governed via reflexes and coordination. olive oil in a dish. You can also mix equal In the Edgar Cayce readings there are parts of organic olive oil with tincture of myrrh. A preferred time would be the many instances where dis-ease and disease evening before retiring. Have your are, in part, results of ailing reflexes loved one rest on the stomach, and malfunction of the nervous or if this is not possible, on their system. These can be due to injuries, side. Expose the back all the way organ dysfunction, dietary and lifedown to their sacrum (small of the style patterns, negative thoughts and emotions, and many other factors. back). Take some of the oil or the In order to restore these functions, mixture and apply it to the spinal the readings primarily recommend area, about two inches on each side of the center of the back. For massage and manipulation as coIllustration from Edgar Cayce’s Handbook for Health an adult, the circles are about one ordinated principal treatments. In inch in diameter. Start underneath the skull, on addition, the readings recommend herbal mixtures, various remedies, teas, dietary changes, the left side, and count 30 circles, in spiral-like fashion, all the way down to the bottom of the various forms of detoxification, light exercise and walking, electro therapy (such as the violet ray*) spine. Repeat on each side 2-3 times. Apply more and “energy medicine” (such as the wet cell* or of the oil or the mixture if needed. Then let your radiac*), as well as prayer and meditation. These loved one rest for the night. are recommended to meet the individuals’ need for The readings further say: These (treatments) are well, to be sure, to keep balance, coordination, health, and inner growth. In reading 3075-1, the following recommenda- coordination in the areas so affected, as also the tions were made: connection areas. […] Osteopathic or Swedish [Give] ... a gentle massage, that stimulates or massage, with particular reference to such cenrelaxes by the stimulation of each of the ganglia ters, is beneficial at times. Since not many of the along the cerebrospinal system; more specifi- masseurs know the centers, it is better to use the cally in the areas where the cerebrospinal and osteopathic treatment. These are beneficial— sympathetic coordinat—in the larger forms of whether once a week, once in ten days, twice the ganglia. These we find the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd a month, ten times a year, or forty times a year. cervical, 1st, 2nd and 3rd dorsal, 9th dorsal, and When needed, take them! (1710-10) Further instructions can be taken from the text in the lumbar axis and coccyx center… Q. Should the massage be osteopathic, or could The Edgar Cayce Handbook for Health Through it be given by someone other than an osteopath? Drugless Therapy b Harol Reill, dPhT, dS, A. Anyone that understands the anatomical an Ruth Bro (A.R.E. Press). structure of the body, in knowing how to coor- *Available at baar.com or 800-269-2502. EdgarCayce.org
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Our Dreams Evolve as We Evolve By Bobbie Ann Pimm
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I am at the beach, alone. I savor the peace and quiet as the warm sur rolls under my eet tugging gently at my ankles. Suddenly, the water is up to my knees and I find it difficult to walk. I head or shore and I am scared. Te shore gets urther and urther away and the water gets higher and higher. I see a building in the distance and I know that I must reach it or I will drown. My heart pounds in my chest as the water continues to get higher and higher. I find mysel at the door o the building. I look behind me; the water is about to overtake me. I open the door and make it inside. I know that I am sae. I look around; the building is empty. I go to a small window and see the water is above the window line. Te building is submerged in water, yet I eel sae. Te above was a recurring dream I had or over 20 years, starting when I was about 12 years old. It was always the same or many years. At some point, I began to notice a ew (one at first, then two or three) other people in the building. When I was about 32 years old, the window seemed to get larger and larger—until the walls were literally made o glass, at which point the dreams stopped. I have not had this dream or over 15 years now. o understand the interpretation you should know, without going into details, that there were several incidents in my adolescence that I repressed—in other words, I locked them away deep in my unconscious. THE INTERPRETATION: Te ocean signifies that the dream is
reerring to my unconscious. In the dream, the water is overtaking me and I am araid that I will drown unless I go inside the building. I the water symbolizes my emotions, then the act that I was araid o drowning indicates that I was araid that my emotions would
overwhelm me. I, thereore, needed to find shelter rom these emotions and went inside the building—inside o mysel. At first, I was alone in the building. At some point, I became aware o other people. Tese other “people” were actually me. As each repressed incident occurred in my lie, another part o “me” went “inside” where it was sae. Te window allowed me a glimpse o the emotions (the water) that I was araid o. In the beginning it was very small, and seeing that the water was over the top o the window allowed me to believe that I was right in going inside the shelter—it saved me. Te window got larger and larger as I matured and learned how to deal with these emotions that I repressed or so long. In the end, the walls were completely transparent. I no longer needed to hide in the building, as I was no longer araid o drowning in my emotions. So the dreams stopped. THE DREAM: “Another idal Wave”
I am on a balcony overlooking a beach. I know that I am not alone. o my lef is my “guide” and to my right, I sense two or three women, though I do not see them. Out on the beach I see several people walking. I look out to the ocean and see a huge tidal wave approaching the shore. I start yelling at the people on the beach to run or saety. Ten I see a baby on the edge o the sur, alone. I point to the baby and yell at the people to, “Save the baby, save the baby!” Everyone runs off and leaves the baby on the shore alone with the tidal wave getting closer. Te scene shifs slightly. Now I am on the balcony with these same women and my guide, only we are completely underwater, though I am not araid. I see a scorpion drif by. One o the “women” warns me to be careul as it might sting, but I am drawn to the scorpion and reach out my hand to touch it. It stings me on my palm. I look at my palm, but it doesn’t hurt. I know that I will be OK. Continued on page 46 Bobbie Ann Pimm , Faculty Fellow-at-Large at Atlantic University, is author o the book Notes From a Dreamer … on Dreaming: A Personal Journey in Dream Interpretation. She is currently revising AU’s course Becoming a eacher o Dream Interpretation with her partner, AU Faculty member Bob Van de Castle, PhD. Te new course, which they will be teaching together, is tentatively re-titled Becoming a Dreamworker. Te purpose o the course is to help you become more skilled in interpreting your dreams and enable you to be helpul to other people seeking to understand their dreams. Contact the AU Office or more inormation on when the course will be offered.
