6/02/36 HLC's letter to Mr. [
1173]: "We had the pleasure of
seeing Mr. [
1151] and Mrs. [
1158] here at the Beach during
Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. [
1158] suggested that your
questions be added on the end of one of her readings. This
we were able to do and a copy of the information received is
enclosed.
"I have gone over your letter to my father and also your
physical reading. In connection with your question as to why
pleurisy was not specifically mentioned I would like to take
this opportunity of adding to the information received in the
second reading.
"In the course of some fifteen thousand physical readings we
have had numerous cases of pleurisy. It is most interesting
to note the similarity and differences of the causes of this
condition. The information which comes through my father
deals directly with the basic causes of conditions. Only in
rare cases are names of diseases mentioned. THE READINGS
POINT OUT THAT IT IS OFTEN TRUE THAT NAMES DESCRIBE SYMPTOMS
AND FAIL TO RELATE TO BASIC CAUSES. Consider the information
which you have received in this light.
"I realize your feeling that if the reading had specifically
said pleurisy you would feel more confidence in the accuracy
of the suggestions for bringing relief. The important point
is not whether my father can tell you - having never seen you
and knowing nothing of your condition - that you have a
heaviness in the lung area (this is specifically mentioned,
by the way), which is called pleurisy, but whether this
psychic information can go deeper and describe what causes
this fluid which settles in the lungs. In the description of
your condition given in the first reading there are dozens of
phrases describing not only what physical conditions exist
but describing how you feel. Base your estimate of the
accuracy of the information upon these. Beginning at the
bottom of the first page and continuing on the second some
interesting descriptions of your feelings are given. I shall
take the liberty of jotting down a few questions based on
your first reading. Check them off for your own information.
"According to the reading your condition which is called
pleurisy has certain definite causes. The suggestions made
are comparatively simple. As you understand, this is nothing
magical, it will take time, but there is promise of recovery
if you will carry through with the suggestions exactly as
indicated. In connection with following the suggestions I
notice you express some doubt as to the amount of exercise
you can take. Expressed in different words: As you begin
the treatments outlined you will begin to improve. Do not
stay in bed too much AFTER YOU FEEL ABLE TO GET UP, but be
sure to rest at least three hours each day even after
improvement is marked and you perhaps feel strong enough to
move about more than you should. In this connection the
reading does not indicate that exercise is a part of the
necessary treatment. As changes take place which remove the
causes of the forming of this fluid GRADUALLY begin to walk a
little.
"Thank you very much for writing us as you did. The wording
of the readings and the internal point of view is sometimes
difficult to get, especially where definite external symptoms
constantly make one conscious of specific trouble. I believe
that you will find it most important to go over your reading
again and again. Analyze each sentence. Study each
explanation in relation to your own feelings. Please feel
free to write us about any part of your reading which is not
entirely clear. The information which you received was
certainly clear and detailed in many points. We will
consider it a privilege of following this up carefully with
you and of being of service in any way possible. I certainly
hope you have the opportunity of visiting Mrs. [
1158] this
summer and following your treatments carefully..."
"Suggested list of check questions based on information in
your first reading. Affirmative answers to these should
indicate considerable accuracy of analysis.
1. Is the blood supply disturbed? (analysis would be
necessary to indicate extent of trouble as described in
reading.)
2. Is the spleen engorged?
3. Are you generally in a weakened condition?
4. Is shortness of breath existent in your condition?
5. Unable to exercise without taxing yourself?
6. Heaviness and hurting at times in lungs?
7. Fullness at times in throat?
8. Improper circulation to extremities, flushed at times,
sometimes clammy?
9. Weakness across small of back, through shoulder blades
and around ribs?
10. Did you in times past overstudy and have anything
resembling a nervous breakdown?
11. Do sedatives react abnormally and cause strain in
assimilation?
12. Is there a fullness across the left side?
13. Do you have periods of animation - sometimes when very
weak, also other periods of depression?
14. Is there a generally disturbed mental attitude at
times?"
6/03/36 EC's letter to Mr. [
1173]: "Your letter of the 26th
was forwarded to me by Mrs. [
1158] and I note with a great
deal of interest what you have to say. I have asked my
son, Hugh Lynn, to write you. He is making a study of the
information coming through this channel. No doubt you have
heard from him already.
"...I do hope you are feeling a lot better before this. I
can certainly appreciate the experiences you must have been
going through, as my wife had just such a condition as you
describe - and it was the result in her case that convinced
me that there was something to such psychic information, or
that coming through me while I was unconscious.
"Please let us hear from you from time to time, or whenever
you feel inclined to write. I hope you will continue to be
on the improve until you are permanently well.
"I appreciate your letter, and I trust that your association
with a work of this nature may be of great help to you and -
later - to many others through you..."
6/21/36 Sister [
1158] requested Life reading for [
1173],
thinking it would help him to get well.
6/24/36 [
1173]'s letter: "...I sincerely appreciate the
interest of yourself and your son. I intend to write..."
6/26/36 See
1173-3.
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