A.R.E. Meeting for 8/27/18

Leader: Cindi

There were seven in attendance tonight. Cindi started us off with a poem on the Sphinx from a Catholic magazine. Following that, Cindi had us read a John Van Auken article in the Cayce Quarterly from the ARE. The article was “Handbag of the Gods,” which talked about symbology of handbags in ancient carvings and pine cones. The deeper meaning of this according to Van Auken was that the pineal gland looks like a closed pine cone, so this is what was being portrayed.

We each had a chance to discuss the experiment, which had to do with the precognitive nature of dreams. For those still reeling from the thought that we are gods (two weeks ago), here is a quote from reading 4083-1:

So, as in the self, whether the individual entity or soul entertains its relationship to the Creative Forces or not, the relationship is still existent or possible. For indeed in Him, the Father-God, ye move and have thy being. Act like it! Don't act like ye think ye are a God! Ye may become such, but when ye do ye think not of thyself. For what is the pattern? He thought it not robbery to make Himself equal with God, but He acted like it in the earth. He made Himself of no estate that you, through His grace, through His mercy, through His sacrifice might have an advocate with that First Cause, God; that first principle, spirit.

We had short discussion on what we would study after we finish Book II of our Search for God book. Start researching ideas and bring them or mention them in an e-mail.

We started the chapter on “Destiny of the Body” and read the first two sections: the “Introduction” and “What is the Physical Body.”

Following that, we read the opening of the Experiments book to page 70, where our experiment reads:

Practice bringing greater abundance into your life and the lives of others. Give of your excesses—your time, your money, your talents, your energy—in some area that seems to need it without any thought of what you might “get” in return.

Remember that the library is closed for Labor Day next Monday, so the next meeting (Sylvia will be the leader) will be Monday, September 10^th.

Abundantly yours,

Greg