This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 1st day of April, 1939, in accordance with request made by self, through his uncle, Mr. [257], 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
Born July 3, 1923, in Meridian, Miss. Time of Reading 10:50 to 11:30 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., N.Y.
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 he has submitted, as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [1856].
3. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them here, not all that may be interpreted from same is given; yet these are chosen with the desire to make this experience one that may be helpful in the present sojourn.
4. While virtues and vices are not passed over lightly, neither are all the warnings given as might be a part of the experience.
5. Yet these are given as tenets and principles in which the entity may and should become well versed.
6. For the entity should naturally be a teacher, a leader, a director; and yet the thoughts, the purposes, the aims, the desires must be founded in spiritual principles and not to become egotistical nor so self-assertive as to forget Who is the Author and the Giver of life itself.
7. Know always in what ye believe, and be able to give a purpose, a cause for belief in same. Not as mere justification of self's activities, but that the glory of the Father may be made manifest among the children of men.
8. In choosing then those influences which arise in thy experience, thou art tempered well with the material heritage of which one might indeed be proud. Yet know that THY body is indeed the temple of the living God, and is to be considered as such and NOT as a means for self-indulgence nor self-aggrandizement.
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9. Thy mind, thy soul stands ever before Him, the Giver of all good and perfect gifts.
10. Let thy activities, thy conversation, thy conduct before thy fellow man, then, never be that as would put a question mark of ANY nature that would be degrading or even a defying of the spiritual laws as ye know them.
11. Study, then, ever, to show thyself approved unto thy Maker, rightly divining the words of truth and KEEPING self unspotted from questionings of thine OWN conscience.
12. Then, in the light of that just indicated as compared with the influences that are a part of thy experience in the material world, as well as through those interims between thy sojourns in the material world, -
13. "How," ye ask "may this be best accomplished? What are my faults, my virtues, my weaknesses, my strength?"
14. Know that these can be answered in a very few words. THYSELF is thy greatest weakness, as thyself is thy greatest strength.
15. For as thy body is the temple of the living God, the more oft ye become active in letting those promises be manifested that are given to each soul, "If ye will be my son, I will be thy God," thus thy greatest strength may come in and through Him - as it may be manifested through thy relationships to thy fellow man day by day.
16. As to choices of how these will be made manifest, - they, the choices, must EVER be thine answer to that conviction which lies within, through the knowledge of Him, thy Lord, thy God, day by day.
17. Of thyself alone little may be accomplished that is of lasting worth, yet much may be done in a material way to give or bring satisfaction, or gratification, to thy material desires. But these are of the earth-earthy.
18. Then, let thy life be so lived that the MATERIAL successes come as a result of a clean, conscientious, consistent abiding in the faith, the promise from HIM that ye are His son.
19. For the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof. The silver, the gold is his; and the cattle, the grain upon a thousand hills are but as the workmanship of His hand. And He withholds no good things from those who abide wholly within Him and His promises.
20. Astrologically - ye find that there are the mental abilities, as well as the abilities to speak, the abilities to manifest physical prowess, the abilities to attain leadership.
21. These, as indicated, are both thy weaknesses and thy strength; and thus must be tempered in the spirit of truth
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and righteousness altogether.
22. And know that the "try" is that as may be, as it ever has been, counted to thee for righteousness' sake.
23. As to the appearances in the earth, as ye find, are quite varied in their activity - as well as in the environs of those periods when ye as an entity materially manifested.
24. Before this we find ye - as the grandson of Zedekiah - made for those activities in the land now known as the English, where - with those of thy peoples - ye set up the attempted activity in that land.
25. There ye went, not a priest but rather as a teacher, a workman with thy hands; as a leader, as a director - in the name then Zeruben.
26. In the experience ye gained, for ye established freedom of individual activity, yet united in one accord for the common good of all in the material relationships.
27. The weaknesses of forcing the purposes, the issues, became manifest during the experience; yet these GREW by the tempering of self FOR the greater purposes to be those lessons that ye may apply in this present experience.
