Then, this condition has been the experience in the greater portion of the whole nation, the whole world. For, that is the experience of the individual that makes for the creating in his environ, his surrounding, of that which breeds strife, that which breeds hate, that which breeds malice, that which breeds selfishness.
The next law, as man knows, is that “Like begets like.” And His injunction has been: “The worlds may pass away, but my Word shall not pass away; and ye shall pay to every farthing—and, as ye do unto your neighbor, as ye purpose in your heart, so will it be measured unto you.” And when conditions arise that make for distress, whether they be in body, in mind, in the economic influences in the experience of any, sin lieth at thy door. Not thine neighbor's! Blame not the other fellow. Seek first to know within self that which has prompted thee, and when thou hast set thine house in order, when thou hast made thine peace with thine own conscience (that would smite thee, if ye will look within your own heart), then may ye find the answers that will come to every soul that seeks. For, as He has given to those of old, He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Think not as to who will ascend into heaven to bring down comfort and ease to thine own aching heart, or who will go over the seas to bring that which may be of a recompense within thine own experience, but lo! ye shall find it in your own heart!
Thus has the lawgiver given, and thus has He said who has set the way to make the intercession for man: “I will not leave thee comfortless, if ye will seek to do my biddings.”
Many would say, “Yea, this is beautiful; yet it does not feed the hungry nor clothe those that are naked, nor make shelter for those that are cold.”
Who is—Who is—the representative of the Father in the earth? Hath not He committed unto mankind the keeping of his brother? Hast thou answered that question that has been of old in thine experience; “Am I My Brother's Keeper?” The answer that should ring in the heart and soul of every individual is: “Know ye not that the blood of your brother crieth unto me from the ground!”
So, in the experience of those that have sent and made the conditions are greed, selfishness; that has been practiced in the minds, in the lives, in the experience of the nation. Think not any soul, “Yea, that is true for the other fellow.” But it applies to Jim, to Tom, to those in ordinary walks of life, to those who have been given those powers in high places, those that have wealth about them; they are the oppressors; yea, look within thine own heart! Hast thou not practiced the same? For, as it has been given, “Yea, though there be only ten just men, they may save the city; they may save the nation; they may save the world,” if they will but practice in their daily experience that which has been the command from the first: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and thy neighbor as thyself.”
This is the basis of all spiritual law; and to you would there be given as this:
There is no activity in the experience of man that has not its inception or purpose in the spirit of those injunctions but what must fail; unless it is founded in the spirit of truth.
Hence each would ask, then: “What must I do about it; not what shall this, that or the other ruler, other office holder, or the other individual do” but each should ask, “What must I do about the economic conditions in which we find ourselves?”
So live each day, each hour, as to put into practice those precepts, those influences in thine own life, and in the life of all ye contact day by day. For, He hath said, “Though ye wander far afield, if ye will cry unto me, if ye will ask, if ye will draw unto me, I will draw nigh unto thee; and my help, my arm is not short as man's counting of shortness, but will bring to thee speedily that which is the desire of thine heart, if it is conceived in righteousness.”
Reading 3976-24
“World Affairs” Reading
(Q) As has been indicated through these channels, money is the root cause of the general economic unbalance of our country. Will you give specifically the reasons for this statement and the approach that can be made toward correction of the money order as operated today.
(A) Fear on the part of those who control or direct the investing of capital into channels that give the greater outlet of their characters of outlet.
As to how this may be corrected—it is only through patience, persistence, and a return to the trust in God, and not in the power or the might of self.
Reading 683-1
43-Year-Old Female, Chiropractor. Main problem was cited as being financial
Edgar Cayce: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, that are latent and manifested in the personalities of the entity now known as, or called, [683].
In entering the present experience we find, from sojourns in the earth and the application of the abilities of the entity in such sojourns, not only those influences of the astrological that are in the mental application but those of the more material in the numerological, as well as in tones and colors, have influenced and do influence the entity. Not always in this experience has there been the proper interpretation of such influences. And they in their application by the entity have at times been rather confusing; thus causing some disturbance in the relationships of the entity with other minds as related to the body-mind of the entity. Hence in giving that which may be helpful, hopeful and developing for the entity, we will give that which we find here from those records that have been made by the entity in the earth's plane in its own soul or spiritual development. Then analyzing these they may become as useful experiences in the entity's application of them in the present experience.
Do not confuse, then, mental experiences that are innate and those that come through spiritual awareness or awakening within self with those that are of an earthly urge by having—in the mental body, with the environs of a physical surrounding—experienced urges that may confuse; yet know all have their place in the experience of an entity, an individual, in the application of its abilities. Learn and practice, then, the first things first; as this: The entity, the soul, is supreme in itself as related to any circumstance or influence, whether an environmental, hereditary or a passing condition, through the will—that is the gift of the Creator. And if the entity in its seeking applies that which is shown within self it may never confuse self as to the correct, positive, direct manner in which to apply the impulse that motivates an activity towards the application of that gained within self. For it is not in knowledge alone but rather in the application of such understanding that the mental body, the soul body, grows. Hence, as has been given to all: Study to show thyself—thyself—approved unto thy Maker, divining the words of truth.
So, in the application of that thou knowest does there come the knowledge, the understanding of what, of where, of how, the next step, the next activity, is to be taken…
From Venus we find the creating, or making, or imposing into the entity throughout its experience the innate seeking—seeking—for that which in the material plane is an expression of, and manifestation of, that which Venus indicates in the thoughts of man; as it does in its environs; Love, helpfulness, hopefulness, optimism in its broader, greater sense. Yet these experiences in the entity's application have been so often shattered. And as we shall see, we will find out the why through the experiences in the earth,