This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 30th day of March, 1940, in accordance with request made by the mother - Mrs. [...], new Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mrs. [1837], and sponsored by Mrs. [1602].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Born September 5, 1935, 3:45 A.M., in Trucksville, Penna. Time of Reading 10:45 to 11:25 A.M. Eastern Standard Time. ..., Pennsylvania.
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:
2. EC: Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2156].
3. These should be very sacred to many, and especially this entity - as it has been and is a chosen channel of manifestations in the material plane of love which the Father hath bestowed upon the children of men.
4. Hence, in this portion of the entity's development, the suggestions would be directed more to those to whom this entity's experience has been entrusted - in the way of what might be considered counsel.
5. The interpretations of the records as chosen here, then, are given with the desire, the purpose, that this may prove a helpful experience, not only to the entity - for this will come, with the awakening as it reaches those developments of the mental in which there is the greater realization of the closer relationships the entity bears to Creative Forces - but through same to the world about the entity.
6. For the entity's world, in its relationships to others, must be kept more in the constructive experiences - rather than the encouraging of, or the seeking for, that which is of a dire nature, or as to be a sensation as to happenings in the affairs or the experiences of others.
7. For, only that which is creative or constructive in its nature draws, impels, attracts, or calls upon the influences from without that are of the creative nature.
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8. It is realized that there are unusual, out of the ordinary, associations or activities in the mental and spiritual forces of this entity. Then, the counsel would be:
9. Not in longfacedness, not as ones that would shut themselves away from man or his disorders and discouragements, but rather in those realms in which the fruit of the spirit of truth is made manifest - in patience, in love, in kindness, in gentleness, in those things that bring constructive, hopeful, helpful forces into the experiences of others - these, and all such, should be that upon which those about the entity would, should, meditate - daily.
10. And the knowledge of the love that is made manifest in the activity of Him who is the way, the truth, the light, - this should be the story oft told; and in the telling especially of the meeting of the entity - in another experience - with that vessel, that channel through which the Prince of Peace and of love and of hope came, the entity may indeed be given that encouragement, that assurance, that hope which will bring greater blessings to the fellow man in this particular sojourn.
11. For as there is made manifest in the life, the activity, the giving of such a vessel as this into the experiences of man, there should be the realization more and more - in the hearts and minds of all who come in contact with the entity - that God, the Father, keeps His promises to the children of men; giving them those vessels, those channels, through which HOPE and faith, and patience, are made manifest.
12. Thus may many, may ALL who approach THIS channel with such in their purpose, their desire, become assured in their lives and their experiences that God speaks to those who seek His face, who seek His ways.
13. Those who approach with the thoughts or with ANY phases of man's experience that cause distrust, envy, malice or the like, will shut and are shutting themselves, turning their faces away from a manifestation that would awaken that consciousness within their own hearts and souls that God, through His promise, is mindful of man.
14. As to the manners of environs, then, that should be kept about the entity:
15. A normal environment, yes; but to those who are materially-minded only, to be sure it will never be a normal world or normal environment.
16. Yet, those who would put the arm of such natures about the activities of the entity, let them be oft in prayer, oft in seeking the manner, the way; that there may be brought
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into the experiences of this soul, this mind, a knowledge and an awareness of Christ as manifested in the life of Jesus - who so loved man as to give Himself as that sacrifice.
17. And now, here, it is not sacrifice that is required, but love - LOVE made manifest; not materially, not in those things that corrupt or that make men afraid, but in the light of GOD'S love - in conversation, in activities, in the dealing of one with another in the presence and in the consciousness of the entity.
18. For, as the entity is sensitive to influences from without itself, it is also sensitive to the thoughts, even, of those with whom it comes in contact.
19. Not that the entity is to be shut away from the world, - but remember, as His prayer was, KEEP those about the entity from presumptuous sin, from that of hate, malice, jealousy; for these only make separations that will bring confusion into the experiences of this soul.
20. Little of the astrological aspects have to do with this entity; for its activities in the earth have been such that it will be influenced by same - save those that will be the natural emotions of the body.
21. Thus, these we will find apparent in the entity's relationships, other than that as may be taught or trained within same:
22. Very easy does the entity like or dislike, or become attracted to or repelled by those it meets. Yet gradually there will grow into the experience a greater attraction for those of the opposite sex.
23. Hence there needs to be the care, that understanding, early in the experience of the entity in this sojourn, as to the manner of life and how there is the propagation of it in the material plane. For, left alone, the entity would - and will - soon desire to wed in this material plane. These are from urges latent and manifested in the astrological aspects and sojourns.
24. And from the appearances in the earth it may be seen that there also is the manifestation of those things turned into material activities from SPIRITUAL concepts.
25. Before this (in its sojourns) we find the entity was among those who were given a special service in the early activities of the Church, in the bringing of spiritual concepts into the minds of individuals through music.
26. Then the entity was Saint Cecilia - or as Celia the entity was first known, and then known for its abilities in the teaching and ministering to those in the various stages of man's expression and development there - in the Roman
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activity and experience of the early Church; for the entity brought hope, patience, understanding.
27. Thus we will find hours in the present oft when music, - that is of the nature that brings into association those forces of the celestial as well as the mental and spiritual, - will be the greater channel in which the entity may enable, or be enabled, to give the expressions of those messages, those lessons that will be so much a help, and bring hope, in the minds of others.
28. NOT by questioning, not by ANY of those things that are so oft as tortures to the entity. For, remember, as has been given, it is not in sacrifice but in a service of love, - both within and from without - that the entity may give its best as the channel for aiding and assisting others.
29. For there will gradually come the growth of the abilities within the entity's experience to not only bring messages of hope and of light to others, but to bring aid - through the very laying on of hands - to those who are not only mentally but physically sick - to those who are ill at ease, rather than the diseased, throughout the entity's experience. In such a manner, with that tempering, with that training which has been indicated, may the entity be of the greater service.
30. Then, give particular attention to the music in the experience of the entity; not only as the channel, but as an outlet for itself in its desires for expressions in the mental and the spiritual. For, hath it not been said that only music may span that space between the finite and the infinite? The entity's music may be the means of arousing and awakening the best of hope, the best of desire, the best in the heart and soul of those who will and do listen. Is not music the universal language, both for those who would give praise and those who are sorry in their hearts and souls? Is it not a means, a manner of universal expression! Thus may the greater hope come.
31. Then again, before that, we find the entity was in that period from which the greater hope may be expressed; as Elizabeth, the mother of him of whom the Master said, "Among them that are born of woman there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist."
32. So, as the entity was a chosen vessel, a chosen channel for that one who PROCLAIMED the day of the Lord to be at hand, the entity now - manifested in that body known as or called [2156] - may indeed be kept as a channel, by those about the entity, that it, too, may arouse and bring the consciousness in the minds of many that the day of the Lord is indeed at hand.
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33. For, whosoever will may come and take of the cup, even as He. For as He hath promised to stand in the places of those who are discouraged, disconsolate, who have lost a vision, lost hope - so may this entity be that channel through which MANY may take hope, many may be aroused to the awareness that the Lord is nigh, that He standeth at the door of thy consciousness, that ye may be awakened!
34. Then, let there not be a worshipfulness as of the body of the entity, but rather as of its abilities to AROUSE in the hearts and minds of others the KNOWLEDGE that the day of the Lord is at hand!
35. We are through for the present. Copy to Mother " " Ass'n file " " Mrs. [1837] " " Mrs. [1602] " Mrs. [1602]