Healing Series Circulating File SPIRITUAL HEALING: SPECIFIC AILMENTS A compilation of Extracts from the Edgar Cayce Readings Edgar Cayce Readings Copyrighted by Edgar Cayce Foundation 1971, 1993-2007 All Rights Reserved These readings or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the Edgar Cayce Foundation 215 67th Street Virginia Beach, VA 23451 Printed in U.S.A.
Alcoholism: For these conditions may be overcome with this body if the entity will turn first to the spiritual self, and seek spiritual aid and guidance from within; then put self IN an institution where all these phases of such experiences are understood and application made for the REMOVAL of the [spinal] pressures. If the entity's mental self then KEEPS the seeking to the Christ-love, the Christspirit, there WILL be the abilities to remove those things that have so easily beset the body. Know this first and foremost: ALL HEALING of any nature must be of God; for God (in Christ, to man) alone is life, is health, is good; and when applications are made of mechanical means, electrical means, the vibratory influences of medication or what not, the GOOD is the manifestation of Creative Forces or God! Just as the blush of the rose, the beauty of the sunset, the dew upon the grass, the beauty of love - all are to man's understanding, to man's spiritual self - upon the spiritual portion of man's mind - a manifestation of God, that Creative Force, that everlasting Life. Life alone is eternal because it is of God; and only in Him may it be RIGHTFULLY sought! Then, four weeks should be sufficient. Go to Macon, Missouri - Still-Hildreth; have corrections made in the cerebrospinal system to produce coordination between the sympathetic and the cerebrospinal system. During that whole period - pray and study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman - not ashamed of the weaknesses but showing forth in thy daily life, that ye walk and ye talk with Him; who has promised to be thy STRENGTH, thy might, if ye will seek to do His biddings. Let others seek with thee in prayer - not in unbelief. For indeed may ye in thine experience PERSONALLY know that as He hath said, If ye will ask in my name, BELIEVING, doing, ye may know the Lord that He is indeed good and cares for the children of men. Then seek and ye shall find, knock and it will be opened unto you. 1427-1 2
The Spiritual Approach to Treating Specific Ailments Contents: Pages: A. General 5 B. Alcoholism 10 C. Arthritis 16 D. Cancer 19 E. Deafness 21 F. Epilepsy 22 G. Eye Ailments 26 H. Insanity 31 I. Melancholia 36 J. Mind Retarded 39 K. Poliomyelitis 40 L. Tumors 43 M. A Philosophy of Healing from the Edgar Cayce Readings by Meredith Ann Puryear 45 N. Related Circulating Files and Research Bulletins * : 1. Healing Series: a. Consistency in Healing b. Magnetic Healing (Laying On of Hands) c. Principles of Healing d. Spiritual Approach to Treating Abnormal Children e. Spiritual Healing: General f. Spiritual Healing: Karmic Ailments g. Workings of the Law 2. Karma and the Law of Grace 3. Karma of Physical Ailments and Abnormalities 4. Meditation 5. Prayer 6. Suggestive Therapeutics, Vol. 1 & 2 7. Visualization * Circulating Files & Research Bulletins are available from A.R.E. membership services at (800) 333-4499 or: http://www.edgarcayce.org/circulating_files.asp 3
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The Spiritual Approach to Treating Specific Ailments General 1527-3, Male 20, 5/4/38 Each soul, each entity - as was given from the beginning - should gain this, as in relation to the activity of spirit through bodily forces: Is there more of God or Life in a brainy individual adult than in the babe without ANY direction whatsoever? IS there? It is then a growing condition. The body with a broken structural condition will heal, but unless it is mechanically set in proper accord it will NOT set of itself! The manifestation of spirit in materiality is to use WHAT IT HAS and to do the best it can with same! But the PHYSICAL is to use cooperative natures; cooperating with nature, cooperating with spirit, cooperating with mind, to make for that which will be the WHOLE! For what is the first law? The Lord thy God is ONE! 1527-1, Male 19, 2/2/38 There is, then, the necessity of understanding and interpreting the law of matter - or cause and effect - as related to the mental and spiritual expressions in matter. As has been given of old, when there are disturbing or harmful or detrimental influences, there is error at the base or the cause of same. For ever does that injunction stand, as the promises of the divine forces in the experience of man, that Whatsoever ye sow, that must ye also reap. Just as sure as it was said that he that breaketh the law in the least jot or tittle is guilty of all. 2994-1, Male 35, 5/12/43 Now, while conditions are rather serious, they are long standing, and the condition has become progressive, - we find that, with a great deal of care and patience, and (continued on the next page) 5
persistence, the body MAY be able to care for itself - and to engage in activities that would be more in keeping with its purposes for its entering this material plane. First, the attitudes of the body must be considered. While at times there have been hopes, these have gradually faded; and the body has at many times become very antagonistic to all that would pertain to a spiritual or mental attitude that would be helpful. Resignation to the conditions does not necessarily mean patience on the part of the body. Know, deep within self, that God is not mocked. And while to self in the present these conditions may not appear to be results of thine own self, - whose body is afflicted? Thy body is indeed the temple of the living God. What manner of worship hast gone on, then, in the REAL body? Not the physical being, that at present is hindered by pathological conditions, illnesses, lack of the ability of locomotion, lack of the activity of the organs that function to bring the physical conditions for carrying on, and the ability to reproduce themselves in themselves. For, each anatomical structure, each atom, each vibration of each organ, must be able to rebuild itself - if there will be the returning of the elements for its recuperation to any extent. There must be created, - in mind, in purpose, in body, - those influences and forces that will resuscitate life itself in each cellular unit of the body. These activities must begin within self as for a purpose, as for hope, as