This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 30th day of December, 1937, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [1504], new Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Miss [1402] and Dr. [1397].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Born June 12, 1889, in Moor Allerton, Leeds, England. Time of Reading 11:00 to 11:50 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 [1504].
2. In giving the interpretations as we find of those records here, and then these drawn as a parallel for the experiences of the entity in the immediate present:
3. Let that be considered as was given by Him, who is Life and the Light and the Way - to His disciples concerning the man born blind. "Who sinned, this man or his parents that he was born blind?" Let the answer as He gave be thy strength, yea thy knowledge in Him, "Neither this man NOR his parents but that the love of the Father might be NOW made manifest among the children of men."
4. In this ye may find that which is the purpose, that which is the hope, that which is the faith necessary to remove the mountain of doubt, to bring the light of His countenance as thy directing influence and force in thy experiences day by day.
5. From the records here, we find that some of these are at variance to what would be called the purely mathematical or astrological reactions; yet there is indicated that because of the astrological aspects there is the affliction in the body.
6. These then are to be met in a manner that is commensurate with those very forces, influences or conditions in thine own experience that brought this weakness, this inclination. As under the law these are met. As under grace and mercy these are met in Him.
7. For as one soweth, so one reaps; else the very Divine would be mocked among the children of men.
8. Hence it is not by works alone but by grace and mercy, and the gift of the Father, that man comes to know His relationships with the things that are, that have been, and that may be in the experience of each soul in its journey
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through those environs, those phases of experience that bring the more and more awareness of the divine love as may be expressed, manifested in a MATERIAL world - as well as in the mental and the spiritual.
9. For indeed it is given to man to know. Even as His Prayer, "Thy will be done in the earth as it is in heaven" may become the very life blood of every soul if it will but harken to that still small voice within that answers to thy own good conscience as to whether or not ye be manifesting the God-like life; as to whether ye ARE the sons and daughters of God or as to whether ye be making manifest thy own desires, thy own indulgences, thy own self.
10. In the astrological aspects for this entity we find, then:
11. Jupiter - in affliction with Saturn.
12. Mercury, Venus - rather in the aspects for the more manifested activities in the mental AND material manifestations.
13. Hence, through love and through the mental abilities (that are high), through keeping those things that are of mercy and grace first and foremost in the experience, we find the entity is able - through the Jupiterian forces, that are afflictions at times - to bring the very understanding and knowledge of hope that may spring ever anew in the heart and soul of man.
14. For hope and faith are living - LIVING - things! Thus hope springs anew with the growth and the knowledge and the understanding of the light on the way, and that life indeed is an eternal expression of the love of the Father; and that as it gives the expression through the individuality of each and every soul as it comes in material manifestation by the weaknesses, we find the strength in the Lord - and in the glories ever in His beauteous purpose with each soul; that purpose that ye might be the companions, one with Him.
15. Then indeed may there be a glimpse of the love the Father hath shown to the children of men, through the very gift of Him, thy Brother, the Christ; that we may walk circumspectly one with another; and thus give, show forth, HIS activity in the earth till we be made as one with Him, in the glories that were His and that are as He has given for us. For we be joint heirs, as one with Him; not strangers, not aliens but joint heirs with the Christ to the kingdom of the Father - that is, that was, that ever shall be - even before the foundations of the earth were laid.
16. Hence we find to keep, to hold to those things as He gave in the beginning, "Subdue ye the earth - make ye then the laws thereof thy servants, not thy enemies," - this is
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saying only "Sin not; for ye that know sin and have fallen short must meet these in thyself." And only as He hath shown the way. Though He were in the world, He was not of the world; yet subject to the laws thereof, of materiality.
17. For His heart ached, yea His body was sore and weary; yea His body bled not only from the nail prints in His hands and feet but from the spear thrust into the heart of hearts! For the blood as of the perfect man was shed, not by reason of Himself but that there might be made an offering once for all; that then YE may know, ye in thine own self are not a burden to any.
18. For with thy mind, thy heart, ye may give much, much the more to those about thee in their ministry to thy physical weaknesses; that the very glory of Him may be manifested in their lives.
19. For if we do good only to those that would do good to us, what praise, what profit is there in same? For it was the unjustness of His trial, the persecutions of His body, that made the way for mankind, ye His brethren, ye thy own self, to HAVE and know the way that leads to "That peace I leave with thee; not as the world knoweth peace, but my peace I give," in that:
20. Though ye be hindered, though ye be misunderstood, yea though ye be persecuted for those things that are not even thine own faults - how much greater is the manifestation of His glory for that which was a shortcoming in thee to be made right in ministering good unto others through the love He hath shown to thee?
21. As to the appearances of the entity in the earth, we find few - yet definite - in their influence in the experience of the entity, and in the abilities that may be the entity's for manifestations in the present sojourn:
22. Before this we find the entity was in the Roman land, during those periods when there were persecutions of those who held to the tenet of the lowly Nazarene.
23. The entity was among those of the royalty, being closely associated with the activities of Nero - and of those that were in authority during the experience - in the persecutions by the beasts with which men fought.
