This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the home of David E. Kahn, 20 Woods Lane, Scarsdale, N.Y., this 20th day of November, 1936, in accordance with request made by the self - [1152], Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va., through her friend Mrs. [1158].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [1152] and Mrs. [1158].
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading 11:50 to 12:30 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. New York City. (Body and enquiring mind, who seeks information, advice and guidance as to her health, her mental and material affairs and associations. Ques.)
1. EC: Yes, we have the body, the enquiring mind, [1152], present in this room; the physical, the mental, the material associations. Ready for questions.
2. (Q) Should any physical applications be made to benefit my health, or is the clearing of my thoughts sufficient at all times? (A) This, in the light of the consciousness of the mind of this entity, is well to be considered from the same angles as He, the Healer, presented. In each individual case we find Him presenting that in the consciousness of the individuals to create in THEIR consciousness the whole concept of life, light, and its relationships to the material effects to be created in the minds of those to whom He would give health, life and understanding. Each individual entity, then, presents - from that angle - an individual problem. And there are those experiences in the consciousness of every entity needing the purer clarification. As we find with this entity, there needs be that induction of the activities within the body that would assist in re-ionizing or re-vitalizing the whole of the body-being. Not that there is to be the laying aside of ANY of the consciousness of the divine supplying the whole necessary for the sustenance of the physical or the mental or the spiritual bodies. But does the entity find that those influences which are taken into the body to be assimilated are all of the same nature?
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Are they not all manifestations of the divine? No application of medica, knife or suggestion does other than create in the consciousness of an entity that which will assist in the union or cooperation of every individual cell in the body itself into a unison of spiritual and mental evolvement. Thus, as we find, if such vibrations for the body were used as may be applied through the Radio-Active Appliance, we would find that the revivification, the activity of the bodily functions would receive - not from other sources but from within - that ability for the greater coordination in assimilation, in elimination, in distribution of energies through the system. This then we would use for periods of two to three weeks; unless there are periods when the body is overtaxed mentally or worried, or finds itself fagged from mental energies being overtaxed, physical exercises overtaxing the body - then it may be used at any time; for half an hour to an hour, each day, then rest a period of a week or ten days to two weeks - then used again would be most beneficial. And we would give, use such periods when this Appliance is used as periods when there is the greater introspection of the relationships of the divine within to the Creative Forces that manifest themselves in human experience. Thus we will find many problems that have caused disturbances at times will be answered in such periods. For the promise has ever been, look WITHIN! Meet thy Maker in the temple within. For the body is indeed the temple of the living God, and He has promised to meet thee there, in the holy of holies, in the mount within. And His promises are sure. How has been the pattern in such meetings? Has not the edict been ever, "Purify yourselves, your bodies, for on the morrow THY GOD would speak with thee"? Hast thou not learned, He is ever the same, yesterday, today and forever? Then prepare thyself in that way and manner that seemeth to THEE, in THINE experience, in thy consciousness to meet thy Maker.
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Then as ye use those material preparations, they only give to the body a greater consciousness - through their application to the body - of the necessity of every atom cooperating in that direction! And ye will find thine experiences, thine aid in health, thine aid in mental application will be augmented. And ye will find help. Do that. The Appliance, to be sure, would be attached to the opposite sides of the body. For how was it of old, [Old Testament] when one presented self? Take hold upon "the horns of the altar" from the right hand, upon the left foot; from the right foot, the left hand. Again we see as but a pattern, or that which has been so aptly put, "We see as in a glass darkly, but then as face to face," that we may indeed know from HIM what He has in store for those who love His coming. Then ye will find peace and rest and harmony within thy body.
3. (Q) May anything be done to dissolve the growth and eliminate it without an operation? (A) Do this, as has been indicated.
4. (Q) How may my memory be improved, and power of concentration? (A) As has just been indicated, as ye prepare yourself and your body, and as you produce the coordination in every atomic force of same, ye enter into thy meditation and thy preparation. And how has it been given thee? They that would seek wisdom, and have it, having prepared themselves for such a meeting, ASK and He will give; not grudgingly, not as man counteth grudgingly, but as from the ABUNDANCE of His love, His mercy, His grace. And then as ye manifest these attributes in thy dealings with thy fellow man day by day, they grow. For the knowledge of the Father is a growth. For ye grow in grace, in knowledge, in understanding by applying same. It is not what ye know, not what ye profess, not what ye lord over another that counts, but what ye do ABOUT that ye know. And it has ever been so in the experience of man. DO that we are GIVEN to do, as for preparations, and leave the results to Him. And as we do these we will find, as He has given, He hath given His angels, He hath given to His Son, charge over OUR experiences. And we may walk and talk with Him.
