This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 9th day of August, 1936, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [1246], Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc. Contact: [257]
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Bernice B. Brooke.
R E A D I N G
Born June 2, 1884, in Oxford, Maine. Time of Reading 11:30 to 12:20 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. New York, N.Y. (Life Reading Suggestion)
1. EC: Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [1246].
2. In giving the interpretations of that record as we find here, so much may be given that it becomes rather a matter of what shall be the choice of that for the entity's own personal application in the present to make for that which is the intent and purpose for this present experience in the earth with all its assortment of experiences, with all its changed environments, with all those influences that have been not only in the material but the mental and the spiritual outlook as well.
3. So many of the experiences, so many things that are as incidents, are so all-important in that to which the entity has attained.
4. First may it not be given symbolically in that as would be the life emblem of the entity in the present:
5. A circle, a tree - as the tree of life, whose very leaves are not as of the poplar, not as the willow, not as the lichen, but rather the fruit; not only the fruit which sustains life as the words and acts of the entity, but that which gives within same the very life or fruit thereof itself - with the Cross. Not the cross upon the tree nor the tree as a cross. Rather the Cross as the bridge between understanding and ignorance, as may be upon either side of same, with those words upon the ribbon - CUM ET LAUDUS - or LAUDI - UNDERSTANDING IS THE GREATNESS IN WISDOM IN THY FELLOW MAN.
6. As with those emblems then may there be chosen that which may be helpful in the experience of the entity, and may there be given that which will bring that peace, that harmony in the experiences through this sojourn, that will make as the cup upon the Cross OVERRUNNING with what will be
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as pearls of wisdom in the minds and hearts of those whom the entity may contact.
7. In giving the astrological aspects, these appear in the experiences of the entity as so little; yet comprehend these, my friend:
8. The sojourns between the appearances in the earth are as those innate forces that become as a body of the soul-force in its expression and manifestation. For these are not only as trite sayings but as the law that is as universal as the soul, as universal as the Creative Energies or God in manifestations either through things celestial, terrestrial or only of the mind.
9. In the first, then, as ye sow, so shall ye reap; if ye would have life, give life; if ye would know joy, give joy; if ye would have peace, make peace in the experiences of those whom ye contact day by day. Find not fault with any man, with any attempt of a soul in giving its expression - though it may be tortured by those constant meetings of itself in its varied activities. Pour thou rather the oil of patience, the wine of knowledge upon such; that these may make for that protection in self and that it may indeed find as through thine emblem - that growth upon the soul. For as ye sow, so doth the harvest be. Sowing discord only reaps the whirlwind of contention. Sowing contentions makes only for misinterpretations and misunderstandings that become as the hills of discontent and as the sloughs of despair.
10. Hence as ye find those urges coming from those associations, know that no urge surpasses the will of an entity, whether from an astrological aspect or from the sojourn of the entity or soul in the environs that have been named - that gives but metes and bounds for an expression of the environs about the earth. These appear as innate or as positive influence in the mental forces of self, while those sojourns in the earth - that come through the sensory forces or the senses of the entity, or the emotions - become as the negative forces. Yet the choice of that form which any of these shall take is ever dependent upon the WILL, that heritage from the Father that makes for every soul's development - whether as a companion for those environs of the celestial form or whether the terrestrial or the earth that must find its way. For the will of self is as of the Father; He hath not willed that any soul should perish but hath with each temptation, with each trial prepared a way of escape; making as the bridge the Cross, over which each soul may find the glory of its Lord and of that to which it has sought to attain.
11. For as ye do it unto the least of thy brethren ye do it
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unto thy Lord.
12. The Jupiterian influence makes for the associations and contacts with large groups, yet individual in its approach, THROUGH the application of self in such relationships. Gain the import of that in thy deeper meditations. KNOW as ye enter into the holy of holies within thine inner self, where He hath promised to meet thee, even as the pattern was given of old in the mount. In the mount of the Lord then within thine inner self may ye commune with Him. Not without the camp, for THERE ye find the rabble, the confusion; the seeking, yes - but 'in the still small voice' that comes from within do the greater developments, the greater understandings - yea, the greater knowledge - come.
