A.R.E. Meeting for 8/10/26

Leader: Greg

Six Cayce pupils with a growth mindset worked on the chapter of Opportunity. We read the “Faith Helps Us Grasp Opportunity” section and “Opportunities Found in Fellowship.”
 
Experiment 1: Do not let fear of failure deter you from doing acts of love or service which are in keeping with your spiritual ideal. Approach life with a boldness that is not afraid to appear foolish. Seek opportunities to risk. Affirm: "I am capable of doing well all that comes to me to do." 
 
Experiment 2: Make special efforts to help others through opportunities for growth which you yourself have recently experienced. Do not be "preachy" but rather be supportive and help others have faith. Begin to pray regularly for such people. Call, write a note or offer in some loving way to be with your friend in his or her time of need. 

A.R.E. Meeting for 8/3/26

Leader: Greg

Six problematic Cayce students continued with the chapter on Opportunity, seeking solutions. We read the “A Knowledge of Self Helps Us to Recognize More Opportunities” section and “The Higher the Ideal, the Greater Are the Opportunities.”
 
Experiment 1: Focus on doing the little things of daily life well and with love. Choose one "little" thing, such as beginning the day with a prayer of gratitude, smiling, offering to help another. 
 
Experiment: Practice a sense of release, of turning things over to God. Ask for His help frequently. Do the best you can, but know (and live as you know) that by yourself nothing can be accomplished of real value. Write and use as needed your own "release affirmation" such as: "I release this person or situation into the hands of God, trusting that He will bring to both of us that which is most needed." 

A.R.E. Meeting for 7/27/26

Leader: Sylvia

Six opportunistic Cayce students began the chapter on Opportunity. We read the “Definition” section and “Opportunities Come Through Cooperation.”

Experiment 1: Try meeting each "problem" which confronts you in daily life with this question: "How would my own thoughts and ideals have played a role in helping to create this situation?" (Examples - (1) financial problem: perhaps past thoughts of fear about losing money created a self-fulfilling prophecy; (2) health problem: perhaps past attitudes toward my body led to poor eating habits and now this illness; (3) relationship problem: perhaps I have silently been overly critical of this person in the past. 
 
Experiment 2: Whenever you find yourself restless or disenchanted with a current situation, become aware of how it has been particularly created for you here and now because it perfectly meets your need for that experience. Thank the Father for it. 

A.R.E. Meeting for 7/20/26

Leader: Sylvia

Six endearing Cayce pupils finished the chapter on Love by watching the remainder of a Cayce Arizona video. Next week we will start book two.
 
Experiment: Kevin Todeschi told a story of spending a week greeting everyone he interacted with by internally saying “Namaste” (the Divine in me honors the Divine in you). He noticed that by changing his internal perspective and treating every person as a “vehicle of the Divine,” his external interactions instantly became more patient, compassionate, and harmonious. See if you notice a change of vibration between yourself and others.

A.R.E. Meeting for 7/13/26

Leader: Sylvia

Five of us comingled in love, while a sixth had Zoom issues. We continued with the chapter on Love, by reviewing the experiment from last week, and continuing with a Cayce lecture on the topic by John Schroeder.

Experiment: For one week, use a portion of your meditation to focus on the love that God has for you! Try to abide in that love throughout the day. 

A.R.E. Meeting for 7/6/26

Leader: Sylvia

Six students, fully present in the now, came together to add their thoughts on the chapter on Love. After discussing the weekly experiment, we watched part of a movie on the topic.

Experiment: Select and write down the name of one person in your life whom you would like to love more deeply. Write out a list of your current perspectives and feelings about this person. Each day for at least a week keep an attitude of being open to see a deeper reality. This new perspective of a greater dimension may come through a dream, a meditation insight, an intuitive impression or something that someone else says. Keep a record of how a new, more loving outlook towards this person awakens in you. 

A.R.E. Meeting for 6/29/26

Leader: Eric

Five filled with Philia (Greek word for deep friendship) finished reading the SFG Book 1 chapter on Love.
 
Experiment: Love others by being present in the now and by giving without trying to elicit a particular response. Keep a record of those specific instances in which you were able to love in this way.
Example: I helped my child clean up his room without any concern as to whether or not he would thank me when we were done. 
 

A.R.E. Meeting for 6/22/26

Leader: Eric

Six devoted Cayce followers are working with the SFG Book 1 chapter on Love. We spent a majority of time discussing the experiments from last week, and only had time to prepare an experiment for next week.
 
