Leaders in Waiting by Peter Woodsbury, MSW In the background of the Cayce material are many allusions advising us to be prepared for times of change. Those of us who are students of the work have been, consciously or unconsciously, building the skill set to manage change. What is that skill set? Let’s have a look. In my talks around the country, I often make reference to this topic of change and preparation for change. When circumstances are mundane, when life is going along smoothly, everyone basically appears the same. But when a crisis happens, leaders step up. If you’re at a movie theater and the PA system announces that everyone must leave the building, some will follow the orders, some may panic and a few will step up to calmly help lead the evacuation process. That person who was watching the movie nearby, who is now assisting with the evacuation, was a leader in waiting. My theme today is to explore how Cayce has been preparing us for times like these, how we are all leaders in waiting. Let me briefly summarize these important topics and if they pique your interest, you can explore them in depth in other Cayce materials: Physical. The Cayce holistic view of health clearly teaches us that we get ill, for the most part, not because a germ or virus outside of us has attacked us, but because our normal systems of managing health have gotten stagnant or vulnerable. The key to health is not in attacking pathogens, but in building immunity, fostering a healthy body environment. There are several keys. Harold Reilly coined the acronym “C.A.R.E.” for Circulation, Assimilation, Relaxation and Elimination. If we maintain healthy circulation, assimilation, relaxation and eliminations, we will be pretty healthy. Cayce said many times that a key to health is the ability to eliminate toxins and absorb nutrients. He said that in this dynamic, we could, basically, “choose when we die”! Another key to resistance to infection is in maintaining alkalinity. An alkaline environment is very resistant to infection. On the other hand, an acid environment is a hotbed for illness. The key to maintaining alkalinity
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is to eat predominantly vegetables. There! Now you know the Cayce’s “secret” for maintaining physical health! Mental. Cayce teaches that the mind is alive, in a way. And that it needs to be fed. If it isn’t fed properly, it will forage for itself. And we all know that “mind is the builder”. Every building depends on the quality of the materials used to build it. Here Cayce advises us to feed the mind a spiritual ideal. If we feed the mind consistently with “fruits of the spirit” (such as patience, kindness, love or peace), then the mind will use that to build that consciousness in our lives. Our lives will be more patient, kind, loving and peaceful. In the void of a spiritual ideal, the mind will feed on the material, on material ideals. We will follow an ideal that is convenient and feels good. I call this “the potato chips of the ego”. This will not lead to a healthy consciousness. Spiritual. The Cayce work is full of reminders of how we are basically spiritual beings having a material existence and how we have largely forgotten that reality. The key is to awaken the sleeping pattern of oneness. We awaken this oneness pattern by entering the inner temple and listening to the still small voice within and then acting from that consciousness of oneness. We are told that in prayer, we talk with God, and in meditation we listen to God. Then we must take what we are hearing and becoming and then apply it in our lives. The whole law is in loving God above all else and then applying that thru loving your neighbor as thyself. In meditation, prayer, silence and in nature we come to know God and love God. As we become more Godlike, then we will act more Godlike and loving with ourselves and with others. If we maintain this balance of a healthy body, a spiritually informed mind and an abundance supply of the “bread and water of life” within, we will, for the most part, maintain health. Let us now look at humanity as an organism, as a oneness. Let’s think of ourselves as a cell in the body of humanity alive on the Earth at this time. How is our collective physical, mental and spiritual health? As a humanity, how are we doing physically? Are we eating well, drinking pure
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