This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the home of Mr. David E. Kahn, 20 Woods Lane, Scarsdale, N.Y., this 14th day of November, 1940, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [2400], new Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., via friend of Mrs. [1992].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [2400].
R E A D I N G
Born May 14, 1889, in Richland Center, Wisconsin. Time of Reading 3:50 to 4:45 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. New York City.
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, as I ask them:
2. EC: (In going back over years from the present - " - '37 - awakening - '35 - '21 - a period of wonderment and discouragement - '20 - '12 - a change - the mental developments - '09 - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2400].
4. Much in these records presents itself for interpretation, - much that would be of rather an unusual nature, as to the symbols, as to the influences of such, and the many phases in human experience of determining factors in the affairs of individual activity.
5. These interpretations, though, are chosen with the desire and purpose that this may be a helpful experience for this entity; enabling it to better fulfill those purposes for which it entered this present experience.
6. How can I regain confidence in myself?
6. To be sure, much has ben accomplished. Many phases of the entity's activities have been, and are, a light, a helpful influence, for those in various activities who are assisting in the awakening of man to his relationships to Creative Forces. These are commendable - these should be for greater satisfaction, greater contentment, kept in the experience. Do not wander too far afield, but know in Whom and in what ye have believed, and do believe. Know that He, the author
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of thy faith, is able to keep that committed unto Him against any and EVERY experience that may arise in thy relationships to people as individuals or as a mass, or as to things that may become a part of thy experience.
7. Why have I felt never really at home anywhere?
7. Much might be given as to the symbols, but these have not so much importance in the present as the indication of the entity's own individual activity or work. These merely indicate, in the present, the high sensitivity of this entity; its abilities to draw upon the universal forces, as well as that which is only partial or just beginning in its development.
8. What relationship existed in former lives between my mother, [...] and me? Why were we always so antagonistic?]
8. Hence the warning - know the author and the finisher of thy faith. For, there is a way that seemeth good unto an individual, but the end thereof is separation - or death. Hold fast to Him - who is the way, the beginning, the end of man's consciousness of God, and His promises - that are thine, if thy whole trust is put in Him.
9. The astrological aspects, or indications as arise from the planetary forces, are not as commonly determined - that is, by the position of the planets, or the sign through which thy planet or sun or moon are passing at thy birth. Rather, the activities ye have made in the earth have their definite influence upon all of these. For, each soul is a portion of the whole, or as a corpuscle in the body of God. Thus do ye rule - in THY sphere of activity - those forces that are about thee. Whether these are positive or negative, in that brought to thy own consciousness, depends upon the use or application of thy WILL, thy birthright that is given to each soul, that it may be equal to, one with that creative source; knowing itself to be itself, and yet one with that Creative Force or God.
10. Hence we find Mercury, Venus - Venus with all its healing forces, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus as the influences through which the consciousness of this soul in interims between earthly sojourns has gathered strength, vision, insight, hopes, and at times fears.
11. In Mercury we find the high mental abilities in the material effects, as well as in the mental aspects of men's relationship to spiritual and material things.
12. We find in Venus those abilities of the healing forces that are a part of the entity's experience, that are to be applied more in thy dealings with those with whom ye may come in contact day by day. For, know - as ye do it unto the least of thy brethren, ye do it unto thy Maker. This is
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a law - a law of love, a law of justice, a law of mercy, a law of God. Embrace it. Make it thine, and thus fulfill thy place, thy ability to make known to others that love as was manifested in Him - who is the way, the truth, the light, the peace that may come to a troubled world about thee. Bring harmony to all, as thy presence does, as thy word does, to the consciousness of those about thee. But put the accent upon the peace HE has promised, as His way, as His great commandment, "Love one another."
13. In Jupiter we find the great universal consciousness that arises latent and manifest, and is growing in the consciousness of the entity, that is to be magnified through the activities of healing others - even by word and by hand, as ye meet them.
14. We find in Uranus those extremes that have been so much a part of the entity's experience through this sojourn, as well as its interest in the mystic and the occult forces in the experiences of the entity and of others, the sudden likes and dislikes that have been a mental and a material consciousness of the entity; those mental forces that have through this experience brought periods when fear and doubt ruled the self - then other periods when fear and doubt were felt as to others' interest or determinations in certain directions. And yet, through those periods when creative forces have been made manifest in the experience, there has been drawn into the consciousness of the entity that great source of influence that has brought harmony and peace into the experience of the entity here and now.
15. As to the appearances in the earth plane - not all may be indicated in the present. For, as given, many of those things called karmic forces have been met by the entity, in the relationships with others, in the various spheres of activities of the entity. Thus, while they form the background of the entity's thought, they have passed from the well-being for the present. For, God is God of the living and not of the dead. For, in Him is life, life everlasting - God of the living - as is that spirit of truth, of sincerity, of purpose, of faith, of kindness, of brotherly love, and most of all patience.
16. Keep that thou hast gradually grown in this, that ye may meet it in Him, and in the awareness of thy relationships to the whole. For, the POWER of meeting is in thyself. For thy body is indeed the temple of the living God, and there He hath promised to meet thee. THERE ye find the answer. For He hath not sought that ye rise upward, nor go over the
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seas nor beneath, but has given, "open thine own heart, that may enter and abide with thee." THERE, then, is the kingdom - within.
17. As to the appearances - these that are given, then, are the influences that in the immediate future bring thy problems, thy activities in this experience:
18. Before this the entity was active as Vivian Conway, in Cornwall. Yes, and the walls of thy activity are still among the living experiences of some, as they offer shelter even now for those weary of strife, of hate, and seek to know the peace as passeth understanding!
19. In the experience the entity was given to those activities in aiding those who were broken of body, disturbed in mind, and bereft even of hope at times.