Experiment: Work with the principle of giving at the physical level. Each day for at least a week, be willing to give of the best that you have. Especially try to do this with small things, such as sharing an exceptionally nutritious piece of food with someone or giving someone a favorite book. Record your experiences with this approach to love.

A.R.E. Meeting for 6/15/26

Leader: Eric

Six passionate Cayce followers continued with the SFG Book 1 chapter on Love. We read "The Power of Love" and "The Test of Love" sections and watched the short McMillan video on Love.

Experiment 1: Make an effort to experience the potential within you to love life. Try to have a feeling of trusting life. Look beneath those experiences that seem ‘‘ugly, or heavy, or hard” for a deeper meaning and the hand of the divine. Record instances in which you are able to see life in this way.

Experiment 2: Select and write down the name of one person whom you frequently view as an enemy, a rival or a troublesome person. Then write down the good qualities that you can see in him. If you cannot think of any, spend several days observing him in your daily life until you find something you can write down. Finally, spend at least a week thinking of that person in terms of these good qualities and acting on that perception. Keep a record of your actions. 

 

A.R.E. Meeting for 6/8/26

Leader: Eric

Five amorous Cayce followers began our SFG Book 1 chapter on Love. We read the Introduction and "Love Manifested" sections.

Experiment 1: Demonstrate your love for individuals in your life by greeting them by name. Make a special effort to remember names when you are introduced. If you do not know the names of people you see frequently, try to find out. And then use the person’s name to show your caring for him as an individual.

Experiment 2: Select and write down one stimulus to which you often react in an automatic and inharmonious way. Then decide on one interrupting behavior or mudra. Make an agreement with yourself that for at least a week you will use your mudra anytime the chosen stimulus happens in your daily life. Keep a record of how you respond after completing the mudra. 

A.R.E. Meeting for 6/1/26

Leader: Eric

Six serious Cayce students worked with “The Lord Thy God is One” chapter one more week. We spent time in the “Step by Step” book reading “Things to Think” and “Things to Ponder.”
 
Experiment: In your relationship with others live with an attitude that the body, mind, and soul are one. Especially work to apply the understanding that the way in which you treat the body (yours or someone else’s) is the way you are treating the soul.

A.R.E. Meeting for 5/25/26

Leader: Tim

Four fabulous Cayce followers finished reading “The Lord Thy God is One” chapter, but have a few disciplines left in the Experiments book. We have two experiments to choose from this week.
 
Experiment: Try living each day for itself. Make necessary decisions for the future, but eliminate all unneeded worry or concern for things you anticipate may happen. Trust that you will be even more capable of doing the right thing when the event actually occurs. Where it is appropriate, say to yourself, ‘I don’t have to decide on that right now,”’ and then move your attention back to what is happening around you at that moment. If possible, spend some time in nature as part of this experiment, looking for examples of how nature does things unhurriedly and one at a time. Keep a record of specific instances in which you were able to know more fully the oneness of all time by living in the present.
 
Experiment: Try the recommendation from the reading above (making self an at-onement and letting Him bear thee up). Whenever you experience the influence of fear, affirm that “God is working purposefully and well through my life.’’ Then act on that belief. Record any specific situation in which you were able to overcome a feeling of fear in this way.

A.R.E. Meeting for 5/18/26

Leader: Tim

Five fortuitous followers continued with the “The Lord Thy God is One” chapter and read the section “The At-onement Through Jesus, the Christ.”

Experiment: When you find yourself desiring something or longing to repeat an experience you have already had, use the affirmation, “I have that experience within myself.” Let this affirmation awaken in your mind the realization of the oneness of all time.

A.R.E. Meeting for 5/11/26

Leader: Tim

Six attuned members continued with the “The Lord Thy God is One” chapter. We read the section “How We May Come into the Realization of the Oneness” in both the SFG book and the SFG Paraphrased book. We also read a part of the Oneness chapter in Edgar Cayce’s Twelve Lessons in Personal Spirituality.

Experiment: Each day for a week keep this attitude in your meditation periods: “‘I am not concerned with what experiences come to me, but with how much I am able to give of myself to God and express my devotion.”

Experiment: In your daily contacts with others, imagine that they are part of your immediate family. If you feel apathetic or upset with someone, try to imagine how you might feel more caring or tolerant if that person were a close and beloved family member (e.g., a sister, brother, father, aunt, etc.). Then try to act on that new feeling. Record instances in which you try this experiment. Write the person’s name (unless it is someone you don’t know), the family member status you imagine for him, and how you acted on the feeling.

