Your Life. Bruce McArthur

      

      Your Life

      Why It Is the Way It Is

      and

      What You Can Do

      About It

      Your Life

      Why It Is the Way It Is

      and

      What You Can Do

      About It

      Understanding the

      Universal Laws

      by Bruce McArthur

      A.R.E. Press • Virginia Beach • Virginia

      Copyright © 1993

      by Bruce McArthur

      19th Printing, July 2015

      Printed in the U.S.A.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher.

      A.R.E. Press

      215 67th Street

      Virginia Beach, VA 23451-2061

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      McArthur, Bruce, 1918-

      Your life : why it is the way it is and what you can do about it / by Bruce McArthur.

      p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 0-87604-300-7

      ISBN 13: 978-0-87604-3004

      1. Spiritual life—Miscellanea. 2. Conduct of life—Miscellanea. 3. Cayce, Edgar, 1877-1945. I. Title

      BF 1999.M452 1993

      131—dc20

      92-21229

      Edgar Cayce Readings © 1971, 1993-2007

      by the Edgar Cayce Foundation. All rights reserved.

      Cover Design by Rick Britton, Studio 55 Associates

      DEDICATION

      This book is dedicated to our grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth, Amy, Aaron Isaac, Peter, Elisha, and Anna, and to all grandchildren, for in them, through their understanding and use of the Universal Laws, lies the hope of the world.

      CONTENTS

       Foreword, by A. Robert Smith

       Acknowledgments

       Introduction

       Usage of the Edgar Cayce Readings

       Part I UNIVERSAL LAWS: KEYS TO YOUR LIFE

       Chapter 1:

       How the Universal Laws Affect Your Life

       The Purpose of Universal Laws

       Your Growth Through Universal Law

       Basic Nature of Universal Law

       Transformation Through the Universal Laws

       Part II WHY YOUR LIFE IS THE WAY IT IS

       Chapter 2:

       Like Begets

       The Law of Cause and Effect

       Application of the Law

       The Ripple Effect

       The Law Is Impartial

       The Spirit Is the Key

       Unwise Use of the Law

       When It Is Appropriate to Judge or Find Fault

       When It Is Detrimental to Judge or Find Fault

       Seeing Faults in Others

       There Is a Better Way

       Using “Like Begets Like” to Change Your Life

       To Achieve the Ideal

       Like Begets Like in Our Relationship with the Father

       The Choice Is Yours

       Chapter 3:

       Laws of Increase

       The Increase

       The Law in Our Lives

       The Nature of the Seeds

       Law Operates on All Levels

       Means and Ends

       Manipulating the Law

       The Spirit in Which We Act