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Expanding Our SensesCayce and Seeing What Is O en Invisible

Te conscious man Cayce was able tosee and perceive beyond normal humanability. His own psychicreadings explained thatthese sensitivities werea natural result o hislevel o spiritual de- velopment and that allhumans would eventu-ally be sensitive enoughto see even the invisible.Cayce could see discar-nate souls among theincarnate. He could hear them and talkto them. He explained that it was likehaving a switch in his head, which heipped on to see ghosts and communi-cate with them. He also saw auras aroundthe bodies o incarnate people. Teseauras emanated colors and patterns thatgave him insight into a persons mental,emotion, and spiritual condition, evenas it changed during a conversation.Here are a ew examples in his readings

(notice his use o the Kabbalistic concepo emanations).

Te aura, then, is theemanation that arises

rom the very vibratoryin luences o an ind vidual entity mentally,spirituallyespeciallyo the spiritual orces(EC 319-2)

We nd in the aurathe physical and themental and spiritual

emanations, that show or developmentsand retardments as well as abilities orthe studying, classi ying and applying osame. (EC 1612-1)

[An] aura is the emanation, or theinuence that is ever present with ananimate body, that may change or alteras to that which is the impelling inu-ence o or about sameor rom withinAura changes, to be sure, [according] to

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the temperament. (EC 282-4)(Q) Am I beginning to see auras?(A) Beginning to see auras. As li e,

light, and lovewith understandingis re lected in sel , so may there beseen those o the same reection romothers.

(Q) What is the signicance o theashes and orms which I requentlysee?

(A) Tose o the high-er vibrations o inter-be-tween, as well as spiritual

orces taking orms in orbe ore the mental sel . (EC281-4)

I Cayce were to comeclose to you, he wouldpsychically know whatyou had been doing andthinking. His long-timesecretary shared that shewould sometimes avoidhim because it was justnone o his business.

Cayces wi e, Gertrude,shared a story about thetwo o them asleep on thesecond oor o their homewhen someone tapped on their bedroom

window! Edgar immediately knew whothis spirit was and went downstairs tolet the ghost in. He explained that sheneeded help nding her way to the nextli e because she had died recently andwas lost as to what she should do andwhere she should be. She knew Mr.Cayce would know, but she arrived at hishome afer he and his wi e had retired,so she simply tapped on their bedroomwindow rather than entering into theirprivate space.

Science tells us that there is muchmore reality than we physically see. Hu-mans can only see within a very narrowrange o the electromagnetic spectrum

(EM spectrum). Tis range is less than5% o the entire EM spectrum. See il-lustration. Te rods and cones on theinside o the human retina are nerveendings physically tuned to respond toa narrow range o energy wavelengths.When energy requencies within thevisible light spectrum strike the retina,electrochemical impulses are created

that are transmitted to the area o the

brain responsible or vision. A pattern inthe visual cortex is created by these elec-trochemical impulses that mimics the visible light pattern striking the retina.Energy outside o this narrow range o visible light produces no response romthe retinas rods and cones. But manynonhuman species have rods and conestuned to energy requencies outside othe visible light spectrum. Owls, hawks,and eagles, or example, can see in rared

requencies, that is, they can see the

energy waves created by body heat. Andeven this is still a very narrow portion othe massive EM spectrum.

Since early childhood, Edgar Caycecould see airies, sprites, angels, andinvisible riends. As a child, he thoughtthat everyone was seeing these. As hegrew, he learned that it wasnt so. Hebegan to keep quiet about his abilitiesbecause they caused unpleasant reac-tions in others and ridicule o him andhis amily. When he became a more sel -

condent adult, he shared this recollec-tion, as his stenographer recorded it:

I remember so distinctly the gardenat my mothers old home place whenI was a very small child. My mothers

ather was one o the rst settlers isouthwestern Kentucky; had a ne oldplace, and the old- ashioned garden,with all the old- ashioned owers, was

known throughoutthat part o the coun-try. Your mentioningyour mother destroy-ing bleeding hearts[owers] calls to mymind what beauti-

ul bunches o thesgrew in that garden,with a large bunch ostriped grass, some very old peonies, alkinds o buttercupsand the like; a gor-geous bed o swee violets, and all thoseold lowers. It wahere that ofen in myearly childhood I metand played with those

that others could never see. Tese are at

least some o my experiences.As to just what was the rst experi-ence, I dont know. Te one that appearsat present to be among the rst, waswhen I was possibly eighteen or twentymonths old. I had a playhouse in the backo an old garden, among the honeysuckleand other owers. At that particular timemuch o this garden had grown up in tallreeds, as I remember. I had made a littleshelter o the tops o the reeds, and hadbeen assisted by an unseen playmate in

weaving or astening them together sothey would orm a shelter. On pretty daysI played there. One afernoon my mothercame down the garden walk calling me.My playmate (who appeared to me to beabout the same size as mysel ) was withme. It had never occurred to me that hewas not real, or that he wasnt one othe neighbors children, until my motherspoke and asked me my playmates name.I turned to ask him but he disappeared.For a time this disturbed my mother some-

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what, and she questioned me at length. Iremember crying because she had spiedupon me several times, and each time theplaymate would disappear.

