This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 10th day of January, 1930, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [256].

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

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1. EC: Yes, we have the entity and those informations and those conditions as have been given respecting same. Ready for questions.
2. (Q) In what way does the statement "water will ever be a factor in this body's endeavors" apply to the entity, and if "the body should ever live near large bodies of water", what definite place or section of this country is most desirable from the viewpoint of the entity and his life work?
   (A) As given, large bodies of water - from that as is of the creative energies - as relate to the entity's development in the universal forces as related to his endeavors in this present experience. ANY large bodies of water, just so its water - or across waters, over waters, on waters, near waters - the larger the better. Just as - THIS an illustration that possibly the entity will be able to grasp what is meant by the influence of same: To live under any environ is to be aided by those surrounding conditions, see? or, mathematically speaking (as the entity has the turn in this direction), to grasp the problem one must at least attune self to the fundamentals of that relating to NUMBERS and THEIR relation one to another. So, in an entity's development, when the environs are in keeping with the ENTITY'S UNIVERSAL development, the attunement is much easier. Now study that out!
3. (Q) Did the entity return to the earth in the present appearance for the purpose of doing the work indicated in his life reading in connection with the work of the Association of National Investigators, Inc., or to perform a work of service similar to that?
   (A) That, as the question is asked, is to take away the idea - or ideal - given in the beginning of free will. That NEEDED by the entity for its DEVELOPMENT, is such. Do it or don't do it! Get the difference!
4. (Q) Is the course in astronomy for which the entity has enrolled with the Massachusetts Division of University Extension sufficiently complete to furnish an adequate foundation for the entity's study of astrology and numerology?
   (A) Very good basis, but not sufficient; neither is the application at present efficient.
5. (Q) Is Mrs. Blake-Hald, Boston astrologer, a satisfactory teacher of astrology for the entity, or are any others recommended, and is it preferable for the entity to arrange the study of astronomy and astrology and proceed with that study before studying numerology?
   (A) Preferable for the entity to study alone, on that which HAS been inscribed or written by many, rather than taking on the individuality or personality of someone who has applied same in THEIR lives. The effect of the entity's study of astrological effects upon the universe and universal forces, or individuals as are acquainted or associated with same, must be of the personal application. Study those that have been written from the ancient Chaldean, Egyptian, of those of the Achaic, also of the Aryan, also those of the Mongoloid.
6. (Q) Has the entity any psychic ability or powers and if so, in what way may this be developed and used, primarily for the welfare of others?
   (A) These are latent in each and every individual, as has been given. The mystic as calls to the entity in and through the Neptune forces, as has been seen as regarding waters and of the universal forces - as is relating to water, as the creative force; for, as is seen, from OUT of these all force or form, or matter, begins ITS development, and in this relation the entity has his share - and it may BE developed by application, not by just thinking - but by applying. To think is to act, to some; to others it is only an interesting pastime. APPLICATION is a different condition.
7. (Q) In what way may this be developed and used?
   (A) As given. Application!
8. (Q) What ideal is meant in the statement, "by keeping an IDEAL, not an idea, an ideal, before self"?
   (A) An ideal means that to which the entity may, itself, ever look up, knowing itself to be gradually becoming a portion, but NEVER may it be the whole. Something to look up to, or to attempt to ATTAIN to; not an idea, that I may do this or I may do that, that I may accomplish such and such through such modes of operation! for then one reaches the goal! An ideal is that as is sought by, and developed to be, at an at-onement with same, a portion of same, but never the whole.
9. (Q) Should the life work of the entity, from the viewpoint of the greatest contribution that he may make to mankind in the present appearance, be that of an architect in aeronautics or boat building?
   (A) Neither; though the entity may apply self in these directions and gain thereby.
10. (Q) What is meant by "their ability to aid in given direction"?
    (A) All force and power as is applied through psychic forces comes from a universal energy, that is directed by individual application. As the entity studies, develops, and seeks, such application may be gained or attained by those forces through which attunement is gained. As is seen in all of the forms of vibration, whether in the mineral, in the vegetable, in the animal, in music, in those of chemics or chemicals, or those of spiritual vibrations. These are of attunement, or are in various FORMS in attunement. As the entity attunes self to the various forms through which the application of the mental abilities of the entity attain or gain access, they pass through these various forces, and may be individual, may be group, may be of higher vibration, or they may be of a lower - if the body is made animal by the excess of the gratification of animal desires, they become of the lower vibration. If that is made of an attunement with the bodies celestial, bodies terrestrial, or of whatever form - these develop through that same vibration; for that as is meted is measured again. To that vibration one attunes self, that response is back. See?
11. (Q) What is meant by "these, builded in a manner, are better in the application in the present experience"?
    (A) As EVERY building, in any form, is only attained by APPLICATION. The tenets of any element may be known, but in the putting together - in the applying of that known - does attainment, attunement, development, come to an entity, a body mind, and soul.
12. (Q) What may the entity do to remedy the trait indicated by "dislikes are also strong"?
    (A) One that would be friendly must show himself friendly. One that would be like must like. One that would be disliked, then dislike! Application again, simple!
13. (Q) What is meant by "study that has to do with the mystic, and the mysticism of numbers" and by "the application of numbers and numerology in its DEEPER sense" and how may the entity best proceed with this study and obtain a satisfactory knowledge of it?
    (A) By application! Means EXACTLY WHAT it says, in ITS essence! DO it! Only in DOING it may it become applicable, usable, or that needed for the entity's development. DOING it!
14. (Q) What is meant by "the cycle of things"?
    (A) That to which an attunement turns in its orbit about an influence; for, as is seen, in ANY cycle - cycle means, as is seen, a circumfrence - or that when it has attained to its same relative position, and - as is seen - in the BEGINNING is the end; for when there is the beginning it means only a change. A cycle is the change, or the using up of the force, energy, to where the change may be DEFINITELY set AS change. That is a cycle, whether of the life in a manifested form - in body, mind, in stars, in the whole of ANY - as a change, a cycle.
15. (Q) What is meant by "rather apply same as to the relationships of numbers, mystic forces and symbols, to that of the creative energies as are given through Him that came as the ransom for many, making man one with the Creative Energy in the life"?
    (A) This has just been GIVEN!
16. (Q) What is meant by "may THIS entity, applying same with the life as led by the Master, guide many," and how may the entity best proceed to do this?
    (A) LIVE it! LIVE it! Not as a tenet, not as a theory, not as a hope. LIVE it! even as the Master lived it.
17. (Q) What is meant by "pointing out that through the various forces as were added in the experiences of man with that creation of forces necessary to keep the balance in the universal forces, the earth must bring forth that that would make man's balance of force with the Creative Energy as one"?
    (A) Just completing the cycle, as has been seen.
18. (Q) What is meant by "The study of how the square of the one equal in the square of the other, as related to numbers and the POSITIONS of numbers as related to the stars - ?
    (A) (Interrupting) These are very foolish! We are through! Study these in the application of these you find that this has. BEGIN if you would seek sources that would aid! These as have been given may aid, as the one attunes self. We are through.

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BACKGROUND

1. 8/14/29 He obtained Life Rdg. 256-1.
2. 1/10/30 He submitted further questions.

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