This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 18th day of August 1939, in accordance with request made by the self, through Mr. [257], Associate Sponsored Membership by Mr. [257] in the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Hugh Lynn Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Born August 29, 1905, in (82 Allen Street) New York City. Time of Reading 10:55 to 11:35 A. M. Eastern Standard Time. Brooklyn, N.Y.
1. HLC: 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 that have been submitted, as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [1977].
3. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them, these are chosen with the desire to make the experience a helpful one in this sojourn of the entity.
4. These are approached, then, from the phase of the entity's SOUL development. For many are those awarenesses that must be sought for, if the entity would bring into this experience that which will make for the peace and harmony that comes only with the consideration of life as a whole.
5. For, as has been given, it is not all of life to live, nor yet all of death to die. For life and death are one, and only those who will consider the experience as one may come to understand or comprehend what peace indeed means.
6. From the astrological aspects, as well as the application of self in the material sojourns, we find:
7. One who innately dislikes poverty.
8. Those of the better things, those that are satisfying for the moment are the desires of the entity - MENTALLY. This as we find has brought, does bring the lack of consideration for the freedom of self and the consideration of others and their rights.
9. This then must be the first consideration of the entity: Know that just as ye are a part of a family, ye are part of
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a city, a part of the law, a part of the country, a part of the universe.
10. And unless one is as considerate of others as there is the desire for others to be considerate of self, in that whole relationship, there come turmoils and strifes.
11. On every hand it may appear that advantages are taken of individuals, and there may appear conditions in which there is a lack of those things necessary. But remember, God is not mocked, and whatsoever a man soweth that must he also reap.
12. Hence is considering those influences and forces that have had to do with that which has brought the experience in the present, with which the entity is faced:
13. Know that these have GROWN, even as thy body has grown. And as ye feed those desires mentally, physically, so they grow.
14. Then, what will thy harvest be if ye only sow, or grow, seeds of selfishness, of carnal desire, of the thought of self and of pleasant surroundings or environments without regards the thoughts and purposes of others in their relationships?
15. It IS NOT as some mighty deed of valor, or a mighty purpose to accomplish some spectacular experience, but rather that as ye THINK in thy heart daily!
16. As to what the astrological aspects would be - these ye have treaded and do tread upon in such a manner as to make them rather as naught - only Saturn and Mars having had an influence, bringing the accentuations of material desires into the experiences.
17. But know that the power to overcome is within thine own self. For, as was given of old, it is not who shall descend from heaven to bring thee a message as to what ye shall do, or who would come from over the sea, but rather is it in thine own heart!
18. Then, as ye purpose in thy heart to do, let these first be thy considerations.
19. What IS the ideal life? Let it be answered from each phase of thy experience. Ye find ye have a body, physical, - with all its appetites, with all its desires, with its needs for food, with its needs for that with which it shall be clothed. Ye find a MIND - ye THINK, ye act - this also is in need of food and of clothing. As ye clothe thy thoughts in words, are they in keeping with that as would bring thee blessings or a curse upon others?
20. Know that ye sow, that ye use as thy ideal, that alone may ye reap in thy experience.
21. Ye find ye have a longing that is a manifesting of thy
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soul - unless ye have so submerged the thoughts of same as to clothe thy thoughts only with gratifying or satisfying of carnal or physical desires.
22. These then are the conditions with which ye find thyself confronted.
23. Ye have a will. That is the birthright which thy Maker, thy God hath given thee.
24. It is at this time, this experience, in which He, thy God, hath given thee the OPPORTUNITY to use that mind, that body in such a way that thy soul, thy individuality, may be made manifest; and ye know thyself to be thyself, yet one with the Father-God.
25. Then, what is the ideal? Is it only that as will satisfy the mind, or only that which satisfies the appetite, for the very thoughts of the fleshly desires?
26. Thy appetites - are they bodily or do they partake also of the mental and spiritual aspect of thy three-dimensional self?
27. On these ye would think, if ye would present thy body as a holy sacrifice, which is acceptable unto God, thy Maker. And if, and when ye would be safe, be on the Lord's side; for man cannot fight against God nor His laws. In his ignorance man has desired and has attempted to pattern the penal laws after the ordinances of God, but in thy body, in thy mind, become rather the law itself, and then ye are not subject to same.
28. Thy appearances in the earth have contributed, do contribute to those conditions which confront thee in the shaping of thy life, thy affairs, thy purposes, thy desires. For as given, life is one; for Life is the manifestation of that influence or force called God - and hence is eternal.
