This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 22nd day of March, 1930, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [900].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Mr. [900], Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. Edgar Cayce, Mrs. [136], Mr. [195], Mr. [3952], and L. B. Cayce.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading 6:30 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. New York City.
1. [900]: You will have before you the body of [900], present in this room, and the body's various associations and the knowledge the body has attained through experiences of the past. In the first, you will consider that as I was commanded to ask about, relating to my physical; for last night, striving to overcome the antrum trouble or congestion in the facial region, I was told, "Ask about this in a reading". In the first, then, you will take into consideration the physical of [900], and give me what necessary knowledge I should have to overcome physical difficulties. In the second, we will consider - and you will answer questions regarding - other experiences in the life of this body, as they pertain to his various fields of endeavor.
2. EC: Yes, we have the body, the enquiring mind, [900]. This we have had before.
3. In the physical forces of the body, here we find as indicated in that presented the body, and as has been given there may come the ability of the body to, within self, through concentration, so accentuate that within the system as to overcome conditions as bring distress or distraughtness to the physical body. Hence there was given the instructions for the body to study anatomical forces as relating to the body, or anatomy.
4. In the relationship also there is found that there must come for such conditions that ability to so concentrate self and self's own mental consciousness as to BECOME AWARE WITHIN self OF the body's complying with that being wrought IN the system when distresses arise. Hence, as has been seen through the various information as has been given regarding physical conditions in individuals, that, that necessary to awaken the consciousness from within an individual is necessary in its application to the physical forces OF the body to bring recuperative and resuscitative
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influences in the body. THIS the process as MUST come for EVERY living organism, as illness or disease is caused in a human body. The body being made up of ALL there is WITHOUT the body in its whole anatomical force, and its essence being that of all from without; hence all from WITHOUT corresponds to a VIBRATION created from within. The sensation OF its activity brought into consciousness by the Spirit Force, or Life within the individual, and is of a cosmic or a universal influence.
5. In meeting, then, the needs of the specific conditions as exist with this body in the present condition - [900] we are speaking of, present in this room - there is seen that the condition as exists in the mucus or soft tissue in face, head and neck, suffers from the inability to so stimulate circulation to that portion of the body as to remove the drosses from the system, and the drosses - becoming infected through the activities of the used forces - produce one BELOW that of the necessary activity to remove same from system. Hence the necessity of CLEANSING same with something, or with that as is in correct vibratory forces as is necessary to set up, to not only OVERCOME but to create that position or that condition in the surface of such tissue as to bring life resuscitating forces; the activities necessary to build up the atomic influence within the forces of the system itself as to REMOVE conditions.
6. Then, the continuation of those as will be found in the use of that as has been given, and in keeping the stimuli sufficient in those of the upper dorsal and cervical region as to stimulate the circulation through same, both with the light, with the manipulation, with the application, these will AID the body IN its activity from within self to reach that consciousness. Then continue within self in that silence as may be attained by turning self as introspective and seeing that as is necessary to be rebuilt within the system, acting in such a way and manner as to rebuild same. THROUGH this MAY one keep themselves young; may one REBUILD WITHIN themselves and prolong the PHYSICAL forces as is desired IN self! Ready for questions - we want to ask some here!
7. (Q) One, then, may in truth, by such application, remain in the physical as long as is desired? (A) May remain in the physical as long as the ability lies within self to so apply the forces from without and within as to build or bring resuscitation to all forces from within, and, as desire is the father of ACTIVITY, so is that brought INTO activity become life itself. Nothing grows, nothing remains alone unless dead. A mind, a body that sits
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alone and considers the outside and never turning that within to the out, nor that without from within, soon finds DROSSES setting up in the system; for development is change. Change is the activity of knowledge from within. Learn to LIVE! Then there IS no death, save the transition, when desired. See?
8. (Q) Then it is true, such individuals that I have been reading about and studying have actually lived in physical form for thousands of years as they testify in these writings? (A) MANY live who have never died as yet!
9. (Q) Then also it is true, one may preserve youth? (A) One may preserve youth, even as is desired, will they pay the PRICE as is NECESSARY; but one adding this, that, or the other to the system to become congenial with that known from within self is an abnormality to itself, must pay its price.
10. (Q) That is, one must consider the diet, as well as application of knowledge obtained from within? (A) To be sure!