About a year or eighteen monthslater, this was changed considerablyas to the number o playmates. We hadmoved to another country home. HereI had two avorite places where I playedwith these unseen people. One very pe-culiarly was in an old graveyard wherethe cedar trees had grown up. Under acedar tree, whose limbs had grown veryclose to the ground, I made another littleretreat, wherewith these playmatesIgathered bits o colored glass, beauti ullycolored leaves and things o that nature

rom time to time. But, what disturbedme was that I didnt know where they[the playmates] came rom or why theylef when some o my amily approached.Te other retreat was a avorite old strawstack that I used to slide down. Tis wason the opposite side o the road (mainhighway) rom where we lived, and in

ront o the house. Te most outstandingexperience (and one that I am sure dis-turbed her much) was when my motherlooked out a window and saw childrensliding down this straw stack with me.

O course, I had a lovely little retreat dugout under the side o the straw ring, inwhich we ofen sat and discussed themighty problems o a three or our yearold child. As my mother looked out,she called to ask who were the childrenplaying with me. I realized I didnt knowtheir names. How were they dressed, youask? Tere were boys and girls. It wouldbe impossible (at this date) to describetheir dress, gure or ace, yet it didntthennor does it nowoccur to me

that they were any different rom mysel ,except that they had the ability to appearor disappear as our moods changed. Justonce I looked out the window rom thehouse and saw the airies there, beckon-ing me to come and play. Tat time alsomy mother saw them very plainly, butshe didnt make any objection to mygoing out to play with them. Tis experi-ence, as I remember now, lasted duringa whole seasonor summer.

A ew years aferwards (when I had Cont. on p. 4, Expanding Our Sense

grown to be six or seven years old) ourhome was in a little wood. Here I learnedto talk with the trees, or it appeared thatthey talked with me. I even yet hold thatanyone may hear voices, apparentlycoming rom a tree, i willing to choosea tree (a living tree, not a dead one) andsit against it or feen to twenty minuteseach day (the same time each day) ortwenty days. Tis was my experience. Ichose a very lovely tree, and around itI played with my playmates that came(who then seemed very much smallerthan I). We built a beauti ul bower ohazelnut branches, redwood, dogwoodand the like, with wild violets, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, and many o the wild mossesthat seemed to be especially drawn tothis particular little place where I metmy riends to talk withthe little elveso the trees. How ofen these came, Idont know. We lived there or severalyears. It was there that I read the Biblethrough the rst time, that I learned topray, that I had many visions or experi-ences; not only o visioning the elvesbut what seemed to me to be the hosts[angels] that must have appeared to thepeople o old, as recorded in Genesisparticularly. In this little bower there was

never any intrusion rom those outside.It was here that I read the rst letter roma girl riend. It was here that I went topray when my grandmother died, whomI loved so dearly and who had meant somuch to me. o describe these elves othe trees, the airies o the woods, ortomethe angels or hosts, with all theirbeauti ul and glorious surroundings,would be almost a sacrilege. Tey havemeant, and do yet, so very much to methat they are as rather the sacred experi-

ences that we do not speak o any morethan we would o our rst kiss, and thelike. Why do I draw such comparisons?Tere are, no doubt, physical mani esta-tions that are a counterpart or an expres-sion o all the unseen orces about us, yetwe have closed our eyes and our ears tothe songs o the spheres, so that we areunable again to hear the voices or to seethe orms take shape and ministeryeastrengthen usday by day!

Possibly there are many questions you

would ask as to what games we played.Tose I played with at the haystack weredifferent rom those in the graveyard, orin the garden. Tose I played with in thewood were different. Tey seemed to tmore ofen to what would interest or de- velop me. o say they planted the owersor selected the bower, or the little cove inwhich my retreat was built, I dont thinkwould be stretching it at all, or that theytended these or showed meor talkedto me o their beauty. It was here thatI rst learned to read. Possibly the hostson high gave me my rst interpretationo that we call the Good Book. I do notthink I am stretching my imaginationwhen I say such a thing. We playedthe games o children, we played beingsweethearts, we played being man andwi e, we played being sisters and brothers, and we played being visitors andpreachers. We played being policemenand the culprits. We played being all thethings that we knew about us.

No, I never have any o these visions nowor, i any, very rarely. (EC Report 464-12)

When Cayce was 54 years old, he hada dream in which these same airies andelves appeared to him again. Te psychicreading on this dream (EC 294-128)

explained that these were warnings thathis soul might return to the spirit realms(to us, that meant that he might die) i himind didnt become more active in thisworld and nd more people requestinghis unique services.