29. What, then, will ye present in thy body, in thy mind, as ye grow, as the growth of thy soul, that ye must present before thy Lord, thy God?
30. This, then, is that ye shall live in peace, in harmony first with God's laws, and then ye will find that man's laws are patterned after His laws in such measures that there is not to be found but GOOD in thy relationships to others.
31. As to the appearances in the earth, -
32. Before this we find the entity was in the periods when there were the many who came to the land of the present nativity for the purposes of making an attempt for the new life, new environs, new surroundings, new purposes; praying, living those lives in that new endeavor in such measures as to build a new concept of life and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness - not of indulgence or of aggrandizement of the desires of appetites, but happiness in the freedom of
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serving a living God according to the dictates of the own conscience.
33. There the entity excelled in activities as a soldier, but because ye were forced to fight for a something of which you knew not as to the differences in a land divided as to purposes regarding ownership of bodies of men and women, the entity became a struggling individual.
34. Yet the entity made a good soldier - not for purpose but because of that innate desire for freedom.
35. But with the opportunities of plunder, there came those inebriate desires for gratifying the appetites for things beautiful, for things that were lovely to look upon. And these brought dis-ease, discomfort and disturbances that are STILL a part of thy being.
36. Remember that He has given (and it applies to thee, thyself), "Though ye wander far afield, if ye call I will hear - and answer speedily." That is the promise of thy Maker, thy God! And He answers to thee within!
37. Will ye then not look up, lift up thy heart to Him?
38. The name then was David Piehl, and in the land of what is now a part of Pennsylvania, Maryland and the like. And thus we may find in the present experience that if the entity would choose rather to dwell in the cities along the coast, or the larger towns along the coast of Maryland (the ocean coast), greater opportunities may be thine - IF ye will turn about!
39. Turn thy face to the light of God, the light of a clear conscience, and the shadows of the past will fall far behind.
40. Purpose in thy heart - Look to Him and trust in Him, and work with thy hands and thy mind in those manners and ways to feed the bodies of men, offering a channel through which these things may be made manifest. And thus as ye feed their bodies, also feed thy mind, that thy SOUL may grow in grace, in knowledge, in understanding of WHY ye enter into the experiences of the material life - to give expression of faith, hope, justice, mercy - as has been shown thee.
41. Then give the credit to thy Maker, thy God. So live each day that ye may look EVERY man in the face and know, as ye said of old, "If I have done wrong by any man I give back fourfold."
42. And in those experiences when there was the choosing of individuals in the Holy City for the greater services in the rebuilding of the walls about same, there - too - ye sought to serve; though those things of the land from which ye had wandered or returned came with thee - not of thine own.
43. Yet purposing that ye would, through the very influence
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of the might in building a temple to the living God, consecrate self to service, ye thus proclaimed thyself.
44. The name then was Jaerel. In the experience ye gained. So may ye experience today, if ye will but consecrate the temple - thy body, the temple of the living God - to the service of God and thy fellow man.
45. For it is the manner in which ye treat thy fellow man that ye do services to thy Maker. For inasmuch as ye do it unto the least of thy acquaintance, of thy fellows that ye meet day by day, so ye do unto thy God.
46. Thus may ye rehabilitate thy mind, thy body, to thy purposes in the earth.
47. For in the experience as among the children of Belial in the Atlantean land, ye sought to make for the use of the spiritual laws to gratify the beauty, the joy of carnal living. So ye brought destruction, not only to thyself bodily but to those of that land; and thus brought destruction.
48. For hath He not given, "They that turn their face far from me, I will blot them out"? Yet souls must indeed again and again meet themselves. For hath He not made thee equal with Him, IF ye will love His coming?
49. Then, study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman not ashamed of thy daily life. Though ye may be in need of those things that would bring the pleasures as some ye see about you, PROVIDE the needs of thy body in love and in justice and in mercy; for the silver and the gold are the Lord's, and those that love Him shall not beg bread.
50. Know thy ideal, then, and not as to what others are to do for you as the ideal, but what ye would do for others, - in the manner ye would have them do it unto you!
51. Thus ye may know the face of hope, of love, of brotherly kindness, of mercy.
52. And do it ALL in patience; for God is the God of patience.
53. We are through. Two copies to Mr. [257] Copy to Ass'n file 'n file