for desire. Not as boastful, not as egotistical, but that each word, each act, each hope, each element of activity, is to be selfless and unto the glory of Creative Forces, or God. If this, then, becomes to the body as but sounding brass, forget it! But know, He IS the Giver of life. He IS life, in thee. And if there is the seeking, if there is the belief, if there is the ACTING - in mind, in body - to SUBDUE the earth, the material disturbances - there may be added many days yet of a USEFUL service in the vineyard of thy Maker, to the glory of thy Brother, the Christ; who gave Himself that ye might have intercession with the Father, through just such circumstances in body and mind as has overtaken thee in the present. That is the beginning, then; thy attitude. In the physical, then, we have many changes that are to be wrought. Many of those things that have become dormant are to become active again, through the limbs, through the nerves, through the activities of the organs to coordinate with the life plasm itself that keeps the body-entity alive, that makes the body even aware - not only of its physical disability but of regrets, the feelings of imposition upon the activities and the goodness and the grace and the mercy and the love of those FOR whom the body finds it would like to do, itself. How, then, may the physical applications be brought about? These will require that there be daily attention, not only to this attitude that has been indicated. 6
And search ye the scriptures daily. For in them ye have promises that are THINE! In them ye have hope. In them ye have the promise of life, of eternal life, of the water of life, of the bread of life, that makes man free; free here and now - of disease, of disturbance in the various centers of those conditions where the lack of the activity of the liver in itself has taken from the body-forces those influences that will add to the nerve and muscular forces of the body the stamina, the strength. But these are present in the earth through the application, then, in love, in patience, in persistence, in USING that thou hast daily in hand, and the next step may be given thee. Begin with these: [specific physical recommendations given]. And, most of all, keep that attitude indicated. And study the Book - to show thyself approved unto Him. Pray daily; not for self, but to be used as a channel of manifestation of the mercy of God; that ye may glorify Him - not man, not others, but glorify God as manifested in the Christ. 456-1, Female Child, 11/25/33 Then, in meeting the needs of the conditions for this body in the present, to be sure these will require patience and persistence; but this may be done by those about the body. Prayer, meditation, sincere desire, and the APPLICATION not as rote - that it is told thee to do - but with the expectancy in the heart as the applications are made, that there will come to this body the opportunity, the privilege, of its being more and more capable, more and more able to function the nearer normal in its physical activities. (Q) Please outline a sample diet. (A) Has it not been given that this should be studied by those that are to give it? They must do something themselves! As indicated, if the treatment is given as ROTE - because it's told to be done, how much may be expected? Not a very great deal. Some aid, yes; but do all with that EXPECTANCY of that which is desired to be accomplished in this body - and it will come to pass. (Q) Give a prayer for meditation that would be helpful. (A) As the massage is given; not as rote, but as from the heart and from the soul: FATHER, LET THAT BE DONE IN THIS BODY THAT THOU SEEST IT HAS NEED OF, FOR ITS BEST MENTAL AND SOUL DEVELOPMENT, IN CHRIST JESUS. [Paralysis] 7
735-4, Female 8, 4/25/36 Let those that minister know that all healing, all force and power comes from the Infinite; that these influences and powers that work in and through them, in making the application, can, will, through those promises He has given, manifest health, strength, vitality, for this body. [Paralysis] 1705-1, Male 53, 10/10/38 (Q) Will it be possible for him to become active again, after seven years of inactivity? (A) If there is the prayerful attitude, the consistent application, the full trust put in the SOURCES of light, life and GOOD - this may come about! According to thy faith, be it unto you. Read the twentieth of Exodus. Know that the promises are thine - not of old but today! Read the admonitions in the thirtieth of Deuteronomy. KNOW that He is within thine own purposes - if ye will but put your trust in HIM! [Paralysis] 5532-2, Female 17, 3/14/32 As has been given, this will require - from the physical viewpoint - patience, persistence, on the part of the body and those that would administer those things, those outside elements of the physical, and that there may be added those incentives for the creation of - first - absorption of those affectations, and then the gradual growth of same, that there may be more response and reflex action in that portion of the physical body so affected; and there will be the necessity of the spiritual activity upon the applying of the treatments for the physical and the reactions in same, as well as upon the part of the body, to that consciousness that may see - in an imaginative first, in a subconscious second, in a CONSCIOUSNESS third - the physical conditions taking place in the body. As has been given, those things that would apply to the advent into the physical experience in the present would be of interest AND aid to the body, AS this developing and awakening takes place. In the mental applications there should be those things carried in the mental mind of the body of one making the application. This as an affirmation, or prayer, or meditation, during the whole period: THERE IS BEING CARRIED INTO MY PHYSICAL BODY THAT WHICH WILL AID IN ENLIVENING TISSUE, THAT I MAY EXERCISE THE FACULTIES OF MY BODY THE BETTER. THIS BEING CARRIED THROUGH CREATIVE FORCES AS ARE FROM GOD'S STOREHOUSE. [Paralysis] 8
