This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 21st day of April, 1944, in accordance with request made by the self through his friend, Mr. [3188], 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. [3188].
R E A D I N G
Born March 26, 1900, in Clinton, Minnesota. Time of Reading 11:00 to 11:30 A. M. Eastern War Time. ..., Ill.
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 he submits, as I ask them:
2. EC: Clinton, Minnesota - yes, on a different cycle. Yes - cantankerous fellow!
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now being called [5142].
4. In giving an interpretation of the records as we find them, there are those virtues, there are those vices concerning which we would give warning to the body.
5. As indicated, while the body has a tendency towards religious thought, the entity can easily become so centered as to forget that "the Lord thy God is one."
6. That should be the basis from which this entity should reason every principle.
7. There are then those tendencies for the entity in relationships with others to become self-centered, or to feel that what is known by the entity is self-sufficient. Remember, as was given by Him from the beginning, He came not to save those who are satisfied. Then, do not hinder those who are really seeking. For, as has been indicated throughout the experience of man in his search for his Maker, there are those channels, those consciousnesses which answer for this or that period. Yet remember, "the Lord thy God is one Lord!" O that man would but attain to that consciousness and apply that principle in his dealings with every activity!
8. Just as one may see illustrated in conditions existent in
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the earth today: Each nation, each individual head of a nation, is not in the position it occupies merely by a "happen chance" but by the grace of God. Thus it is needful for man to interpret in his own experience "the Lord thy God is one." Each and every individual are attempting to give THEIR interpretation, and you may be sure that each is just as sincere as the other. That they each have found something which does not answer to that something within the other is not evidence that either is wrong, or that either is right! The answer is according to that each one is doing about that which answers to the first and the last command to man: THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THY HEART, THY MIND, THY BODY: THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF! Those who conform the nearer to that are correct. Yet, do any? Do you? Does your neighbor? Do those with whom you find fault? Do those to whom you apply the principles?
9. These are the questions. For this is the beginning and the end of the law.
10. In giving an interpretation of the urges which arise - that there are characteristics, that there are latent urges, the entity would not deny; yet the entity would have that because this or that individual said and thought this or that, during an experience of the entity in the earth, it has made the taking on of a characteristic or an urge. But do you think so little of yourself? GOD thought sufficient of thee to make thee a companion with Him throughout eternity. God cannot think more of thee than ye think of yourself, or more than that measure in which ye treat thy brother Godlike. That's what God thinks of thee! The manner in which ye treat thy fellow man! For ye must answer as from the beginning: By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin. Thou art then thy brother's keeper, in mind, in purpose, in ideal; not to force it upon thy brother by the power of arms or by the might of circumstance. For God Himself did not force it upon Cain. Art thou a Cain or an Abel?
11. These should be thy considerations, in regard to the abilities thou hast to lead others. For as ye will find, whether ye like it or not, ye are a politico. Ye play politics! Ye played politics in school, as well as in your playground! When you were only eight years old you began it! Did this urge or characteristic arise from something that happened when you were sixteen? How, then, did you begin at eight? Such urges you began to apply at an earlier period, for as the tree falls so does it lie. Thy body, thy mind and thy soul are one, as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are one. And these have their attributes, their
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urges, according to what ye have done with same.
12. Through the interims between earthly sojourns we find that Saturn, Mercury and Jupiter have all been a portion of thy experience and consciousness. Ye have oft changed. Ye find circumstances changing in thy present experiences.
13. Ye find Jupiter in its benevolent influence, in the desire for power within self. And it would be used to the advantage for all, but in the manner ye would dictate! Don't become a dictator, any more than you would have others dictate to you. These are parts of the warnings for thee.
14. The activities in these bring the latent urges, and the reason why ye may think and determine in your mind one evening through discussion that ye know the way you will go, then the next morning you think something else! What happened? Did thy own mind change, circumstance change, or was there not the answer within? As the law is, there must ever be the answer according to the purpose within. For the law is, "My spirit beareth witness with thy spirit, whether ye be the child of God or not."