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Zen and the Art of Enjoying Work By James Van Auken, MBA
������ ������ �������������� in our present moment activity and learning to cease the emotional pulls o our daily encounters, we create a solid oundation upon which we can actually be more alive and satisfied with lie. Working hard satisfies an unconscious necessity within all o us that drives us to do something. Honoring unconscious motivations is actually the key to satisaction. Why does an artist paint? Why does the musician play? Why does the motivational speaker speak? Because we are compelled by a part o ourselves that we cannot conceptualize—it’s more unconscious than conscious—and we can’t give birth to our true nature because our minds are too clouded or clarity. Zen practitioners are actually honoring the demands o the unconscious by doing the due diligence o the day. Why are new employees so highly motivated, ull o ideas, and ready to say “yes” to everything? Because at that point they are ully invested and committed to the work. We’ve all heard the expression, “you can’t teach old dogs new tricks.” Veteran employees have seen how everything works at the office and have clouded their minds. Shunryu Suzuki says that “a mind ull o preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits is not open to things as they are,” that is, they have a alse conception that satisaction comes rom knowing more about the organization than a new person. Which employee eels more satisfied at the end o the day? Which employee accomplishes more tasks: the old grumpy dog or the new puppy? As Alan Watts points out, “seeking Reality is ‘like looking or an ox when you are riding on one.”’ Have you ever seen the “puppy nature” o an old dog come out? It’s beautiul! Tis is the “beginner’s mind” or “original nature” that Suzuki says is the key: “it is wisdom which is seeking or wisdom”. Zen tells us to detach rom the emotions, politics, and preconceived notions and constantly ocus on the present task—be here now. Have you seen a recent job description or job posting? Te requirements and responsibilities are colossal. Most employees are responsible or what would be two to three jobs in the recent past. Work hours are longer, procedures are more regimented, and the stress can quickly become overwhelming. Plus, people have lives outside o the workplace—more responsibility. And have you seen the local news lately? How can anyone handle the trauma o the community’s challenges when we are aced with our own burdens daily at work, on the road, and at home? Tese burdens that we carry cloud our minds to the point where i anyone adds another item to it, we’re going to explode! Tis is a “make or break” point in the workplace where employees are expected to keep it together always. Instead o using typical coping mechanisms, let’s look to Zen or assistance. Zen teaches one to detach rom the emotional responses that we are influenced by. For many people, especially in the workplace, petty comments and slights can ruin an entire day o work— drama! Shunryu Suzuki reminds us that we get attached to an emotional hype about things that we wish to achieve or destinations we wish to adventure to; and how once we’re there, it’s really not as great as we had thought it would be when we desired it. Yet, this is not a doctrine o indifference; it is a swif sword that slices to
the here and now. Clear your mind so you can truly use it. Zen is a powerul practice or controlling what we allow to permeate our minds and or restricting our emotional ties to circumstance. Te Zen student is instructed to ocus on the duties o the day as utmost priority and the reason or being—don’t question, just do what you are doing with your maximum ability. Right now, I read and comprehend. Right now, I eat and sustain. Right now, I drive down the highway. Right now, I brainstorm with colleagues. With this practice, we give all our attention to the task at hand, not allowing our minds to divide our ocus and spread ourselves too thin. A global survey o employees showed that 30 percent o workers in the U.S. define work “as an activity that provides a person with positive personal affect and identity [when] work contributes to society and is not unpleasant” (Nelson & Quick). Is this how you define the meaning o work or are you part o the 70 percent who view work as something projected upon you that may or may not provide you with satisaction? Americans spend the vast majority o their lives working and, in the U.S. especially, most workers have a strong desire to save enough money to never have to work again. Yet, we see many retirees coming back to work because they don’t know what to do with themselves afer they are ree o their work day obligations. Tere is a duality here between work and no-work; activity and boredom; volunteering and requirement. In Zen, one moves past such dualities: work, don’t work, it’s all in your mind. Work can be depressing i we constantly hold our minds hostage; work can be satisying i we clear our minds and act to the best o our abilities. James Van Auken, MBA , is Educational Bus iness
Manager and Proessor o L eadership and Religious Studies or Atlantic University. His ongoing goal is to seek out the wisdom available to us through a variety o spiritual traditions and apply it to the practical nature o everyday lie.
ATLANTIC UNIVER SITY NEWS The Soul of Resiliency: Building Capacity for Courage and Renewal The 5th annual Women’s Retreat, cosponsored by Atlantic University (AU) and the Personal Transformation and Courage Institute (PTCI), will take place October 28-30. “Resilience”is a word that we hear more and more often, but what are the deeper roots—even the spiritual underpinnings—of this faculty? To answer this question, we will build upon women’s innate capacity for tapping into their intuitive wisdom through short lectures, experiential application exercises, journaling, creative expression, and meditation to nd the inner resources and capacity to build courage and resilience in our lives and in our world. This retreat is an opportunity for self-discovery and exploration with a community of women ready to learn tools for mindfully responding to the stresses and demands of modern life. Retreat leader Mary Elizabeth Lynch (an AU faculty member and president of PTCI) and others will guide you through a transformative experience of personal renewal. The program can be taken as a stand-alone three- day retreat workshop, or for AU academic credit, with distance learning modules before and after. Tuition is $129 for the stand-alone workshop, $795 for master’s degree credit, and $525 for continuing eduction credit. For details visit AtlanticUniv.edu/women2011or call 1-800-428-1512.
