This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Zentgraf, 400 St. Paul''s Ave., Stapleton, S.I., N.Y., this 30th day of January, 1934, in accordance with request made by the self - [489], new Active Member of the Ass''n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Hugh Lynn Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. [489], Helene and Margret Zentgraf.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading ... Street, 12:00 to 12:35 Noon - Eastern Standard Time. New York City. (Entity. You will give for this entity a mental and spiritual reading, giving the reason for the entrance into this solar cycle and particularly stressing the directions for the highest proper development of her psychic faculties in this experience. You will answer the questions which she submits regarding her development.)
1. EC: Yes, we have the body, the soul-mind of this entity, now known as [489].
2. In giving that which may be of aid or help in the development of the abilities, of the faculties, of those influences that have worked and that do work with the soul development of the entity, there may be given rather that which will substantiate the experiences of the entity, of the soul, in its application of that the soul has found in its experiences which brings to the inner self the satisfying of the fulfilling the purposes for which the entity, the soul-entity, is in the earth's plane in the present; for making known to those whom the entity may contact from time to time the awakening influences in the inner self that may bring to each soul the light, the life that dwells only in those that have named the Name that brings to each and every heart and mind the knowledge of Life in its expression through the love that is given for each soul to make known to those to whom aid may be given, in their knowing and in their finding within themselves that the Lord liveth in the heart and mind of each and every one - if they will but acknowledge, if they will but know that in doing to the fellow man that as would be done unto them do they make aware in their own selves that which is the first, the last, and the only law that makes for God being manifest in a material world.
3. For what purposes, then, did this soul seek the expression of self in this present experience?
4. That there may be made known in the own self that the
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abilities of self to manifest that love, that hope, that faith that is in Him, as we find in the experience of self as He walked among men - as those of that experience, made for the influences under trials and tribulations, and those things that made peoples afraid for their very own expressions of Life's sake - while in the present, under the varying circumstances that have come into the experience of this soul, in the trying hours of the influences that made for duty, for obligations, yet these found to be in expressions rather of those things that pertained to the earth-earthy, found in the loves of expression to the fellow man the means of showing forth in the heart and the soul of self those very things that are making known His love in a material world. And, as He has given, the entity has found in self that necessary for the expression of self: "In patience do ye become aware of your own souls and their abilities for expression." So, in patience, in earnest seeking, in looking within self, and above all keeping that balance - even as He manifested, in being all things unto all men that there might be the awareness in self in the expressions of self that He lives and finds expression in the hearts, in the minds, in the activities of those that love His ways and His coming. Even as in the finding of self, in these expressions of self, does this soul find - even as during those periods of manifestation in the earth - that not only being good is required, or the desire of the heart of those that would know the Son of man, but those that DO good unto others, that bring to those that are weary in body, comfort - those that are disturbed in mind, the counsel that makes for a quieting within that brings, from the turmoils of the day and of the experiences in the associations of men, peace and quiet from within that makes for the abilities for those souls to carry on, looking to the author and the finisher of life and love in the expressions that they, too, may give in their activities in the earth, that the world - the WHOLE of the world - may know that He has come in truth, and that His promises are faithful. And, as He has given, "As ye love me, and as ye do it unto the least of these - my little ones - ye do it unto me." For, these are His very own - those that have named the Name. Hence to the soul, to this entity, has been and is the experience of entering into this sojourn that the world may be a better place, that those the entity meets may be shown the love of the Father; for each soul is a world, and - as was given of Him - let each know that he who has saved a soul has covered a multitude of errors in himself. Hence the entity has been enabled, through the very acts in
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self, to be given those forces that may enable others to look into themselves and to aid others in finding themselves, in health, in strength, in hope, in all those attributes that are the fruits of the spirit; in patience, in brotherly love, in long-suffering, in endurance, in those things that make people and souls not afraid to meet the conditions that arise in their lives day by day. To be in the world yet not of the world, to use those influences in the activities in and among men in such ways and manners as to become more and more aware of those glories that may be with Him through the kindnesses, the gentleness, the loving-kindness that may be shown, even to those that would speak evil or unkindly or hard as to the very purposes and aims and desires of the heart to manifest that influence in the life.
5. As to the psychic forces that are sought, that bespeak the expression of the soul in the manifested activities in a material world, and how these may be developed to the awareness in self that others may receive those blessings that may come through the associations or contact with self in the activities through the earth:
6. As the entity has found, as the soul has experienced, in entering into the self - in allowing that spirit of the truth that makes aware as of very Life itself within the activities of the physical forces of the body - there may be raised the consciousness of the Christ, He that gives life in expression in the earth to such measures as to bring into the experience of others those understandings of life. And these are the ways, the manners in which the entity may bring to others those things that bespeak of the soul's companionship with that spirit, that life, that presence, that consciousness that He has promised to all: "I will not leave thee comfortless, but will come to thee, and will show thee the ways thou shalt go," and as the entity has experienced in the secret chambers during those experiences when there has come to the entity the guiding forces, the influences in self that have meant to quickening of self in its activities in a mundane sphere, yet to such measures, to such ways and means as to bring to self hope, to others peace, and to those that have faltered strength in their inner self. For, as has been given of old, "Man looketh on the outward appearances but God looketh rather on the heart."
