When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people.

Unfortunately, that’s too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem.

The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.

- Steve Jobs

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Who Was Edgar Cayce?
Twentieth Century Psychic and Medical Clairvoyant

Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) has been called the sleeping prophet, the “father of holistic medicine,” and the most documented psychic of the 20th century. For more than 40 years of his adult life, Cayce gave psychic “readings” to thousands of seekers while in an unconscious state, diagnosing illnesses and revealing lives lived in the past and prophecies yet to come. But who, exactly, was Edgar Cayce?

Cayce was born on a farm in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1877, and his psychic abilities began to appear as early as his childhood. He was able to see and talk to his late grandfathers spirit, and often played with imaginary friends whom he said were spirits on the other side. He also displayed an uncanny ability to memorize the pages of a book simply by sleeping on it. These gifts labeled the young Cayce as strange, but all Cayce really wanted was to help others, especially children.

Later in life, Cayce would find that he had the ability to put himself into a sleep-like state by lying down on a couch, closing his eyes, and folding his hands over his stomach. In this state of relaxation and meditation, he was able to place his mind in contact with all time and space—the universal consciousness, also known as the super-conscious mind. From there, he could respond to questions as broad as, What are the secrets of the universe? and What is my purpose in life? to as specific as, What can I do to help my arthritis? and How were the pyramids of Egypt built? His responses to these questions came to be called readings, and their insights offer practical help and advice to individuals even today.

Although Cayce died more than 60 years ago, the timeliness of the material in the readings—with subjects like how to discovering your mission in life, developing your intuition, exploring ancient mysteries, and taking responsibility for your health–is evidenced by the hundreds of books that have been written on the various aspects of this work as well as the dozen or so titles focusing on Cayces life itself. Together, these books contain information so valuable that even Edgar Cayce himself might have hesitated to predict their impact on the contemporary world. In 1945, the year of his passing, who could have known that terms such as meditation, Akashic records, spiritual growth, auras, soul mates, and holistic health would become household words to millions?

The majority of Edgar Cayce’s readings deal with holistic health and the treatment of illness. As it was at the time Cayce was giving readings, still today, individuals from all walks of life and belief receive physical relief from illnesses or ailments through information given in the readings—some readings were given as far back as 100 years ago! Yet, although best known for this material, the sleeping Cayce did not seem to be limited to concerns about the physical body. In fact, in their entirety, the readings discuss an astonishing 10,000 different topics. This vast array of subject matter can be narrowed down into a smaller group of topics that, when compiled together, deal with the following five categories: (1) Health-Related Information; (2) Philosophy and Reincarnation; (3) Dreams and Dream Interpretation; (4) ESP and Psychic Phenomena; and (5) Spiritual Growth, Meditation, and Prayer.

Further details of Cayce’s life and work are explored in the classic book, There Is a River (1942), by Thomas Sugrue, available in hardback, paperback, or audio book versions.

Members of Edgar Cayces Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.), the nonprofit founded by Cayce in 1931, have access to the entire set of 14,306 readings in a database residing in the member-only section of our Web site. The readings can also be found in their entirety in our onsite library, located at our headquarters in Virginia Beach and open to the public daily.

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They say it’s impossible, but what does that really mean? They say it’s impossible, but what do they know?

You can dream, you can plan, you can learn, you can think and you can do. Do you realize what a powerful position that puts you in? Do you? With it, you can transform what’s impossible into rock-solid reality. And you can start right now, where you are, with whatever you have. No more excuses.

You have value. Great value. Unique value. Something in you knows that. Listen to it. Act on it. Let it flow out from you. You have a beautiful gift to give the world, and in the giving of that gift you will enjoy sweet and satisfying fulfillment.

If you could feel exactly the way you wanted to feel, exactly how would that be? Feel it right now. Give yourself a little taste. Then get busy and fill your whole life, your whole world with that feeling that comes from the best of who you are.

Sure, it would be easier to sit around, do nothing, be comfortable, listen to the naysayers and let your beautiful, unique value go to waste. But easy is overrated. Greatness is what you deserve. Your own special greatness is waiting for you to take the risks, to do the work, to make the effort, to forget that it’s considered impossible, and to bring it gloriously to life.

By Ralph Marston