This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 10th day of February, 1939, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [1816], new Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by her cousin, Mrs. [1770].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Born January 24, 1887, in Springfield, Mass. Time of Reading 11:00 to 11:30 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Mass.
1. GC: You will give the relation of this entity and the universe, and the universal forces; giving the conditions which are as personalities, latent and exhibited in the present life; also the former appearances in the earth plane; giving time, place and the name; and that in each life which built or retarded the development for the entity; giving the abilities of the present entity and that to which it may attain, and how. You will answer the questions she has submitted, as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [1816].
3. In giving the interpretations of the records we find of this entity, these are chosen with the desire that the experience become a helpful one throughout this sojourn.
4. And while there have been, and seemingly are, many influences that have kept the entity from succeeding in the material, and from accomplishing or attaining that mental and spiritual attitude which has innately and manifestedly been the desire of the entity throughout, we find that these should be as mottoes about the entity mentally and physically, and be always remembered:
5. They that endure unto the end shall wear a crown of life. They that persevere shall overcome. HE should be, and is, thy guide and thy light, and thy strength - if ye will trust in Him.
6. Viewed from the material sojourn, apparently every hopeful endeavor, every hopeful period of the entity's sojourn during this experience has been shattered either by seemingly unnecessary disappointments or by forebodings that have become at times as obsessions.
7. Yet the determination to go on, to do and to be, has driven and does drive the entity at all times. And it would never, under any circumstance, do for this entity - now - in the present experience - to do other than to be striving
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onward always.
8. Never rest! For the inclination is to be on the go.
9. But leave out of thy thought those things which have too often become as barriers in thy gaining thy proper understandings. Do not complain as to the "bad luck" that has come, or that appears to be. Do not blame others, or any influence. Rather meet such in Him.
10. The natural inclination of the entity has been, and is, towards things spiritual; yet these are too often relegated to the background; and that of business or of materiality has been kept too much apart from thy spiritual life.
11. REALIZE that thy body, thy mind, thy soul, to be sure, are ONE; as the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit are One; yet each in their own phase are dependent one upon the other.
12. And in that manner He, the Way, the Truth, the Light, may give thee the greater strength, the greater assurance in thy daily experience. And it is as ye mete it to thy fellow man that the strength comes to thee to carry on; which ye must EVER do!
13. Know that there is no good thing ye can DO for thy Lord or thy God; ONLY that manner in which ye treat thy fellow man. that ye hold in thy consciousness, thy purpose, toward thy fellow man is the manner ye manifest toward thy Maker, thy Brother - yea, thy God!
14. For as ye do it unto the least of these, thy brethren, ye do it unto Him.
15. Let thy yeas be yea, thy nays be nay; but carry ye ON - in all of thy material ways and manners; leaving off resentments, leaving off covetousness, leaving off backbiting, leaving off harsh things said.
16. But make rather in their stead the fruits of the spirit, - brotherly love, kindness, patience, longsuffering; these be those things that will bring, gradually, that peace which He gives - as ye grow in grace, in knowledge, in understanding.
17. And He hath not tempted, WILL not tempt thee beyond that ye are able to bear. For God tempteth no man. It is self CONSTANTLY meeting self, as ye may see from thy experiences in the sojourns in the earth.
18. But the Spirit of Truth - as is manifested in thy love, thy patience, thy grace, thy mercy, as ye mete - is meted to thee again.
19. In the astrological aspects - these become almost nil in thy experience; for such sojourns have been chosen (the interims between earthly sojourns) by thee rather as rest periods.
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20. Yet as in Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, ye find the places of thy activity - if they were considered as places; rather the REALMS of thy activity. Beauty, love, grace, mercy, business, judgement - all according to the manner in which ye apply them in thy relationships to others.
21. As to the appearances, there are few that have an influence in the present - as compared to the many; yet these have been quite varied in their relationships, if comparisons were drawn as to the present situations, or as to that experience through which the entity has been meeting itself in the present.
