The Science Behind the Law of Attraction Magazine May 2018 | Page 40

Beyond Karma: Touching Grace By Peter Woodbury, MSW Edgar Cayce Institute When Edgar Cayce had a lot to say about a particular subject, he would oftentimes respond with ?many a book can be written on the subject?. He said that regularly about the topic of karma. ?Karma is the law of cause and effect and much much more.? I would like explore the issue of karma and look at what perhaps might go beyond karma and into soul choice or soul volunteerism. Let us begin with three cases of blindness. A couple had twin sons and one was born blind and the other was not. The couple inquired with Mr. Cayce for a reading. While in trance, Mr. Cayce referred to a past life the two boys had together, also as brothers. They had both been charged with the job of blinding individuals as punishment for their crime. One brother apparently grew to enjoy inflicting the painful punishment while the other did it merely as a job. The brother who enjoyed the suffering of others was born blind and was told that this was an opportunity to grow in compassion. The reading referred to the Grace of God, in that this man had enjoyed the suffering of hundreds and was only born blind, not as punishment, but as a means for soul growth. This is a very straight forward example of the law of karma as retribution, or ?reaping what you have sown?. An eye for an eye, so to speak. In a second example, a couple had a daughter born blind and they asked Mr. Cayce for a reading. Again under trance, he gave a different answer to the cause of the blindness. He said that negligence by the doctor had caused the blindness. He said that the blindness had been an accident and not a karmic Page 40 - M ay, 2018