This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 25th day of September, 1936, 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. L. B. Cayce.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading 3:40 to 4:00 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Mass. (Body and enquiring mind, in relation to his association with Geo. V. Keeling of 17 Kildare Gardens, London W2, England, President of Keelarite Co., Ltd., Keelarite House, Pickford, Allesley Coventry, England. You will advise [440] as to his future with Keeling and any companies they may form, both from a financial and idealistic viewpoint. Ques.)
1. EC: Yes, we have the body, the enquiring mind, [440], those contemplated associations and relations with Geo. V. Keeling of London, England.
2. In considering this proposition, and acting in the capacity of the American agent, many conditions must be considered.
3. While as we find the contemplated pump enters a new field of service, there are in the American market many that will very soon become as propositions to reckon with. And there is being sought on the part of Keeling and associates that of American capital for the greater activity in America.
4. While the ideas are somewhat idealistic, they are practical - if the whole of the proposition is able to be presented to the users of such in America. This then as we find will not be an EASY proposition in the beginning, especially; but with a thorough knowledge of the product and of the variations in that already upon the market - especially those that are in the same or kindred fields of activity - this understood, these propositions met - there will COME then those periods when there will apparently be little before the body as the Agent or Representative but hard work. But this followed through, there should come from same sufficient income or financial returns to become independent. But this will require several years of hard, persistent, consistent WORK on the part of [440]; as WELL as using all the associations for the opportunities of presenting and showing through demonstration the value of the product as would be presented.
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5. This is the situation as we find same.
6. Ready for questions.
7. To be sure, there is to be met the Fairbanks-Morse proposition and all the patents that are represented by same, as well as those of the Duco, the General Motors and the Westinghouse.
8. The Fairbanks-Morse, though, presents the nearest - as we find - to that as would be presented in the Keelarite Company, or by the Keeling interests.
9. (Q) Have I made a wise choice in embarking on this career? (A) It has set itself out for not an easy job, but this as we find should lead to real results if the application of self and its abilities is made in the direct and correct directions.
10. (Q) Will it be possible for me to amass sufficient wealth to undertake a real research program of a psychic and medical nature? (A) This will be in years to come; not in the next five or eight years.
11. (Q) What advice to me in regard to my association with Geo. V. Keeling? (A) Rather as the Representative or Agent in America, as has been indicated; in that there is the necessity for considering the various manufacturers that present the article or the proposition that is covered in the same field of service that the body would be active in. And know all the points of THEIR OWN representation and patents; find that these DO NOT conflict - or WHERE they merge as one. As has been indicated, In those fields in which this becomes practical or applicable, the Keeling is the greater field of service.
12. (Q) What are the possibilities of the new type pump on which Keeling owns the patents? (A) As has been indicated. These are practical, but remember there are others - and that have covered these fields in most of them for a long time. Those then that are of a DIFFERENT nature become the ones to stress.
13. (Q) What advice to me as his American Agent? (A) As indicated.
14. (Q) Is there a hitch to the proposition, or is it as ideal as it seems? (A) There are those propositions as indicated - the necessity of knowing especially of those individual organizations that are in this same field of service; and ALL of their ins and outs of presenting THEIR product - and where they differ, where they meet, and the activities in these fields.
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15. (Q) Have the powers really given me the opportunity to attain the goal toward which I have been trying to walk, or is this a mistake? (A) Not as the POWERS, but the OPPORTUNITY - and these powers as presented are ONLY open to those that walk therein. And not an influence from without but from within, and the application is from without - from the within self, see? For the relationships with such ever stand, as the individual makes application of the knowledge and the power with the wisdom OF the influence "As I would do or be done by, I do to my neighbor. [Matt. 7:12] For as ye mete it to others, ye mete it to that influence as would be the controlling force. [Matt. 7:2] Hence the influence or force arises within self, though we often credit it to outside influences or forces; for the will and the judgment and the choice are ever before each individual. In this proposition then, as the choice is made, there are those practical NECESSITIES of understanding all the fields of service and all the fields of activity from every group arriving at same from the practical side. And don't forget there is being sought help! But this offers, if it is carried through, an ideal opportunity for service and for building towards those ideals that the body has entertained for a season.
16. (Q) If an opportunity, then please give me advice and counsel to enable me to really be of help to my fellow man later? (A) This has been given, in that the practical, the mental and the spiritual concepts must be one. Consequently, in the studying of the fields covered by others that are to be entered by this association, not as an advantage over an individual or group or organization but that self in its service to its fellow man may give the GREATER service to those seeking such a means of carrying on of their OWN activity in THEIR relationships to others. Keep all phases then as one.
17. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file