Soul & Spirit. Edgar Cayce

times, and while seemingly there is little that may be accomplished in the physical to correct some of the conditions that disturb the body, there should first be gained the consciousness by this body that there are those elements in the physical condition of each body that will bring that for the physical functioning of that body that necessary conditions for the body to meet the needs of the body, in the physical, then mental, the moral, and the spiritual welfare of the conditions. Spirit is life, whether related to the physical functioning of the atomic forces within the system or whether that of the mental being of a body, and these must coordinate in the proper direction one with another, just as much as it is necessary for a physical functioning organ to coordinate with the rest of the system. For instance, here, with this body, there have been times when seemingly little or nothing would be assimilated or digested by the body. The necessity of assimilation is as much necessary as the desire for food; for what profit it a body to desire to eat, will the food eaten not assimilate and build that necessary for the sustenance and replenishing of the physical body? There is seen in the physical forces that there has existed, and does exist, certain disturbances in the nervous system. These have to do with both the cerebro-spinal and sympathetic nerve system. In the physical functioning of a body, the subligations or impingements of nerve or nerve plexuses, or nerve branches, become a physical action, and these in their turn produced, or produce, physical results; while conditions or disturbances in plexus that control, or are controlled by certain reflexes from the cerebro-spinal to the sympathetic system, may not so easily be directed by the removal of pressure in a portion of the body. What is active upon such conditions, then, that these may be aided? That of the physical is the vibratory rate at which the nerve functions to produce coordination in the functioning of the system, as related to the sensory organism or as is seen with this body, there are disturbances in the functioning of organs of the sensory system. These organs possess, and have, their individual machine apparatus for the functioning of the system in the direction in which that organism or organ is to function, or its own modus operandi is within itself a portion of the whole, yet dependent upon the coordination of both the cerebro-spinal and sympathetic to function in its proper relation with that organ of the system, that that as is assimilated, that as is builded in the system, may produce that necessary for the proper vibratory forces as to bring the result of the condition desired, or, as in this case, in the hearing, or as in the feeling. The auditory forces, then, abnormal to the conditions as should be created in this body here, [2357] we are speaking of.

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      Numbers, too, become at times an influence; as three and its multiples being the phases of the entity in its various moods, or in its various manners of seeking. For, the entity finds—within itself—there is the physical, with all its emotions; the mental with its abilities to grasp and to build and to change the aspects of the physical if they be purely of the bodily forces or those conditions or thoughts or individual experiences; as well as the spiritual from which emanates the essence of all power, might and strength! Rely upon that more.

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      In material manifestation, or the activities of these principles in a causation or three-dimensional world, one gradually realizes then the less of self and the more of world, one gradually realizes then the less of self and the more of the creative forces in the experience; thus bringing one closer to the understanding that like begets like—that what is sown in spirit may grow in mind, may find fruit in materiality—and that this changed may be just the reverse—that the dwelling upon material influence of selfish natures separates spirit from the control of mind, the builder.

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      That is as the spirit. And as the spirit builds, as the spirit forms in its activity in mind, the mind becomes then the builder. The mind is not the spirit, it is a companion to the spirit; it builds a pattern. And this is the beginning of how self may raise that expectancy of its period of activity in the earth. And this is the beginning of thy ideal. Of what? Of that the soul should, does, will, can, must, accomplish in this experience!

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      This is lack of self-confidence. This is lack of the ideal that is spiritual. For, know, all things material have first their inception in the spiritual. Then they give or take form in the mental, finding expression in the material. Illustrate this in that as brings to mind the concept of the music of nature, the music of the spheres, the music of the birds, the poetic expressions that oft rise to thy mind. These gradually give impressions.

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      One of noble purposes, and given to good works towards others, especially that as relates to building of the mental abilities of an individual. In this respect there may be given that to the entity here, which—correlated with those ideas as have been and are being building within self towards self’s development—would be well to apply in this present experience; that is, the life of every atomic force is the spirit of same. The mental is the builder, and the physical or sensuous manifestation is the result—and that life projects itself in that manner in which it is directed by that builded in the continuity of the life force as is radiated through that builded. See?

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      First, as to thy ideal of moral and mental relationships—know that these are altogether founded in spiritual aspects. For, as the body finds itself—it is body, mind, soul. The soul lives on, builded by the mind. The body is the material manifestation. Know thy ideal.

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      First, find self—and know thy own ideal, spiritually, mentally, materially. And know that the material fadeth away, the mental may bring life or death according to the choice of the mind itself.

      Then in mind and in body the entity must have its life in spirit. For, this alone abideth forever.

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       (Q) How may I help my daughter, [ . . . ], to solve her marital problem?

      (A) These can best be studied in the light of those suggestions indicated as to the application of self through the various experiences in the earth.

      Remember, if the spiritual is put first and foremost, if the purpose of an individual is in the right direction, the material happenings will eventually come right. These may at times appear confusing and as being contradictory, but the law of the Lord is perfect.

      To enable an individual to find these is the understanding where all marital relationships may be best understood.

      Individuals do not meet by chance. They are necessary in the experiences of others, though they may not always use their opportunities in a spiritual way or manner.

      Thus the injunction—study to show thyself approved unto thy ideal, which is thy God. If ye make thyself god, if ye make thy hopes, thy wants, thy purposes thy god, they become selfish, they become monsters, they become destroying influences.

      Teach, give instruction, even as ye did in the Egyptian experience. There ye aided. Now ye may aid; not by material.

      And do not condemn anyone!

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      For, life is God, or eternity, and thus is a continuous thing. Various consciousnesses in various spheres of activity are only as a part of the experience, as the mind is the controlling and the building force in the physical being. For, mind is the builder. That which is of the spirit is that which is proposed, while