The second half of Edgar Cayce's story would see more
extraordinary experiences layered over an ordinary and humble
man's life. Even more unimaginable for his tastes was the
non-medical information that would later come through him.
Though mostly remaining uncertain about the medical advice he'd
been dispensing while in his sleep-like state, his answers to
metaphysical questions distressed him, as they conflicted with
his traditional Christian beliefs. While suffering personal
hardship and tragedy, Cayce was now also troubled by concepts his
mediumship had introduced to him and would continue seeking
philosophical reconciliation into his later years, which he would
finally achieve. But what remained constant throughout was
Cayce's passion for helping others, and combined with the
ever-increasing requests for treatment, it ironically wore down
his health and shortened his life. If we examine the Cayce
phenomenon logically, there are several considerations. If
you believe it's impossible for a transcendental intelligence to
exist, then Cayce was able to spend decades espousing folk
remedies and comments on esoteric metaphysics, which he had
merely picked up from voracious reading. Some would view
that as quite a trick for an average man with limited
education. If you believe an intelligence outside our
physical reality could exist, then what is the nature of this
force that communicated through him? Who or what was it
exactly, what are the mechanics of the process, and could it be
trusted? If omniscient, why did it seem to work with some
subjects and not as well with others? On the other hand, if
Cayce was a total fraud, would he have not been found out years
ago? Was it all just a fault of human nature that so many
claimed relief for their ailments, growing his popularity to
global levels, and why are his readings still studied to this
day? While Cayce and his supporters attempted to conduct
formal case studies for the treatments, the conditions for the
experiments would not be rigorous or controlled enough to
convince the scientific community. Harder still would be to
prove any veracity for his metaphysical teachings. However,
there may be one thing all sides can agree on, and that's Edgar
Cayce's overall message to the world. Rather than
self-aggrandizement, his message was one of encouraging love and
acceptance of our fellow human beings; of spiritual and personal
growth, all of us united in universal truth, regardless of creed
or culture. Hopefully, that would be one "reading" of our
shared condition that would be hard to argue against.
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