Dreams

"In fact, from Cayce's perspective nothing of significance ever happens without it first being foreshadowed in a dream. However, one's personal will remains an important factor even in the face of a 'foreshadowed' future."

Kevin Todeschi (1998).

Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records: The Book of Life. p. 164.

Cheerful giver

"Remember that the Lord loveth the cheerful giver, as well as those who seek His face."

Edgar Cayce's Story of Karma.  p. 104.

Nothing is the end of the world

"Relax. Nothing is the end of the world. There is a solution to everything. We must never, ever, take ourselves too seriously."

Ted Waitt (a co-founder of Gateway)

It was nearly ten years ago that I came across these words. I cannot remember where I found them but I do remember they did help me cope with difficulties I was facing in those days.

Your soul needs the tears

"Your soul needs the tears. Think of a flower; it cannot bloom and it cannot survive without rain. It cannot bloom out into its full beauty without the sun. So think, if you can, of that divine part of you in your earthly body and when you have tragedy and tears, think of them as the rain falling to feed it, and then when the joyous times come, when something beautiful happens and your heart is full of joy, then that is the sun that is nurturing that fragile flower."

Doris Stokes. Voices. p. 221.

Doris Stokes is one of the most famous mediums in England.

She received this message in one of her dreams where a wise spirit person was teaching relatively new comers to Heaven.

His brother's sorrows

"We must spread not indifference, not disregard, not callousness to the well-being of others, but tenderness, mercy, compassion, sympathy and service. He whose soul is awakened cannot be indifferent to the sufferings of others. His brother's pains are his pains and his brother's sorrows are his sorrows."

K. Kondo trans. and ed. Silver Birch: Kyo no Kotoba. (Silver Birch: Words for Today) p. 56.

Application is more important

"Edgar Cayce repeatedly reminded people they could be successful—in terms of soul growth and personal transformation—if they simply applied whatever it was that they knew to do. Most often, individuals are aware of some of those very things which would enable them to become better people. However, too often there is a gap between knowledge and its application. The readings frequently admonished individuals to “do what you know to do and the next step will be given.” In other words soul growth is not dependent upon what an individual knows; instead, it is predicated upon what an individual does about what she or he knows."

Kevin Todeschi. Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records: The Book of Life. p. 158.

Hope, not expectations

"I have hope, but I do not have any expectations.

 Hope is fine, but expectations can lead to disappointment."

Brian L Weiss (2003)