20. Thus those abilities that are latent and manifested in the personal, individual activities to which the entity may in the present give itself. For, as indicated, as thy presence radiates comfort to those that seek, so may the work of thy hands, the words of thy mouth, bring hope, - yea, faith, in that which answers to that call within the hearts and souls of those here, there, all about thee.
21. Do this, in HIS name - who IS the life and the light, the hope of the world!
22. Before that the entity was in the Promised Land, during those periods when the Master of masters walked in the earth.
23. The entity was among those who grew up among those peoples when there were questionings and fears as concerning the edicts even of the children that were to be a part of that experience of peace.
24. Oft is it indicated by man that the era was a period when peace reigned in the earth - yea, TRUE, politically; but in the minds, in the hearts of many individuals there was strife and turmoil and wonderment as to what MUST be that aid that could bring the comfort to those when their children, by the edict of a ruler, might be put to death!
25. This was the environ in which the entity first knew the longings of the mothers, the fathers of that experience; and yet there gradually grew, but all too seldom, that awakening within the entity - through the telling of the mysteries of the experiences of Zachariah, of Joseph and Mary, of the return from Egypt, of the things that had been a part of man's experience.
26. Later the entity became the companion of those close to the Master in His walks in the earth; and there grew the realization within the entity, or the knowledge of how, of what manner His teaching was to be - not ritualistic, not
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pertaining to that which had only been as part of ritual; but just being kind, just meeting the needs of the individual day by day, as to bring hope and a cheer and joy, even under hardships. For, He will bear thee up, if ye hold to that faith in Him.
27. Thus - as Elenor - the entity brought hope and help and cheer - as those days of persecution began - to the holy women, to Mary the Mother, to ALL of those about the entity, - even to those who were rather of the aged who had prophesied, who had kept clear and clean the activities of those who were set aside as the channels through which the activity might come.
28. Thus the entity knew the old and the new concepts of "the day of the Lord is at hand."
29. And TODAY, in the words and the needs of the day, the entity may arouse in the hearts and minds of the many that understanding, the comprehension of "The day of the lord is at hand!"
30. Before that the entity was in the Persian land TO which the peoples of the Promised Land had been banished, but during those periods when there was the arousing of the kings, of those in authority, to give freedom to the peoples of the various faiths under the dictates of their own beliefs and tenets.
31. There the entity was a companion to the first of the kings, under those giving the dispensation to such.
32. Thus the cry which has ever been been, that is innate within the experience of the entity, for FREEDOM of speech, FREEDOM to worship according to the dictates of the own consciousness - each in his own sphere of activity giving allegiance to the one hope in the ONENESS of man's faith in God!
33. The name then was Vastien. In the present the influences from that sojourn oft bring disturbances, because of the promptings of those who are teachers here or there. Thus there are the needs that the entity hold to that embracing influence as found in Him alone - "Abide in me, and I in thee; thus may the glory of God be made manifest in the earth!"
34. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, during those experiences when there were the regenerations being wrought by the activities which had been set in motion by the reestablishing of the Priest, the coordinating of the tenets and teachings of the Atlanteans, as well as the comparative activities from Said and On and Og, that were brought into the activities of the peoples of the land.
35. The entity then was among those who aided, who assisted
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those who would OF THEMSELVES purify their bodies in the Temple of Sacrifice and PREPARE themselves in body and mind in the Temple Beautiful for service in the activities to make known those awarenesses of the sons of the Law of One, - or God is one.
36. Would that all men might gain the concept as did the entity through that experience, to know the full meaning of "Know, O Man, the Lord thy God is ONE!"
37. Thus in the application of self in the present, let it be in that manner as ye ministered then - through the healing forces, through the varied manners and channels in which there might be eradicated from the bodies and the minds of the entities or beings, that which would hinder the allowing of the spirit of truth to manifest itself, to magnify itself, in the experiences materially of the individuals.
38. Then the entity was in the name Ky-Elon.
39. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, that to which it may attain, and how:
40. Who will tell the rose to blush, the rain to bring help and healing to the parched land?
41. Study rather to show thyself approved in all good consciousness to that ye choose as thy ideal. Let it rest, O Child of Promise, in Him - who is the way, the truth, the light, the savior of men! To all who will take His burden and learn of Him, He gives "Come unto me, and learn of me; for I am weak and lowly, but ye shall find rest unto your souls."
42. Ready for questions.
43. (Q) What specific work should I be doing, and how am I preventing its discovery? (A) By a combination of conditions. But apply the self in those channels as has been indicated; here, there, everywhere. Let thy presence - in thy conversation, in thy activity - bring that healing as ye can to every soul ye meet! Not as in a confusion of tongues. Remember, as ye have once gained that perfect knowledge, "The Lord thy God is One!" He is not past finding out; neither are His hands short as men; but only thou may keep thyself from bringing to others that which is a part of thy own experience.
44. (Q) What is most pronounced and useful talent? (A) For the present, HEALING!
45. (Q) What is the purpose of my marriage to [...], and how can it be used for our mutual development? (A) This might best be determined by the paralleling of the experiences of the entities in their sojourns through the earth. For these - while they attract, they being
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disturbing forces; and the these may be unified - as in freedom of activity - in ways that may bring harmony.
46. (Q) What relationships existed in former lives between my brother [...] and me? (A) In the experiences in Cornwall, he was healed by thee, - and thus close associations. In the Palestine experience and activities, he was a brother.
47. (Q) Why am I so close to my granddaughter [...], and how can I help her? (A) By the expounding - yes, expounding - of the tenets of love as ye gained in those experiences through the Promised Land. Close - because the associations were as the mother in that experience.
48. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file [Questions submitted but not asked: t not asked: