This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 4th day of June, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [3028], new Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by the book, THERE IS A RIVER.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading 3:45 to 4:25 P. M. Eastern War Time. ..., N.Y.
1. GC: You will have before you the entity [3028] born September 10, 1891, ..., N.Y., who seeks a Mental and Spiritual Reading with information, advice and guidance, as to her environment, her problems as a parent, and other associations; then, last but not least, her struggle for the way, the truth, the means and the end. You will answer the questions she submits, as I ask them:
2. EC: In giving that as we find may be helpful, or beneficial to the entity at this time, it would be well to present first that premise from which such information or counsel may be drawn.
3. Know, first, within self, that the Lord thy God is ONE Lord; that all thou mayest known of Him, then, must be manifested in thine own consciousness.
4. For, as ye do unto the least of thy acquaintance, ye do unto thy Maker.
5. These, then, are the premises from which that as may be a helpful influence in the directing of the life of thy children, of thy home, of thy associations, is drawn. For, with what measure ye mete it is measured to thee again.
6. That there are problems in the conduct of thy son [2 daughters only] - that there are differences with thy neighbors, these are problems ye are meeting in thine own self. For, life - as a manifestation - is as a characteristic, is as a facet, of that force, of that power ye call God.
7. Then as ye have used, as ye do use thy life itself, it is thy opportunity ever to be a manifestation of that force, that power ye would worship in thy Maker.
8. As ye manifest, then, as ye meet these problems, ye are meeting thine own self - in them, for them, with them. And as ye hold or conduct thine own mental self, so is the control.
9. For as ye find in thine own body these manifestations, - body, mind, soul - so is the Godhead; Father, Son and Holy
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Spirit. These are manifestations of the spirit. Then ye recognize, ye are conscious of, thine own inner or soul self. Mind, as the Son, becomes the builder, the way, the truth, the light - as indicated in His Word.
10. Then study first thine own self, thine own problems, in the light of that which was presented first by the lawgiver, in his admonition to those peoples that were being led by him in that period, and especially as indicated in the 30th of Deuteronomy. THERE ye will see thine self. For, today - each day to every soul, there is presented good and evil, life and death; and ye choose, with thy Mind, which way ye go.
11. As indicated there also, think not who would - or will - descend to bring thee a message from above, or who would come from over the sea that ye might know the truth; for Lo, it is in thine own heart, thine own conscience.
12. Search ye, then, thine own conscience. And know what way ye are choosing. For the earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof; the silver and the gold are His, the cattle on a thousand hills are His. They are lent to men to use as in glory to Him.
13. Then, as to how the approach will be:
14. Read, study - not merely as rote, but know that it is spoken to thee, and to each soul that seeks to know the truth and the way - that indicated to those as He would leave them, "In my Father's house are many mansions - if it were not so I would have told you." Whose mansions are these?
15. As He continues then in the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th of John - "I pray that I may have the glory with thee before the world was - that where I am there these may be also, that these who have believed on me may know that glory which I had with thee from the beginning."
16. Then the mansions - yea the gold and the silver - are thine, if ye are his children. This ye may answer only thyself; not in that way of forcing others. This was the beginning of thy undoing with thy son. Ye must LIVE the life, and not merely give the word. For as was manifested by Him, "As ye have seen me do, so may ye also do, for I go to the Father; and that ye ask in my name, believing, that ye may have in thy consciousness." Where doth this appear in the MIND! Thine own concept, thine own use of Him - that is the way and the life, that is the bread of life, that is the water of life. And they that do His biddings shall not thirst for labors to do, shall not thirst for lack of hope or for lack of the assurance that He walketh with them. For His promises are, "If ye love me, ye will keep my
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commandments and I - AND the Father - will come and abide with thee."
17. Thus is the admonition.
18. First find that peace that ye seek in thine own soul, thine own conscience. For, as He has promised ever, "When ye call I will hear, and answer speedily." But know ye cannot hold a grudge, ye cannot hold malice, ye cannot hold injustice. For as He has given, "When ye come, leave thy prayer, leave thy offering until ye have made peace with thy brother, until ye have made peace with thyself." For until ye find it in the desire of thy heart, in the purpose of thy soul to know the truth, and to have peace within thine self, ye cannot have it with thy brother, thy neighbor, thy son, nor in thy home.
19. But when ye have found it in thine inner self, He is just to forgive. For that purpose came He into the earth, that man might have the advocate with the Father, that there might be completed that as He had given, "In the day ye eat thereof, ye shall surely die." In the day thou sinnest, ye have destroyed, then, that something in thine consciousness that must be paid, that must be met in thyself. Perchance, as thou hast experienced, ye are meeting it most in thy son. For, as his waywardness bringeth sorrow, so does the waywardness of each soul bring sorrow to the Father of Fathers, the God that is ONE.
20. For, as each soul is as a corpuscle in the body of God, so does the soul that sinneth bring sorrow to the Father. And thus, as He has prepared the way, and made it possible for thee to be forgiven - yea, to be forgotten, if ye persist in not putting on the whole armor of the spirit, - ye must let thy yeas be yea and thy nays be nay IN THE LORD! Not of thine own will, but let thy prayer be, consciously, three times each day:
21. "LORD! LET THY WILL BE DONE IN ME. SHOW THOU ME THE WAY, O LORD."
22. And He is faithful to answer those that call. And, as has been given, He will answer speedily.
23. Ready for questions.
24. (Q) What factors would or could enter into a possible change of residence, and for what reason? (A) Only that as may be the undoing of some of those hopes that have been builded. That which has been builded in selfishness must be lost. That which has been builded in glory is already won.
25. (Q) How is it best to handle my problem daughter, [...] and about her ability as a singer? (A) As ye would that thy daughter should do to thee, do ye
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even so to her! But LIVE the life - in mind, and in purpose - that ye would have thy daughter to live. If the purpose for the use of the voice is to the glory of God, it is well. If it is for the gratifying of self, it is evil.
26. (Q) Who is the person I am to meet that I knew a long time ago? (A) We do not find such, other than SELF! Meet thine own self that ye knew well enough long ago! For it is self, ever, that ye meet. And ye use the opportunities day by day either for making thyself one with Him or for creating that which must eventually be met in confusion.
27. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file ss'n file