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And as He hath given, "As ye keep in that abiding faith, I in the Father, thee in me, I will bring to your remembrance that thou hast need of." That is for YOU, for me, for ALL that love the Lord.
5. (Q) Is the inability to meditate caused from my physical condition? How may I overcome it? (A) This has just been given, and as to how to meet it. We find, as has been given by those who walked and talked with Him, by Him in the garden, by Him in His admonition to those whom He had given those messages of love, those experiences that opened their eyes; there is continually warring within our members - the consciousness of the resistances that have been builded in the members of the body. Then, as ye prepare self in the ways and manners indicated, does there not come rather the RENEWING of His promises in thee? Make them, then, thy very OWN; in that ye love Him, in that ye keep His ways. For He IS thy pattern, He is thy elder brother, He is thy Lord, thy Savior. Keep His ways!
6. (Q) Regarding the situation which has arisen between the friend who went abroad with me and myself. Please explain this, and how I can meet it. (A) These conditions arise from former differences of opinion. And there has been gradually builded an antagonism that may only be melted with loving indifference. This, to be sure, at first may be called contradictory. For how CAN there be LOVING indifference? How gave He, thy pattern? When there arose those experiences when others were called to His presence and they said, "See, these in thy name heal the sick, cast out demons, yet they gather not with us. Rebuke them." But what was His answer? "Nay; nay, not so - for they that gather not with us scatter abroad the praises. Leave them, lest they turn again upon YOU and use that thou hast done to thine own confusion." [Paraphrasing of Matt. 9:49, 50; Luke 11:23; Matt. 7:6.] Then thy attitude should be: "LORD, THEY ARE THINE, AS I AM THINE. I AM WILLING. I
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FORGIVE. I PRESENT THE PROBLEMS TO THEE. USE ME, USE THEM, IN WHATEVER MAY BE THY WILL IN THE MATTER." This then puts thee in that position that there is no stumblingblock, and that becomes then LOVING indifference. For ye have left it in the hands of the Creator, who alone can give life and withdraw it.
7. (Q) What is the cause of such an attitude? (A) As has just been indicated.
8. (Q) Regarding material affairs: My property in Cleveland, Ohio - have my decisions regarding same been correct? (A) These have been doubtful within self. Then it becomes rather confusing. But this is the manner in which each individual should weigh such matters, and this applies to self: Mind in the flesh or in materiality is for the purpose of the manifestations of God's love to the children of men. "Thou will, then, O God, in my meditations, in my seeking, GUIDE me in the use of that thou hast lent to me as thy servant, thy child, thy loved one; that it may be used in the proper way and manner." And ye say ye believe. Then know that what is given thee in such meditations is in keeping with His will, and ye would not have it otherwise. Then we will find those that have made for oppositions, those that have induced propaganda and other differences, will fade away as the dew before the noonday sun - as the love of the Father before the evil thoughts of men.
9. (Q) Is my lawyer the right one, and able to represent me to the best advantage? (A) We would give it's very good, but keep and make that attitude as given in respect to those that represent thee, as respect to those that would oppose thee, in the settlings of and in the relations of all thy material, mental and spiritual life. For they are ONE, even as the Father, the Word, the Holy Spirit are one. So is truth and faith and spirit the figure of one. And as ye use and apply these in thy experiences, we find life and its expression takes on NEW meanings.
10. (Q) Was the recent lease of this property a wise move? (A) This is very good for the present.
11. (Q) Would I later be able to dispose of my interests to advantage, and be free from the burden of this property?
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(A) This choice, this activity had best be settled in self, in the way and manner as has been indicated as being the correct manner for each child of the King to conduct, to carry on in a material world.
12. (Q) Any spiritual advice as to my dealings in this matter, so that I may be free from it without any malice or hard feelings with anyone concerned? (A) This has been the purport, this has been the line or the center around which all advice and counsel with thee has been given. The Lord is in His holy temple. That temple to thee is within thine own body. THERE He meets thee. WHENEVER ye call. For what hath He given? "If ye are mine, when ye call I WILL H E A R!" For it is not who shall go into heaven to bring Him down, or who will go over the seas that he may bring thee a message; for lo, He is in thine own heart, thine own temple! Thou art His, He is thine. His dealings with thy fellow men are ever constructive. Will ye be the channel, or will ye resist Him even as the sons of Korah? Or will ye even as the beloved Paul say or do those things that are hard to be understood by those of thy brethren that KNOW what ye profess! Or will ye do that thou knowest to do TODAY, leaving the results in the hands of Him who is the Giver of all good and perfect gifts? For in only such a way and manner may there come to the heart of His children that peace, that harmony, that GLORY He hath prepared for those that love His coming.
13. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file