This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 105th Street & Ocean, Virginia Beach, Va., this 24th day of October, 1931, in accordance with request made by self - Miss [275].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading 12:20 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., N.Y.
1. GC: You will have before you the body and the enquiring mind of [275], of ..., New York; especially concerning information given in her life reading through these sources on Oct. 13, 1930. You will answer the questions which she has submitted concerning her past incarnations and associations, and her present associations and development.
2. EC: Yes, we have the enquiring mind of the entity now known as [275], and the information as has been given respecting incarnations in the earth and the relationships as existed, and that that has been brought into the present experience.
3. In seeking such information, one would do well to understand what premise the existent conditions that are as personalities or latent in the individuality of the entity, and why, or what caused those conditions TO be existent in the experience of the entity as an entity. Would one [If one would] review those lessons as have been compiled and preserved throughout the ages of man in his reasoning relationships with the Creative Energy, or God, his relationships TO God and God's relationships to man, one would see how that individuals were called for DEFINITE purposes through that they (the individuals) had BUILDED in their own experience, and how that such individuals in a life's experience faltered or failed to keep that purpose for which they were brought into being by the acts of their OWN WILL, that which MAKES man in the relationship as does exist, that GIVEN man that he might become a companion with the Father, the Son, and the holy angels, and the ENTITIES that might dwell in peace and with Him. When such individuals faltered, then those things of which the flesh is heir TO beset them (in man's terminology) with ills, evil companions, and hatred was bred, and enemies seemed to compass about. When such an individual turned again and SOUGHT the face OF the Father, sought for forgiveness, pled his own cause - as has ever been promised - the FATHER heard, even though afar off, and there came into being in the physical understanding, the mental body, the imaginative
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body, the physical body, that as was sought for. Then man went so far away in the concepts of his own wisdom, that those things became as natural consequences in the lives of individuals, and man bethought himself as a creator by aping even Creative Forces, which - used in a material sense - brought then even to his OWN destruction. Then the pity, the love - still - for the Creator, for that created, ever dominant in the heart and soul, that the cry went up for that CONTINUED establishment OF the access to the Father, even as was promised to His servant David. Then the entrance into the world of the PRINCE of Peace, that they who found in Him that way, that light, that water, that brother that gave them the access to the throne of grace itself, might have those errors FORGIVEN - and REMEMBERED no more, save as has been given, that those things that so easily beset and the dog returns to the vomit and the hog to his wallow! Then, those things that are existent in the experience of an ENTITY - from its advent into the material plane, where there becomes PHYSICAL, third dimensional, manifestations of this divine love - what an INDIVIDUAL does ABOUT such knowledge, such relationships, becomes the inclinations, the desires, the wishes of the heart; for "Thy speech often betrayeth thee," for "Of the abundance of the heart the MOUTH speaketh," and all nature hath been tamed but the tongue hath no man tamed! It may be STILLED in the earth, but that it has spoken goes on - and on - and builds, or IS retarded, by that way as has been prepared for those who would seek His face! Ready for questions.
4. (Q) Am I developing myself spiritually to the best of my mental powers? (A) Will the self understand that as is BEING manifested by the deeds done in the body NOW, THEN there will be ever the answer from within as to whether one is using those abilities for the magnifying of that love or not; for the answer MUST be in self AND Him! for with His love did He come into the earth, that we through Him MIGHT know the Father, OVERCOMING those things IN earth, for "though He were the Son, yet learned HE obedience through the things which HE suffered." So, in thine own self learn - through the experiences of the body-CONSCIOUSNESS, through the experiences of the body-mind, that He may be glorified in the words of thy mouth and the meditations of THY heart; REMEMBERING the premise from which the body is to reason.
5. (Q) In the incarnation as Partheniasi, give name of girl that I laughed at. (A) One who SUFFERED torture UNDER the ANIMAL in the arena, one that is near - AND dear - to thee in this PRESENT
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experience. [See 301-5 on 6/20/31.]
6. (Q) Give names of other people with whom I was closely associated at that time. (A) ALL those who were in the period that suffered persecution, or those who - with that CALLED the royalty, or those in power - LOOKED ON. As to names, MANY of those. These may be gathered from the records as have been made of same. In this connection, let not the personalities of those who suffered, or those who enjoyed the pleasures of the flesh for a season, dwell in thine own self. Rather the PRINCIPLES as are involved, and as the injunction has ever been, be always mindful of entertaining those we contact, or MANY have entertained angels unawares! So, in thine associations, not that that is builded that may not be far removed, for remember the premise from which life and its various phases, or advents into any given plane - whether earth or of OTHER places of sojourn - have their OWN activities, as "day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge!" So, as the advent in a given experience, there are those experiences that bring JOY, PEACE, HARMONY, dependent upon the use of the talents as are in hand under WHATEVER ENVIRON they may be! for the SERVICE OF the CREATOR! Knowing ever ye have an advocate with the Father!
7. (Q) Have I ever been associated with [my bro. [282]'s wife; my sister-in-law] [301] and her daughter [my niece] [299] in some other incarnation? (A) This has been given in this, and among those whom the entity laughed at during this period - see? These should be taken rather into consideration, or into coordination, and these will be worked out as to the innate feelings as must come to the body in its relationships to individuals; one innately feels that association and what it MUST have been, where or when! What's to be done about it now! Will He AID thee in RESUSCITATING love for evil? Will HE come and GUIDE thee? or WILL self still hold those little grudges that bespeak of slights here, false understandings, misconstructions of words, acts? but rather will all such be lost in Him, who IS ABLE to take away the sins of many!
8. We are through for the present.
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