This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Zentgraf, 400 St. Paul''s Ave., Stapleton, Staten Island, New York, this 21st day of November, 1933, in accordance with request made by self - Miss [275], Active Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Hugh Lynn Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Miss [275], Mr. [378], Mrs. [255], and Margaret Naumburg.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading ... Avenue, 10:50 to 11:30 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., New York. (Body and soul mind, detailed information about her life as Ai-Si in Egypt, and its relation to her present life, answering questions)
1. EC: Yes, we have the soul-mind and those activities of the entity in the earth's plane.
2. In giving that which may be aidful and helpful to the entity in its development in the present, as related to the experiences and activities, and that innately brought into the present experience, we must also consider that which is to be builded in the mental, the physical and soul experience of the entity in the present.
3. As the activities of the entity Ai-Si in the experience were in the Temple activities that made for the cleansing of the influences in the lives of individuals, groups, and masses, for the regeneration of their thought, purposes, desires, and as these took form in the manners of activity during the experience, so may the entity in the present signify or show forth - in the manner of presenting in concrete form - the visualization and picturization of those influences that have dealt and do deal with the urging and impelling influences in the souls of individuals; especially - as it may be surmised - in carrying on in the inmost self of such through whom, with whom, to whom, the entity lent aid and assistance, or cooperated with, in the activities during that experience.
4. It may be well for the entity to know that each soul, each entity, each activity, must be of the development within self that there may be, through the actions in thought, in deed, in fact, those things that make for the continuity of that which may be spoken or acted in the associations with others. So does the impelling influence come into the experience of each soul in its journey through
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an experience.
5. Than the entity was the musician in the Temple Beautiful, in the relationships with the activities of the body in the experience towards that rhythm which brought the experiencing in the physical selves the raising within those adjuncts of every physical atom in the being, to be made in accord with the spiritual influence that would be enabled through the activity to direct.
6. Hence the music and that which arises with same will not only create or build experiences in the entity's own activities that will make for the renewing of self from within, but the ability to give out to others that which will enable them - as individuals, as souls - to seek to know their relationships with the Creative influences that may be builded by that which is the birthright to every soul that manifests in a material plane: To make known in its experience to others its concept of its relation, relations, to the Creative influence.
7. From the activities manifested in the cleansings, in the sacrifices offered, about which the entity was active in the experience, there will be the ability in the present to make in the experience of those with whom the entity has been associated in the activities of their own development, that which will arouse within their inner selves those emblems of service in the experience, THROUGH that which may be visualized by self (in the present) in meditation and in turning within, that those same influences that directed in those activities - that meant so much to the peoples and to the many in the experience - may again be known to men. [To many. See 275-36, Par. 5-A on 12/12/23.]
8. For, the title and the activities are clear. [See 275-36, Par. 7-A.] That soul development in the experience has been that there were periods when in the activities of the entity not so well in development, yet these varied influences will make for the creating in the present experience that which will overcome, which will annul; for His promises are faithful to those that seek to know His ways.
9. Ready for questions.
10. (Q) Give more detailed help NOW as to how I can come in attunement with my inner self through music? (A) In the practice periods (which in the material world are necessary, to acquaint self with the action of the spiritual influences from within, to arouse all forms or forces of the mental influences that would radiate through the activities of materiality) study in self not mere form, but the spirit of the form in movement, in the activity of
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that which makes for the practice periods. See, through the intuitive self, the spirit of that which IMPELLED the recorder of the notes or the music, and there is aroused in self then that which will make for periods when not of self but rather as of angels in the seraphim choir will be the activity; rather as of the spirit of truth. For, know ye well that the Prince of Peace was a harpist Himself! In the meditation, then, make thy actions rather such as might be guided by Him; and the influence and the activities, and that which it brings to self and that which it gives out and creates in the hearts, minds, and souls of others, will be SPIRITUAL - and spiritual uplift - and aiding to all of the emotional influences in the activities of individuals, as to bring HEALING, harmony, joy, peace, love, in the experience of the hearers.