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Te scene shifs again. We have moved inside and I hear a Special News Bulletin on the V. Te announcer is saying, “idal wave hits beach, baby dies.” I wake up. THE INTERPRETATION: Te similarities to my earlier recurring
dream are apparent, however there are significant differences. While the beach, ocean and the impending wave are similar and symbolize the same things, my viewpoint, or perspective, is different. In the original dream, I am on the beach and the danger is imminent, as it is about to overtake me. In the new dream, I am able to view the impending tidal wave rom a higher, saer perspective, a clear sign to me o personal growth. In the original dream, I must seek shelter, or hide. Here, I eel no need to run or hide. In the original dream, I am inside the building with the water all around. Here, I remain outside on a balcony, outside o mysel (the building), and even when the water overtakes me, I am unaraid and I know I am not alone. Te scorpion stings me but I am not hurt. It so happens that my partner in lie and dreams, Bob Van de Castle, is a Scorpio. I know he will not hurt me—and no matter what emotional upheaval occurs, he will be there and I know I will be OK. Te announcement that the baby dies might seem, at first, to be negative or dangerous, but i the baby signifies an immature part o me, then the baby dying means that this part o me has matured, or I am no longer in need o it. Te baby has died and in its place is a mature woman ready to accept and deal with whatever comes—and I am not alone. It was only in comparing the recent dream to the older dream that I was able to completely understand and appreciate how ar I have come over the years. I am grateul or my dreams and the messages they provide—I know I am on the right path. 46
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ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC CALENDAR (All events held in Virginia Beach unless noted otherwise) July 8-10 Head, Heart, Hands: A Model of Care for Pediatric Practitioners Michele Tryon This three day workshop provides a collaborative learning opportunity for current pediatric practitioners and those interested in pediatric healthcare. August 14 End of Summer Semester August 29 Beginning of Fall Semester September 23-25 • Fairfax, Va. TS582: Healing the Courageous Heart Mary Elizabeth Lynch, JD Three day residential with follow-up distance learning modules. This course is designed to increase your ability to trust and be open-hearted, express compassion for yourself and others, and experience the strength and freedom of genuine forgiveness. September 29-October 2 TH506, 507, 508: Integrated Imagery—Regression Hypnosis TIER 1/2/3 John Amoroso, PhD Three day residential with follow-up distance learning modules. Participants in the training course will learn the principles and theories behind a spiritually oriented approach to regression hypnosis. Then, through a group regression conducted by the principal course leader each student will begin the self-exploration process. October 14-16 Parapsychology and Consciousness Conference This conference marks the launch of Atlantic University’s new Masters of Arts in Parapsychology by introducing modern parapsychology to the general public and to scholars and scientists who work in other disciplines. Speakers will present original research, discuss psychics and mediums, psychology and parapsychology, and ponder the future of the eld. For more information go to AtlanticUniv.edu/ ParapsychologyConference October 28-30 TS572: Women’s Retreat: The Soul of Resiliency (see box top left) Mary Elizabeth Lynch, JD Visit AtlanticUniv.edufor a complete calendar. EdgarCayce.org
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C AY C E ’ S W I S D O M F O R T O D AY BY KEVI N J. TODESCHI A N D HENRY REED
The Soul’s Affinity for Co-Creation
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ne of the most interesting and at the same time glossed-over concepts contained in the Edgar Cayce readings deals with the soul’s affinity for co-creation. The truth of the matter is that each of us is a co-creator with the Creator, God. As we are also destined to be companions with this Creator, we can at this very moment acknowledge and take
responsibility for the fact that we are co-creators. Unfortunately, we may fail to fully understand the farreaching implications of this capacity in our present experience, because it is only our knack for perpetual co-creation that will enable us to transform ourselves and, in turn, transform the world. And it is only as we embrace our co-creativity that we can become companions with the Creator. When individuals first encounter the idea that we were created to be companions and co-creators with God, the possibility of such a destiny can certainly have an intellectual appeal. We are all daughters and sons of the Divine! Over the years, many individuals have cited Edgar Cayce’s admonition that each individual was ultimately created to become a companion and co-creator with the Divine. However, we may have simply spoken the words rather than coming to a full realization of their meaning. Perhaps we have allowe ourselves to believe that this co-creative ability is something far off—something that will be ours when we reach “perfection.” Some may claim that they don’t really feel worthy of such a relationship. After all, there are a number of things about all of us that are not really “godlike.” There are many temptations to deny or ignore our co-creativity. Because of the challenges of the times in which we live, it is not surprising that so many individuals may feel overwhelmed by their life and their personal 48
experiences. There appear to be challenges of every nature surrounding us—in society, in our communities, and in the world. A few headlines from any news source make the challenges of contemporary life abundantly clear. On a personal level, many individuals find themselves overwhelmed by relationship problems, financial difficulties, job insecurities, family tragedies, and all manner of physical, mental, and spiritual sufferin. Perhaps it is because of these incredible personal challenges that many individuals have even begun to feel helpless: “there is nothing I can do about it.” Victim consciousness can also come into play when we discuss the subject of karma. We may feel as if we (or someone else) have encountered a particular situation because of karma and that there is nothing that can change it. We may also find ourselves responding to life as a bystander rather than utilizing the soul’s affinity for co-creation. Our bystander mentality comes to the forefront whenever we see a horrendous headline or a disaster being highlighted
upon the news and our response is simply to change the channel or turn the page. Because of the preponderance of this kind of information, we have perhaps become conditioned to accept the inevitability or even normalcy of all manner of crime and human tragedy. We may allow ourselves to believe “there is nothing I can do about it.” This bystander approach entails the belief that we can do very little, if anything, to affect politics, the environment, issues of terrorism, the energy problem—whatever the concern, whether it is personal, local, or global. As a bystander, we may remain unaware of the people around us who could utilize our help—even if it is only a listening ear. We disempower ourselves by choosing not to vote, believing we can’t make a difference. We overlook our connection to all of humankind by simply turning on the TV to observe the direction of a storm, or to witness some horrendous tragedy on the news without taking the time to pray that the storm might be dissipated or that those who are suffering might somehow be comforted. EdgarCayce.org
How We Co-Create
If our newspapers, TVs, and Internet news feeds are competing to capture our attention with fearful headlines, global conflicts, and catastrophic situations, while ignoring less “newsworthy” stories about human kindness, reaching out to one another, or our collective humanity, what kinds of thoughts and ideas are becoming part of our overall perception? The Cayce readings are adamant in their stance that “thoughts are things and may become crimes or miracles!” Are our thoughts creating miracles for the future or are we contributing to possible disaster? But regardless of our conscious level of spiritual awareness, there is a co-creative spark within each and every individual that is part of one’s personal birthright. It is always engaged and cannot be avoided. We are not referring merely to ways of being “creative,” such as in the arts, cooking, gardening, relation-
ships, or business. Our co-creativity is a basic aspect of our being a conscious part of the living physical planet, and it is something that we cannot escape. It is through our choices that we are constantly co-creating with God. Our use of free will introduces an unpredictable, creative element to the unchangeable laws of cause and effect. Each time we make a choice, we set in motion a chain of events, with both intended and unintended consequences. Science has demonstrated that there is a determinism that governs the activity of physical life. The law of cause and effect holds for the actions of material objects. Yet there is also an indeterminacy—an aspect of creation that is not governed by the law of cause and effect. These two aspects exist also in God and in us. The Creator God has, as Edgar Cayce revealed, the impersonal aspect, which he portrayed as a Force. This impersonal
aspect drives the physical facets of the universe, including our bodies and the effects of our actions. Then there is the personal dimension of God, which Cayce portrae as the lovin Parent. This dimension is usually equated with the “I Am” presence within. Individually, the “I Am” or “Silent Witness” within is experienced as an observer, the consciousness within that is aware. It is this awareness that monitors all that happens, both within us and around us. And it is this awareness that pertains to the indeterminate dimension of life. Science has explored the interaction of these two dimensions in its observation of atoms and their behavior. Although science can predict much of an atom’s behavior by looking at forces that touch upon it which cause the behavior, there are also times when the atom’s behavior cannot be predicted. Instead, scientists have discovered that it is not until they
It is through our choices that we are constantly co-creating with God.
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Cayce said, “Do what you know to do, and the next step will be given.” actually observe the atom that the atom “decides” what to do. Before the observation, the atom is in an “indeterminate” state of being. We have a similar characteristic. Many of our choices cannot be predicted, they remain indeterminate. Our God-given free will is the basis of this indeterminacy. God does not know our choices, but once we make a choice, the laws of the universe determine the effect of our actions. Our very choice, then, is a creative act, an action that collaborates with the laws of the universe to bring about a determined effect. It is our free will—our power of choice—that binds us to the co-creative role. The question is not, then, Will we be co-creators, but What kind of co-creation will we produce? What is important to understand is that the soul’s birthright of co-creative expression is not something relegated to the afterlife or a byproduct of soul perfection. In actuality, whether or not we fully appreciate it, both individually and collectively we already are co-creative; but we have not yet become aware of, and acted appropriately with, this potential. With this in mind, as a co-creator, how are we responding to life in the here and now? And perhaps more importantly, as co-creators, what are we building for our tomorrows? 50
It is not what happens to us that has the strongest impact upon our lives but instead how we choose to respond to what happens to us. Regardless of our present situation or difficulties, the readings affirm that because of the soul’s creative capacity we are always co-creating the future and there is always the possibility of hope and change. Cayce’s approach to our co-creative abilities is one which constantly builds for the future. Regardless of our present circumstance, regardless of current world events, regardless of how overwhelmed we may feel right now, the readings contend that there is something we can do about it. The simplest approach to conscious and intentional co-creation that comes out of the Cayce readings is: “Do what you know to do, and the next step will be given.” As a means of addressing the environment, in practical terms this might simply mean choosing paper bags over plastic bags at the grocery store—or better yet, bringing our own. Maybe we can pick up trash when we see it on the ground. In terms of energy conservation, we might decide to not drive to the shopping center every time we need something but to wait until there are a half dozen items on our list, or possibly
turn our thermostats to more conservative settings. As it relates to health care, we could become more proactive in our own exercise, diet, and health routines. In terms of terrorism, at the very least we might become more cognizant of the beliefs we may have in common—even with those who seem so different from us. Edgar Cayce encouraged individuals to make the world a better place because they have lived in it. That’s co-creation. Cayce also encouraged individuals to “pray and live as you pray” and to “give God a chance” in terms of helping to create their lives. When an individual once asked Edgar Cayce how to be of the greatest service to humankind, the response was simply to begin working with the daily practice of prayer and meditation. That’s working with our capacity for co-creation! As an example of working with cocreation, when Judith found herself in a predicament, caught between the competing demands of her job and her family, she felt overwhelmed and helpless. She was beginning to resent those she loved and felt guilty about her devotion to her career. She realized that she was harboring destructive emotions, but didn’t know what to do about it. She recognized that feelings of powerlessness don’t reflect the facts so much as they reflect an attitude. For days she meditated on her situation, and prayed for an approach that would meet the needs of her loved ones, support her career, and give her a needed sense of satisfaction with herself. Her meditations reminded her that she knew how to stay centered in her interactions with family members by focusing on being a good listener, and that they would appreciate this kind of attention. So she made listening her “creative” response to her predicament until she was shown her next step. One day, she realized she was listening to her work supervisor in a new way. As a result she heard, for the first time, the real intent behind the supervisor’s frequent comment to “take it easy.” Judith realized that her supervisor was pleased with her work and was encouraging her to slow down a bit, and that she didn’t need to take on as much as she had been doing. This revelation about her supervisor’s attitude toward Judith’s EdgarCayce.org
work was like a dust mop gathering up cobwebs in her mind, old assumptions about her worth and her need to always prove it. Not only was she coming into closer contact with a more authentic sense of self, but she found that she felt free of her “predicament,” and instead felt proud of her ability to nurture both a family and a career, making a difference to many people, including herself. Not only are we actively building our tomorrows but we are collectively creating the future of the world and all of humankind. From a reincarnation worldview, we are also creating the world we will come back to. What do we want the world of the future to look like? Right now we can respond consciously to life as a co-creator. We can realize that we are every bit responsible for shaping the course of our lives. We can see everything about us as reflections of what we need to work on—as well as how we’ve been doing with this business of co-creation. When someone asks questions like, When do you think we will have peace on Earth? or When do you think we will really have an Age of Enlightenment? Tell them that there is only one answer: When we have helped to create it! The truth of the matter is that we are responsible for the present now which was once our future. What do we want the world of tomorrow to look like? What are we cocreating for our next future? Where do we want to go? Our future as co-creators is not something far off. Our future as co-creators is actively formed by our thoughts, our deeds, and our interactions today. Yes, we are at the dawn of a New World. But it will only be ours as we bring it to pass.