13. And what is knowledge? To know the Lord, to do good, to cast out fear; for partaking of knowledge symbolizes the bringing of fear - unless there has been that desire purposed in "Thy will, not mine, be done in and through me."
14. In Venus we find that influence making for close friendships that become as strangers even closer than the blood relations. We find it making for the home influence, the home environ. And that constant seeking from within self to create in the environs of those that would prepare such, such a surrounding, such an environ that indeed the place of abode becomes greater than just a place to live but rather where there may be the entering into those very forces that are represented by the tree, the bridge, the love and hope, mercy and peace; where the turmoils and strifes of the outer door, or of those without the camp, may be closed out.
15. These become a portion, a part of the entity's seeking through those applications of self in this environ.
16. In those influences from the Uranian we find the interest in the mystical, the occult, yea of the soul itself; yet creates - as its very nature within same - EXTREMES; whence the entity may at times fear and others find peace in that very fear, when the entity may at times feel elated when the very acts of seeing of hope spring anew in the mind and heart and life of some friend have brought such - and yet fear crept in with the very hope. Yet guarding thine self ever with that hope that is within, the bridge of the Cross, there comes that peace which is the promise of that "not as the world knoweth peace, but peace I give" saith He; as the peace of the Father that knoweth the way, knoweth the heart, knoweth the understanding and the weaknesses of man and the desires of flesh. But the soul will remain as upon the heights, or as the bough of the tree itself; for its fruits are of life, as the leaves are for
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the healing of thine worries, thine turmoils, thine distresses. For in Him IS Life, for without Him there is naught.
17. As to the appearances in the earth and they that make for the emotional expressions of self in the present, while not great in number we find their significance may be seen in the very emotions that have been with the entity through those activities in the present sojourn that have been fraught so much with those innate and those intuitive forces from the astrological experiences about the environs of matter - the earth.
18. Before this we find the entity was in that land nigh unto the land of its present nativity, in Salem, in Providence Town or a portion of Salem, when through those experiences of the peoples - though they had fled a land for the seeking of the worship of Jehovah-God according to the dictates of their own conscience there had come those periods when the daughters and the sons of man saw for themselves visions and the experiences of the influences coming in that might become rather as thoughts, deeds or crimes, dependent upon the application of same. For those that are unto the laudation of the Risen One, of the Holy One, of the Mount itself, are for praise. Those that are for self-indulgence, self-aggrandizement of their own petty selves or their own earthly satisfaction become as stumbling stones. Those the entity then saw, those the entity experienced.
19. Thus as these experiences became in the present a part of its inner self, fear - as was through the material persecutions - crept in.
20. HOLD fast to those forces, but know as has been given of old, "If ye will be my child, I will be THY GOD," is a personal, individual experience for every soul. For he that is not on speaking terms with the Father, the Brother, hath lost hold of the way, of the bridge, of the tree, of the fruit thereof.
21. The name then was Beatrice Allgood, and there may be found among the archives of old, yet some records of the entity there. In the churchyard there may yet be seen that resting place.
22. Before that we find the entity was in that land now known as the promised Land, during those periods when the Master walked in the earth; when the entity then distressed - as the wife of Jairus, as the mother of Jairus' daughter [See 1968-1, Jarius' wife] - had that awakening within of the powers that may bring life again to that which has fallen away. And THERE was established the seal, the bridge
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of the Cross that led from sorrow to gladness, that led not only in the material experiences but in that quickening that came with the presence of Life within the presence of the entity.
23. And how oft has the entity in the present experienced upon the meditations not the experiences and activities of the man called a lowly one but rather the man of might and power through Galilee. And these experiences have brought to the entity, as then - in the name Fillipe (?) - the feelings of the raising of self from within to the realms of that "Awake, my daughter, to the abilities of thyself through the might of the God-force within thee," or "Arise, and minister."