28. Before that we find the entity was among those activities during the rebuilding of the walls, and the setting up of the temple service during those periods of activity of Zerubabbel, Nehemiah, Ezra, and those who came into the land of promise for the reestablishing of those activities there.
29. The entity was young in years, and among the first of those born in that activity; out of confusion, as the entity has found and will find oft in material experience, came the dedicating of this entity to the service carried on there.
30. Thus, as that purpose was set through those experiences there, so may it in this experience be carried forward again - in a great uniting of interests in the calling again of Israel to the worship of the living God!
31. The name then was Joel - not the elder, not other than those active in the experience of the reestablishing of the active temple service in that particular period.
32. Before that we find the entity was among those peoples born in the wilderness during the journeying of the children of promise to the Promised Land - during those days when there were disputations as to those activities of Korah.
33. We find the entity standing close with those of Joshua, Aaron and Moses to the defense of the activities through those experiences of the purifying of body for the dedicating of same for a service in the activities of the peoples as they journeyed.
34. There we find the entity gained, throughout that
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experience; being one that upheld those tenets, those principles, those ordinances as were proclaimed during those experiences.
35. And from that experience, those abilities to bring quietness out of dissension, the abilities to quell those activities that would become mob activity, those abilities to counsel with those who are individually sad hearted, come as a natural activity of the entity.
36. The name then was Shulzar.
37. Before that we find the entity was in the Egyptian land, during those periods of turmoils and strifes between the Natives as well as the Priest and their followers.
38. There we find the entity was rather one studying in the activities of what now would be called the chemist.
39. These the entity was able to use in those periods of the realizing of the activities of coalition between the Priest and his followers, the activities of those from the Atlantean land, and the King and the rulers in that experience.
40. Hence we will find those abilities for the activities in EVERY form pertaining to body-development becoming a part of the entity's experience in the present; for it was he that established those activities of the Temple of Sacrifice there - in the name Ar-pht-den.
41. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which it may attain, and how:
42. HOLD FAST to that which has been the impelling influence in thy sojourns through the earth! Keep those principles first and foremost!
43. And in the capacity of the teacher or the rabbi, or the instructor in the art of self-defense for the DEVELOPING of the rhythmic activity of body and the coordinating of same, - these be channels through which the entity may make the greater contribution at this time.
44. For, know - they that have saved a soul from self-indulgence, from self-destructive influence, and guided such a one towards the light of the new hope in the promises from HIM from above, have covered a multitude of sin.
45. Ready for questions.
46. (Q) What college or institution should I attend to prepare myself for such a career? (A) Cincinnati.
47. (Q) In a particular one there? (A) To be sure - the rabbi school there!
48. (Q) Is my present high school curriculum suitable? (A) Very good.
49. (Q) What course of study should I pursue in my senior
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year of High School? (A) That in directing towards those things that will make for the fitting for that activity as may be chosen.
50. (Q) In what way may I best assist my mother in her work? (A) By keeping self as a living example of activity of that which she would accomplish in the experiences and lives of others.
51. (Q) Should I play football in high school and college? (A) Would be well. For in these the entity may excel. DO NOT become professional.
52. (Q) What will the summer of 1939 have in store for me? (A) How much will ye put INTO the service of that which presents itself in the devious ways and manners? That's how much it has in store for thee. As ye give, ye receive.
53. (Q) Would the proposed move for next fall benefit me? (A) This depends on many other circumstances. In so far as self is concerned, very well. Consider others.
54. (Q) Is there a way by which my sight may be strengthened? (A) By the head and neck exercise and the regular exercise that comes from stimulating the activity to the optic forces.
55. (Q) In what way should my relatives assist me? (A) Rather would the question be, "In what way may I assist my relatives?" So live that ye would be a living example before them, and let THEM be rather as FREE in their expression of aid.
56. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Mr. [257] " " Ass'n file 'n file