text: Cayce described his own ailment from a first person plural point of view ( `` we '' ) instead of the singular ( `` I '' ) . In subsequent readings he would generally start off with `` We have the body . ''
simplified: Cayce described his illness from a first person plural point of view -- ` we ' -- instead of the singular `` I. '' In later readings , he would usually start off with `` We have the body . ''