When asked during one o his psy-chic readings to explain brownies, heanswered: Te manner in which thoseo the elementalsentities who havenot entered into materialityhavemani ested and do at times mani es

themselves to the entity. Brownies, pix-ies, airies, gnomes are not elementalsbut elements that are as denite entitiesas man materialized. (EC 1265-3) In apast-li e reading, he told one soul thatbe ore this [incarnation] the entitywas in the Scotch land. Te entity beganits activity as a prodigy, as one already versed in its associations with the unseenor the elemental orces; the airies an

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Is it always best to start a prayer, If it is yourwill, Father ? Sometimes I question my rightto make a request when I know that I am limitedin my knowledge of any given situation. I alsoknow that Gods law is perfect and what hap-pens is ultimately for the good of everyone. Idont have a problem asking for protection forme and my loved ones or asking for blessings,but I do feel doubt sometimes when asking forspecic things or outcomes. S.B.K., e-mail You are right about getting too specic aboutthings and outcomes. However, theres a subtletyhere that we dont want to miss. We not only have aright to ask but are expected to! From Cayces perspective, we have a co-creativerole with God, not simply a subordinate role. Ofcourse, this is our deeper self not our outer, lowerself. Therefore, we must rst lift our consciousnessfrom its everyday levels to higher levels, as indicat-ed in this reading about prayer: As it has been de-ned or given in an illustrated manner by the GreatTeacher, prayer is the making of ones conscious selfmore in attune with the spiritual forces that maymanifest in a material world. (281-13) Heres another ne point on prayer: Prayer is asupplication not only to the Creative Forces fromwithin but to the Creative Forces, with the CreativeForces from without. (281-27) Notice that Cayce isrevealing our role as the one who bridges the withinwith the without. In this capacity, you and I have arole as conduits between this world and the higherdimensions of Spirit. We are bringing the needsof those we know to the Father via our prayers aswell as bringing the Fathers blessings to those weknow have need. Of course, the All-Knowing Fa-ther is aware of those we prayer for, but it adds tothe whole of Creation when we, a portion of Godscreation, use our life and voice (inner) before theThrone of the Creative Forces on behalf of those weknow. As Cayce said: The Glory of the Father maymanifest through the prayer. (262-93) Our prayeruses our gift of life to channel the Fathers glory to

others. Notice in this next reading how this builds, thisgrows as we practice, as we take hold of, this role:The entity builds in self that of the oneness withselfand that universal All-Creative force, and willgain the consciousness of being self, yeta portion ofthat All-Creative force, which is known or called byman God. (105-2, my italics) Sitting back and leaving the job to God, for Heknows best, is not our ultimate role. Rather, we maytake hold of our free will and seek tocooperate with

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those o every orm that do not giveexpression in a material way and areonly seen by those who are attuned tothe innite. (EC 2547-1)

Seventy-two o Edgar Cayces dis-courses mention the the unseen orces.

hese readings describe the unseenorces as a consciousness o that divineorce thatemanates in Li e itsel in this

material plane. (EC 281-7, my italics)My personal experience leads me to

share the need to develop a sense or thesubtle, because most o our sensory per-ceptions are gross, requiring pro oundlight, sound, avor, odor, and texture.But the higher perceptions are gossa-mer-like, translucent, still (as in the still,small voice), and ever so delicate. Caycetaught that the higher senses awaken asthe soul awakens. Seek that rst, thenthe abilities come naturally.

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the Creative Forces, even to the point of prgoodness, mercy, forgiveness, and peace we know, even if those that may not desetheir suffering has been teaching them a leJesus stated about the undeserving yet all-approach, And except those days had beened, no esh would have been saved; bu

elects sake those days shall be shortened24:22) Notice that those days will be shorall, not just the elect. Praying for otherscy, forgiveness, and the likeis ne, and iour soul growth and learning to be co-creaour Creator. How can I forgive when the person so cbetrayed me and all we had with each othcannot forgive what he did. I cannot. I kam supposed to but I simply cannot. Whado now? He is not accepting his cruel beof our relationship. He doesnt care. He dthink he did anything wrong. I cannot bpected to forgive that, can I? Id like to your view on this. K.J., e-mail You are so right.You cannot forgive such crand betrayal. The wound is too deep and hiued coldheartedness too mean to ignore. Tyou need Gods help. There is no way yothrough this without Gods help. Jesus wabout these days: And because wrongdobe increased, the love of most people willcold. (Matthew 24:12) Yet he calls on us through these heartless situations withoutour hearts grow cold. He also gives us a for getting through this: Things which arsible with men are possible with God. (LuSet aside some time each day, ideally befoyou can, and let go of all your concerns for just a few minutes, and pray to GodSpirit to come upon you and comfort you, stengthen you. Again, as Jesus promised, leave you comfortless. I will come to yo14:18) The Comforter is the Holy Spirit, come upon you and comfort you. As you

praying and feeling the Holy Spirit upon will nd over time a healing, and the bittersubside, even disappear. You cannot do thout Gods help, and sleep is an ideal time tGods Spirit for the healing you need and s Now tohis lesson: You have to leave thaGod. Whatever it takes, you need to let thGod and trust that He will handle him in athat is best for his soul growth and awakedont seek to be his teacher. Seek Gods coleave his lesson in Gods hands. This will f