2604-2, Female 12, 2/10/42 (Q) Will there be a toe drag in the left foot? (A) If that's what is desired, if that's what is being sought, there will be! If there is being sought, if there is being expected a COMPLETE RECOVERY, it will come - if there will be done that as indicated! (Q) Any spiritual advice? (A) Keep that same constructive attitude; not only being good but good FOR something. Let each thankfulness be made toward the applying of that received in aid to others. Let the prayer oft be: IN THE JOY OF THE LORD, IN THE JOY OF BEING HELPFUL TO OTHERS, MAY I SING THE PRAISE OF THE MASTER. [Paralysis] 2619-1, Female 57, 11/16/41 In the mental and spiritual attitude, let the prayer of the body be, - not merely in words but in the deeper feeling, put into the own words: FATHER, GOD! IN THY LOVE, IN THY MERCY, REMEMBER THOU THY SERVANT, AS SHE SEEKS TO KNOW THY FACE AND THY WAY WITH ME. USE THOU, O GOD, MY POWER OF DISCERNMENT, MY ABILITIES IN THE EARTH, IN THY SERVICE. BE THOU, O GOD, THE STRENGTH, THE HELP, JUST NOW. (Q) May these treatments be carried out better in any place other than in the home? (A) Better in the home, for these need to be given not merely that they may be gotten through with - that is, the rubs and the vibrations from the Appliance, and all of the administrations but with love and care. For, all must be kept in that attitude of a search for HIS purpose with each. And let all know that as they minister, in love, in care, for one of His children, His purpose with them - too - is for good. [Parkinson s Disease] 9
Alcoholism 1427-1, Male 41, 8/21/37 EC: Yes, we have the body, the enquiring mind, the conditions physical and mental, of [1427]. In giving that as we find would be helpful, both the physical and the mental attitudes - as well as conditions - must be considered. And if there is the DESIRE on the part of the entity, the body, to rid self of the disturbances, this may be done - provided the trust, the hope is put in the proper place; and then worked at. In most respects we find the body-physical is very good, near to normal from outward appearance and from activities within; yet there ARE evidences of a weakness in the PHYSICAL body through the desire for GRATIFYING of appetite that has blocked the will of the mental forces by gratifying of a physical desire for the emotions of a mental and physical experience; thus becoming a destructive influence to the physical and the mental body. Then, how have these activities so worked, so manifested themselves upon the physical as to deplete that resistance which should manifest itself in a physically, materially, WELL body? In the gratifying of a desire, these become habit-forming; in the manner of the effect then of the drug and the effects of alcohol upon the system weakening the will and thus weakening the coordination between the manifestation of spiritual truth with material gratification of flesh desires. These we find manifest themselves upon the nervous system of the body, and give expressions in the nerve system between the cerebrospinal AND the vegetative or sympathetic nerve system. Hence from the continual gratifying of an emotion or desire for those things that dull or subdue, or put aside the effects of a mental reaction, we find that physically there are pressures that exist in the ganglia of the upper dorsal and through the cervical areas, that magnify then the desire for gratifying upon the cardiac and the secondary cardiac system. Thus the craving, the gnawing in the gastric forces of the digestive system - or the liver and heart activity in its ganglia - makes for the INORDINATE DESIRE! So the body becomes physically overcome by the mental anguish produced by DESIRE upon the system. 10
Hence we find not only are there the effects of the desire but these are magnified by associations, by environs; and there is then - in the nervous system, through those pressures and in those areas indicated - the longing for gratification. This then becomes the source and the very nature of the disturbances to be met. How, then, may they be met? The applications heretofore for the correction of these desires have been constantly surrounded by those that make for the same character of impressions upon the mental self as FIRST induced or caused the habit to become a part of the mental and physical body. Then, WE would give that not only must the body-mind turn to the spiritual promises that are a part of its mental and spiritual self, but the environment must be changed; so that the spiritual promises may be put to active service and work to replace the habits with the habits of doing GOOD, doing right, doing justice, being merciful. These are naturally a part of the whole of the entity's self, and the harm comes to self from only anxiety, shame and inordinate desires from those about the entity. DO NOT - those, then, about the entity - CONDEMN; lest a worse fate befall thee! For these conditions may be overcome with this body if the entity will turn first to the spiritual self, and seek spiritual aid and guidance from within; then put self IN an institution where all these phases of such experiences are understood and application made for the REMOVAL of the pressures. If the entity's mental self then KEEPS the seeking to the Christ-love, the Christ-spirit, there WILL be the abilities to remove those things that have so easily beset the body. Know this first and foremost: ALL HEALING of any nature must be of God; for God (in Christ, to man) alone is life, is health, is good; and when applications are made of mechanical means, electrical means, the vibratory influences of medication or what not, the GOOD is the manifestation of Creative Forces or God! Just as the blush of the rose, the beauty of the sunset, the dew upon the grass, the beauty of love - all are to man's understanding, to man's spiritual self - upon the spiritual portion of man's mind - a manifestation of God, that Creative Force, that everlasting Life. Life alone is eternal because it is of God; and only in Him may it be RIGHTFULLY sought! Then, four weeks should be sufficient. Go to Macon, Missouri - Still-Hildreth; have corrections made in the cerebrospinal system to produce coordination between the sympathetic and the cerebrospinal system. (continued on the next page) 11