22. For we find that the entity before this was in the French land, as it is now called, during those periods known as the Crusades; when men - and the companions and associates of the entity - went forth for a purpose, for an activity that to them was for an ideal - which to the entity became as ridicule.
23. For the entity thought more of, and held more to that of the personal self in the experience, rather than to an ideal.
24. Hence the ideal, the spiritual force, remains latent; and the experiences in the present have been and are disappointments, failures; almost not failures and yet not altogether material or mental successes.
25. These are as thine own self meeting them in that which must be spiritualized in thy activity and associations with others.
26. That experience has fitted self in the present material activities for associations with others; but always with a wonderment, always with fear, always with not just the full surety or assurance that is needed to make for the great material successes.
27. But carry on! Take HIM, thy Friend, thy Brother, thy Lord, as thy Partner! Rest in Him, and HE will help thee. As He hath given, "Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light - if ye will LEARN of me! But if ye use such for the satisfying, the gratifying only of thy material or thy own self's desires, they become rather as crosses to be borne."
28. Before that we find the entity was in what is now called the Promised Land, during those periods of the return of the wanderers and those who sought to set up or readjust themselves in a land where there was the rebuilding, the replenishing, the readjustments to the variations which had come about, by that long sojourn in a strange land; when the laws and tenets and principles had become merely those of hearsay, merely those things that WERE, yet no one having
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wholly or fully experienced them.
29. There we find the entity was with Zerubabbel and those peoples returning to the Holy City.
30. The entity made for friendships with many of the natives and with the conditions surrounding, in the name then Abjadel; being in associations with those in authority, being in connection with those put in places of confidence and hope. Yet the entity held not altogether to those tenets, and there came a period through which much disturbance arose owing to the conditions and hardships that were brought about.
31. Meet them then in the present, in the way in which the greater promise may be fulfilled - "If ye will abide with me I will abide with thee."
32. And remember the new commandment, "Love one another." Not in a possessive manner. O that all would learn that LOVE is all embracing, and NOT merely possession!
33. Before that we find the entity was in the land now called the Egyptian, when there the lives of the many being dedicated for a special service through the preparations and activities in being relieved from those tendencies and inclinations through the Temple of Sacrifice and in the Temple Beautiful - that were built for the preparations - or what would be called in the present the education - for specific office or activities.
34. There we find the entity was in that activity in which the holding of the home was a part of the entity's experience. And the greater gains through the experience were had by the entity in that particular sojourn, as Adajanjah-eldth.
35. In the experience the entity gained throughout. For peace and harmony as for home and home environs, and the needs for the care not only of the household but of the offspring in their various activities, became a part of the entity's experience.
36. In the present, then, carry on - with Him - in that way and manner in which ye will never have thine own conscience, thine own self denounce thee.
37. Denounce not others for the things that come about, but look rather within self. For the way ye know - if ye will turn to Him.
38. Ready for questions.
39. (Q) Should I continue in the Insurance business? (A) By all means!
40. (Q) What can I do to become more successful? (A) Who and what is thy success? If ye will read, if ye will apply that which has been indicated in thy daily
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dealings - not in long-facedness but in happiness - ye will find success, materially, mentally, spiritually.
41. (Q) Should I keep my home longer? If so, how long? (A) Just so long as it is a place where there may be good for self and for others arising from the use of same.
42. (Q) Should I continue to provide a home for my daughter and son-in-law, until he becomes established in his profession? (A) You should.
43. (Q) Am I helping or weakening them in so doing? (A) If ye blame them - but if ye seek encouragement, if ye assist others, then ye shall so be assisted. But not if you are condemning them for sponging on thee, ever!
44. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file [Questions besides those which got asked: I long to play the organ. Would you advise lessons, or would voice culture be better at this time, to help me in my work? Is it right for me to feel there will be a spiritual marriage, a mating of two souls? Will I ever make my home in California?] ornia?]