This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at Phillips Hotel, Room 115, Dayton, Ohio, this 5th day of April, 1924, in accordance with request made by self - Miss [288].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Linden Shroyer, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Hugh Lynn Cayce and Geo. S. Klingensmith.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading 12:40 P. M. ..., Ohio. (Mental-Spiritual Rdg. with questions.)
1. EC: Yes, we have the body here. We have had this before you see.
2. Now, we find the body throughout in the physical very much better than when we had it here before, especially in the nerve system and the elimination as exercised in the functioning organs in the body. Also in the mental and soul forces in this present entity we find being awakened to its own development and the possibilities of its development in this present plane. The spirit of the entity being and giving the incentive to the soul's development through the present physical forces, the change in mental attitude towards self and others being better, and the will needs be kept in that way that leads to life everlasting. Let the physical know and exercise through the soul and spirit force, that the developing of the mental and spirit must come with the exercise of the will toward those that reach and give of that ever present force of the Creator, present in the living being, knowing and feeling that the sacrifice of self from the physical viewpoint is to the developing of the soul and spirit, for we must crucify the flesh if we would enter in to that realm of the higher forces, as found in Him, who is the Truth and the Light, and in that life as he gave Himself, we, this entity, must give of itself in that way would this body [if this body would] develop in the correct manner.
3. (Q) Is the body following its proper vocation? (A) It is, for in this is the spirit and soul, through the mental forces and the physical, are being awakened through these forces as exercised in the present mental forces, is reaching out to that development necessary for this entity to give of its best self to others. As in this: We should (all the human family) recognize this fact. Man, or woman, cannot give toward the Creator, and those kindnesses, those unselfish forces, those givings of self to His Creatures are lending to the Lord. [See Clarification in 262-2, Par. 20-A, 262-12, Par. 10-A; 288-27, Par. 11-A.]
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4. (Q) What are the domestic inclinations of this body? (A) These we find enter into that of the purely physical, weighed with those experiences of the soul and spirit, the companion of the present mental faculties as correlated with past experiences and present, leading to the home and development of same.
Be not overcome of self at the present time. Give of the best to the Master, knowing that the present physical is the temple of the living God, and the spirit and soul manifests through that way in the mental forces here, and is that which the soul and spirit must feed upon in its path through the ages, or time as known in earth plane in the development in the beyond.
5. (Q) What are those deficiencies in the life at the present time that should be overcome? (A) At the present time there are no deficiencies. Those inclinations that have to do with will and the self-aggrandizement of self must be exercised, tempered, weighed, governed by the soul and spirit forces now being awakened in this present entity.
There is much more that may be said.
6. We are through for the present.