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We are divine children of a loving Creator. We are here to bring spirit into the earth. As co-creators in the here and now, we need to become consciously aware of our role in its creation. We can accomplish anything, working together as conscious co-creators. When you consider our true nature, this really is not so amazing. We are divine children of a loving Creator. We are here to bring spirit into the earth. As long as we are incarnate, we have the possibility to effect lasting, positive change. Today, we are facing perhaps the greatest challenge of our history in the earth—and that challenge isn’t ultimately about earthquakes or global upheavals or crime or terrorism or political divisions or the environment. Ultimately, our greatest challenge is whether or not we can become consciously aware of the impact
we have upon our present experience. What kind of a world are we building? Our collective future is within our hands. What are we doing about it? ABOUT THE AUTHORS KEVIN J. TODESCHI, MA, is Executive Director and CEO of the Edgar Cayce work, an authority and spokesperson on the Cayce material, and the author of more than 20 books, including Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records.
HENRY REED, PhD, is a research psychologist by training, and the author of several books and scholarly articles describing his research developing ways of applying the concepts in the Edgar Cayce material.
Henry Reed, PhD, and Kevin J. Todeschi, MA, will both speak at the conference A Spiritual Roadmap for Enlightened Living: Edgar Cayce’s Tools for Transformation and Guidance, August 19-21, at A.R.E. HQ in Virginia Beach. They will be joined by Peter Woodbury, Josie Varga, Raye Mathis, and more. Visit EdgarCayce.org/ conferences or call 888-273-0020 for information. 51
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Temple of the Heart B Y I S T VA N F A Z E K A S
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n our modern world where changes are happening quickly and dramatically, it is critical to remember the most essential reason why we are here: to love and be loved. Connecting to love is connecting to God. We travel everywhere with a sacred temple, one easy to overlook if we search in the wrong places. This is the temple of the heart—the one that connects you to all truth, beauty, and compassion. We do not need complicated philosophy or rituals for enlightenment, just a dedication to expand the heart-temple. This temple has a very simple liturgy containing only
three essential elements for enlightened awareness:
Ego Amnesia
An understanding that the Sublime Mystery (God, Spirit, Allah, Ha Shem, Brahma, Satchitananda, etc.) is manifesting through all creation. It is common to hear this truth and easily pass over the
profound nature of this reality, but all life is God is shining back on Itself in all life-form manifestations. With humans, the inner light gets obscured through the misuse of will power and the heart-temple windows become cloudy and opaque. Each person has an intrinsic God-spark that animates their bodily costume’s trillions of cells and their consciousness. The more awake the God-spark is within, the more sensitive the heart, and the more light can shine through. A person separated from this inner connection becomes spiritually blinded, and they survive solely on the “light” emanating from the ego. One way that the state of spiritual blindness manifests is in the person who is continually concerned
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n the early morning hours, after all the others had left the ashram, the old swami was left with his last three students. As they sat talking, the swami posed a question to the three: “Chelas, [students] what will do you with your last hour of life?” The first student replied, “Master, I will spend it carefully reading the Bhagavad Gita and extracting the last bits of wisdom it has for my journey.” The swami nodded in approval. The second student replied, “I will certainly be deepening my meditation, as you have taught us.” The swami again nodded in approval.
The third student replied, “I will likely be spending it with my family and all my most precious loved ones.” The swami again nodded in approval and smiled, his eyes twinkling. “Very nice,” he said peacefully, “Very nice, each one.” After some time enjoying the silence together, one of the students asked, “Great Sir, what will you do with your last hour of life?” The old swami grinned widely and said, “I will keep doing what I have always done—absorbing God through good words, by what I feel in deep meditation, and from your loving hearts. Even after I drop this body.”
about their own wants without considering others. We might also understand the spiritually blind as highly invested in ego-consciousness, as it is the ego’s veil (a misuse of will power) that is the source of our disconnection from the heart-temple. It is not that we have to annihilate the ego but just lift off the dark heaviness and let more light shine through, like pulling heavy drapes away from our windows. Another way that spiritual blindness manifests and separates us from the hearttemple is the thought that embracing a selfish philosophy can be a “spiritual” thing. This is how Cosmic Delusion (called Maya in Sanskrit) uses both the New Age movement and religious ideology (often dangerously misinterpreted) to appeal to the enticing limitations of the ego. It can be found in all the various books, videos, workshops, etc., that prompt the seeker to find ultimate satisfaction with wealth (i.e. “The Secret Way to Be Rich” or “God Wants You to Be a Billionaire”), the body (i.e. “The Secret Way to ‘Tantric’ Bliss” or “Live Forever in Five Easy Steps”), or power (i.e. “The Secret Way to Get Everything You Want” or “Do It My Way or Else: The Tao of Mao”). The pursuit of (and commonly, the obsession with) wealth, the body, and power are objectives that promote endless acquiring, and restrain the consciousness within the first three (lowest vibrational) spiritual centers of the spine. These three have to be transcended in order to rise to the temple of the heart, and it is only at the heart level, and above, that one begins to discover an enduring spiritual reality, a.k.a. enlightened mind. So, the first survey of the temple prompts us to be concerned with the wellbeing of other life forms, human animals as well as non-human animals. We can easily extend that to plants, trees, the earth itself, and even beyond. The deeper happiness we all seek originates in a forgetting of the self and its restrictive container and enjoying the love that naturally arises as a result of this “ego amnesia.” The current world events are prompting us all towards this consciousness.
Thought Habits
An understanding that the thoughts we send to those not present are just as potent as the ones we send when we are in each other’s presence. Knowing this, we July-September 2011
send noble and loving thoughts to all— especially those who vex or antagonize us. We are negatively affected by dwelling on negative thoughts, as well as positively affected by tuning into positive thoughts. This has a direct impact on the health of the body and psyche. The significant reality of the current times is that thoughts manifest an effect faster and more potently than in the past. Thus, to stay in tune with the heart-temple, it is imperative that we be aware of our thought habits, and substitute positive thinking for negative thinking (fear, malice, worry, etc).