11. (Q) How can I learn "through associations of eating, to give a soul the harmonies necessary for its better attunement and unfoldment." (A) As was experienced in the sojourn of the entity in that particular experience, there was shown how the body-physical - having once become hardened into materiality - becomes the impelling influence in the experience from that upon which it is fed. So in the present, as the associations and environs of the body are such and have been such as to have gained much of that surrounding that aided in the experience, in tempering self's desires, tempering self, it will be seen in self that the desire is that which maintains the physical structure of the body in keeping with that necessary influence to be created within the body as to make for healings (in physical body), as well as making for a balance in the spiritual outlook. As this: As there was experienced by the soul-entity that which brought for the body-physical an awareness of urges to make for rather the slighting of the ideals of some that made physical reactions, then there is need of certain elements to create in the physical being the deposits necessary to build structural forces in the body. These seen as SPIRITUALIZED. These seen as materialized, or from material aspect, are only - as it were - a channel, and not active with the principles or the WILL forces that would make the body one with that it is capable of and desires within self to accomplish in the material plane. So, make those understandings in self that the activity of foods is not as satisfying; only a carnal influence in the body, but that the body - as the temple of the soul - may be
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more beautiful in its manifestations of that love He has shown, that love the soul forces in the entity have given to others, may give to many, in a material world.
12. (Q) What should the entity study to obtain this understanding? (A) As given concerning the associations in that experience, the entity is with, among, and aided by those that were given special diction - as it were - in these directions, and are in associations in the present in much of the same environ. It is the better activity for these to study together in meditation, in considering the elements both from the scientific viewpoint and from the chemical forces necessary in a body-balance. Hence through or with those that have been and are innately gifted. For, as known, while development of a soul is individual, the cooperation with other souls is necessary for individual or soul development in self and in others.
13. (Q) Give any incident in the appearance as Ai-Si that would help me to develop NOW. (A) Two conditions, two experiences, two incidents in that experience may be given, that may be known to self as an experience by looking within self; and do not let the EXPERIENCE - when it comes - overshadow, or look only for the experience, but what is the development within self FROM the experience. As in the music of the Temple. In the entity's activities there were the cleansings of the animal desires by the setting of those influences in the lives of those in the experience such as to bring to the entity the abilities to be perfect in body, in mind, in activity, as related to the desires of the experience. Also in the Temple, when the studies were made for individuals that were coming for cleansing of themselves, the entity - through the application of the abilities in the actions - brought the emblems that indicated that necessary to be held within self for a revealing of self from within; in the signs, the plaques, the emblems that were given through the DRAWINGS. These will awaken within the entity two different experiences. Do not look for the experience so much as for the development that comes WITH the experience.
14. (Q) Explain the development of receiving seals. (A) Just as indicated in that given, the entity was that one to whom was meted by the priest and the associates - in the activities of the period - the supplying to individuals
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that which may be said to have later become that ornament which carried with same the special activities in the lives of individuals of special periods. [See 275-36, Par. 8-A.] The entity then made those plaques, and these will be found when the Temple of Records is opened; many of these where the signs, the symbols were given, were for the aiding of the individuals in holding before themselves that which would be helpful, aidful, in comprehending their relationship to the whole. And, when properly given, it will be found that each individual will be as in awe of that given to him. Hence the body in the present, the soul activity, may be enlarged by that it may give to others in such seals. For, in most instances, even in the present, these do make - in the experience of such for whom the entity has given them - that which will arouse within the individual the DESIRE to seek to know SELF. And when desire is turned in that direction, to know its God and its reaction and its relationship with same, soul development has begun!
15. (Q) When making them for strangers, should I use my own name or a pen name? (A) Own name.
16. (Q) Should I do it for money; if so, how much should I charge for a colored seal? (A) The laborer, in the spiritual and the mental realm, is ever worthy of the hire. Not for money; not for any desire to exalt self. But each soul that seeks or asks for same should at least contribute more than sufficient for the time that is given. Ten dollars.
17. (Q) Is the seal of [275] as received by her, a copy of which I hold in my hand, correct? [See 275-11 Reports.] (A) Near correct. As we find, there will come the period when the cloud will be changed somewhat in its contour or position. As to the letters, the signs, the symbols, correct. But these should be developments from within, rather than from being directed as from even sources that have watched the developments from the beginning. For he that guides the hand in the inmost recesses of the soul has aided in the developments of that as brought all the activities of the entity in the experience. Hence, as given, it must be soul - and individual soul - development.
18. (Q) Should the Latin words be given at this time? (A) This had best be given in those changes that will be made as relating to the cloud in same. Though they may be given here, it would be better that these be from within -
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that ENLIGHTEN the soul of the entity as it seeks.
19. (Q) Should I ask for the money before or after making the seals? (A) Merely give that this is the contribution from those; not as for money, but as for the time, the service - and many would give much more!
20. (Q) From what source do I receive my other messages, and am I developing correctly? (A) Developing correctly. As given, let the meditations ever be such that self is surrounded by the influences of the IDEAL in the heart and soul of self, and only His teachers, His leaders, His directors. Not with one that would give other than as teaching for self development.
21. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " File