11/38 A MAN AND HIS WORK written by Tom Sugrue:
A MAN - HIS WORK
What It May Mean To You
The Association for Research and Enlightenment, Incorporated,
Virginia Beach, Virginia, is studying and presenting Edgar
Cayce's work. Upon receipt of twenty-five cents, a printed
booklet on his life and the study of his work will be mailed
to you. A research paper on psychic readings will be
included, concerning either vocational guidance or physical
case reports. Indicate your interest.
EDGAR CAYCE might be called a contrary man. For thirty-eight
years he has responded to every sincere plea that he get some
work done by lying down and going to sleep.
To add insult to injury he talks in his sleep.
Under ordinary circumstances this might be considered a
reprehensible habit, calculated to bring Mr. Cayce only the
dubious fame of a real-life "Lightnin" or Jeeter Lester.
He has been saved from such a fate by the fact that while
talking in his sleep he has retained coherence of thought and
language and has dictated more than 100,000 type-written
pages of information, opinion, interpretation and judgment on
every subject which the human mind has been able to conceive
for his consideration.
This power involves the mysterious faculties of the mind. It
belongs to the hidden, but very real consciousness, that is
called the spirit, or the soul - that strange inner reality
which links man with the infinite, with what he calls life
after death, with what he calls God.
Edgar Cayce enters this interdimensional consciousness
through a harmonious functioning of body, mind and soul.
The power for this unity of action is the desire to serve
a fellow man.
This is a way by which this world of spirit can be entered
and explained, to the end that man may understand its
importance in his awakening and development.
Mr. Cayce has his limitations. He has discovered them and
has tried to confine himself to the boundaries which they
have set.
Briefly, this is what he has found that he can do: by
placing himself in a self-imposed unconscious state, which
resembles sleep, he releases a faculty of the higher or
super-conscious mind with ability akin to telepathy, which
takes orders from a designated conductor and reports verbally
on whatever task is assigned.
Thus if this higher faculty of the mind is ordered to seek
out a certain person in a certain place and report fully on
that person's physical condition, giving an analysis of any
ailment discovered and a system of treatment for it, this
will be done. Moreover, questions on the subject asked by
the conductor will be answered. The only conditions
necessary for the fulfillment of this action are that the
person, or one responsible for that person, be in a seeking
attitude and in the place designated, where the place is
does not matter. It can be China, Chicago, or Chillicothe.
Should this higher mind be ordered to report on the mental
and spiritual state of the person, this will be done,
ignoring the physical except where it directly affects the
mental and spiritual. If a system of treatment for an
unhappy, thwarted individual is requested it will be given.
The personality and individuality of a person, child or
adult may be analyzed and the abilities and weaknesses of
that person explained. Suggestions for vocational guidance
are clear and helpful.
Beyond the realm of persons and their problems lies the
world of thought. While in this apparent deep sleep,
Mr. Cayce will, if directed, discourse on any subject put
before him and answer questions about it.
What is remarkable about all this? Nothing, except that it
works. Over a period of thirty-eight years, these analyses
of physical, mental and spiritual ills have been uncannily
accurate and the courses of treatment, when followed, have
been uniformly successful. The lame have walked, the blind
have seen, the hopeless have become hopeful, the suicidal
have determined to live. Beyond this, those curious for
knowledge have been satisfied, those eager for faith have
found peace, those looking for enlightenment have become
wise.
In cold, practical language, which the scientist and the
business man understand, Mr. Cayce has amassed, for the
consideration of thinking men and women, the largest and
most conclusive record of its kind ever gathered together.
In his files are more than 15,000 individual treatises,
or "readings," as they are called, covering every subject
from the nature and cause and reason for the existence of
man to the remedies for the ill and evils which afflicts him.
Each of these readings was given for an individual at that
individual's request, or at the request of a person
responsible for that individual's welfare, such as a mother
or husband. Each is concerned with that individual's
problems and requests, whatever they have been.
That is the job which Mr. Cayce has set for himself. He
makes no claims about his abilities. He speaks frequently
of man's God-given powers, of the Divine Pattern within. He
has found that he can give two readings a day. When there
are two people who want readings on any given day, he gives
two readings. If there is but one seeking help, he gives but
one reading. When no one wants a reading he goes fishing, or
puts up preserves, or putters with photography. Those who
ask for his help receive it. Those who do not ask, remain
without it.
He does not advertise. He does not demonstrate. He does
not prove.
He has never been on stage. He uses no paraphernalia. He
advocates not system of thought or philosophy. He is a
Christian, acting on a Christian principle - "ask, and ye
shall receive."
If by any chance you think he might be of help to you, ask
him, write if you wish for further information about his life
and his work.
But do not ask for "scientific" proof of his powers. No such
"scientific" proof exists for him or for any other individual
with such abilities. Mr. Cayce has been investigated off and
on since 1900. Each investigation has finally, of its own
weight, toppled into the very unscientific statement that "we
don't know why, but it works." The records of more than
15,000 cases say the same thing.
It worked for Edgar Cayce when he was a schoolboy in
Kentucky, needing help with his lessons. It worked for his
friends and his loved ones, before he felt compelled to offer
it to any who might ask. It has worked for thousands of sick
and crippled and hopeless persons, in all states of mind and
body, in all parts of the world. It may work for you.
See
262-127 Reports re reviews of SFG I reviews manuscript.
Edgar Cayce Readings © 1971, 1993, 1994, 1995 by the Edgar Cayce Foundation