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
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