This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 27th day of July, 1937, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [954], 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 11:15 to 11:55 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. New York City.
1. GC: You will have before you the entity, [954], ... St., N.Y.C., who seeks information, advice and guidance as to how she may best carry out the purpose for which she entered this earth's plane, according to her Life Reading given through this channel on July 18, 1935. You will answer the questions she has submitted, as I ask them, concerning her present and past associations, her home and work.
2. EC: Yes, we have the entity; and that information which has been given relative to the experiences of the entity in the earth, and those influences that have to bear upon the entity in the present experience.
3. In giving that as we find that may be constructive and helpful to the entity in the present, in meeting those complexities of surroundings or environments, and as to what the entity - for its own interpretation and understanding - must do as respecting these:
4. Know first, as has been given, the choice must be made by the entity.
5. As to what the conditions are in the experience as for development or retardment, these may be given.
6. As to what may be a fault, or as to what may be a virtue, WHO is to judge such; other than the entity in its own ideal that is set as its standard for every experience that is a part of the entity in the present?
7. That at times in the experience of the entity, as well as in the experience of others, there is a very poor consideration of the evaluations in the experience - this is the more often a matter of choice as to what is the standard of the entity.
8. Naturally the question arises then, what should be the entity's ideal, the entity's standard?
9. This, as has oft been given, must not be of the earth-earthy; neither must it be so idealistic as to be impractical; but as this:
10. It must be of a constructive nature and its inception must be from the spiritual angle, and not as only a
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satisfying of an appetite, a desire, a wish, a purpose that is in itself only self-exaltation, or indulgence, or gratifying of self alone.
11. Hence there are - as has been so oft pointed in the experience of the entity - not only those things that are as tenets, as axioms, but as purposes, in the life, in the teaching of One able to fulfillnot only the promises but to give that which is sufficient - efficient and sufficient - for the meeting of any condition or circumstance that may arise in the experience of the entity.
12. For what purpose, then, did the entity enter the present experience?
13. What were the warnings of the forerunner? What were the burdens of the teachings of the Way?
14. MAKE THY PATHS STRAIGHT! Or to make an editing of the failures, to give the good accomplished a bigger, broader meaning.
15. For as ye do it unto the least of thy fellows ye do it unto thy ideal, ye do it unto the God in thyself.
16. This then is the purpose.
17. Then, how?
18. Study those that have been given as the faults, as the failures, as the weaknesses, as the virtues, as the goodness.
19. For there is in the experience of every entity SO MUCH good that they who find faults to exalt them, or to rear them up as signs - they that do such make these become as the stumbling-stones for themselves.
20. This does not proclaim then that one shall live only a passive life, but rather a positive life - in the DOINGS of self! For it is not what one knows that counts but rather what one does about that one knows! For it is line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little. For ye grow in grace and in knowledge and in understanding as ye apply that in thine experience that makes the paths straight, that keeps upon the way that is constructive in the experience.
21. Ready for questions.
22. (Q) Please explain the admonition given me recently - "For as has been given He would deal with thee direct. Will you walk with Him - Will you talk with Him?" Does this refer to my writing? (A) This is the means rather of expressing that which has just been given, as to WHO and WHAT is the ideal of the entity.
23. (Q) What is my responsibility toward Dr. [1210]? What attitude can I take to make the association as constructive
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for myself - for [954] - as possible? (A) Keep the ideal before self ever in all thy relationships, and the responsibility is that - as there have been, there are those opportunities for the applications of service - the united efforts in the experiences of those that may be touched may bring hope, beauty, patience; and those things that make people, in their hearts and minds, UNAFRAID - of criticism, of ANY experience in the lives of individuals!
24. (Q) What is my duty toward my Mother? Can I overcome her personality so that I may work near her? (A) As to what is one's duty - this again, as has been indicated, must be determined in self. If it is possible for constructive forces to be a part of the experience, and the answering to all good conscience in the relationships, then hold fast. If the association makes for destructive conditions, then well that your associations be such that you each have the greater opportunity for expression without becoming the stumbling-stone to the other. As to the choice, as to the determinations - these MUST be made by the soul, the entity itself. For has it not been ever so from the beginning? Man, his soul, is in the image of the Maker, with the will, with the choice, with the ideal. He may be equal with Creative Forces. The CHOICES must be in self.
25. (Q) Should I move and if so where - into the suburbs or remain in town? (A) As to the environs and the activities - these to be sure would depend much upon the choices taken as to what was best in the associations with the home life. As we find, if the choice is to remain in the environs and surroundings - do not move. If there is the choice to change the environs, move to the suburbs.