During that whole period - pray and study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman - not ashamed of the weaknesses but showing forth in thy daily life, that ye walk and ye talk with Him; who has promised to be thy STRENGTH, thy might, if ye will seek to do His biddings. Let others seek with thee in prayer - not in unbelief. For indeed may ye in thine experience PERSONALLY know that as He hath said, If ye will ask in my name, BELIEVING, doing, ye may know the Lord that He is indeed good and cares for the children of men. Then seek and ye shall find, knock and it will be opened unto you. We are through for the present. 2161-1, Male 38 (Auto Salesman), 4/5/40 Do not attempt to do one portion of the treatment without the other. If the body doesn't make up its MIND to give God an opportunity, through an honest, sincere trial in the manners indicated, then it will be as He indicated, of those who would offend one of the little ones. Ye have the opportunity, ye have those surroundings, ye have those opportunities for making and becoming that which has been thy desire, thy hope. Give God a chance with thy soul. For He hath not willed that any soul should perish, but hath with every temptation prepared a way, a manner. For as His promise has been, If ye call, I will HEAR! and will answer speedily. Forsake not that which is set before thee. Make thy paths straight. Ye CAN in Him. And when this has been accomplished, within the next six to ten months, there will be ways opened for thee to carry on in thy associations, thy activities with thy fellow man, that will bring harmony and truth in thy life, thy home, thy associations. 1439-2, Male 38 (Car Salesman), 12/21/37 (Q) Can those assisting do anything to prevent the body from indulging in stimulants? (A) They can pray like the devil! And this is not a blasphemous statement, as it may appear - to some. For if there is any busier body, with those influences that have to do with the spirit of indulgence of any nature, than that ye call satan or the devil, who is it? Then it behooves those who have the interest of such a body at heart to not only pray for him but WITH him; and in just as earnest, just as sincere, just as continuous a manner as the spirit of ANY indulgence works upon those who have become subject to such influences either through physical, mental or material conditions! 12
For the POWER of prayer is NOT met even by satan or the devil himself. Hence with that attitude of being as persistent as the desire for indulgence, or as persistent as the devil, ye will find ye will bring a strength. But if ye do so doubting, ye are already half lost. For the DESIRES of the body are to do RIGHT! Then aid those desires in the right direction; for the power of right EXCEEDS - ever and always. Do that, then. Like the devil himself - PRAY! (Q) Is it believed that there is any inclination in the body here to cooperate and correct these conditions? (A) As just given, it is NOT the real DESIRE of the body to commit self to the inclinations. There IS the desire, then, to cooperate. Hence there has been given the way to overcome - through the PHYSICAL manner, the MENTAL manner; and the ATTITUDES. Then let the body cooperate by putting behind self those things that easily beset. And look - LOOK - to the strength and the power of the Christ-Consciousness - the light WITHIN; and be able to say NO! - and mean it! 486-1, Male 55, 1/14/34 HLC: You will go over this body carefully, examine it thoroughly, and tell me the conditions you find at the present time, giving the cause of the existing conditions; also the treatment for the cure of this body especially in reference to his strong desire for drink. You will answer the questions which I will ask. EC: Yes, we have the body here, [486]. Now, as we find, there have been those conditions that have disturbed the better physical forces of the body. These in the form of poisons have affected the digestive system, and with the addition of the things to allay the disorder there has been brought about the desire in the body for, and the use of, those things or conditions that would allay the pain. And there has been made the desire to keep from such a pain until the PAIN and the desire, bringing their fruits, have made for this inordinate desire for drink - until the condition has reached such as may be termed possessed with the spirit of both rum AND the sedatives to keep the satisfying of these influences. The poisons that distress the muscular forces of the body physically, that have made for that which has been called neurotic or neuritis in the extremities, (continued on next page) 13
arise from a prolapsus in the colon area. This is from a strain in the early portion of the life that, had it been brought to normalcy when the body was developing - or when those conditions were in a position before the system had adjusted itself, would have been easy. In the present it will require time, patience, persistence, and the character of adjustments and treatments that will be applications from within, with the high enemas or colonic irrigations, and with the proper adjustments in the cerebrospinal system as to not only break up the lesions that have been formed, but to make for sufficient vitality stored in system to maintain the position for the transverse and the ascending colon. In meeting the needs of the conditions in the present, as we find, it will require not only a desire for the awakening of forces within self that may combat evil influences in the inner life, but the maintaining of those conditions in the body for the period that will allow PHYSICALLY the spiritual forces to exert themselves. Either, then, through applications of subjugating the conscious mind through hypnosis or through those treatments that may be accorded in those places where both drink AND sedatives may be taken FROM the body in such a manner that will allow the physical to exert itself. For, unless there is the arousing, under such conditions, for the WILL of the body to maintain, to gain control, LITTLE may be accomplished. The Willett Institution in Nashville [Tennessee] is the better, the more appropriate for this particular body, as we find, to undertake; or that maintained in Macon - the Still-Hildreth Institution, [Still-Hildreth Osteopathic Sanatorium, Macon, Mo.] where there would not only be the correction of the desire but also the correction of the physical condition in the digestive system and the breaking up of those conditions that have disturbed the bodyphysical. We would make the effort through these channels. Ready for questions. (Q) Is it possible for his wife or mother to do anything to help him be relieved of this condition? (A) Only in aiding or in persuading or insisting that this application be made. (Q) Over what area should the osteopathic treatments be given to relieve the colon condition? (A) First, as will be seen in the institution, there will be the cleansing of the system; not only of the poisons by the irrigations but by the diet and by the manner in which there would be the applications for the relief of the PHYSICAL desire in the body itself. Then the MANIPULATIONS would extend from corrections in the 8th and 9th dorsal to the lower lumbar area and sacral area; of course, keeping the alignments in the upper cervical but the corrections in the upper dorsal and lumbar area. As may be well gained by many, habit and desires are akin. Habit, however, is a physical reaction to the senses of the body, while desire is both mental, physical AND spiritual, and when INORDINATE desire has been created by the use of those forces that make for the activities in all the sensory forces of the body, it becomes as the possession of those 14
