This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 15th day of February, 1944, in accordance with request made by the self - [3660], 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. (Notes read to and transcribed by Jeanette Fitch.)
R E A D I N G
Born June 2, 1890, in Topeka, Kansas. Time of Reading 4:05 to 4:35 P. M. Eastern War Time. ..., Illinois.
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: Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as [3660].
3. In giving an interpretation of the records as we find them, there are many things to be considered. These we would choose from the records with the desire and purpose that this information, if the body-mind will accept same and act upon it, may bring more harmony, more peace, and the greater ability of the entity to fill those places in its relationships to others more efficiently and more consistently.
4. There is much to be unlearned. There is much to learn. These truths we would give from here that must be learned first of all:
5. God is not mocked, and whatsoever a soul soweth, that must it somewhere, sometime reap. For in the consciousness of eternity, time is not, neither is space. In man's consciousness there appears so much mercy, so much love, that these have been called time and space.
6. In the beginning all souls were as a unity to the God-Force. As self added or subtracted that which was in keeping with God's purpose, ye added or subtracted from the blessings ye might be conscious of in materiality. Thus karma is builded. And the law is perfect - what ye sow, ye reap.
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7. There is no law causing man to separate himself from his Maker. There is no cause except man's own indulgence or neglect.
8. Then to the self first: Find self and thy relationship to thy Creator. And know what ye believe, in whom ye believe, and who is the author of thy faith.
9. Then apply it in thy daily life. For in the same manner ye measure to others, in thought, in deed, in purpose, ye measure to thy Maker.
10. Ye may sow good seeds, ye may sow perfect seeds, but unless it is in keeping with that ye have purposed in thine heart, what can the harvest be? For God alone giveth the increase.
11. Remember, as was given: "Behold thy brother is in thine hand." But if ye think hate, if ye think jealousy, if ye act these in thy life, what can the harvest be other than that manifested even in the experience of Cain? Then apply thy abilities, for they are many. For to each soul is given that which if applied in the daily life will make that soul one with the infinite. But keep humble, keep patient, keep in the manner in which the pattern has been given. For it is even as that one manifested in the flesh, even Jesus who became the Christ, who offered Himself that ye through belief, through faith, through the pattern of His life, might find thy way, might find thy true relationship to the Creator, God. And He will not withhold any good thing from thee.
12. Begin and read Genesis 1:3, and see that is to thee LIGHT, the light of men, even that one who is the Christ Consciousness.
13. In application in self, ye will find that Exodus 19:5 applies to thee, if thou wilt put away blaming others. Yes, ye feel aversions, ye cast judgments upon others. By whose standard are ye measuring thy brother? By God's love for thee? For only in the same measure with which ye mete to others can life in its material expression measure back to thee. Only in that measure that ye mete.
14. Have ye been kind and patient, loving and forgiving? For only as ye forgive those who have blamed thee without a cause, who have spoken vilely of thee without reason, can the giver of life and light forgive thee - even though He came into experience that ye, even ye, might know thy place with thy God, with thy Maker.
15. Then again, as indicated, in Deuteronomy 30, see that it is to thee - not someone else. For thy body is indeed the temple of the living God. In thy heart and mind He has promised to meet thee. Will ye let Him? Will ye open the
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door? Will ye humble thyself and say, "LORD, HERE AM I! USE ME, THOUGH IT BRUISE MY BODY, MY PRIDE, EVEN MY CONSCIENCE. USE ME, O GOD, THAT I - THY HANDMAID - MAY BE A CHANNEL OF BLESSING TO ONE OF THY CHILDREN TODAY." Say this not merely in words, but in real purpose of heart, in real desire. And ye will find that He can and will answer thee. For His promises are sure, "Though ye be far away, if ye call I will hear, and answer speedily."
16. He is not a God of wrath to those who humbly seek, only a God of wrath to those who defy and say, "I - yea I - will do this or that."
17. For of thyself ye can do nothing, only as He in His love and mercy may show thee the way.
18. Through the periods of thy sojourns in the earth, ye have oft defied the living God, and yet He hath loved thee and hath again given thee an opportunity, here, now, today, if ye hear His voice. Harden not thy heart, but read - even as He has given, "In my Father's house are many mansions." Thy mansion, thy body, thy temple, thy house may dwell in the mansions of God, if ye will be meek and lowly in spirit that the spirit of truth, of light in Christ, may make thee alive. For He came that ye, even ye, might have life more abundantly. Defy Him not again.
19. Only these appearances may be given, that ye abuse them not. For as ye walked in the land of thine own inheritance in the experience before this, ye with thy companions, sought strange places that ye might add to the ease of body or mind - in the search for gold. Yet when ye were reduced to material straits, when ye called He failed thee not.
20. In the name then Anna Carruth, ye added much to the comfort of others. Thus in this experience ye have oft come in contact with those who have seen the light, yea those who have heard the voice that said, "Peace - be still," and the heart found joy.
21. Before that ye were in the land where the Master walked, when there were those gathered by the seashore who heard Him speak. At Bethsaida ye were among those who had heard, who looked for, who had come to expect that sometime, somewhere, God would hear the cry and answer those who were troubled by ills of body, turmoils of the struggles for life, for the meeting of the passions of the body of men, for the cries of the young for succor, for aid, yea for bread. And He spoke gentle words - the sower went forth to sow. What are ye casting into the soil of life for those ye meet? Upon what character of soil seek ye to prepare, even in thine own life and heart and body?
22. The name then was Jeseuel. Ye became strong by that
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simple trust in Jesus and again ye may find thy strength of thy mind and thy body in His purposes alone.
23. Before that ye were among those in Atlantis who used the divine purposes among the sons and daughters of the Law of One and the turmoils of the sons of Belial - yea, life is easy, and peace becomes at times such as to make sad the heart of those who look upon gratifying of the flesh. And ye partook!
24. These come to thee again in the warring of the body for the material things, and these must pass away. But the hopes, the desires, the purposes may change not. And the law is perfect - that ye sow, ye reap. If ye sow it to the flesh, in the flesh, ye must reap. If ye sow it in the mind, to the mind it must be made straight. For it depends upon what spirit ye entertain. For it is only with the spirit of truth as manifested in that light, that knowledge of God deep within self, that ye may make thy paths straight. See, hear, know, act - and the world is thine. For He withholds no good thing from those who seek and love His coming.
25. Do that.
26. Ready for questions.
27. (Q) Have I lost my opportunity to work for the Masters in this life? (A) When ye come to lose - only thyself may separate thee from the love of God. No power in heaven or hell may separate thee save thyself.
28. We are through with this reading. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file