26. (Q) Should I persevere and send my Mother away from me for a few weeks? (A) This as has been indicated must be a choice; and as to the criterion, or as to the manner of choice, that as has been given is the way. As we find, the choice must be made in self.
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27. (Q) How can I arouse myself from my creative inertia? (A) Only as has been given, in holding fast to that which is the ideal that is constructive in every respect, and creative in its every nature. If ye will walk, if ye will talk with Him, ye will find that the abilities, the emotions, the activities are such as to FILL EVERY desire in the mental, the spiritual AND the physical self!
28. (Q) What type of writing should I be doing now and on what subjects? (A) That which is constructive ever in the experiences of the home, the home life, the home associations. For, as has so oft been indicated, that which is thine own problem is that in which ye can best help thyself and others in giving the interpretations of same to others.
29. (Q) What best program can I follow to use the time I now have for writing? (A) In that manner as has been indicated, not only in thy message but in that as just given; studying within self and making for application in making the tenets and the axioms as practical experiences in the life and in associations with constructive forces in the experience.
30. (Q) In what atmosphere will I write most successfully? (A) Upon different types, different environs. Some experiences, as ye find in self - the best has been accomplished under stress and strain; and yet some of the loveliest has been under those experiences where comfort and where EXPECTANCY were the key that made for the creating of the atmosphere and environ for that written. Hence, as this has many sides, many factors - these must be judged according to that being sought to interpret to those to whom the body would bring its message.
31. (Q) Do trees influence the writing mood? (A) They do, in the experience of the entity as well as in most individuals.
32. (Q) Can I do my best work alone? If not, where can I find an aide? (A) Most - and the better work may be accomplished alone; that is, so far as personalities are concerned.
33. (Q) Should I attempt to increase the time I am spending at Ames and Norr - or devote more free time to outside writing? (A) Devote more time at Ames and Norr.
34. (Q) Am I endeavoring to spread myself too much and am I in consequence jeopardizing my personality and future because I am not alone enough? (A) The endeavors should be, rather, set as to periods.
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There must be time alone, there must be time with thy Ideal. There must be periods of application. Then, preferably, rather than curtailing the vast amount of aid brought to others, only budget thy time so that ye become not merely rote or in a routine but as step by step; one as aiding the other. For as the body-physical must be fed, so must the body-mental, so must the body-spiritual, so must the body-social, so must the body-constructive, so must the body-meditative, so must the body-planning.
35. (Q) How much pressure should I bring upon my friend to assist her into new fields of endeavor? (A) As has been indicated, lay or sow the seed - lay the ground. The choice must be in the individual, in the entity's soul activity. To use force is to become responsible, not only for self but for that one so induced. Would ye make thyself above thy Maker, or thy Ideal?
36. (Q) In what way may I best help Dr. [1210]'s daughter? (A) Again in sowing the seeds of that which is constructive in the experience, in every PHASE of the experience.
37. (Q) Where can I find a syndicate outlet for my current articles appearing in the New York American and Journal? (A) These must be chosen as to the various channels as the activities increase.
38. (Q) Have I known Dr. [1210] in a previous life and if so where and under what name? Please explain what happened between us at that time? [See 1210-1 Reports.] (A) In the comparison of the information regarding the activities of the individuals or personalities in the various periods, we find there are those periods when their activities not only crossed but they become a part of each other's responsibilities. Hence it is not merely coincidence or accident that their lives, or the personalities, are in the positions as they find themselves in the present. As to what is to be DONE about same, and how these are to be applied - these must be choices as with the individual experiences of each during those experiences in the earth. As the one - in the Palestine, Persian, and in the Grecian and Roman experience of each - when these were, as would be termed today, in the position as checking on each; as antagonistic, but not as antagonistic for destructive forces - rather as for their own purposes in the representations of tenets and truths for the individual groups of peoples or
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sects that were presented or represented by each. Again - in those experiences when there was the attempt to correlate the teachings from India, Persia, Egypt - the relationships then were as co-workers, coordinators; and these are to be dwelt upon the more in the present - but you each according to your own ideals.
39. (Q) What, if any, progress do I appear to be making toward my real work? (A) Good.
40. (Q) Have I known Dr. Roy, the Hindu, before? When and in what connection and name? (A) During the Egyptian experience, and then antagonistic.
41. (Q) How can I best help him in return for his kindness? (A) Ever constructive in advice, counsel, aid, help, in each way and manner.
42. (Q) Have I known Mrs. Martini in a previous life - and when and in what connection and what name? (A) We haven't Mrs. Martini.
43. (Q) Any further advice? (A) Keep the hopes above the fears. The fears in the experience of any individual or entity are the losing hold upon that as to WHO is able to supply the strength, the courage, the aid necessary.
44. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file