7. So, in entering into the inner self and being guided by those influences that arise from the presence and the consciousness of His indwelling with thee, there have come those abilities to look rather into the hearts and souls of
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those whom the entity has contacted - and may contact - to bring to them that necessary for the awakening of their souls, though their outward expression of same may in the minds and in the eyes of others become that which would even be blasphemous to those who have set themselves as judge. Yet as the entity sees and judges not, rather leaving - as should be - the developments and the increase to the Father who alone may in any manifested form, whether in the lowest forms of expression or in the highest of spiritual development, bring the increase to each soul according to that it has need of, so - as the entity enters in, as the soul seeks those counsels and into the Throne of Grace itself - let it ever be with that experience that HIS consciousness, His presence will guide, and in the ways that He sees fit, in the manners as He will understand. And may the counsel ever be even as He gave, "Not my will, O Lord, but thine be done in and through me, and in the activities of those whom I would seek counsel for before Thy face, that thou usest them as thou seest they have need of, that they may be one with thee even as the glories of each soul were before the worlds were."
8. Hence may the developments come in the experience through not only seeing, not only hearing, but FEELING the effects, the activities upon self that may be poured out among others.
9. In the activities of the body-physical there are those influences that must be made more aware, that even that which is good may not be evil spoken of in self. For, as expressions arise to be given out into manifested activities, what meaneth these in the very attributes of the physical body? The body is the temple of the soul, and as the attributes then become rather tools through which expressions may come into a materialized form, may there become as He seest fit those things that may heal the physical body, may cleanse the physical in such measures, in such manners, as to bring to manifestation the more beauteous life in its expression through this soul.
10. Ready for questions.
11. (Q) Are there any suggestions regarding the physical conditions which need attention? (A) In the physical forces of the body, as in the mental body, there is needed a perfect coordination between the organs and their attributes for the more perfect functioning of a physical organism. If there will be taken, then, those mechanical applications as related to coordinating the organs of the body, there will be found that a better balance will exist - and there will be less of the
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disturbance in any one particular portion of the body by the overactivity in others. For, as the nerves in manifested form traverse the whole of the physical body and give impulse to the activities in the various functionings of organs, we find that if there is strain on any one to the excess to such measures as to require the activities or impulses to be drawn for an equalization, some portion suffers. Then, as we find, for this body, if there would be taken the general massages for certain periods; that is, once a week or two to three times a month, in such measures as to make for the better coordination, we will find the better physical responses in such a manner as to make for better physical reaction - thus furnishing the better channel for the activities of the mental and soul experiences through this sojourn. These, as we find, may be the more properly done through the offices of those that function under the classified osteopathic adjustments and manipulations, creating for this body a better metabolism, a better activity to all organs of the body. For, at times there arises - with the activity of the adrenal glands - an overflow to that activity in the emunctory and lymph circulation, bringing to various portions of body expressions that make for unpleasant - though not derogatory - reactions in the present, but if allowed to remain must build in themselves, as the ability for self adjustment without outside aid is gradually increased.
12. (Q) Do you find that this body would need a complete physical reading through this channel? (A) Rather, as we find, if such applications are given to the body, stimulating those areas in the lumbar and the lower dorsal area to function with the activities through the upper dorsal and cervical area, making for coordination, these would be the more perfect reactions. Hence this is complete, if it is followed in its completeness.
13. (Q) Please interpret the experience which I had on Friday, Jan. 19th. (A) As has been indicated, here we find - with the entering into the inner self through meditative influences - the visions that beckoned the mental and soul forces into activity were from the Throne of grace itself. The Christ Consciousness, through those forces raised in self, and that promise that He has given, "I will not leave thee comfortless but will come to thee and abide with thee - a new commandment I give, that ye love one another." The impersonality and unselfishness of self in pouring out to
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those who are needy, even as He brought into the experience of self that of the very presence of the Christ in this life. Be faithful to that experience. Dwell not upon that of seeking, but rather know in self that as ye do - not hearers only, but doers of His word - that which is needed, His very presence will come and abide with thee, even as in that experience. For, He is not short-armed as men count, neither is there any guile in His presence. Rather that as the very breath of the life itself that brings to everything, that the BODY in its expression may reach out to others, of hope, of faith, of love, that is found only in Him who gave His life, who experienced all things that ye have experienced that He might furnish to all that comfort as is the desire of the inner self for its expression in showing the love of the Father in the earth.
14. (Q) What was the connection between this experience and the message given through this channel on the same day? (A) Rather that as was given there; would ye show love, be lovely; would you find God, be the hope to some soul; did the entity open self rather as to show them the way, and as He is and has been the way, gave expression to this soul in its inner self. Blessed art thou, and thy ways are acceptable in His sight. Keep the faith thou hast found in thy activities, my daughter, that thy days may be called blessed by many in the name of Him that gave Himself as a ransom for the world that we, through Him, might have the access to the Father of light. Hence keep, KEEP thine balance in all ways, all things, even as He.
15. (Q) Just how can I develop my psychic faculties in such a way as to bring renewal rather than strain to the physical body? (A) As indicated in the seeking in self, first cleanse the body in that way as seemeth to represent to thine own self as being the concentration and consecration of the inner self to His service. Then surrounding self with that will of Him, bring into self those forces that may bring His spirit into thy soul.
16. We are through. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file