forces from without and from within that create, without the cleansing influence of the spiritual entering in from without, that which is hard to cope with. WE would prefer the Still-Hildreth. Costs more, but the whole correction would be for body-physical, body-mental, and the opportunity for the will to be so acted upon by the associations and surroundings - though, for the moment, it may be corrected through the purely PHYSICAL in Willett's. (Q) Does he use dope at this time? (A) As indicated. (Q) Any other suggestions for the body or for the family? (A) Pray ye that ye enter not into such temptation so aroused within selves and in those surroundings of selves, that there may come the cleansing influence which may only come in making self and selves' life in keeping with the influences of the Christ- Consciousness within; knowing that the powers that be are within His force to use as is for the better development for the soul forces of each individual. Trust in Him, yet - as He has given - If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments. If ye love Him, then show forth in that which is known that may aid in bringing for this soul the opportunity for its regeneration in this experience, that there may not be those forces that would CONDEMN thyself or him. We are through. 1183-3, Female 56, 1/22/38 (Q) Is there any chance of him ever overcoming the drinking habit? (A) Not if there's given the least excuse for his continuation in same! But kindness, gentleness and prayer has saved many a soul! (Q) What causes him to lose control of himself? (A) Possession! (Q) Is there any way I can help him? (A) Kindness, gentleness and prayer. These offer the channels through which the greater help may come at this time. So live, so act in self that there are NOT regrets! 15
Arthritis 3078-1, Male 60 (Steno-Typist, Junior Clerk), 7/2/43 In giving that as may be helpful for this body, we find that many things must be taken into consideration. While there is the attempt at times for the entity or body to seek spiritual influences, these - spiritual forces - those tenets and truths - are not merely as laws or cloaks that may be put on and taken off. For, as indicated, there are physical disturbances in the body. To be sure, these may be healed by divine forces. But, as given by Him who is the law, who is the healer of ALL disease, He that saith he loveth the Lord and hateth his brother is a liar and the truth is not in him. He that loveth not then the ways of the Lord - not merely as applied to self but as self may apply to those the body meets day by day - need not expect the law of grace to be effective in his experience. Ye cannot hate, or doubt, or fear those things about self, or those things that would be used by others, and expect the law of love to be effective in thee. For, the condemnation of self in others falls on self! And, as the entity will and does find, as the psalmist gave, That which I hated has come upon me. Then there is little need for attempting to heal an ill body unless the mind, the purpose, the ideal of the entity is set in Him who is peace, life, hope and understanding. For He is indeed the way and the truth and the light. If the entity will apply in self that it KNOWS to do - not as something that applies to self alone, but that applies to self in its relationships to others - the results will be apparent. Ye APPLY thy love, if ye would have others love thee! Ye do trust others and ye ARE the trust and the hope, if ye would have hope or expect others to have hope and trust in thee! For as ye know, as ye interpret in thine own experience, as in the life of Him who - though without fault - was hated of others. If the world hate me, it does and it will hate thee. But if ye hate the world, if ye dislike those with whom ye are associated, then HIS death, His love, His promise becomes of none effect in thee! For the WORLD hath hated Him without a cause. Ye feel within thyself that ye are distrusted, that ye are hated without a cause. But if ye do the same in return, His promise becomes of none effect in thee - ye are of the world and not of Him. 16
In thy body, - ye find body, mind, soul; or the spiritual, mental and material body. The misapplication of truth in thy mind, in not interpreting the spirit in self, may - as in thine own experience - bring the lack of proper elimination of drosses from thy body. It is true that ye may in the spiritual, in the mental, in the material, make applications of that cleansing that may aid the body in eliminating same from the physical, from the mental, from the spiritual. The spirit is ever willing, and it remains the same yesterday, today and forever. For it is the eternal spiritual law. First, then, the mental attitude towards self, towards the world, towards others, must be changed. For, if ye recognize in self the truth, that which is and was manifested in the Christ-Consciousness, ye will change thy mental attitude - towards self, towards others, towards conditions about thee. THEN ye may see change in the physical results or manifestations in self. Then ye, too, as He gave of old, will wash and be clean every whit! For as the tendons, muscles in the extremities have become leadened, as it were, with the effect of drosses in the body, - if the mental attitude is changed towards those things that hinder physically, - we would then begin with these: [recommendations given]. In the diets, do include daily the raw vegetables. This is nature's way of keeping the body clean. But begin with the self, the mind - and these done, we will bring better influences, better forces about the body. Ready for questions. (Q) Should the series of Atomidine and Epsom Baths be repeated? (A) If there is not the entire elimination. Just as breaking self from any other habit, - if ye break over, try again! In the try, help will come. In the application there may be established the knowledge of the truth and the way, and help may come physically, mentally, spiritually. For, if ye know the truth - and apply it not, it is sin. And if sin lies at thy door, can ye have peace with self or with others? 1211-2, Male 37, 2/25/37 This would be the manner then of the attitude, that the will of the Father may be done. For he knoweth what each hath need of, even before we ask; but by the attuning of the vital forces of the body by those energizing experiences of the metals in the Radio-Active appliance we attune the Infinite within self to the Infinite without. Then the words of the meditation and prayer create that vibration, the emotions so that the influences that may be applied externally, internally, through the diet, through all portions of the activities, may bring coordination, cooperation in the physical forces of the body. 17
