According to Edgar Cayce, ‘Long-suffering’, ‘Patience’ and even ‘Self-sacrifice’ are desirable ‘Fruits of the Spirit’. So is Obedience. These words aren’t in the lexicon of the ‘Law of Attraction’ gospel of Abraham Hicks.
The popular Law of Attraction model states that humans should primarily assist in the development of others via exemplifying a good happy prosperous role model. Relationships with others are often regarded as something that can impede one’s happiness.
The Edgar Cayce model appears to provide more potential interpersonal friction in its selfless service to others. ‘Selfless Service’ is known as ‘Seva‘ in eastern philosophies.
Abraham’s outlook appears to be more selfish, less compassionate, and doesn’t sufficiently grasp the Universal Law of One. Certainly practitioners won’t be benefiting from the Universal Law of Grace but is there an additional more rehabilitative aspect to a shortfall of brotherly love?
Compassion and Brotherly Love are also Fruits of the Spirit.
It’s also possible that Abraham doesn’t believe in the Universal Law of Karma, the inverse of the Law of Grace.
The Spiritual Fruit Obedience refers to adherence to the Universal Laws because humans might as well do what will make their journey the easiest and increased altruism is apparently the shorter path to uniting with Unicity. Greater attunement to the more compassionate Law of One seems an obvious shortcut to Unicity.
According to Edgar Cayce the MOST IMPORTANT rule in the Bible is:
" [37]...Thou shalt
love the lord thy God with all thy heart
and all thy soul, and all thy mind...
[39] And the second is like unto it,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
[40] On these two commandments hang all the law
and the prophets." - Matt.22 Verses 37-40
Moreover, in listening to the Abraham broadcasts, I’ve heard Abraham backtrack on two subjects; a degree of imperfection not found in the Edgar Cayce readings. The entities that comprise Abraham describe themselves as “Infinite Intelligence’ but close examination discloses that they’re decidedly ‘Finite’ and don’t know that “Wisdom” is a synonym of ‘Oneness’.
Nonetheless there are noteworthy benefits to willfully raising one’s vibration to Peace, Happiness, Appreciation and Love even if the extent of the Love doesn’t equal Edgar Cayce’s.
I personally found Peace to be too elusive as an Edgar Cayce Ideal but find contemplating peace/satisfaction the easiest of Abraham’s recommended emotions to achieve for frequent limited periods of time and contemplating all of them seems to make me stand a little straighter.
The Abrahamic approach is in complete accord with my own lexicological findings that the positive emotions are both “the way” and the destination and, significantly, can bolster amour-propre and faith. A more direct “way”, paradoxically, may be encumbered by more acts of compassion.
There are many positive attributes to Abraham’s teachings, not the least of which is raising one’s vibrations as frequently, and for as long, as possible. The greater ability and challenge, however, may reside in integrating these vibrations with a solid foundation in helping others.
