This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 13th day of July, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - [3129], 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
Born February 23, 1901, 12:15 A. M., in Rockville, Indiana. Time of Reading 10:50 to 11:25 A. M. Eastern War Time. ..., Mass.
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 - " - '34 - changes - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [3129].
4. In giving an interpretation of the records as we find them, these we would choose from same with the desire that, with the use or application in the present experience, the entity may be able to fulfillmore correctly those purposes for which it entered this present sojourn.
5. For, the entrance into the earth's plane of the entity is not by chance. Neither is it destined as to what the end will be, but the opportunities are ever present. And if the ideals and purposes of the entity are lost in Him, the destiny is that of living and being a manifestation for and through Him, ever.
6. The entity should remember, "He that will be the greatest among you will minister to all."
7. Then, as will be seen from appearances in the earth, the entity's purpose is to learn those truths that are indeed the fruits of the spirit. Learning patience, longsuffering, kindness, gentleness, humbleness, is that purpose for the entity entering this experience.
8. In gaining the understanding, then, as to that in Whom and in What this may be complete, becomes the work of the
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entity; through the practicing and through the application of those tenets or truths.
9. Remember, that Creative Force - or God - is not mindful of persons. Neither has He willed that any soul should perish. Man looks upon the outward appearances and judges success by material standards. God looks on the heart and judges rather by the sincerity of the individual's "try."
10. For, remember, though he walked in many ways contrary to God's edicts and laws, Abram's try was counted to him for righteousness.
11. Urges are manifested in the experience of the entity. These arise from two definite sources. The application of the self, the ego, in those consciousnesses or awarenesses during the interims between earthly manifestations is one source. For convenience, such are at times accredited with certain influences; not because of the entity's consciousness in those special environs or places, but because of the manner in which the awarenesses in those dimensions have been applied, that give latent urges.
12. But no urge, either from astrological or from material sojourns, surpasses the will of the individual; that gift from the Creative Forces making man equal with that Creative Force.
13. Thus there comes that injunction, that warning, that reminder, "As ye do it unto the least of thy brethren, ye do it to thy Maker."
14. All that may be known of that Creative Force, then, is reflected in what an individual does about his relationships with his fellow man. For, as said of old, he that says he loves the Lord and hates his brother is a liar and the truth is far from him. But he that loves the Lord with all his heart, and his brother as himself, has found that awakening. Nothing new, but that merely which reminds the entity of the manner in which there should be the speaking, the warning, the urging the fellow man in his search for that Creative Force; which, aroused within the individual self, will lead on to the mark of the higher calling as set in Him.
15. Mercury, Venus and Jupiter are the ruling forces in the entity. Saturn is the stumblingblock at times. For, the great changes that come in the environ, in the thought, in application, are an urge from the desire to begin over again - or as represented in Saturn.
16. The universal consciousness is represented in the Jupiterian forces; the abilities as a peacemaker among the brethren arises from those urges latent and manifested there.
17. We find in Venus the beautiful, the worldly, the thought
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of "What will others say," and the neglect at times of "What would He have me do?"
18. In Mercury we find the high mental abilities, as indicated in the activities of the entity oft.
19. As to appearances in the earth - while not all are given, these are those that make for the greater influence at this particular period of the entity's sojourn in the earth - according to the urge in the emotions of the body itself. Not all may be indicated, but we give these that the entity may know the Lord liveth and that He is God of the living and not of the dead.
20. Before this the entity was in the land of the present sojourn, rather than nativity; during those periods when there was much questioning as to the spiritual, or mystical and spiritual forces and the working of disincarnate forces in the experience of peoples - as to whether they were possessed or allowing themselves to become as tools for unruly, unseemly forces.
21. Then in the name Robert Calvert [Robert Calef? - See 3129-1, Reports], the entity made for many questionings, and acted in the capacity as a judge in the tenets of the very orthodox relations of church, of state, of peoples. Although the entity had been loud in its praise of and in its seeking out of freedom of speech, freedom of religious worship, intolerance became a part of the entity's experience - that caused those anxieties.
