have been the thoughts of the soul of that man.
This is not merely something for an idealist to hold, or one that is in the throes of despair in regard to self or others, but is a living, practical thing in thine experience.
When thou speakest kindly and gently to thine associates, to thine own house, to thine own neighbors, dost thou not find that thy heart and soul sings for joy because of that thou hast made in the experience of those to whom thou hast spoken even though there arise turmoils in the secular things of life?
So is life. So is thine soul growing to the fruition of those good things that may come in thine experience by the application of such tenets, experiences and activities in thine own life.
Be ye not weary in well-doing. He that endureth unto the end will wear the crown of joy, of life, of a contented soul.
Reading 4664-1
The body easily recuperates when the conditions have a chance when he thinks right, you see, for the effect of mind with this body is above normal forces when correctly guided, but they are not always so.
Reading 585-9
“As the man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Not that thinking takes place in the heart. For thinking is of the mind. Yet the flow, the impulse, the emotions in material things are activative through impulse of nature, of character of purpose, of will.
Then, as the heart is the seat of life, it is an expression then of a mystical nature, yet very much in the way of the perfect understanding—if it is interpreted aright and not attempted to be seen just literal, but physical, mental and spiritual.
Reading 2440-1
It is not indicated that there are to be only sanctimonious activities that bespeak only of a promise or an exchange of good in order that self may be exalted in a material manner; but that the hopes, the purposes, the desires are all to be prompted by right because right brings peace, and harmony, in body and in mind.
For, as is experienced in the very physical forces of the body, when turmoils and distresses arise, even of a material nature, physical conditions become awry. But as the man thinketh in his heart, so is he—if he will realize that he is not to attempt to have the Divine or God on his side, but rather to be latently, manifestedly, purposefully, on God's side! There's a vast difference, if it will be analyzed in things pertaining to the material choices made.
Reading 3416-1
The entity can get mad easier than anybody. Yet the entity may be mad and sin not. Righteous anger is a virtue. He that has no temper is very weak, but he that controls not his temper is much worse. That ye experience in thy activities at times. This is active patience. Don't think it, much less do it. For as the man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
Reading 262-52
“Like begets like—As he sows, so shall he reap—As the man thinketh in the heart, so is he.”
These are all but trite sayings to most of us, even the thinking man; but should the mind of an individual (the finite mind) turn within his own being for the law pertaining to these trite sayings, until the understanding arises, then there is the consciousness in the finite of the infinite moving upon and in the inner self.
So does life in all its force begin in the earth. The moving of the infinite upon the negative force of the finite in the material, or to become a manifested force.
Editor's Note: In the Cayce readings, GC is Gertrude Cayce, who often acted as the conductor of the readings, and EC is Edgar Cayce speaking from his deep trance-like state.
Reading 5211-1
GC: You will go over this body carefully, examine it thoroughly, and tell me the conditions you find at the present time; giving the cause of the existing conditions, also suggestions for help and relief of this body.
EC: There are physical disturbances and there are pathological conditions which have been experienced by the body. There is much more to be obtained from the right mental attitude respecting circumstances of either physical, mental or spiritual than by the use of properties, things or conditions outside of self, unless these are in accord with the attitudes of the body.
This is not indicating that by a mental attitude malaria may be eliminated from a body who has a quinine conscience, for it will require such!
For this body, however, there are these conditions to be considered: For long periods there has been lack of proper assimilation throughout the body. This upsets the body-forces. For the body is physical, mental and spiritual; that which is constructive or destructive is according to that spirit with which a body entertains its hopes, its fears.
These, then, acting through the mental body, bring consciousnesses to the activity of the sensory system, to the nerves, to the body, in the activity of heart, lungs, liver and kidneys, and those impressions which are gradually accepted by the brain forces and its reactions either build up or destroy the body.
There are conditions surrounding the body, just as there have been those suggestions to the body. There may be, just as is indicated in many an individual consciousness, those who can drink coffee and it never hurts them; there are those whose consciousness is such that this if taken late of an evening would prevent sleep. There are those who would not sleep if they didn't take it, for they would have the headache. For certain properties stimulate certain activities.
So with the manner in which foods are processed, these bring allergies to the body which activate through the sympathetic nervous system. There are pathological conditions, but there is more psychological. Psychological doesn't mean that the body is crazy, by any means, but has set ideas.
Some individuals like to have their own way, irrespective of what anyone thinks. So does the mind if you train the body-mind to accept or reject certain conditions in your experience.
These will never accept other suggestions unless the mental self is changed.
Thus it became necessary that God in His goodness give an ensample, a pattern, by which man might conduct his life, his ideals, his hopes, his fears, all of his idiosyncrasies; a pattern laid out for man. Those who accept same may live in peace and harmony with themselves and with others. Those who reject same continue to find discordant notes between their own associates, and with every activity of life there is continued to be trouble.
The body has found such in regard to those conditions in which food is prepared. Some it will never hurt to have prepared in aluminum, but in most people it gradually builds something not compatible with the better conditions in the body-forces. This is with certain types of food. Those which are acid will take particles of aluminum into the body.
But for this particular body we would continue with the present chiropractor. We would ordinarily give that osteopathy is more vital, but there are chiropractors and there are chiropractors. This is a very good one; don't lose him! He understands this body. These administrations will aid, but in self refrain from those attitudes of saying this or that.
Follow the principles of the Master in that “As ye think, as ye treat the other fellow, so does it come back to you,” and you just as well meet it in the present.
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Reading 281-39
For thoughts are things, and the Mind is the Builder. But if ye fill thy mind with the cares of the world day by day, ye may not in the moment give the best that is in the life of those that live the Christ-life—even as Jesus gave the new commandment, “that ye love one another.”
Reading 105-2
Ever will the Entity set this truth before self, and burn same in the innermost recesses of the being. Thoughts are things, and may be