God is Love
An understanding that all the love you feel for people, pets, and nature is a microcosm of the original love you had for the Sublime Mystery we call Spirit or God. Originally, that was the sole object of your adoration. Through time, incarnations, and willfulness you have refracted that love into a thousand or more targets. Internally we can restore that connection (and refocus the thousand refractions into Oneness), stepping further into the temple of the heart and seeing each moment of love between spouses as intrinsically God-love; a parent’s love for their child as intrinsically God-love; a pet owner’s love for their pet as intrinsically God-love. That love is continually flowing to each and
every person, but too many shut out that energy by closing the heart and constructing various barricades. Though it may sound old-fashioned to some, nonetheless the lyric “what the world needs now, is love, sweet love,” is as true now as ever— we need it and the world needs more of it. Let us increase our service at the temple of the heart and see for ourselves that the many saints and sages throughout time are correct: God is love and can work endless miracles through you by your attending service in the temple of the heart. ABOUT THE AUTHOR ISTVAN FAZEKAS is a health sciences teacher who has created holistic education programs at numerous vocational colleges, and currently runs a large vocational facility as Director of Education. He has been an A.R.E. speaker since the early 1990s and is the author ofThe Alkalizing Diet: Your Life Is in the Balance and Edgar Cayce and the Yoga Sutras: Uniting Body, Mind, and Spirit (available at ARECatalog.com or 800-333-4499).
Istvan Fazekas will speak at the Spiritual Breakthrough Intensive: A Workshop for Experiencing God-Consciousness, with John Van Auken on September 9-11, at A.R.E. HQ. Visit EdgarCayce.org/ conferencesor call 800-273-0020.
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July, August, september 2011 • EdgarCayce.org/nearyou ALABAMA Selma • Sep 9-11 Edgar Cayce in Selma Candace Johnson 800-45-SELMA [73562] (
[email protected]) ARIZONA
Phoenix • Oct 1 Edgar Cayce on Unseen Worlds: Past Lives, Future Lives, and the Afterlife Gregg Unterberger Scottsdale • Aug 30-Sep 1, Nov 8-10 Spiritual Healing Sessions Malcolm Smith/malcolmsmithhealer.com Lynnie or Rex 480-661-8000 (
[email protected]) ARKANSAS Lake DeGray • Sep 24
Edgar Cayce on the Mysteries of Your Mind Gregg Unterberger Southwest Region 512-327-7355 CALIFORNIA Los Angeles • Aug 27 Exploring Soul Groups and Soul Mates
Linda Schiller-Hanna Pacific Grove Jul 14-17 Summer Asilomar Retreat David McMillin, MA, and Peter Schoeb, DC Nov 4-6 Fall Asilomar Retreat The Key: Unlocking Your Psychic Abilities
Echo Bodine
CALIFORNIA, continued Santa Monica • Sep 8-11, Nov 17-20 Spiritual Healing Sessions
Malcolm Smith/malcolmsmithhealer.com Wilma Jackson 310-829-1425 Ventura • Sep 6, Nov 15 Spiritual Healing Sessions Malcolm Smith/malcolmsmithhealer.com Jim or Mary Lou Patterson 805-212-1088 COLORADO Denver • Sep 24 Edgar Cayce on Vibrations, Soul Growth, and the Illusion of Time CONNECTICUT North Haven • Sep 17 Exploring Soul Groups and Soul Mates
Linda Schiller-Hanna FLORIDA The Villages • 4th Thursdays Edgar Cayce Film and Discussion Group Frances H. Rolph 352-753-6079 ILLINOIS
Des Plaines Edgar Cayce Holistic Center 888-663-0082 or 847-299-6535 areheartland.org/chicago
[email protected] Sep 13-15, Nov 29-Dec 1 Spiritual Healing Sessions Malcolm Smith/malcolmsmithhealer.com LOUISIANA Covington • Jul 16
Edgar Cayce on the Mysteries of Your Mind Gregg Unterberger Marlene Duet 985-893-9025
San Francisco area • Sep 3-4, Nov 12-13 Spiritual Healing Sessions Malcolm Smith/malcolmsmithhealer.com Grethe Tedrick 510-234-0415
MASSACHUSETTS Abington • Aug 13 (rain date Aug 14) A.R.E. Picnic Patty 781-878-1974 (
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San Jose • Oct 15 Medical Intuition C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD
Braintree • Sep 17-19, Nov 25-27 Spiritual Healing Sessions Malcolm Smith/malcolmsmithhealer.com Aantre 781-848-8860 or Betty 508-673-0477 (
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Lexington • Oct 22 The Key: Unlocking Your Psychic Abilities Echo Bodine Plymouth • 2nd and 4th Friday mornings Coffee with Cayce Presentation and group discussion Betty 508-673-0477 (
[email protected]) or Lois 508-880-7588
Kevin J. Todeschi
San Diego • Sep 24 Medical Intuition C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD
For info call HQ toll-free: 888.273.0020
MASSACHUSETTS, continued Craigville (Cape Cod) • Sep 9-11 37th Annual Retreat Patty McCarthy 781-878-1974 (pattymc969@ gmail.com) or Paula Frederick 781-536-8251
Quincy • 3rd Saturdays Monthly meeting and program Elena Allen 781-862-2019 (
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Detroit area Margaret Dwyer 248-541-0128 (
[email protected]) 1st Tuesdays (Oct-Dec) Tuesday Tune-Ups for Women Who Work Mary-Alyce Lubiszewski and Aloma Mirjah 4th Wednesdays (Oct-Dec) Health and Wellness Series Sandra Conlen, Reiki Master 3rd weekends—Fri-Sun (Oct-Dec) Praying with the Bible, Part 2 Margaret Dwyer Oct 15 Mastering Your Life’s Mission Peter Woodbury Oct 21 Aligning to Your True Potential Rev. Monica Bishop Vanderbilt Abby 989-983-4107 (offi
[email protected]) Oct 7-9 Yoga and Mountain Biking Retreat Jim Pero Oct 28-30 Women’s Wellness Retreat Stephanie Shepard EdgarCayce.org
NEW JERSEY Cape May • Aug 24, Nov 2 Spiritual Healing Sessions
Malcolm Smith/malcolmsmithhealer.com Michael Craig 609-425-9057 Newark • Nov 5 2012 and Prophecy John Van Auken NEW MEXICO Albuquerque • Nov 12 Mastering Your Life’s Mission
Peter Woodbury NEW YORK
New York City A.R.E. of NY Holistic Center 212-691-7690 or visit www.edgarcaycenyc.org Aug 18-23, Oct 27-Nov 1 Spiritual Healing Sessions Malcolm Smith/malcolmsmithhealer.com NORTH CAROLINA Little Switzerland • Sep 29-Oct 2 25th Anniversary Wildacres Retreat OHIO
Cincinnati area Jul 9 Energize Your Inner Healer Ellen Selover and Denise Furgason Aleene Jacoby 859-525-0265 (
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OREGON Portland area • 3rd Saturdays Mutual Interest Group Call for upcoming event schedule: Raymond & Nobie Tarpey 503-697-8341 (