849-27, Male 31, 6/4/38 If we will do these - if we will be consistent and most of all, if we will be prayerful - we may rejuvenate and rebuild this body. Let thy meditation be: GOD, HERE AM I! USE ME AS THOU SEEST I MAY BEST SERVE THEE! LET THE HEALING AS MAY COME TO ME AND MY BODY, THROUGH THE PROMISES IN THE CHRIST, THY SON, BE OF SUCH A NATURE THAT IT MAY PREPARE MY BODY, MY MIND, FOR A GREATER SERVICE TO THEE! 3285-1, Female 26, 10/11/43 Keep regular periods for prayer and meditation, and we should find a great deal of improvement by the end of the second or third series of these treatments. Do that. Let the prayer be - in thine words; not merely as a routine but live it in thy meeting, in thy associations, and most in thy thinking. FATHER GOD! HEAR THE SUPPLICATION OF THY SERVANT WHO SEEKS TO BE A CHANNEL OF BLESSINGS TO OTHERS HERE AND NOW. MAY THE APPLICATION OF THOSE PROPERTIES GIVEN ME SUPPLY MY BODY, MY MIND, MY BEING, WITH HELPFUL FORCES. 18
Cancer 3439-1, Male 38 (Attorney, Assistant Prosecutor), 12/22/43 The body has not yet recuperated from the effect of anesthesia - or the shock to the system. And unless there is a great deal of praying done, he won't be much better. The conditions to be met are of such natures that operative measures may again be necessary, yet these we do not find as being very helpful. A gentle massage to quiet the body would be well, with prayer - and not by those who do not live what they pray. Do not merely pray that he will be well, but well for what? Do not pray for the body to be well for what the body can do for self but for those whom he has aided and also hindered. The use of the Ultra-Violet with the green light would be helpful, but prayer is needed most. The massage will only quiet the body. Sedatives will have to be used at times. Much depends upon keeping the body desirous of regaining health, and not making promises or vows he wouldn't keep if these helpful forces were aroused to activity. 1403-1, Male 37, 7/10/37 As to the attitudes of those that wait upon the body - as to the attitudes of those to whom the body is near and dear in material things: Much might be said respecting the necessity of not only confidence in the activities of those in charge but respecting the greater relying upon the spiritual forces that lend impetus to influences and forces about a living organism; and the re-dedicating of self to the spiritual activities, to those influences that arise from Creative Energies or God-force and influence in the experience of every one. These we would adhere to, for those assurances that have been given - as not willing that any soul shall perish but with each temptation, with each weakness, there is the assurance of strength - if there is the application of self in consecration of the efforts in material things. Meditate, then, and leave it in the hands of Him. 2592-1, Male 57, 9/26/41 EC: Yes, we have the body, [2592]. As we find, this body is gradually growing untenable for the spiritual forces of this entity. (continued on the next page) 19
While there is the expression of life there is hope, but here it has been abandoned by those who might make administrations - for the lack of full comprehension. We find that prayer, deep meditation, may HOLD together the body and soul, if it is so desired by those close in body and mind to the entity. There might be material administrations that would ease, which in a manner is attempting to be accomplished through the sedatives. These cannot hold very long. The administrations we would suggest would necessarily be life destructive, life producing forces, - as from the Ultra-Violet Ray interposing the green light between same and the body. This would be counteractive, but would only retain forces temporarily. Hence, the choice as to doing this would be made by those who may administer for the welfare physically of the body. Else, with the administration of the narcotics to allay the suffering, there may only be the prayer that there be the peace as may come to all who seek His face. In His promises He has given that if we will call He will hear. He does not fail. In the material for aid, the adding of the lights in the manner indicated would offer temporary allaying - not cures. Ready for questions. We are through for the present. 20
3697-1, Female 22, 3/16/44 Deafness As we find, while conditions are rather specific in regard to the helpful forces desired, in contemplating or in giving that which would be more beneficial to the body it is necessary to take into consideration more than just the physical conditions. For with the particular conditions that are preventing the hearing, we find that there is much more than may appear upon the surface to be considered. To what has the body attuned itself as to its hearing? Hearing is one of the senses of the nervous systems of the body, and the nervous system of the sensory organism which is as the passage between mental and spiritual aspirations of an individual entity. True there are purely pathological conditions, yet these - if attuned to or centered upon the spiritual things and spiritual desires - may indeed be helped so that, even with the loss of auditory reaction there may be even greater hearing attuned by the body. Have you considered the great artist as a pianist who accomplished his greater works when little or no hearing was available of a physical nature? As to how the inner sense was attuned to the infinite? As the sensory forces or nerve centers are the passage of the finite to the infinite, why not attune the body-forces of self to the beauties of the infinite and study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman not ashamed? No, one not hindered even by the handicap, as might be termed, of imperfect hearing. True, catarrhal condition in the nasal passages and the throat, and the tendency of the boy to disregard the existent conditions when there are periods of cold and congestion having to do with the organs of generation in the body, have also contributed to the reckoning to which the body is responding in the present. Attune self to the divine within, using the abilities of every nature for the reconstruction of self as well as that about self. For if you would have hearing, give it and make the listening to something that the entity might accomplish be worthwhile - and ye will hear. Then use finger surgery, osteopathically; correcting subluxations that exist in the 4th lumbar, upper portion of 9th dorsal, 3rd and 4th dorsal and in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cervical; preparing the body for finger surgery. Thus there may be gained physically fifty per cent of the hearing, which is now existent only about sixty. So we may attain almost to full hearing, or to at least ninety-four per cent. Do that. Do the first things first. Don't begin with the mechanical treatments. Begin first with self and the correcting of body energies towards creative forces. Do keep close to music. 21
Epilepsy 543-4, Female 21 (Protestant), 11/1/30 (Q) What thing, or things, can body do to prevent or help prevent having said attacks or spells? (A) Being able to consciously hold within the conscious mind of self that source from which all help MAY come, by making same active in the experience of self. As body has held, does hold, that figure, that manifested form in a material plane, that is the representative of ALL good, all health, all power, hold that image - become conscious of that presence, and it will banish all of those forces as make for pain, sorrow, tears, and misunderstandings. (Q) How much longer a time should body remain at hospital before it will be ready for such an operation? (A) That must be dependent upon the response to the action of the physical forces to the organs of the system, and MOST of all that of the ability to conquer in self the fear, and THE ability to - or ACCOMPLISH the ability to - hold the image of the Saviour. (Q) Body is not ready for operation at this time? (A) This, as has been given. Hold to that, continuous in self, I am the way, the truth, the light - He, or she, that abides IN me abides in the Father also, and I will in no wise allow thee to see corruption; with that image held, that consciousness of that spirit in self, ALL may be accomplished for self as is desired. Do that. [Case continued in next reading] 543-5, Female 21, 11/10/30 (Q) How can body realize and notice various improvements in self? (A) Ability to concentrate and to be interested in the various forms of spiritual conceptions, as has been outlined. Being able to visualize and to hold that as is of the divine, as held by self. [Case continued in next reading] 543-6, Female 22, 12/1/30 (Q) Would auto-suggestion be beneficial? (A) As to that as should be held, this has been given - and would be most beneficial, were this SINCERELY and SPIRITUALLY suggested. If it is to be just ROTE, don't do it! [Case continued in next reading] 22
543-19, Female 25, 5/3/34 Also we would still maintain those periods of meditation and prayer, and look to the awakening of those influences within self that make for the awareness within the inner self of the abilities in the Creative Energies to so construct, so be active in the system as to overcome these conditions that disturb the body in the form of repressions through the influences of forces from without self, by associations of conditions that we have spoken of. These, as we find, would be the better conditions at the present for this body, though the SPIRITUAL - through ALL - may be and should be maintained by the body. [Case continued in next reading] 2153-4, Female 12, 8/31/40 (Q) How can she play with children, when we are so afraid of these attacks coming? (A) As indicated, the companions are to be chosen, - those that are sympathetic and who understand, and who have high ideals themselves as the body has! [Case continued in next reading] 2153-7, Female 13, 12/7/40 (Q) Does the present condition of the body show an improvement over that indicated before? (A) Considering all of these things that have been indicated, - know that it is not wholly an individual problem, but it is a part of the whole. As we find indicated, if the attitudes and aptitudes are kept in accord with that indicated for those about the entity, and there are the applications of those conditions given, the body will recover entirely from these disturbances. Then, in counsel to those about the entity: Do not allow doubt and fear to enter in. KNOW the source of all that is good. KNOW that there is the power within the body to associate the ideas, the purposes, the desires, with the Infinite, to make it whole within; and this includes those about the body. [Case continued in next reading] 2153-10, Female 13, 8/8/41 (Q) Any other advice? (A) Keep the spiritual attitudes also as a part of the whole. These are necessary. For, know - as indicated in His promises - health as well as wealth comes from God. This abused, or misused - the individuals MUST pay! For God is not mocked. 23
567-5, Male 25, 11/5/34 (Q) Should the body keep a record of his turns? (A) Forget em'! For you won't have any if you'll do these things! (continued next page) Let it be rather someone else that would ever have to think of them, for you are going to forget 'em, if you're going to act and do and be that which is thy birthright! Let not the spiritual within thine self be neglected. Be purposeful in all that thou wouldst do. Thou hast an obligation to many. Thou hast much to be given thee from many. These, thou meet thine own part - and look to a Wise, All-Merciful God to do that within THEE, within thine mind, within thine body, that will enable thee - as a child of the living God - to make the WORLD a better place for THOU having lived in same. Keep that before thee constantly: I, [567], will so live my own life as to make the world, those about me, those I contact, GLAD they have known [567]: 3302-1, Female 18, 10/19/43 Do these, and we will find better conditions if the attitude of mind, of body - not only of the entity, but of those about it - is kept in accord with Creative Forces. (Q) Is it possible for her to become normal? (A) It is