This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 24th day of March, 1927, in accordance with request made by his sister, Miss [288].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Born February 27, 1911, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Time of Reading 4:30 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Alabama.
1. GC: You will give the relation of this entity and the Universe, and the Universal Forces, giving the conditions that are as personalities, latent and exhibited, in the present life; also the former appearances in the earth's plane, giving time, place, and the name, and that in that life which built or retarded the development for the entity, giving the abilities of the present entity and that to which it may attain, and how.
2. EC: Yes, we have the entity here, and those relations with the Universe and Universal Forces, as are latent and exhibited in the present earth's plane.
3. In entering the earth's plane we find the entity under the influences of Mercury, Neptune, Venus, and Saturn, with influences in Jupiter and Uranus. Hence we find there are many conditions in the experiences of the entity that will be found to be at variance with those of ideas and ideals of others as respecting the intent and purpose in the mind, or the urge of this entity becoming peculiar, then, in many ways and manners to others, and often times contrary-wise; for in the influences as are exhibited, we find the entity coming sufficiently close to the idea, or changes, that there comes much of same in the urges of the entity.
4. One, from experiences in the earth's plane, that will be attracted to certain specific conditions, as are seen, and to which much may be given and little gained, or much may be given and much gained, depending upon the application to, and in the manner as is exercised by the entity as respecting same.
5. Beware - the entity - beware of those conditions, however, that have to do with firearms, or with being ever associated with any company or condition that manufactures or makes explosives or fire apparatuses of any nature or character; for there appears these conditions would prove detrimental to the better experience of the entity; yet one interested in all conditions as tend towards the development of the body in the athletic direction, especially as to
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games that are of this nature, and the entity may turn same to good advantage, as given, or allow same to be the factor that brings those detrimental results in the life of the entity. Beware then, again, of vaulting, or of riding, or high driving, for these would not be well at many of the urges and periods in the entity's development. Rather choose those of the surefootedness, and that do not tax the BALANCE of body when far from the ground proper.
6. In the conditions, then, as are as urges, and as exhibited in the mental reasoning of the body:
7. One that is ever in that position of being self-conscious. Hence brings to the body often those conditions that are misunderstood by others.
8. One that is very set and determined in own will. Then be sure that will is guided by those influences that are correct, and that will always bring equal and equitable influences in the life toward others, and towards self's moral and mental development.
9. One that loves games, then.
10. One that loves flowers. One that loves music, yet neither of these will ever be in the position of being ABOVE that of the medium or mediocre condition; yet either influence may be raised to the point wherein the entity MIGHT become the musician or the florist to the extent of giving to others and preparing for self much that would develop in the entity the study of those spiritual elements that are most beneficial in an earthly experience or sojourn.
11. In the appearances, then, and urges as are seen:
12. In the one before this we find the entity in that of one in the same name as is given in the present time, and in that one acting as the messenger, or the informer, for certain division of soldiery, and suffered in the end for that held as honor to the entity. Then in the name Davis, and the entity gained through that experience, yet there is seen in the present urge that of the tendency of stubbornness, even to the entity's own undoing. Rather would the entity turn this into that way of applying self to the study OF self, and not in as a grudge from others, for too easy does it (the condition) beget that which is as NOT of the mental, but of determination to rule or ruin!
13. In the one before this we find that in that period when the peoples were coming to the shore of the present land. The entity was among those who accompanied him who was acclaimed as the discoverer of the lands, [Christopher Columbus] and then in the name of Cololon, and was among those who first raised the flag in that land now known as
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Puerto Rico, and the entity gained and lost in that experience, in that the entity used much of the experience gained to gratify self's own wishes, rather than for the good of those depending upon the entity's actions, FORGETTING others - serving self - and in the urge AGAIN we see this manifested, or as that applied WITH the other conditions so hard, as it were, to come to that position of being in an EQUALIZED manner between duty to self and duty to others. Rather set an ensample before self and ATTAIN to that mark of the higher calling as is set in service - service - service!
14. In the one before this we find in that period when the Grecians (then called) were in the way of giving to the people's that manner of gaining the better body in the MATERIAL manner, and the entity then was a director of the games that were used as the means of developing the physical prowess of the men and women of the day. [4/16/32 See sister's rdg. 288-29, Par. 14-A indicating that this Grecian sojourn coincided with her sojourn in the pre-historical period of the leader Uhjltd in Persia or Arabia.] Then the entity was in the name Uylessi, and the entity gained through that experience, and in the application of the lessons as were experienced, both in the mental and the physical. Hence we find the particular urge in the present through that of the sports, and the manner in which same may be turned into the way of being both beneficial in the physical and in the mental, and in the spiritual - for that builded in the inner man is the development of the soul.
15. In the one before this we find in that of the land known as the Atlantean, when the destruction came to those lands. The entity then was among those who served in the council of the ruler, and the entity then attained position, power, pomp, glory. Physically and mentally the entity was the peer of the councillors, and the entity and the entity applied same well and aright! In the urge as is seen from same, that deep desire for the right in the high and ennobling way, yet ever is this tempered by self's domination through application of conditions for self. Beware lest these are of the urges that would bring self denunciation in self, for unless that love as manifested in THIS application in the Atlantean influence would rule - these would prove detrimental in their final analyses. Then we find the name was in that of Ellien.
16. In the abilities, then, of the entity:
17. In that as is seen, these may be applied in three directions.
18. In that of using the physical prowess, and in the
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abilities to use same and apply same in the lives of others, these may bring to the entity the moral, the physical, and the spiritual development, to lead on to higher, better, and ennobling influences in the lives of others and for self - but set first that ensample as is seen in Him who went a doing good unto those whom the body came in contact with, for in Him is the way, in Him is the light, and he that would set Him as the ensample will renounce self, IN that the aggrandizements of selfish motives are the undermining influences in good, whether for the physical, the mental, or the spiritual bodies as are manifest in the physical plane.
19. Then be guided by that ENNOBLING influence as is in His way. Keep self in that way that leads to the better understanding and in the application of these principles in the present physical experience - there will be brought the greater influence, the greater good, for others and for self.
20. We are through for the present.