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Philadelphia Aug 26-28, Nov 4-6 Spiritual Healing Sessions Malcolm Smith/malcolmsmithhealer.com Linda LeBoutiller 610-363-6279 Oct 1 Ancient Mysteries: Sacred Temples, Crop Circles, and the Cayce Readings Freddy Silva Pittsburgh • Sep 17 Edgar Cayce on Unseen Worlds: Past Lives, Future Lives, and the Afterlife Gregg Unterberger TEXAS
Austin • Jul 16 Interpret Your Dreams to Enrich Your Life Janece Hutson Southwest Region 512-327-7355
Houston Houston A.R.E. Center 713-263-1006 or visit EdgarCayceHouston.org Sep 17 Transforming Your Karma: Expanding the Influence of Grace in Your Life Lynn Sparrow Christy
The Key: Unlocking Your Psychic Abilities
Echo Bodine Columbus area Jul 24 Annual Metaphysical Picnic Darian Torrance 614-332-6214 (
[email protected]) Sep 17 Meditation Retreat Darian Torrance 614-332-6214 (
[email protected]) Oct 8-9 Universal Light Expo (A.R.E. booth) Kevin J. Todeschi Darian Torrance 614-332-6214 (
[email protected]) OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City • Jul 30 Creating a Pathway to Self-Fulfillment
Nancy Eubel Janice and Ray Howell 405-525-9030 ext. 11
Hunt • Oct 6-9 Texas Fall Retreat Mindwalking: Moving to Cosmic Consciousness Nancy Eubel Nancy Keef 830-688-3807 or Southwest Region 512-327-7355 VIRGINIA
Charlottesville Joanne DiMaggio 434-242-7348 (
[email protected]) arecville.org Sep 10 Edgar Cayce and the Cosmos James Mullaney October 22 The Astronomy of 2012 Lauren Suarez Fairfax area • Oct 22 Kabbalah John Van Auken
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Rural Retreat A.R.E. Camp EdgarCayce.org/summercamp Jul 24-30, Aug 14-20 Family Camp Jul 31-Aug 13 Children’s Camp Aug 21-27 Adult Retreat Virginia Beach Sep 21-22, Nov 22-23 Spiritual Healing Sessions Malcolm Smith/malcolmsmithhealer.com Robert Krajenke 757-470-7767 (
[email protected]) HQ Youth Programs EdgarCayce.org/youth Jul 1-15 Helena Patti Day Camp Atlantic University Visit AtlanticUniv.edu or see p.46 for a listing of AU activities The Forum (hosted at A.R.E. HQ) Day Schwartz 804-693-5192 edgarcayceforum.net Jul 27 The Edgar Cayce Philosophy Peter Van Daam
Aug 31 The Edgar Cayce I Knew and Loved June Bro Sep 28 From Lemuria to Atlantis Una Marcotte Oct 26 Do Mayan Shamans Believe the World Will End in 2012? Carol Chapman Nov 30 Your Dreams Can Tell Your Future Inge O’Bourne Visit EdgarCayce.org/conferences or see p.59 for a list of upcoming conferences at A.R.E. HQ. WASHINGTON Richland • Sep 24 Prophecy: Understanding Our Times and Beyond
A DVD presentation featuring John Van Auken Pierre Saget 509-588-6546 For info call HQ toll-free: 888.273.0020
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Gregg Unterberger WISCONSIN
Brookfield Kevin Reger 262-547-3262 (
[email protected]) Sep 17 Crossing Over and Developing Your Psychic Gifts Martina Schmidt Oct 15 Reading Auras and Contacting Your Spirit Guides Betty Riley CANADA • EdgarCayceCanada.com BRITISH COLUMBIA Comox Valley • Monthly Metaphysical Exploration Group Anjali or Norman Thomas 250-338-1690
Nanaimo • 1st and 3rd Thursdays Nanaimo Metaphysical Network William and Judith Munns 250-753-2110 (
[email protected]) Visit nanaimometaphysicalnetwork.org for the latest event schedule Vancouver • Monthly Mutual Interest Group John Golka 604-736-7762
NEW BRUNSWICK Sackville • Jul 8-10 Annual Atlantic Fellowship Conference Awakening to Wholeness: Body, Mind, and Spirit Wellness C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD Danks Cole 902-405-0578 ONTARIO Arnprior • Oct 21-23 Edgar Cayce Ottawa Annual Fall Retreat Barbara Martin 613-228-9176
Peterborough Helene Thibert 705-745-7188 (
[email protected]) 2nd and 4th Wednesdays Study Group meetings 1st and 3rd Wednesdays Meditation Group meetings Aug 6 Summer Picnic (pot-luck)
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Nov 3 2012 Mayan Prophecy and the Edgar Cayce Predictions Jan 28 Annual New Year Retreat Getting with the Plan Toronto • Oct 15 Toronto Symposium Reincarnation and Karma—God’s Great Universal Laws Ann Jaffin 866-322-8209 (
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QUEBEC Chateauguay • Aug 26-28 Annual Creative Awakening Weekend Rev. Robert (Bob) Johnstone Peter Kendall Telephone 450-676-4203 (
[email protected]) creativeawakening.com Montreal (South Shore) • Bi-weekly Healing and Meditation Group Peter Kendall 450-676-4203 For info call HQ toll-free: 888.273.0020
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Swedish conference features English lectures The Foundation Edgar Cayce Centre Sweden’s annual National Conference will be held September 17-18 at Furuboda Conference and Competence Centre in the south of Sweden. The theme is “Our Way towards the Light, Seen through Mysteries, Prophecies, Karma, Reincarnation.” Of the nine planned lectures, seven will be in English, with translation into Swedish. For information and registration, visit EdgarCayce.se/node/202 (click on the English flags) or contact Centre chairperson Gun Olofsson at
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Belgium hosts intensive workshop An intensive Study Group workshop will take place August 20-22 in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. The workshop will focus on the meaning of the Cayce readings in Europe for the next decade and explore themes such as: physical health; ecology and economy; mental development and meditation; “thoughts are deeds”; our spiritual Source and the Creative Forces; Christ; Mary; and human evolution. For information contact Philippe Antoine by phone (+32 2 242 45 09) or email philip.antoine@ skynet.be or
