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READING 262-130 (LAST ASFG READING) EXPLAINED
God Must Be Defined Personally
In this reading, Edgar Cayce explains that it is not enough to talk about God in a general or religious way; each person must clearly understand and define what God means in their own life. He says, “there should be the defining of what this group interprets as God, in their own experience,” which means God must become real and personal, not just something learned from others. He asks important questions like, “Is it true that God is love? Is it true that He is to each as a father? Is it true that He is to each as law?” These questions are meant to help each person reflect on whether they truly experience God as love, guidance, and something active in daily life. Cayce explains that this becomes “a personal God, - not a personality but as a God that is known of self, that may be demonstrated in the life of the individual,” meaning God is known through how a person lives, not just what they believe.
Love Is the Way God Is Known
Cayce explains that we learn about God through spiritual teachings and those who have walked closely with Him, saying it comes from “the ACCEPTED word of God, given through those that were raised or edified by their close walk with Him,” such as the example of Jesus Christ. However, it is not enough to simply read or accept these teachings. He says, “love is qualified as an attribute of that force, power or influence known as God,” meaning love is the main way we understand and connect with God. This love is not just a feeling or idea—it must be lived and expressed in real situations.
Love Must Be Applied in Daily Life
Cayce makes it very clear that God becomes real through action. He says, “as man makes application of love in his daily experience, he finds God a personal God.” This means that when a person practices love in everyday life—through patience, kindness, forgiveness, and care—God becomes something real and personal. It is through simple daily choices and interactions that a person begins to truly know God, whether they think of Him as a force, a presence, or something they worship.
The Lesson Must Be Lived, Not Just Taught
Cayce tells the group that these ideas must become real in their own lives, not just something they talk about or teach. He says, “These should be the questions, these should be the answers in the experience of the individuals,” meaning each person must live out these truths to truly understand them. He encourages them by saying, “This has been begun well. Then complete same,” showing they are on the right path but must continue and fully apply the lesson in their daily lives.
Seeing God in Others
Cayce then points to the next step, “MAN’S RELATIONSHIP TO MAN,” and gives a powerful prayer: “LET ME, AS THY CHILD, SEE IN MY FELLOW MAN THE DIVINITY I WOULD WORSHIP IN THEE.” This means that instead of only looking for God in heaven or in prayer, we should learn to see something of God in other people. He continues, “LET ME IN MY DAILY LIFE BE A WITNESS,” showing that our actions and behaviour should reflect these truths, just as Jesus Christ showed “MAN’S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD, AND THE MANNER OF RELATIONSHIP THAT SHOULD BE AS MAN TO MAN.”
Live with Love, Faith, and Without Condemnation
In his final message, Cayce gives practical advice for daily living. He says, “As ye have given unto others, so do thyself,” encouraging consistency in how we treat others and ourselves. He calls for living with “the virtue, the faith, the love, the patience,” and reminds them to avoid judgment, saying, “keeping self unspotted from condemnation; keeping self from condemning self or others.” This means the spiritual life is not about being perfect, but about choosing love, patience, and understanding every day. In this way, God, love, and man are no longer separate ideas but become one living, practical experience.
READING 262-130
GC: You will have before you members of Group #1, present here, and their work on the lesson GOD - LOVE - MAN. You will give a further discourse on this lesson and suggestions in completing it.
EC: Yes, we have the group as gathered here; as a group, as individuals, and their work on the lesson GOD - LOVE - MAN.
In giving further discourse on the subject, much might be given. In the declaration that is made in the subject there should be the defining of what this group interprets as God, in their own experience.
It is true that God is love. Is it true that He is to each as a father? Is it true that He is to each as law? Is it true that we each know that influence, that law, that love, as a personal thing in our own experience; and thus a personal God, - not a personality but as a God that is known of self, that may be demonstrated in the life of the individual?
As may be interpreted by the individual from that which is the ACCEPTED word of God, given through those that were raised or edified by their close walk with Him, as individuals qualified by Him to give their interpretation of Him in man's experience, - love is qualified as an attribute of that force, power or influence known as God.
Thus, as man makes application of love in his daily experience, he finds God a personal God, - whether indicated in relationship to that force He calls God, or worships as God, or whether in relationship with his fellow man.
These should be the questions, these should be the answers in the experience of the individuals as comprise this group, if they would give this as a complete study or lesson to others.
This has been begun well. Then complete same, in the outline as indicated.
And let the next lesson be: MAN'S RELATIONSHIP TO MAN.
And the affirmation:
FATHER, GOD! LET ME, AS THY CHILD, SEE IN MY FELLOW MAN THE DIVINITY I WOULD WORSHIP IN THEE.
LET ME IN MY DAILY LIFE BE A WITNESS TO HIM, WHO EXEMPLIFIED FOR MAN, TO MAN, MAN'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD, AND THE MANNER OF RELATIONSHIP THAT SHOULD BE AS MAN TO MAN.
FOR WE ASK IT IN HIS NAME, JESUS THE CHRIST.
Ready for questions.
(Q) Any message to the group?
(A) As ye have given unto others, so do thyself. Study to show THYSELF approved unto God, workmen not ashamed; rightly emphasizing the virtue, the faith, the love, the patience, in thy daily life and in thy dealings one with another; keeping self unspotted from condemnation; keeping self from condemning self or others.
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