This psychic reading was given by Edgar Cayce at 1867 Kalorama Road, Washington, D.C., this 16th day of February, 1935, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [264], Active Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [264].
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading 11:45 to 12:20 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. Washington, D.C.
1. GC: You will have before you the body and soul-mind of [264], present in this room, who seeks information, counsel and guidance as to her best mental and spiritual development. You will give that which will be of most help to her at this time, answering the questions she submits as I ask them.
2. EC: Yes, we have the body, the enquiring mind, the soul mind, [264]; this we have had before.
3. In giving that which may be helpful at this time, may there come with the awareness of the conscious mind, through the spiritual message that may be given, that in applying spiritual lessons to material facts there is the necessity that the body-mind and the soul-mind be at-one.
4. There have been, as indicated for the body, those periods of mental and spiritual developments for this entity; also those periods when the misapplication for the better development of the physical body has occurred, yet these should be looked upon as that which is necessary for the experience of the soul that these may be indeed one. For the awareness makes for first the CORRECT attitudes of the soul-mind, of the conscious-mind of an entity, that resentment in ANY phase is but as a barrier for the more perfect development of the whole or of the soul. Also that gentleness, kindness, a soft word even when there is anger and resentment; when there are those feelings that arise from ANY experience that find expressions in sharpness of words, in a resentment in any manner, that but make such conditions that the whole becomes as but fear and trembling.
5. That there may be more awareness in the physical forces of the body, keep that constant building from within, making the conscious mind, the soul-mind, more and more with that oneness of purpose, or desire, and the expressions of same will be more in keeping with constructive, creative development in the self and in that the self gives out.
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6. Ready for questions.
7. (Q) How can I understandingly seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness? (A) By making application in word, in deed, in thought, as is seen and understood by self. For AS one uses that one knows, the awareness of its source, of its ability, of its end, is more and more a part of the entity, of the soul. For to do good is to be absent from that which will cause, EVER or at any time, confusion in self or in others. Then, to become aware is to do that which is known. Then the next step that should be for the self is given through that of meeting oft with thy god-self from within. For the growth, as He gave, the knowledge of God and His righteousness is a growth from within. It is not put on as a garment from without, not by this or that manner of rote alone. But if thy consciousness, if thy inner self needs or requires attitude, then CONFORM to same to be aware of that which grows and grows from within. Does the beauty of the rose come from that shed upon same? Rather does it grow from within, ABSORBING - to be sure - from that environ about same. So the awareness of the kingdom, of being at-one, of having the Christ Consciousness as thy companion, as at-oneness with thee, is DOING, being - not by faith or by works alone, but by BEING, by doing - that which is as the promptings of the desire of the heart, that has met and does meet in the secret chambers of thy mind, of thy heart. For that which is given thee from within, as He gave, shall be shouted from the housetops.
8. (Q) How can I gain the understanding to hold the right mental attitude of thought to cause my body to be cleansed or healed now? (A) As has oft been given, do not confuse the body element and the spiritual elements. For the moment turn to this as a comprehensive and as an awareness: Each atom of the body-physical is an expression of a spiritual import. That is how matter comes into being. That through rebellious forces within an atomic structure portions become as warriors against good, as set up within a physical body, is proven by dis-ease and distress, both mental AND physical. That which is in the physical body that is so combined as to make the structural forces, that are composed of the warring atomic influences within a body, more aware; whether they be from the mental self or from the physical that are necessary to make aware, they are OF the same source, the same force.
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There has been given to this body how in the varied periods to meet emergencies in the physical structure of the body. Then, make the applications of such in the material manner. Make applications of such in the mental and spiritual manner; knowing, seeing, making them ONE. See?
9. (Q) What are my abilities in my innate and soul self which are latent, and how may I develop and use them rightly? (A) Again and again has this been given the body. The abilities of analyzing those that have the same rebellious influences in their lives, of their experiences, to this or that measure. And as the body-mind, as the soul-mind, as the entity enables others, so does it enable self to see, to know, that from every phase of experience which makes more and more aware of the spiritual import and to give the proper evaluation and interpretation of mental and soul activity in a body. Is the motivative force of soul or spirit in growth in any manner, any MORE expressive of the God-influence in one element than another? All show forth His handiwork. Man alone, of self, through self, sets same aside for self- indulgences or self-aggrandizements, and gives then the improper evaluations here and there. But if the entity will seek and seek, more and more will the light of His love purify the body, the mind, and the growth of the soul be assured.
10. (Q) What were the thoughts and tenets which were studied at the time of my incarnation when in the Temple Beautiful, wherein I was enabled through the activities to become more in accord with developing the body beautiful? [See Life reading, 264-31.] (A) That the motivative forces that cleanse matter are of the spiritual fires that have removed and do remove the dross of carnal forces. For when the body, when the soul (as the entity did then), makes for no thought of self or of body but that the glory and the fires of love that are of the Creative Forces burn within the mind, the body, the soul, so do they purify the FLESH, the MATTER, the INFLUENCES of being IN a DIMENSIONAL plane.
11. (Q) In what exercises was I engaged which will aid me now? (A) In the movements of the body as in relationships to foods, vibrations, that are a portion of the Creative Energies that manifest themselves in material planes. As in the study of the emotions aroused by the fire, water, air, earth, and their combinations that lie in all of their
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relative relations as one to another. These be they that the entity, the soul, applied. These be they of which the entity, the soul may become aware, IN its application TODAY, NOW, of that which manifests through self.
12. (Q) Should I develop either of those expressions in music, in words, in songs, or dance, which influenced me then? (A) All!
13. (Q) Of what condition, and how, was my body cleansed in that experience as Ipt-sa, and how may I use this in the present? (A) Just as described. Not only in knowing and becoming aware of those activities, seeing, feeling, raising those vibrations within self, but SEEING them - not only by self but raised as by the power and influence of Him that IS Life and not self alone!
14. (Q) Have I any ability for writing which will give aid to others? (A) As the natural expressions are to communicate to others that which has been found good in self, if it is to the glory of the motivating force and not for the satisfaction of self, one has much to give. THIS entity has much to give in THIS direction.
15. (Q) Why do I want my body and surroundings unnecessarily clean, and why do I dislike to touch flowers and animals? (A) A natural consequence of those influences from the awareness of these necessary forces to be gone through; not as rote but as a cleansing. And that from the changing or falling away, or the evolving through those vibrations from animal or from nature or the flower; but the AWARENESS that they MUST be one and ARE one makes for purity of the whole! [GD's note: She said even going up the elevator with a bunch of flowers (held by someone else) would upset her equilibrium. See 264-31, Par. 13.]
16. (Q) How may I overcome this? (A) By application. Let this, then, be thy prayer: "Thou, O Lord, art holy in thine dealings with thy fellow man. I, O God, am Thine - body, mind and soul! PURGE thou me, that I may be one with Thee - and through that power Thou givest me make known to others the beauty, the love, thou hast shed on me."
17. We are through for the present. Copy to Self (Two copies; one for Dr. [589]) " " Ass'n file Extracts to Compilers of Group #1 for
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lesson on DESTINY - Body - Mind - Soul