possible. The probability depends upon the sincerity. Don't grow weary of welldoing in making the applications here suggested. Because it may require the whole period of a cycle, don't grow weary with it but do it - and it'll be worthwhile for all. Read oft the 30th of Deuteronomy, and the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th of John - those who would attend this body. 3156-2, Male 8, 4/22/44 (Q) Is there hope for permanent cure? (A) Are you praying about it? Are you living like that you would like for it to be? This is the answer! Is there hope? So long as thy faith in the divine cannot be shaken, there is hope! Life is the manifestation of God. He alone can forgive sins. Sin is in thine own surroundings as well as the entity meeting itself. There is hope. 3133-1, Male 31, 7/17/43 As we find, we are in the middle of a cycle in body changes and body development. If there continues to be the same reproductions in the body of that with which the mental and spiritual began its process of manifestation in material flesh, we will find little or no change in the reactions that occur in the mental and spiritual being of the physical body. 24
But, if there will be measures taken to correct these conditions, and thus in the main the attitude of the individual, the body itself, turn to those things that are of the spirit creative, we will help. In those periods of its physical and mental reactions when near normal, let the entity manifest gentleness, kindness, longsuffering, brotherly love, patience, fellowship, and the like. In the beginning, to be sure, these are as but attitudes of mind to the individual, and may be expressed in the purpose of the entity, as in This I do. And yet in the practical application of this we find very little of the true spiritual concept in the body-mind of the entity. Hence, these should be made to become realities in the activity of self, in such a way that there are the reactions to the minds of those with whom the entity comes in contact; that may bring not merely pity, but that real desire and hope, and hope expressed by a material manifestation of desiring to do something - in the way of supplying the little conveniences, the little niceties to make life easier for the body. Not in self-indulgence, no. Not in self-indulgence in appetite or in the gratifying of appetites alone, but in the spiritual aspirations, spiritual desires, spiritual purposes, as to lend the self in a coordinated group of individuals for the betterment of general conditions of individuals thus afflicted. In the matter of the activities and the diet: Let the activities be in that way of helpful forces; not pitying self nor seeking or asking pity of others, but cooperative forces as for creative energies; that is, helpful influences in the lives of self and others to aid in creating a better body and mind for the activity of the soul-forces of this body. (Q) Any spiritual advice? (A) Let thy spirit bear witness with His spirit. 2276-1, Male 39, 6/9/40 Doing these, we should find not even one - or not more than one - recurrence of the spasmodic reaction. In the rest of the system, as we find, there are those anxieties naturally that come from the mental processes. Let this be reactive in the body, - the prayer, meditation upon purposes, desires, hopes; and let thy meditation and prayer be, though in thine own words: Cleanse Thou Me, O Lord, From All That Would Hinder My Fulfilling That Purpose Thou Hast With Me At This Time. Let My Desires, My Hopes, Be In The Way Thou, O Lord, Would Have Me Go. I Know, Through The Promises In The Christ, That Thou Canst Heal. Cleanse Me, Lord, In Thine Own Way. Let that be ever present as the attitude in all thou doest, and in all the applications made for corrections. These may not be in keeping with some of thy thoughts, but know that the Lord in His purpose and in His power CAN, WILL, DOES use EVERY means that man may be aware of His love for each soul! 25
Eye Ailments 2404-1, Male 19 (Student, Hebrew), 11/22/40 Know this, - that all healing of every nature - no matter what the physical application may be - must come from the divine. It is then the attuning of the body, no matter what the defects, no matter what the hindrances or the injuries may have been, - whether of a very subtle nature at times (as indicated here), that may undermine the choices made through the mental abilities of a body, or whether of a purely physical nature. For instance, the general health here - though nominally good - is IRRITATED at times by this feeling of being hindered, or an inferiority complex within the self. Then, the conditions to be met, - but remember these things that have just been given. Seek ye first the kingdom of God, within; and all these things HE, thy father, thy God, seeth ye have need of, may be added unto thee, and given thee. For it hath been declared of old that perception, awarenesses that come to each soul through the organs of the sensory system - vision, hearing, taste, smell, feeling - and the exercising of same - are the gift of God; and that soul is either in attune with or interfering with God's purposes for it. The injury has caused a lesion in the vision itself; so that there is a spreading of the vision of the injured optic. And this, as we find, WITH the right attitude, WITH that purpose for which it may be healed, may be used in those directions as to the glory of the divine! There may be applied those material things that will attune this again to a vision, a use, an expression of that which is found ONLY in Him. For, in Him ye live, ye move, ye have thy being; and He hath promised, If ye will call, I will hear - and answer speedily! Do not conceive that this is not thy individual promise! For He hath said, Whosoever will may LEARN of me, may apply the virtues in his own experience in such a manner that I will call him mine own, and will raise him in power, in might; that He may declare the holy, the acceptable day of the Lord. The lesion here was formed by an injury direct to the vision center, and is upon either side; thus causing the vision to appear sidewise, rather than direct. Now: There are those areas in the bodily forces from which each organ, each portion of the system receives impulses for circulation; from which that assimilated in bodily functions receives that which enables each portion of the body to rebuild itself - through the glandular forces, through the lymph and the emunctory circulation of all portions of the body. 26