Divine Power

Edgar Cayce, Reading 3976-8 1/15/32
11. Man’s answer to everything has been POWER - power of money, Power of position, Power of wealth, Power of this, that or the other. This has NEVER been GOD’S way, will never be God’s way. Rather little by little, line upon line, here a little, there a little, each thinking rather of the other fellow ...

The fact is that in order to exist in the physical form a certain amount of “power” is required. Be this physical, mental and spiritual. Obviously, everyone is using this kind of power to some degree or other all of the time. But, what Cayce is talking about and what developing power through meditation is about is something different. The key to this kind of power lay in the fact that you will not be allowed to destroy God’s creation and there is a distinct possibility that you might do this if you have not developed the capacity to use the “higher power” responsibly.

The catch 22 of using this kind of power is that you will only be allowed to use it if you are doing so for the betterment of the Creation. If you attempt to use it solely for personal gain it will not be allowed. Anything you do which is for personal gain where the use of power is involved would be called “personal power”. Some people including many spiritual leaders have developed a substantial amount of personal power. The only problem with using personal power is that it has karmic consequences.

Karmic consequences is in effect the greater nature of using any kind of energy in the lower worlds which inevitably follows the law of physics; by which for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. On a personal level, if you initiate any kind of energy towards anything or anyone, there will be an equal and opposite response which can come in some uncomfortable forms. In the use of the “higher powers” they are used in response to this law and not initiated. Thus, there are no consequences.

In addition, to know the power of the Father for instance you must merge with the Father. Since His power is so much greater than yours you cannot attain to it without being in complicity with it. What his means is that you have to give up any personal notions about how things are supposed to be or what is the right or wrong thing to do. This state can be difficult to but it should also be quite obvious that His Wisdom is very much greater than yours. And whatever it is That shall be done by His Will, it will always be way beyond anything you could ever come up with.

Thus, another aspect of meditation is to reach a state and be able to summon a state whereby you are totally clear of all thought, fear, and conceptions about what reality is supposed to be like, what God is supposed to be like, or what is needed in this world.