This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 18th day of July, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - [3132], 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 10, 1904, in Canton, Ohio. Time of Reading 11:30 to 12:00 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 - " - '40 - some changes in the attitude - '34 - periods of anxiety - '28 - expectancies - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we are given the records here of that entity now known as or called [3132].
4. In giving an interpretation of the records as we find them, there is much from which to choose. For, the activities in the earth have been often; yet these we would choose to give here with the desire and purpose that this information may be a helpful experience for the entity; enabling the entity to better fulfillthose purposes for which it entered this sojourn.
5. For, a soul-entity enters not by chance, but rather through those influences wrought by the application of the soul-entity in the experiences, in the mental and spiritual forces necessary for the entity to become one with the Creative Force.
6. God has not willed that any soul should perish, but has with every temptation prepared a way, a means of escape. Thus, as the soul chooses - with the preparation brought by the union of mind and body - the expression enters, and there are those opportunities for applying such truths in the activities in the material plane to the glory of the Father, to the honor of the soul self.
7. In indicating those activities of the entity, while from
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the astrological aspects one may choose those things that have been accredited to certain influences, these are only relative to those influences upon the entity. For, no force, no influence is greater than the will of the entity. Nothing may separate the individual soul or entity from the knowledge, or from the love of God, save itself - by its own neglect or its own activity as relating to the use of that knowledge or understanding it may have.
8. With this entity we find Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Saturn are a part of the experience.
9. One, then, high in its mental abilities, and yet one too often allowing others to direct the choices made.
10. One that should, with its abilities - as may be seen from the application of self in the material plane, GIVE directions oft, when it takes directions from others.
11. The entity is naturally of an analytical nature or mind; one that tends to seek for sources or causes, or the whys of certain influences in its experiences; having to do more, then, with the letter of the law than the spirit of the law, at times. This should also be correct in self.
12. In Jupiter we find those tendencies towards the universal consciousness, the natural inclination for the larger things. Thus the attraction in its activity to corporations, groups, companies that would be directing in their policies, and those things having to do with law would be a natural attraction. Yet there is the feeling for the greater truths, and these the entity may gain in the application of those tenets or truths as would direct in the organizations - as in corporations that deal with the morality, as well as those things that would have to do with the law pertaining to national and international influences - as have been a part of the entity's experience.
13. We find in Saturn the sudden changes that have come in this sojourn, as well as those variations in activities in the other experiences in the earth.
14. These we find, then, the latent influences that are a part of what may be called the dreams, or the innate force that directs the motivating forces of the entity, as an entity.
15. As to the appearances of the entity in the earth - all of these may not be indicated here; for these alter according to the application of the individual to the opportunities in the earth, but with each cycle comes the various influences that are apparent from sojourns in certain material environments. These are given in the present, for the entity is in that stage or state in which changes may be made, or may be wrought in he activity of
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that chosen by the entity for its material activity.
16. The material is of the earth-earthy. The spiritual is of the heavenly or the motivative forces. The mental is ever the builder.
17. Then, apply self in the spiritual imports of tenets or truths that comply with the universal consciousness for the greater material benefits in the material plane.
18. That as would be manifested must first be in spirit, then in mind, then in material activity. For, this is the evolution of the earth, the evolution of things, the evolution of ideas and of ideals. For, He came into the earth that through Him man might have access again to the grace and mercy of those spiritual forces that are the directing ideals of each soul-entity.
19. Before this the entity was in the land of the present sojourn, in the early settlings of the land, when there had been the establishing of associations with other lands; especially as related to skins, animals, and those things from which clothing of certain natures was prepared.
20. The entity then acted in the capacity of the go-between, first with the natives, later with those of other lands.
21. Thus, as indicated, those organizations that would have to do with national and international laws or rules or regulations might easily be a part of the entity's consciousness, through which there might be the greater outlet for the abilities of the entity.
22. The name then was Joseph Cokglin. The entity gained in the material, in the mental, and - in the latter portion of the experience - in the spiritual forces. For, those tenets of freedom of activity, as to the tenets and activities pertaining to the proper relationships of various activities or groups, become a part of the experience and the activity of the entity.
23. Thus we find those abilities as indicated in relationships with other lands.
24. Before that the entity was in the Roman land, when many lands were under the rule or direction of the Roman power; when those activities required individuals who acted in the capacity of providing means or ways in which certain tax levies were made upon groups.
25. The entity acted rather in the capacity of indicating how much, where and under what rule other lands could contribute, and would contribute, to the empire.
26. Thus the interest the entity finds in special portions of North Africa, as well as the Holy Land, and parts of what is now Armenia or Turkey. These are of special interest, and the entity may find an interest in products of those
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particular areas; as to the abilities and the changes that have come.
27. Hence the interest in history of peoples, developments of people, developments of groups, developments under certain religious or political rules.
28. Also we find the abilities indicated in the direction as one who might deal with those of other groups, or international law, international relationships. And as these are to be changed in the near future, as to how relationships of many lands are to be established with those lands under which the entity is active in the present, the entity may lend itself in activity and thus become an influence for good, through it abilities in these directions. These we would do.
29. The name then was Arden.
30. Before that the entity was in the Holy Land, where the peoples journeyed from the Egyptian land and settled there.
31. The entity then was among the natives, or of the peoples that were to be replaced by the activities of those peoples. But the entity was among those that enabled certain leaders to make overtures to the leader that was entering the land, and thus saving its peoples in the present.
32. From this we find those tendencies too oft for the entity to minimize its own abilities, and to be guided or to be acting under the orders of others; giving way too easily to the directions of others.
33. Know within self what you believe. Know the author of your belief, spiritually as well as mentally and materially. Then be willing to live, to stand, to do those things you know to be your conviction as to the correct manner in which they should be done; guiding the same by the spirit of truth, the universality of man's dependency one upon another, to the glory of the Father in all things. For it is in Him we live and move and have our being.
34. And your purpose in the earth is, in every opportunity, in every activity one to or with another, to show forth His love until He comes again. For, remember ever, "In the manner as ye do it unto thy fellow man, ye do it unto thy Maker."
35. The name then was Stephen Euentlern. In the experience the entity gained, the entity lost, the entity gained. Yet much of those experiences are oft visioned in the entity's self in the present.
36. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, when there were those activities that were the outcome of the joining of those influences after the return of the Priest from banishment, and the preparations for various groups to
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represent the activities in the Egyptian land.
37. The entity acted in the capacity as an emissary to the land of Saad.
38. Hence we find the interest of the entity in the occult forces, and especially the Indian lore and the activities in that particular land.
39. The entity gained through that experience. For, those tenets that had been set by the priest, though the entity acted under the direction of the King, brought to both of those lands in that experience a closer relationship in all of the material, the political, as well as the universal or spiritual application of tenets or truths. Then named Peth-El-Er.
40. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then, that to which it may attain, and how:
41. The chosen field of the entity's activity is very well, but be more aggressive in its relationships. Also expand into that which will deal with the international things, especially that are just coming up. Offer self in these relationships first with the ability to supply the relationships of law as related to enabling groups, nations and peoples to rehabilitate themselves after the cessation of hostilities, which will not be too far off for the activities of the entity to be a contribution to the welfare of His cause in the earth.
42. Keep the faith of thy fathers. Keep those tenets you applied in those relationships in Egypt. Be far from those you applied in the Holy Land in dealing with the certain groups because of their position. For, the Lord looks not on the outward appearance but upon the heart.
43. Ready for questions.
44. (Q) Should I throw myself more into a political or more public life, or should I get farther away from the world in my endeavors - such as in writing or even farming? (A) More into the public, or for the general welfare of the country, of the land. Be more aggressive, and in that particularly as related to international interests.
45. (Q) Are there any obstacles of fear, habit, thinking and acting, that ought to be correct or removed? (A) As indicated, those tendencies to listen to others, or not sufficiently aggressive in that you DO know. Keep the faith, though, in the spiritual things.
46. (Q) What has been my past relationship with my daughter, [...], and how may I overcome her indifference to me? (A) In the experience in the Holy Land, we find there were the variations as had to do with political as well as the
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moral relationships, that causes the indifference. Be true to self, and you will not be false to any.
47. (Q) Is my relationship with others what it should be? (A) Who shall be the judge but thyself, thine own conscience? For, today there is ever set before thee good and evil - choose thou. For, as ye choose, it is life or death - and the creative forces are to the living, not the dead.
48. We are through for the present. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file e