EC: Now, we find the abnormal conditions with this body are
from various conditions that have existed, and to exist in
the physical forces and the mental shall be brought as much
into the developing for the physical to gain its equilibrium
must gain most through the attitude the body takes toward
physical conditions of self, and of those conditions that
surround the physical, to gain the better forces for the
body. While we have physical conditions that are of the
physical-physical, yet the condition through self will gain
the greater forces to give the incentives for the physical
to become whole, or to function in the normal way. This
condition we find then must come first from within, and the
body through its mental forces gain the consciousness of
its own condition, and the attributes of the mental with the
nerve system, and how this may control the circulation, the
assimilation, and those of the system that have to do with
the subconscious soul forces of the body, that the force
within self, through physical rest and the at-oneness with
those of the higher forces, attuned with the spirit of self,
may work within and give the full understanding of self,
and how this self may raise its own forces, and not be
continually blaming existing conditions upon others, but meet
them with its own conscious self, knowing that conditions
are of one's own forces to be worked out by self to its
own development, and with this, the study of those things
and conditions that are of the spiritual making and
understanding, will give control of self. Control self then
through its own understanding, and its own appetites, and
give of self more to developing of others with its own
knowledge as obtained, for this one would well understand
that what we give enriches us rather than what we receive,
and the account of one's self in every work is the ability
to give unto others in this knowledge and understanding, and
these words study. To understand self-condemnation, what
does it mean? Give then the understanding of self, and add
to the surrounding forces first that of understanding, of
love, of virtue, of knowledge, of faith, of the forces from
within, as directed and guided by that ever-sourceful force
that gives and takes away, and present thyself holy and
acceptable unto Him who maketh none afraid.
Edgar Cayce Readings © 1971, 1993, 1994, 1995 by the Edgar Cayce Foundation