     Example:

            Person:    a stranger I was sitting next to on the bus

            Family status imagined: that she was my sister

            Action:     I struck up a friendly conversation with her instead of just sitting there silently next to her.

A.R.E. Meeting for 5/4/26

Leader: Tim

Six salient students moved to the next chapter of Book I, which is “The Lord Thy God is One.” We discussed the opening quote on Oneness, and read the Introduction and section “The Manifestations of God Are One.”
 
Experiment: Examine your life and choose one way in which you are using energy which is not in accord with your ideals. This can be an emotional, attitudinal or active way of using energy. Write down what you select. Then demonstrate in your daily life your understanding of the inherent oneness of all force by transforming that energy to a more loving or constructive form. Record your experiences.
     Example: Feeling frustrated and angry with other drivers who are discourteous.
     Transformation: Changing your expression of the one energy by sending out to those people a prayer instead of thoughts of anger.
 
Experiment: In your daily meditation periods try to use distractions to take you deeper into a oneness with the meaning of your affirmation. Use each distraction as a gift. Have the attitude that says of each distracting thought, “Here is another great opportunity for me to bring some part of my life into the awareness of the oneness.”

A.R.E. Meeting for 4/27/26

Leader: Greg (for Cindi

Five faithful Cayce followers spent another week on “The Cross and the Crown” chapter. We read the collected works of David McMillin for that chapter and studied an article on Jesus’ karma. In that article, we learned that Jesus may have had an incarnation in the land of the setting sun.

 Experiment: Reflect on whether you have experienced the joy and happiness that comes with the crown of glory and have expressed that joy and happiness in your daily living. Take time to rejoice in the accomplishments (great or small) of meeting and overcoming the crosses in your life.

A.R.E. Meeting for 4/20/26

Leader: Cindi

All six group members reunited to finish our reading of “The Cross and the Crown” chapter.

Experiment: Look for joy in living. Express joy in dealing with others. Live with an attitude of enjoyment of being alive in this place and in this special time in man’s spiritual evolution.

A.R.E. Meeting for 4/13/26

Leader: Cindi
 
Six Cayce-ites bared their burdens for the chapter on “The Cross and the Crown.” We read the sections “Does the Life Lived According to Our Own Faith, Our Own Understanding, and Our Own Walking in His Presence Explain Why Each Soul Must Bear a Cross?”, “Why Has the Cross Been Chosen Rather Than Some Other Philosophy That Might Correlate the Material and Spiritual Life?” and “Why Is the Cross, the Emblem of Shame, Necessary for Those Who Seek the Crown?”
 
Experiment: Meet your crosses with an attitude of humility. Do not defend yourself with retorts or argumentative statements, even if you feel you are right. Keep a record of situations in which you were able to bear a cross in this way.

A.R.E. Meeting for 4/6/26

Leader: Cindi

Six Cayce followers took up their yokes as we worked the chapter on “The Cross and the Crown.” We read the sections “Why Did He Come into the World as a Man That He Might Bear a Cross?” and “Why Do We, as Individuals, Necessarily Bear Much That He Bore, and Yet Say That When Taking His Yoke upon Us the Cross Becomes Easy?”

Experiment: Choose and write down an area of your life in which you feel burdened. List the ways you have to work to feel this way—the attitudes you have to work on holding, the behaviors you have to do to keep this feeling. Then select one item from your list and write a more constructive replacement attitude or behavior. Work each day for at least a week on expressing that replacement in this area of your life.

 Example:

burdened by:                           frequent arguments with Richard

attitudes and behaviors I work at:  (1) make an effort to recall past instances where I thought he was selfish (2) make an effort to feel resentful (3) make an effort to speak unkindly of him to others

 replacement:           begin to speak in a more positive way of him to others

A.R.E. Meeting for 3/30/26

Leader: John
 
Six Cayce disciples bore their crosses to the group as we worked the chapter on “The Cross and the Crown.” We read the section “Why Was It Necessary That He, the Maker of Heaven and Earth, Should Bear a Cross?” Our experiment was based on our reading from last week.
 
Experiment: Meet each of your crosses as if your work were symbolic of all humanity’s attempt to deal with this specific type of difficulty. Record your experiences of working with this attitude in mind.