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Psychic Echo Bodine added as Field speaker The headquarters-sponsored Field Conference program has added psychic medium Echo Bodine to its roster of presenters. Bodine is a nationally recognized speaker who has previously taught two successful and highlypraised psychic development training courses at A.R.E. headquarters in Virginia Beach. This new program, The Key to Unlocking Your Psychic Abilities: A Psychic’s Guide to Psychic Development , will incorporate her years of experience as a medium and trainer with techniques from Edgar Cayce and others to give attendees practical and applicable real-life skills for intuitive living. Bodine first realized she was born with psychic abilities at the age of 17. Her abilities include clairvoyance (seeing), clairaudience (hearing), clairsentience (sensing), and clairgustance (smell). She began her full-time practice as a psychic, healer, and “ghostbuster” in 1979. She has since taught thousands of people principles of psychic development, spiritual growth, living by intuition, ghostbusting, and healing. She is the author of 12 books on psychic development, soul growth, the afterlife, and ghosts, including Echoes of the Soul and her latest,The Little Book of True Ghost Stories . She has also appeared on numerous TV programs, and consulted on the production of the movie Ghost . She believes that many of her techniques and experiences parallel the guidance in the Cayce readings, and feels great enthusiasm for his work, stating that his words “speak the truth to me. I have a knowing that he spoke from the divine and that helps me to trust—and devour—his work.” Her first conferences will be in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 24 and Lexington, Mass., October 15. She will also present an expanded version of this program at the Fall Asilomar Retreat in Pacific Grove, Calif., November 4-6. For more information, visit EdgarCayce.org/fieldconferences or call 1-800-273-0020. Hear an exclusive interview with her at EdgarCayce.org/radio. EdgarCayce.org
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he entity was among the first to establish an exchange between other lands, owing to those associations that were beun with … Inia, Ept, Caucasia, Prenees and those of the latter portions of the Atlantean land—in these periods, or this particular period in the Gobi Land—as in most of the others save the Atlantean; or these groups, or this people of Mu, or—as indicated—Muzuen, the son of Mu that has first builded this particular city or group that became or was the City of Gold—or Golden City; as we have indicated should be later discovered. The peoples lived in the main within themselves, or among themselves. Those of this particular group were less of class [than] in the Atlantean or the Indian. Hence the peoples were equal in their positions from the social aspect. The forming of the moral and the penal codes as would be terme in the present was … verie b the Prince thouh set in order rather by Mu; and these were few in number: … He that labors with the hands is deserving of the fruits and advantages of the labors. Do [not?] to thy neighbor as thy neighbor does to thee; but as ye would that he should do, then do to him. In these alone were the activities of this peoples. As to the exchanges—as there developed the various types of characters of labors—the hewers of wood, the drawers of water, the dressers of skins, the hunters, and then to be sure the agricultural activities … there was the one common storehouse, and the daily labors in each of the activities … There were also those … of the indigent and of the young that had no parentage or support, and those that were lame or blind. Those very old, as would be termed today, were mercifully put away. [GD: Euthanasia?] In those activities with the associations with other groups, other nations, this group or nation or this people … first made what would today be called coin, which was of gold. It was almost square but with a hole in same, smooth but edged that it might be known from other groups that gradually used the same—and was changed to this when it was found that the Atlanteans’ were almost the same. Holes in same and strung to be worn about the waist or about the neck. These—as the exchange then—were as so much daily labor or exercise. There were no individuals that did not labor if they were above twelve years of age, unless they were ill, lame or blind or with child—others all labored! There were no individuals that did nothing! … July-September 2011
As for the groups in its own land, as has been indicated, the worshipfulness was in a temple where those gathered that made for speech-making. There were no priests as in many other lands. They were all those that spoke and would be called a forum, or more as a group known in thine own land as the Quakers—who spoke when they were moved by not anxiety, not wrath, but by the spirit of thoughtfulness—or the recognizing of Mind, the Builder. But the laborer was heard as well as those that were of every trade … In the exchange between those of other lands, when these associations were established, there were the spices from India, linens and cut stones from Egypt. These were especially for the women. There was equality between the sexes during that experience. There was only, as has been indicated, monogamy; not polygamy ever practiced among these peoples. The rights of each were the rights of the other. When by injury, wrath, accident the mate was destroyed or killed, or by death, then the choice was made by the individual and seconded by those that were in the authority as to judgments. But those that judged were as the common people, as those in authorit. For onl the Prince, onl those of the househol of the Prince were the last wor—but the never as lords, priests, presidents or dictators, but as interpreters of the law between man and man! And all interpreters were moved to speech, or moved by the spirit in that ye call religion in the present, though these later—with the mixing of those from India and especially from Caucasia—made for disturbances in the second generation after Muzuen. … Q. Did they have a government bank? A. As each labored, as each saved, this was given as to each individual. It was not government—for it was of all the people, and there was only the one source of the exchange or the supply, that all belonged to all. … Q. What was the system of taxation? A. There was no taxation. All labored; hence not necessary for taxation. For they were all the Government, for all were as one. … A piece of gold then was a day’s labor … and the women and the children were the same as This reading in its the men—for each represented their ability to give that they could in their entirety can be found in own respective activity… all for the the Member-Only secone, and one for all. … (877-12) tion of EdgarCayce.org.
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