24. Before that we find the entity was in the land now called the Promised Land, when those peoples of promise returned for the rebuilding of the temple, for the replenishing of the city and of the walls thereof.
25. Hence in the experience of the entity we find those things that are of a sacred activity become as sacred to the entity. Yet these held as has been the experience of the entity in deference to those things as were given in Galilee may become as Nehushtan to the peoples or a stumblingblock to those that would know the way.
26. For as He hath given, "not in this mountain, not in that temple, but the day will come when in the hearts and minds of men and women will the praise of the Lord and His might be proclaimed, rather than from any given city, time or place."
27. Hence from that experience the entity may find in the present activities much that joins nigh unto same, in the redecorating of the temple, in the replacing of the porch, in the replacing of the vessels for service; that may become as a part of the activity as related to those innate forces of Venus in the present sojourn.
28. Before that, then, we find the entity was in the land now known as the Egyptian, during those periods when there were the preparations for the Temples of Sacrifice and the Temple Beautiful.
29. There again the entity, as a daughter of the Priest Ra-Ta, made for the preparations for the Temple Service, or the temple furnishings. For these became as a part of the entity in that experience.
30. In the name then She-Aar-El, or the 'daughter of the son.'
31. As to the abilities of the entity in the present and that to which it may attain, and how:
32. So many ways become open, so many interpretations, so
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many conceptions crowd upon the entity, as to which way to turn.
33. Let it be rather as He hath given of old, "Be STILL if ye would see the glory of the Father." Let thy concept be manifested by thy word and thy act to thy fellow man, and not by some great deed, some great act; but rather as thou saw Him in the lowliness of those environs of the soldiery, as thou saw him take Talitha by the hand and lifting the eyes say, "Peace - be still; that Life may manifest in the hearts and souls of those that believe on God."
34. Ready for questions.
35. (Q) Have I learned the lessons that I came here to learn? (A) Life and truth and understanding are a growth. As we apply the lessons we learn, in our dealings with our fellow man, do we indeed as entities and souls comprehend their full meaning. Hence this experience is as a growth, as an unfoldment even as the lotus that ye adopted as a portion of the service of those in the Temple Beautiful. Unfold, the seeds come after. Seek and ye shall know, knock and it will be opened.
36. (Q) Must I go on living? (A) Life is eternal. It is in Him, and merely to change through God's other door has only changed the outlook. But as we prepare the self for the vistas of the various consciousness upon the stages of development, we become a part of that - if our pathway is being led aright.
37. (Q) What should my next step be in order to be of service to one and meet my financial obligations? (A) These become rather conflicting in their import, but know - O child of light - the earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof, "The silver and the gold are mine, saith the Lord." HE knoweth what thou hast need of. Be willing to put thy service to thy fellow man, thy service in a commercial world, into His hand. For God ALONE giveth the true increase. FEAR NOT, if ye are in the Lord's hands! Fear rather if ye have slipped from same.
38. (Q) Am I in the right work? (A) Right work.
39. (Q) Have I work to do in the great housing movement (etc.)? (A) You have much to do!
40. (Q) How can my organization - ? (A) As has been indicated, first it's the individual that is in the position that reaches to the masses. Through these. For the laws as given do not string along; they are part one of another - the spiritual, the mental, the material. For that as conceived in spirit, in mental finds
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expression and growth, and in the material comes into activity.
41. (Q) Should we work with the U.S. - ? (A) Rather as has been given, those influences as for an individual or group - in Michigan.
42. (Q) Have I seen a vision (as to the future in housing, etc.) - ? (A) It's true. The vision - the development is on its way. Be a part of same.
43. We are through for the present. [Please fill in the last three questions; I failed to keep your copy so did not have the complete questions in my notes - just enough to know which was which. GD.]