11. (Q) Is meat conducive to age? (A) Not necessarily. One thinks so, it is! Wasn't there given as from in the beginning, to those first of Promise, "Of the fruit of the field ye shall eat"? Again there is found when there is given to man the activities in knowing good and evil, that the beast of the field of certain natures, that made of certain vibrations brought certain vibrations from within the same system.
12. (Q) Is my development proceeding towards that desired goal? (A) Proceeding properly in the proper direction. Take TIME to be holy, even as take time to concentrate; not concentration in that form as is ordinarily given to understand that it is the essence of something boiled down, but rather that concentration in, as was given in the days of old, "Consecrate yourselves by the washing of the body with pure water and opening the soul to that influence from without, calling on Him whom ye would serve". Remember that as has been given - STUDY this and know what it means. "He that receiveth a prophet in the NAME of a prophet RECEIVETH a prophet's reward."
13. (Q) Now, in the other experience in which I was striving to become self-conscious of my spiritual self or the inner body on a spiritual plane. Some progress I have made toward the application of the theories and hypotheses I have been teaching. I was told, "You are doing the very thing you desire. Realize it. Get a reading on it." (A) This the same as has oft been given, that in the
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application there becomes the knowledge and understanding that one may seek; or this may be ILLUSTRATED in THIS manner, that the self and those that self would instruct may gain the more perfect understanding. The Father, God, Jehovah, Shu - ALL mean one and the same! God IS! The Spirit in action, moving, brought into being the world. See? In the physical world came the Spirit, made manifest in the flesh. Then the Father, the Son, the Spirit - ONE! So, in one - becoming conscious of that taking place within self's own development - first begins with the physical being, the MIND, this bringing into being through concentration of thought, or of emptying self, that the WILL, the desire, that sought, that expression, may be open to those influences. First the physical, then the opening - and GOD is present. We just reverse the order. Through Him we have access to the Father.
14. (Q) Then, it is true, as I saw swimming in essence a coagulation that I sought to turn into bread, and heard them say, "He will do it yet" - it is true that I may so make manifest as did He while in the flesh. (A) Greater things than ye have seen ME do YE shall do in MY NAME. He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward. He that makes manifest in self the WILL of the Father, through the application of THAT IN hand, and letteth the light so shine that not even the EVIL is spoken good of nor the good spoken evil of, becometh one WITH the Father.
15. (Q) In Nice I fell sick. Was the application at this time - (A) That might be manifest even that as has been given, in that "Man must be born of water and of the spirit would he come to an understanding of that being sought in a material world." So, as in this, there are conditions ever in the experience of a body that may bring in that knowledge of the essence OF self's relationship TO the Whole, see? This then is true, "Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth", and purgeth every one; purging as by fire. Water, as manifest, the BEGINNING of life. Over large bodies of water, then, do many men of many lands learn that that is hard to be understood by those on land. Why? The variation IN the vibrations as are set in motion has much to do WITH the changes as come about in the activities of every atomic force in a human body. Hence many are given to dwell near large bodies of water, where sands and sea, where much comes that may not be touched by hands, may not be seen with the human eye, but is felt in the heart and trains the soul. Wonders are often given as to why the restlessness of waves
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causes QUIETNESS from within. The answering of that from within self to the far call of the Spirit of God "MOVED over the face of waters and dry land appeared"; that man in his coming might make MANIFEST the varied forms of the expression of GOD in his universe.
16. (Q) It is true then, this purging of sickness was foreknown and that the recovery therefrom would be considered a miracle? (A) Would be considered a miracle, in that the manifestations that have been spoken of, been preached from many a platform, spoken of in many places, made manifest in the life, in the lives of many.
17. (Q) In the various experiences obtained during my journey, have I progressed and may I continue to reach a goal in which I may apply the universal forces in an occult fashion to accomplish those things already spoken of? (A) PROGRESSION is being made. PROGRESS is ever onward, and OCCULT a poor name. Rather that the UNIVERSALITY of self's relation is made manifest in that spoken, that lived, that taught. We are through. Copy to Self " " Ass'n office " " Datastician " " Thos. B. Brown " " C. Boyd Harris " " L. B. Cayce " " Hugh Lynn Cayce " " Dr. Job Taylor " " Dr. Wm. M. Brown Extra copies for [900]'s classes