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EXCERPTS ON THE IDEALS EXERCISE FROM THE CAYCE
READINGS
While those [therapeutic] administrations
as have been and as are being given, will be and are effective in
a physical manner, they only are of a temporary or of a putting off
of conditions - unless the mental attitude, the nerve and the resultant
expressions of same - through impulses to the physical organisms -
are stimulated or brought - through the mental body, and through the
physical forces - to near a coordination in system, the conditions
cannot remain in a normal state though only physically corrected!
... take more time to be holy in thought, in the
expression of same. To forgive and not forget is to burden self
physically and mentally. To retain suppressions, through grudges,
or discontent, is to build for a mental inability of control of self
through an ideal that may attempt to be held before self in the mental
and spiritual applications of growth. In this direction the
body should take thought, not of self so much as of the expression
of self's, through self's own application of the ideal held, as it
may reflect in the lives of others ... for when we correct that disturbance
mentally, those depressions and improper impulses physically and nervously,
and change the vibratory forces in system - we may have a nearer normal
body.
Keep the mind pure, and hold to an ideal, working
or living better in a manifestation of that ideal. (272-1)
If that towards ideas are in keeping with the ideals,
follow those. Have ideals, not ideas! Ideas may be as thoughts,
made criminal or miracles. Be sure the ideal is proper.
Follow that irrespective of outside influence. Know self is right,
and then go straight ahead. So live each and every day that you
may look any man in the face and tell him to go to hell! (1739-6)
Q. Is my attitude toward life conducive to good health?
A. The condition of the physical body is not conducive to an attitude
towards constructive thinking!
There must be, naturally, innate, a coordination
of the body, mind and soul, - which is a necessary force.
The body finds itself body, mind, soul, - these are
influences that are active within the experience. And only that
which is constructive or creative CAN be everlasting.
These bring, then, with those thoughts, those activities,
constructive forces into the experience.
Do that.
Q. In regard to my spiritual life, what do I need to feed my nature,
and how may I get it?
A. Analyze self and the purposes, the motives, the influences;
and know that they agree with that which is thy ideal. What is
thy ideal? spiritually, mentally, physically? Not what you
would wish God to do for you, but what may you do in appreciation of
the love shown?
Not as to what ye would like to be, but what may
ye mentally give that will be conducive to constructive thinking in
the experience of others?
In the physical, not what you want others to do for
you, but what may you do for them?
These are what we mean by constructive thinking,
and as they are applied within the experience we will come to see what
a spiritual life means. Not the eliminating of pleasures, for
the purpose of life IS pleasure, but that which is constructive and
not destructive!
Q. How can I make my husband see this complete spiritual life
and also have it!
A. Live it in self, and thus you may induce others and those about
you to try it. Not by nagging, not by finding fault. Ye
would not want others to find fault with you! Then live so toward
others that you do not find fault, but find the good in every experience.
(1995-1)
... ideals are not your mind - ideals are principles acted upon by
the mind. (2533-6)
No soul enters by chance, but that it may fill that
it has sought and does seek as its ideal. Hence,
as may be the first injunction to this entity: Do not too oft accept
what others say, unless it answers to a something deep within self.
Do not, then, merely have a verbal or vocal ideal.
Do write what is thy ideal. Begin with that under these three
headings: Spiritual, Mental, Material. And write what is thine
own ideal. As ye find, these may change from time to time.
For, each soul grows in grace, in knowledge, in understanding.
Just as the awareness, the unfoldments come to the self as the entity
applies that it has chosen and does choose from day to day. (3051-2)
Q. What do I do that is wrong?
A. Who made us a judge over thee or anyone else? What are
thy ideals? Parallel thy activities with thine ideals, not merely
in mind but put it on paper so that you may study and take a lesson
from same. (3249-1)
First the entity should study well the ideals and
purposes of self as related to the entity as a whole ...
For, mental and spiritual guidance should be related
to what an individual entity chooses as its ideal, and what it will
or should do about that ideal, not ideas but ideals.
In choosing and in analyzing self and the ideal,
do not merely carry these in mind but put them, as it were, upon a paper
in a manifested form. Write PHYSICAL. Draw a line, write
MENTAL. Draw a line, write SPIRITUAL.
Put under each, beginning with the spiritual (for
all that is in mind must first come from a spiritual concept), what
is thy spiritual concept of the ideas, whether it be Jesus, Buddha,
mind, material, God or whatever is the word which indicates to self
the ideals spiritual.
Then under the MENTAL heading, write the ideal mental
attitude, as may arise from concepts of the spiritual, relationship
to self, to home, to friends, to neighbors, to thy enemies, to things,
to conditions....
What is the ideal material, then? Not of conditions,
but what has brought, what does bring into manifestation the spiritual
and mental ideals? What relationships does such bring to things,
to individuals, to situations?
Thus an individual entity analyzes itself.
Then set about to apply the knowledge ye have
attained, for ye will get ideas and that ideal. Ye may change
them from period to period, as ye study them over. For as ye apply
them they become thy ideals. To be just as theories they do not
belong to thee, they are still theories so far as thy personal being
is concerned. It's the application of same that counts.
What do they bring into thine experience? These are well if ye
will apply them. (5091-3)
Do first set the ideal. This isn't the easiest
job, either. Not merely saying, "Yes, I believe this," and "Yes,
I believe that." Put it upon paper. Draw lines. Put
headings: "My spiritual ideal"; what is it? "My mental ideal,"
as to how the time should be spent in recreation, in study, in work,
in social activity, in the various activities necessary for an individual
to be well rounded. The ideal way is not, "Well, I can't do this,"
but the ideal way and work towards it. Then, "My ideal physical."
What sort of a church would that church be if every member was just
like yourself? What would it look like? What sort of home
life would there be, if every husband was just like yourself?
What is the ideal attitude of a husband, of a father? What is
the ideal attitude of a neighbor? of a rancher? or a brother?
of those political or social activities? Set them down under each
of the three headings. See what they look like. You will
rub them out many times ... (5400-1)
Note: The above information is not intended for self-diagnosis
or self-treatment. Please consult a qualified health care professional
for assistance in applying the information contained in the Cayce Health
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From the Edgar Cayce Health Database
