This study guide, based on the Edgar Cayce readings, is designed to be used with:

Give God a Chance:
Christian Spirituality from the Edgar Cayce Readings
by James Kyle Brown

ONENESS IN CREATION:

The Cayce readings suggest that all forces originate with the one Creative Force that we call God.  All souls were created in the beginning to become God’s companions.

According to Cayce, souls began (through selfishness or self-glory) to separate themselves from God, in spirit, even before the earth was manifested.  (See readings: 262-115 p. 61, 262-56 p. 62, and 262-114 p. 62)

The readings frequently indicate that as souls we are children of God, and that God Wants us to be one in purpose with Him and yet aware of ourselves as individuals.

• “God seeks all to be one with Him.”  294-202 p. 19
• “Ye then are not aliens—rather the sons of the Holy One” 262-24 p. 63
• “Ye are aware of thyself being thyself, yet one with Him” 1158-12 p. 69
• “Man and woman…are given…the opportunity to be one with Him.” 945-1 p. 70
• “My Spirit (not spirits, but my Spirit) beareth witness with thy spirit (not spirits) as to whether ye be the child of God or not.”  696-3 p.310
• (See also: 262-63 p. 54)

ONENESS OF GOD

The readings affirm the concept of monotheism and often quote the scripture that says:  “the Lord thy God is one!”  This implies that we are all created by the same God, for the same purpose, and that there must be some common good for all. 

• “For, ‘Know, O ye people, the Lord thy God is one!’” 816-3 p. 65
• “[the Christ] influenced…all those forms of philosophy or religious thought that taught that God was One.”  364-9 p.212
• “…meditation in the forest brought to the consciousness of the entity [Buddha] the At-Oneness of all force…”  900-187 p.208
• “Let each and every soul call on not their God but the one God!”  3976-26 p. 72

ONENESS IN EACH SOUL’S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD

Cayce suggests that a personal relationship with God is not only a good idea, it is the purpose for our existence.  Seeking God’s will for us on a daily basis is encouraged.

• “If my life is one with Him the rest matters not.”  911-7 p. 222
• “the Christ-Consciousness…[is] the awareness within each soul, imprinted in pattern on the mind and waiting to be awakened by the will, of the soul’s oneness with God.”  5749-24 p. 157 
• (See also: 2600-2 p. 157)

 METHODS OF WORKING TOWARD ONENESS

 The readings say that soul growth should be our first priority.  In prayer and meditation we seek to be whole in body, mind and soul.  Then we also learn to cooperate with other souls in the earth.  People were told to emphasize areas of agreement rather than differences with others.

• “…even as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one.  So must body, mind and soul be one in purpose and in aim…”  5246-1 p. 83
• “…seek rather the common interest where there is cooperation, rather than the differences.”  254-95 p. 196 
• [Given for prayer group] “As there is oneness of purpose, oneness of desire, it becomes motivative within the active forces or influences of a body.  The multiplicity of ideas may make confusion, but added cords of strength in one become of the nature to increase the ability…”  281-24 p. 251

 ONENESS IN HOME AND MARRIAGE

Just as companionship with God is a growth process, so is companionship in home and marriage.  The readings emphasize the need for a desire to grow toward oneness in the home, and they give many constructive suggestions to that end.

• “ There should be sought as to whether the relationships between those of opposite sex are for a united, cooperative service to a living God and of a spiritual prompting, or are they prompted by material desires?” 1173-11 p. 286
• “…that which is the ideal as set by the Maker Himself is in those means in which there would be two manifesting as one in their hopes, in their fears, in their desires, in their aspirations.”  2072-15
• “Love keeps those things rather as opportunities that to others would become hardships.” 939-1 p. 287
• (See also pages 286-29 on home and marriage)

ONENESS AMONG BELEIVERS

The readings encourage us to apply the concepts of oneness within the various religious and spiritual organizations that we support.  Cayce was particularly sensitive to the dangers of denominationalism and to the need for unity among all Christian believers.

• “Minimize rather than magnify disagreements in every organized group for the teaching of the holy word.  For God is one Lord… For each soul is a corpuscle in the body of God.  …where corpuscles are at variance to a common purpose for all, sin enters, and death by sin to whatever may be that group…that is stressing differences rather than the coordinating channels through which all may come to the knowledge of God.”  3995-2 p. 192
• “grudges, cisms, isms, cults, must become as naught.”  254-92 p. 234
• “Each in their own way, but the purpose, the aim, one.”  281-8 p. 234
• “It is not what this or that name or group may do, but as one.  For the Lord thy God is one!  And the Christ, the Savior, died for all—not for one! No sect, no schism, no ism, no cult.” 3976-27 p. 319
• “Only in Christ, Jesus, do extremes meet.”  1981-1 p. 200
• (Also see all of pages 190-197 on church unity)

• “…[the Christ] influenced either directly or indirectly all those forms of philosophy or religious thought that taught God was One.”  364-9 p. 212
• “…be ye Jew, Gentile, Greek, Parthenian or what, the law is one—as God is one.  And the first command is ‘Thou shalt have no other gods before me.’”  3548-1 p. 38
• “[other religions] are but stepping-stones to that that may awaken in the individual the knowledge of the Son…”  262-14 p. 213
• “God loveth those who love Him, whether they be called of this or that sect or schism or ism or cult!  The Lord is one!”  3976-27 p. 207

• “In every form of good, all element, all power in the material, all the chemical, or the mechanical world, there is the manifestation of the good which is God.”  3143-1 p. 75
• “…full belief in faith and in trust, in oneness of all force as manifested in an individual or just nature or just chance.”  5253-1 p. 267
• “Science and religion are one when their purposes are one.”  5023-2 p. 307

• “The Lord thy God is one.  The building up of this thought makes no bonds, no slaves among any peoples.”  3581-1 p. 314
• “For all men must be free.”  257-250 p. 320
• “But freedom means rather the individuals working in cooperation according to the dictates of their conscience as to the manner of worship, but the worship itself of Truth, Life, Love, Brotherly Love and Kindness!”  1151-12 p. 327
• “…peace and harmony, even to those who appear to be at variance to the cause of the Christ…”  5749-12 p. 323
• “And as of old, the prayers of ten may save a city; the prayers of twenty-five may save a nation—as the prayers and activities of one may! But in union there is strength.  1598-2 p. 331