24. And the entity LAUGHED at those who were crippled by such activities; and lo, they return again to thee!
25. How blest then art thou, that there are those close to thee that ye once laughed at; that are patient, that are kind, that are gentle with thee!
26. Then condemn not thyself. Rather know that ye are experiencing, ye are knowing that in thy activity as was first given - that ye may see the love of the Father
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manifested among the children of men!
27. And if there is held and kept, not an abaseness but an humbleness before Him, before thy Hope, yea before thy Father-God, there may come greater and greater manifestations; that ye may indeed know there IS a living God, and that He is mindful of the children of men!
28. Before that we find the entity was in the land of the 'city in the hills and the plains' when there was the building up to those peoples that had wandered, yea that found the materialities of life and the experiences in same becoming as the mandates of those about them in the Persian land.
29. The entity was first a scoffer. Then, with the teachings, the activities, yea the persecutions and the illnesses, the entity in its experience came to know the needs for the activities of one Uhjltd.
30. Thus the entity came to know those things pertaining to that great lesson which will be, is and must be a part of each soul in its manifestations in the earth - "He that would be the greatest among you is the servant of all;" ministering to the needs of those in body, in mind, in spirit, in such measures that there may be that coordinating, that unity of body, mind and soul in a service to their fellow man, their own selves in the beauty of the love of the Lord.
31. From the experience we find many of these things that have been a part of the entity's present sojourn; in the likes of associations, in the likes of types of furniture, fixtures, music and song, painting and embroideries, hangings and draperies - that are as innate and find expression at times in the associations. These all arise from that experience when the entity was in the name Elsheu.
32. Before that we find the activities were in what is now called the Egyptian land, during the turmoils and the strifes that caused the banishment of the Priest, the uprising among the Natives and of the King's own household.
33. The entity then was close to the elderly King, being of the own household of Arart; the entity being then in the name Arrmd.
34. In the experience the entity attempted to act as the peacemaker among all of those factions, and came to be within the mental self disliked by nearly all.
35. Only when there was again the reestablishment of the Priest, and the activities through the land, did the entity rise to its material position of supervisor of and counsellor to the women in the whole of the land.
36. And the entity then was an authority - as in today -
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concerning the conduct of groups, masses, classes; for this is a part of the innate and manifested experiences of the entity, when thought is taken.
37. As to the activities and the abilities in the present:
38. In these and through such channels may the entity give expressions of those tenets and lessons gained; not only in this experience but through the correlating of all those periods in which the activity gave an expression of self in one manner or another may the entity give in its writing, in its counsel to those of the younger generation.
39. For as in those experiences the entity taught, the entity experienced, the entity proclaimed again and again, upon the shoulders of the young rest the cares of life and of material things; whether it be possessions of the material nature or thought as pertaining to the moral, the economic or the spiritual welfare.
40. Hence the training of such for their activities in their varied fields become channels through which the entity may gain the more.
41. And in meeting the disturbances, look not upon those in the present as afflictions; rather as opportunities for self as well as for those about thee.
42. Use the low electrical forces that have been and are being advised and administered to the self.
43. Also, every third day, massage not only the lower limbs but from the 9th dorsal or the middle portion of the body downward, with pure Peanut Oil.
44. And on the opposite days massage the body with an equal combination of Olive Oil and Tincture of Myrrh; this massage gently but surely given - that is, general massage so that the body in all portions, even to the feet, absorbs all that it may.
45. Then WITH the gentle electrification, with the low forms of same, we may bring a NEW LIFE, a NEW energy to the very cells of the body itself.
46. Occasionally, at least three times a week, use the Radio-Active Appliance in conjunction with the other applications. Use for thirty minutes, circulating the attachments about the body in the manner as has been indicated for such; that is:
47. First time: The first attachment would be to the right wrist, the last to the left ankle.
48. Second time: The first attachment would be to the left wrist, the last to the right ankle.
49. Third time: The first attachment would be to the left ankle, the last to the right wrist.
50. Fourth time: The first attachment would be to the right
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ankle, the last to the left wrist.
51. In that way a circle is made of the entire body, you see. Then begin over again, continuing to alternate in the manner indicated. The first attachment becomes the positive, the last attachment the negative - see?
52. And during such a period - that is, during the thirty minutes the Appliance is used - let thy meditations be in this manner, but thine own words; letting these thoughts gradually grow, GROW:
53. FATHER-MOTHER GOD, HERE AM I - THY HANDMAID! WEAK, UNWORTHY THOUGH I MAY BE, I COME SEEKING DIVINE LIGHT, DIVINE GUIDANCE; BELIEVING THOU HEAREST THE PRAYERS OF THOSE THAT WOULD KNOW THY FACE! LEAD THOU, O LORD, THE WAY!
54. LET MY BODY, MY MIND, BE IN THIS EXPERIENCE A MANIFESTATION OF THE LOVE THOU HAST PROMISED TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN.
55. THEN USE MY ABILITIES, MY PURPOSES, MY DESIRES, IN THE WAY THOU SEEST, O LORD, THESE SHOULD GO.
56. We are through for the present. [See 1504-1, Par. R1.]