This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 9th day of February, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [2777], Associate 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 August 28, 1897, in Melrose, Boston, Mass. Time of Reading 11:10 to 11:35 A. M. Eastern War Time. New York City.
1. GC: You will give the relations 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, 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 - " - '43 - hopes - despair - '42 - anxieties - '40 - disturbance, anxiety - irrational - '38 - '37 - expectancies - '25 - '18 - artist - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2777].
4. In giving an interpretation of the records as we find them here - in the interpreting of same much might appear at first to be quite at variance to the present environs and the present anxieties, the present physical and material attitudes of the entity.
5. Thus, as we find, in interpreting same - we would give that as may be helpful, if the entity will but apply the principles that underlie same. These are not theories, - they are laws; spiritual and mental, and applied in the material life of the entity may bring that awakening of the abilities and possibilities within the grasp of the entity.
6. To be sure, of self little may be accomplished. Yet the desire, the activity, the hope that must be created within self. For as it has been given, it is not who shall descend from heaven or come from other lands to tell thee, or to warn thee; for Lo it is within thine own mind, body and soul. And that ye seek to accomplish may be accomplished, if ye are willing to submit to that awakening of the power and the might of the spirit of truth that is within thine own consciousness.
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7. There is daily set before thee good and evil, life and death. Choose thou. Depart not from this.
8. Take His word, the Holy Bible; it is man's attempt - through the direction of the spirit of truth, of universal consciousness - to indicate man's relationship to that Creative Force, God, and God's approach to man's consciousness of his relationship to God.
9. Thus, take these portions particularly - not that there is one portion greater than the other, but these are the conclusions of the lawgiver - as indicated in the 30th chapter of Deuteronomy, as indicated in the King James' version (as called). These are the conclusions of the matter with that individual entity, Moses, after a hundred and twenty years of seeking his relationships to God. Then take the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th of John; here we find the conclusions of Him who is the way, the truth, the light. In Him ye may find thyself, thy abilities; that are the gifts of the Creative Force - and His mindfulness of thee, of His promises to thee, and how He may sustain thee day by day, never leaving thee alone.
10. From the sojourns of the entity through the material plane there are latent and manifested urges that are a part of thy whole experience, but these are thyself. And while ye may not meet the problems that arise from these alone, with those promises of Him who is life, who is hope, who is the bread of life, who is the water of life, ye may find thy activities in keeping with that which brings peace, harmony and hope.
11. Ye have abilities in art, literature, song, music. These ye have used, and also abused. Do not consider these as thine ONLY outlets, nor thine only means of attaining or gaining that as ye would have in the material experience. But rather be ye guided by that intuitive force that is thine experience.
12. And daily surround thyself with that consciousness of the promises He has made, as recorded in the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th of John, as being thy very own; and the way will open for thee.
13. For, thy body is indeed the temple of the living God. Treat it as such.
14. He has promised to meet thee in that temple. Then as ye meditate, as ye pray - as ye are moved to give expression of that consciousness which arises from same - let thy hand find that to do which is in keeping with that direction ye will be given from day to day.
15. In thy talents - do not overlook thy abilities as a means of giving to others counsel, direction; but let it be
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ONLY that which is in keeping with HIS directions, as are indicated and pointed out to thee in that which begins, "In my Father's house are many mansions." It is thy Father, His Father; thy God, His God, who raised Him up; that ye - through thy OWN consciousness - might have an advocate with the Father.
16. Thus ye may know Him as ye meditate upon Him.
17. As to urges arising from sojourns in the cosmic or in the spheres of activity other than the material earth, we find Venus both as benevolent and as a stumbling-stone. For, thy intenseness in the activities becomes at times such as to cause undue alarm, as well as undue physical anxieties.
18. Thy abilities as the artist - as indicated in Mercury, Venus and Jupiter - should enable thee in thy abilities as a teacher, as an instructor in music, to give others that opening that is necessary for their awakening. Especially may ye do this as a teacher of music. Do not call it hard, or say how may ye begin, but determine in self what ye would do with thy abilities. And ye will find the way, the manner, will open to thee.
19. As ye seek, learn to know those who are grouped in the study and preparation for stage, screen, radio; as may be directed by those seeking in same. And these will bring thee into contact with those who will give thee consideration, from every angle of thy abilities - IF ye keep the faith and thy walking with those directions given thee in the interpreting of the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th of John, in thy life and in thy relations to thy fellow man.
20. As to the material sojourns - these should mean little to thee, yet these have been that which troubles thee in the present.
21. Then study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman not ashamed; rightly dividing the words of truth. And don't condemn self, don't condemn others. He did not; ye have no right to do otherwise than to love those even that despitefully use you.
22. But trust in Him, and the way will open; and MORE may be given thee as ye apply thyself in earnest, in truth, in love, in the light of that meditation.
23. Ready for questions.
24. (Q) Can you give me the name and address of an outstanding melody writer who will work with me? (A) As indicated, seek rather to associate self with groups, and ye will find these will bring about those associations and connections.
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Seek and ye shall find. Let Him direct the way.
25. We are through for the present. Three copies to Self (one each to the following two persons, Copy to Ass'n file who have had experience with the Readings and may be able to help you: Mrs. Julia Chandler, 120 East 37th St., [Room 3200, Empire State Bldg., Mgr. Empire Tower] New York City; Madame Tamara Daykarhanova, 19 Pomander Walk, [School for the Stage, 29 West 56th St., New York City] New York City) k City)