15. Thus it is evidenced in thine own consciousness, when turmoils and strifes arise - even in circumstances, that there is turmoil and strife within self. Just as has been indicated, the power, the might is within thee - but sin lieth at the door! Whose door? Ye are to judge; we would not from here. For ye are to make thy paths straight.
16. As to the appearances in the earth, all may not be given; yet these may indicate the pattern of the consciousness of the mental, or physical-mental, self. Is the spiritual-mental self in that ye have done about thine own ideals?
17. Before this the entity was in the land of the present nativity, during those periods when there were the explorations being made through the activities of thine own peoples; through the St. Lawrence, the Lakes, and then into what is now the north-central portion of the land.
18. The entity was among those groups with Eric the Red, as he made explorations through the land of the Lakes and the heads of the waters, of the father of waters in the land.
19. Then in the name Sheman, the entity was an adventurer and adventurous. And the entity in the present dares to say and do things that few others in association with the entity would dare to do! The entity takes risks with its own friends as well as its own mind, as it acts and reacts upon the principles to which the entity would subscribe.
20. Then, as has been and may be indicated, the first thing is to study self. Know what you believe - spiritually, mentally, materially; and seek thine own ideal. For the
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pattern has been set. The Lord hath given grace and mercy to thee. What will ye do about it? These should be thine own choices, thine own answers.
21. Before that the entity was in the Roman land during those periods when there were the teachers from the Holy Land coming into Rome with those who had been in authority in the various portions of the land.
22. The entity was among the Romans who did not altogether hold to the tenets which had been a part of the activities of Cornelius or of the ruler who, under the entity, had built a synagogue for the people in Antioch.
23. These activities to the entity appeared to be unpatriotic to the cause of Rome, and yet with those associations there came a softening, and finally an acceptance.
24. Be as sincere in the present in thy activities as ye were through those periods; as Shugard.
25. In that period the entity gained, and it would do well in the present to apply self in the greater principles which were then a portion of the entity's experience through that land or that period of sojourn.
26. Begin with those principles which have been indicated.
27. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land during those periods when the policies of the Priest were being changed to meet the activities that followed the establishing of homes, the building of purposes in individual groups. To the entity such activities were still in error, and yet with the own experience there came a political rather than a mental or spiritual change during the period.
28. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, that to which it may attain, and how:
29. First, as indicated, analyze self. Find thy ideals, and then study to show thyself approved unto same; rightly stressing the words of truth, applying them in that same phase of consciousness, whether to spiritual, mental or physical-material phases. For, judge not spiritual things from the material angles nor material ideals; but let spirit answer to spirit, mind to mind, body to body. These, then, are one; as the activity has indicated for the entity.
30. In those things that will have to do with the universal or international nature, as a representative in activities of that nature, the entity may be the more active; provided it has found itself and its relationship and Whom it will serve. As in those activities in other lands, as were the judgments of the entity through the varied experiences in the earth, the entity may apply its abilities in the
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present.
31. Ready for questions.
32. (Q) Has the friction in the present environs during the last eight months blocked my opportunities for further advancement and service in the Navy? (A) Not necessarily. This is a material, purely a material angle but the mental and material may be applied to bring unison of purpose, a coordinating of activities, out of a seemingly troublesome condition.
33. (Q) Is it indicated that I will soon be sent to active sea duty? (A) That depends upon the application of self, and how much you talk! You will find that talk, as has been indicated, sometimes gets you in trouble! People wouldn't dare say the things you do, about yourself or those associated with you - or your superiors! People don't like talk!
34. (Q) After the war, should I continue in the field of choral music, or some other? (A) The better would be in the diplomatic service. Though the choral music would be well, you need the direction in purpose in order for same to be effective in the ideals which should be creative in thine OWN experience.
35. We are through with this reading. Copy to Self " " Ass'n file