and a strain on the nerves in that area. Her reading stated: “These hinder the body from giving the correct vibrations to the organs there, so that correct elimination and assimilation are not made at all times, hence the body uses often times its reserve energy and vitality.” (4642-1) The list of recommendations to correct her condition included spinal adjustments, increased circulation, activities in the open air and breathing exercises, as well as a diet consisting of foods with a more healthful vibration: “. . . no meats but of vegetable forces as carry much of nerve and purifying forces in their vibration, see, so assimilation and elimination be given through their proper channels, so vibration to the body will be of the correct forces to give the stimulation to blood to rebuild properly, and to produce the elimination with plenty of oxygen and air to this system.”
In human physiology, there is a term called homeostasis, which is essentially the ability of a balanced, normal body to maintain an internal, coordinated stability of each of the body organs and systems. This goal to assist each individual in achieving homeostasis is definitely a component of the Cayce information on health, healing, and vibration. For example, it is essentially this same process that the readings refer to when Cayce gave a reading to a forty-seven-year-old man and discussed how a healthy, normal body had the capacity to help heal itself. The reading was given in August 1929:
Here may well be given the condition as takes place, as to how a body organically–when the body has reached its normal development, resuscitates or rebuilds itself. It has long been confirmed that the body in toto renews itself in ever so many periods, or so many cycles of change. It is seen that not all portions of the system move in the same cycle, for the vibration that is necessary to create that tissue which will replenish a heart cell, or a ventricle, will not move in the same cycle as one that replenishes the glands of digestion, whether it be the salivary glands themselves or those of the lactice, or lacteal glands, or mammary glands, or the adrenal gland, or the thyroid gland, or those of the ducts as in the gall duct, or the pancreas, or that of the spleen in itself.
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The concept was also described to another individual:
For, each portion of the body vibrates at a certain rate; or there are the electrical reactions, as life or vibration is the life of each organ. Each organ must have within itself that relative relation to the body-forces as to enable it to reproduce itself. Hence it has its particular rate of activity.
337-27
On another occasion, a woman was told that the root cause of her problem was that there had not been that coordinated response within her body, enabling each of the organs within her system to operate at its optimum vibration. Instead, once one of the systems of her body had gotten out of balance, various problems had occurred as the body tried to maintain its equilibrium:
. . . for as we see, each organism has its own vibration to produce that necessary for each of the forces in the building up of the organ itself, that atomic force in each cell, see? the lack of coordination brings about the distress to the nervous system, especially the sympathetic, see? All centers, then, become involved, and there is produced the headaches, the nausea, the tiredness in extremities, the swelling in portions of the body–this all, the system attempting to create an equilibrium.
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As stated previously, the readings’ premise is that every system and organ of the body carries a vibration that must be in balance for the body to function normally and maintain health, healing, and wellness. On one occasion, a twenty-four-year-old man complaining of eye problems, speech problems, and nerve strain was given information on the importance of proper vibrations and health. He was told that vibrations that were not in balance affected the functioning of organs within the body. Bringing those vibrations to normal functioning would help the body heal itself. He was informed: “All . . . cellular forces in the physical body have units of life of electrical or nerve force, all life being electrical in that it is vibratory. With an excess of vibrations, either organs become affected or functioning of same.” (5453-1) Interestingly enough, the same individual was informed that his problems with speech were also connected to his eye problems. Cayce suggested that an improper vibration in one organ or sense could affect nearby organs to also become out of balance. By following the recommended treatments, the individual was assured that healing would come to every organ that had been affected.
From the readings’ perspective, virtually any health condition affects the normal vibration and functioning. Measures that were frequently recommended to help the body return to health and proper vibration often included the following: improved eliminations, exercise (especially gentle stretching exercises), massage, diet, chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation, and more. Even when surgery, medicine, and other allopathic treatments were utilized in a patient’s care, Edgar Cayce often commented on the fact that these measures either carried a helpful vibration themselves or would somehow positively influence the vibrations of the affected area. For example, on one occasion, hormone injections were recommend for a woman who had been unable to conceive and was diagnosed with sterility. Cayce stated that those injections would help stimulate the proper vibration within her body so that within four to six months, that vibration would create the necessary conditions for conception to take place. (3980-1)
A forty-seven-year-old male who had received surgery in order to remove a large, rectal polyp, described as being the size of a “small pear,” obtained a follow-up reading to discern his prognosis for a complete recovery. Since the surgery occurred in 1940, a large incision had been made through the abdominal wall, and it was not healing properly. The man’s secretary was worried about him and wrote Mr. Cayce her own thoughts as a cover letter to her boss’s request for assistance. She described her concerns:
I saw him yesterday and he has a hole in the middle of his abdomen that you could stick your whole fist into. And, I would feel much better if a few more days were past and I could feel sure that [he] is out of the woods. Frankly, although everyone is very optimistic I am very much worried about him, although I have not said that to him. So far, they have sewed him up four times and the stitches have not held. It seems to me there must be something more wrong there than the doctors are telling and I know you can find out what is really wrong and tell them how to correct it. And, you are the only one who can do this for him.
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When the reading was given, Cayce stated that the internal healing was occurring much more rapidly than the external area of the incision appeared to be healing. The reading suggested that the medicines and antiseptic prescribed by the physician were helpful and should be continued. Part of the man’s problem was traceable to the anesthesia slowing down the proper functioning of the nervous system; however, according to the reading, the essential cause was that the normal functioning of vibrations had been disturbed, making it impossible for the incision to heal properly. When asked why the wound had not healed and had begun to seep even eight days after the operation, Cayce replied, “The lack of the vibrations being such as to cause the coagulations.” In terms of whether or not the problem would be eliminated, the response came, “This may be entirely eliminated, as there is created better vibratory forces through the system.”
Treatments included a change in diet, vitamins, a continuation of the medication prescribed by the physician, relaxation, the use of one of the Cayce-prescribed electrical appliances, and the suggestion to refrain from spending too much time on his feet. The man was advised that he was exerting himself too much, both physically and mentally.
One month later, the businessman was apparently healed and feeling well enough to return to his normal schedule, as he wrote Mr. Cayce from Chicago while on a business trip: “I arrived on Sunday, I feel fine, except I get tired and sleepy and a little backache occasionally
