This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 17th day of September, 1927, in accordance with request made by her husband, [900].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.

TEXT

1. GC: You will have before you the body and the enquiring mind of [136] of New York City, and the dream this body had on the date which I will give you. You will give the interpretation and lesson to be gained from this, as I read same to you, and you will answer the questions which I will ask you regarding same.
2. EC: We have the body, the enquiring mind, [136]. This we have had here before.
3. The visions, the dreams, the experiences, of the entity are in keeping with that in which and through which the body has passed in its body-conscious building, and these have been and are presented to the entity that the lessons from same may be the closer applicable to the life, the action, and the wishes, desires, and the applications of the entity in its activities. Ready for dream.
4. (Q) Afternoon of September 13, 1927. About 3:00 P.M., just after getting to sleep, talking direct to myself (not seeing myself talking, but myself doing the talking, but aware of myself doing it), saying: "Now my body is assuming its normal forces, and will be able and will give such information as is desired of it at the present time. The physical body will be perfectly normal and will give that information now. Now, I am in the same condition that Cayce is in when he gives a reading. Only my heart is beating and higher organs functioning. Wouldn't [900] or [4786] think it queer to hear me talking while in this condition? What would they think if they came in and heard me now? Now my physical forces - etc. etc. (right through the entire procedure of awakening word for word as in a reading right through until) Now, perfectly normal and perfectly balanced I will wake up." Then I did wake up. I jumped up, a little frightened and quite dizzy. I had a peculiar sensation at the back of my head. I felt hungry and after eating a little the dizziness passed away. The experience lasted about 25 minutes. Thereafter I went to sleep again, to sleep for quite a while, normally.
   (A) Here we find presented to the entity that experience in which the body-conscious mind has reasoned often, and with the experience there comes the more reality, for in experience is the knowledge of conditions and the surrounding elements obtained. For, as seen, the entity - through that aid of those that have been, known, and understand the conditions of the mental attitude of the body towards this condition - has experienced that condition for itself, and the same experiences then are felt. The same conditions are experienced as the body experiences that the entity recognized self in that same state of being, and the body may, then, with this same application, gradually gain that better concept of the experience. Applying self in that direction, not with FORCING an issue, but being led by those forces that would guide in the same experience, see? Ready for questions.
5. (Q) Was I in the condition Cayce is in while giving a reading?
   (A) The same.
6. (Q) How was I able to give myself the suggestion to gain that condition and to wake up, whereas the suggestion is given to Cayce after he goes into the condition, becoming unaware of his achieving that condition, whereas I was AWARE of it?
   (A) The guiding force being impelled or guided by one in the same sphere and plane in which the entity enters. Hence showing the more conclusive consciousnesses of a physical body, or being able to see self and recognize self as being self, as separated from the physical I AM, yet BEING the physical body, see?
7. (Q) Any other influence than my own mental consciousness at work - i.e. had my mother a hand here?
   (A) As conducting the experience as just given, see?
8. (Q) May I do this again and present a subject such as physical disease, etc? How may I do it and how ought I do it?
   (A) As the conditions are presented from period to period, the experience will change in the way and manner as will be conducted or presented by that entity, see? and in these various changes the various PHASES of various circumstances may be developed by the entity, just as has been given that will the entity apply self IN that way and manner, then the entity only acts in accord with that of its own inner self as to whether it will be used by those that would present these various phases or not.
   Study these conditions, and in the experience and the various experiences that will be presented to the self in such manners gain that understanding as is possible for self to understand and gain. Then make within thine own self that application as to whether self will be guided by these conditions and use same aright. Or will self take advantage of such and apply self in an incorrect manner? For, as is seen, self may apply and KNOW that as has been given, and in that manner gain that which it EXPERIENCES.
9. We are through for the present.

REPORTS

1. 9/28/27 Mrs. [136]'s next was a dream interpretation reading, 136-73.

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