22. Hence those influences in the present in which the entity finds that he almost attains, and yet there is an influence or a force apparently outside or beyond the control of the entity; that those with a varied concept to that of the entity's become the ruling powers in high places.
23. For, as the entity measured to others, so the entity finds the meeting of itself in the present - in those tenets of individual natures.
24. Through the experience the entity gained materially; not attaining to its highest in its mental and spiritual attributes, and yet to the world a success - his name being well-spoken of in many ways in connection with that which influenced the lives of many groups of individuals.
25. Before that the entity was in the English land when there were the settlings there from those that were driven far afield.
26. The entity was among those groups to establish a place of refuge for many that were questioned as to their ideals, as to their way of worship, as to their activities.
27. The entity then was not so much as a ruler, but as an
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interpreter, an instructor for the various types of individuals.
28. Thus we find abilities within the entity's present experience to interpret happenings, to interpret lives, to interpret purposes of various groups as to their use of offices of various natures in their relationships to others.
29. Hence there are the abilities of the entity as a teacher, as an instructor, as a writer, that may influence the lives of many.
30. Then in the name Culbertsen, the entity gained through those experiences. For, the entity tended to control those activities as to meet the needs, whether in law or in the material needs to supply that which would enable all to become closer bound in their purposes and aims - though of different opinions through those experiences.
31. Before that the entity was in Egypt when those peoples entered into the Holy Land, now called the Jewish or Hebrews.
32. Then the entity was among those selected to be in charge of those activities that dealt with the preparation of the temple in the wilderness, or the tabernacle that eventually became the temple.
33. And, as the entity has learned in the present, the body is indeed the temple, and that the pattern given in the mount is that pattern of the individual entity or self as it is set up and hedged about, and yet is the place where man meets his Maker.
34. The entity then became one well grounded in those tenets and truths, the weaknesses of the material needs oft overshadowing the entity, yet in those periods of the close walk with the leader who entered into the land there was brought peace and harmony into the experience.
35. Then the name was Elded.
36. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, when there were those disseminations of the truths and tenets set up by the Priest with the various groups, after the return of the Priest to papal power (termed in the present), or the religious or spiritual tenets.
37. The entity was among those prepared as emissaries to other lands; and the entity's activities were especially in the Persian and Armenian land.
38. The name then was Duel-en.
39. As to the abilities of the entity, then - as may be seen from the pattern, an instructor through the means or channels of a speaker or writer, or an edifier for those who are seeking to know their closer walk with Creative Forces.
40. Then, use thy abilities, use thy opportunities to the
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glory of the King, Christ; and it will be to the glory and honor of thyself.
41. Let thy understanding be holy (wholly) in Him, and ye will attain. For, the earth is indeed the Lord's, and the silver and the gold are His, as the cattle on a thousand hills.
42. Then, walk in the light, as He is in the light, and there will be less of dismay, less of darkness, and more of contentment in the body-mind of the individual entity.
43. Ready for questions.
44. (Q) What is my real mission in life? (A) To warn many of thy brethren.
45. (Q) How can I find the proper outlet for the larger service of mankind? (A) By calling on, by trusting in, by being one with that purpose for which the Way and the Truth and the Light has pointed in the world.
46. (Q) Please point the way in which I can enter into my life work and find true happiness. (A) First study thyself and thy ideals, and know - in spirit, in mind, in body - thy ideal is surely in Him as the Savior of ALL mankind. Forget thine own differences and know, as ye can interpret, the Lord is ONE - and ALL things work together for good, here a little, there a little, line upon line, precept upon precept, to those that love the Lord. And as ye would that others would do to thee, measure ye so to them. In this light, and in this truth, there is life eternal - and ye will enter in, through the application of that in thy writing, in thy speaking, in thy living with thy fellow man.
47. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file e