This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 19th day of July, 1935, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [440], 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.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading Set bet. 3:00 to 4:00 P. M. Taken 4:15 to 4:45 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. (Body and enquiring mind, in a front room on the 2nd floor of Mrs. [...]'s house in ..., N.H. ... house on top of hill above village. You will answer the questions he has submitted, concerning his health, his mental, material and spiritual development.)
1. EC: Yes, we have the impressions here and those conditions physical, mental and spiritual, [440]. This we have had before.
2. Much has been given the body through those seekings in varied phases of the experience of the body. Many advantages have accrued to the body, not FROM the following of the information but assisted THROUGH the information to seek those channels more in accord with the attitude ASSUMED by the body.
3. In the PHYSICAL forces we find some improvements. These are, as we find, most advantageous in the present; provided there are not those activities either mental or physical that would produce - BY the attitude - that as would become a builder of barriers in either the physical or mental structures of this entity.
4. Ready for questions.
5. (Q) In what sort of condition do you find my back? (A) Much improved. Just so the circulation is kept and the exercises of such a nature that there is not such a strain as to cause the lack of drainages through the circulation in the area where there have been operative forces for those disturbances there. With such a stoppage of circulation we might find infectious forces arising in the structural portion of the bone itself, or the area of the scar tissues' activity EXTENDING in such directions as to cause distress by aches or pains or catches in the nerve ends that coordinate with this particular area.
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[See 440-20 Reports, Par. R11 hip surgery Report.] In general, the condition is much improved - as indicated.
6. (Q) Would it be wise to restrict my activities in any way? (A) We have just been giving again and again to let there be sufficient activity for drainages; this means to the superficial circulation to the internal, and not from the internal to the superficial without its return in normalcy.
7. (Q) If my ultimate purpose is to prove the reality or non-reality of life after death to mankind, am I right in continuing my studies of electricity for several more years? (A) As we have indicated again and again, the study of electrical energies is the basis for finding in the scientific manner the motivative force of animation in matter. But in the study of this activity of electronic energy in man, LOOK for same in the lower scale and NOT in the ultra frequent. And this BEING the case, if the purpose is to be sure in self and to give the proper background for that as may be experienced, if the body and the mind are sincere in the desire for HELPFULNESS in this direction and not for the GRATIFYING of self's OWN ego, then the study of ELECTRICAL energies, of electricity, is desirable. But upon this basis should the approach be. He that believes that God is may approach Him within his OWN self. As has been given from time immemorial, seek to know thyself. Not as an egotist but the ego within self, the I AM consciousness; but not for the gratifying of self's OWN ego. And he that would find the God in self must believe that He is, and proceed from that premise. He that would find life, other than in its expressions in materiality or matter, then must believe that it exists. Then it may be with impunity sought; for the aid, for the comfort, for the hope, for the faith that it may build in those experiences of those who have lost their way or who grope in doubt or in fear, those who approach old age - as man counts same. For Life is, and its manifestations in matter ARE of an ELECTRONIC energy.
8. (Q) What course do you believe best to follow to achieve this goal? (A) It's just been given. Seeking for the LOWER forms of electric forces and their activities in the human body. As to revivify disordered members, as of an electrifying or
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revivifying energy to disturbed members, as to the effect of this in its supplying and destroying both; for the revivifying of an individual entity's experience in the sphere of materiality or of matter is, or should be, a proof. And in this phase may greater accomplishments be made. As we have given for this body, nothing save self stands in the way of the entity MAKING or becoming a channel of blessings to many; BUT SELF! For the entity may be assured, for the entity will find, nothing in heaven or hell or earth may separate thee from the knowledge and the use of the I AM PRESENCE within save selfishness - or self! [Rom. 8:35--39]
9. (Q) With the hope of raising sufficient funds for my experiments, I recently made several investments. Were they wisely chosen? Have you any other suggestions? (A) Very good. When seeking for that as may be the means to an end, seek not from without but from within. For to have and to hold the correct attitude to Creative Forces or the God-self in self is to rely upon same. It is not IN the expression in another save as a hope for clarification, but it - the association, the contact - is PERSONAL! What hast thou learned in thine study of that force or energy termed electric? Do the currents run parallel to make for the creation of the necessary energies as they may be drawn or increased to do their service in expression? Do they run parallel as a complement one with another, or do they run directly opposite? or do they branch off at this, that and the other place irrespective of what the relationship is? It is the same with thyself, my son. If ye would know, if ye would find those channels that may be the experiment or the EXPERIENCE of self, then follow where HE leads! Not where ANY other would direct; for such may be only as helpmeets to stimulate that within self, but not as thy direction!
10. (Q) Is the coming year a good one in which to marry? (A) '37 will be better than '36. [See 440-20 Reports, Par. R1.]
11. (Q) How may I best determine if I have chosen a mate intelligently? (A) As has been indicated, not as an axiom of scripture but rather as an axiom of thine own study, "My Spirit beareth witness with thy spirit, saith the Jehovah, the God, the First Cause, the Creative Energy, the I AM." [Rom. 8:16] Seek to know in self if there is the response, in not just
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the biological or JUST the emotions of a mental state! But are the thoughts, the activities, the desires, a complement one to another? If not, not wisely chosen. But when these become as the mortise is to the tenon, as the copper is to the nickel, as the light to the darkness, as the morning rays are to the dewdrop, THEN ye may know that such associations are chosen well.
12. (Q) What is the significance of the double semi-circles which appeared soon after my operation at the base of the third finger (next to the little finger) on the right hand? (A) Those changes in the attitude of self inwardly to the emotions that arose from that determination in self to FIND the relationships IN the body, or the cause.
13. (Q) Was my mother and father's [[443] and [442]'s] divorce the best for all concerned? (A) These questions must be answered by those that are parties to same. From one angle, yes. From another, no. Then they must be answered in the experience of each.
14. (Q) Will my sister's [499]'s baby be a boy or girl, or twins? (A) Such information may not be approached through thine OWN mind. It may be sought through or by those who are responsible for same. Art thou RESPONSIBLE, or would thou assume the responsibility? Hardly!
15. We are through. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file