Edgar Cayce Readings, 262-23

Time: 4:00 P. M.

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GC: You will have before you the group gathered here and the work which they are doing. You will please give us further data and information on FELLOWSHIP upon which we are preparing our present lesson. You will answer the questions which various individuals present will ask.
EC: Yes, we have the group as gathered here, as a group, as individuals. These, as we find, in their preparation for the study necessary in preparing such lessons, are well. These show some improvement in their activity. Some are still rather backward - yea, indolent - in the accepting of that as is necessary for their part in the undertaking; for as these are to give a definite outline for individuals, there must be the concerted effort on the part of each to act in the manner toward the preparations as they would desire were the conditions reversed.
In consideration of fellowship, this should mean a great deal to each and every member of this or such a group; for with the application in their own experience there may be expected, and there may be received, that true fellowship in the experience of the individual; and when such is NOT one's experience, then such ones may know they are lacking in THEIR efforts in being what they should in their relationships to themselves, their Maker, the group.
Then, make for that which is sincere in purpose, pure in mind, reasonable even to self, walking in the way that brings a more close union with Him, that "Will ye be my people, I will be your God." He seeks to find that expression even in all who are called in the I AM THAT I AM, and is an ever active force that through all ages, all peoples, may be a memorial that one has fellowship with Him, that brought the Pleiades into being, that set the bands of Orion, or the waters in the deep that are cast upon the land, or brings breath into the life of all creatures, and supplies the union with those creative forces that makes for the SONGS of the spheres - the Lord is His name!
Ready for questions.
(Q) [307]: Can brotherhood exist among men without true fellowship?
(A) Fellowship is first brotherhood, a pattern of - or a shadow of - what fellowship is; for, as has been given, all one sees manifest in a material world is but a reflection or a shadow of the real or the spiritual life. Brotherhood, then, is an expression of the fellowship that exists in the SPIRITUAL life.
(Q) [585]: Please explain to me what is meant by the awakening. Have I fully realized it?
(A) The awakening is the consciousness of a relationship that exists in animate or inanimate, finite or infinite. Becoming conscious of, aware of, the existence of conditions, relations, and such, is an awakening. As to self's being awakened, or aware of, that depends upon what is referred to. As to the ABILITIES of self to become conscious of, or aware of, all are endowed with that, will they but be awakened or aroused to the necessity of becoming aware of.
(Q) Interpret the meaning of the drops of blood which I saw in meditation last week.
(A) As there has been builded in self that consciousness that WITHOUT the shedding of blood there is no remission, or without the shedding of blood there is no purification, then this is rather the using of symbols within self's own consciousness to bring about that awareness of self's position. This rather confuses the body!
In making self aware of that that is a portion of self's own development, as in the drops of blood brought with same the idea of the purifying of the mental and spiritual self that there might be the more awareness of, in the conscious or material self, of that awareness received in the mental and spiritual self; so, as we would speak of omens, know that self is aroused! Then don't let yourself go back to sleep!
(Q) [993]: Please interpret the meaning of the lights which I saw about Mr. Cayce's head during the last reading on FELLOWSHIP. [262-22]
(A) This, too, may be as a symbol of the awareness of, the closeness of, relationships of the entity and the subject through which these were being brought to the consciousness of individuals during such a period; for, as there has oft been seen by the entity, those manifestations in the material plane of the spiritual essences as manifested through the activities of the entity seen, then those expressions as seen at the period are a reflection of the spiritual. Remember those laws as just given! That made manifest in a third dimensional plane, or materialization, is a shadow or reflection of that from which it has its emanation! Then, there is seen in this that it is a harkening to those experiences of the entity in the various periods of its existence in association with those conditions being considered in that particular moment or period as is called time. An attunement of self to the presence of that being manifest. All are wading in rather deep water! But learn what you are doing! [See also 281-8, Par. 26-A.]
(Q) [2124]: Is the present method of healing I am using the best for the fullest development of my abilities in this field of work?
(A) Provided they are kept wholly upon the spiritual plane, and because they CAN become mechanical are not allowed to partake of the carnal influences that oft are aroused at the same time or periods. This is a development. This is an ability of self, that is harkened from the experiences of self through the sojourn in the earth's experience, and may be made to become a manner and way of manifesting that love that is and was shed upon self. Be true to that as is given thee!
(Q) [560]: Please interpret the following which I received during meditation: "That I may touch the hearts, the souls, the minds of others."
(A) A message of the Infinite to the infinite of self, seeking to use self as a channel of expression to others. A call. Then, be true TO that, even as the opportunity and the abilities are increased by the power of the might that would touch the hearts, the souls, the minds of those that self may contact in the various experiences in the preparation of truths, that may go in lessons or in thought that may be carried in unison for the awakening of the Christ Consciousness in the lives and hearts of others.
(Q) [341]: How should we explain to others how to interpret their experiences as signs of development towards a true realization of fellowship?
(A) This has been given in how ones may answer their experiences, have an answer to their experiences, in the way of TRAINING the child (for we all are children) in its development. Or, as this: When an experience of self is in question, then ask self in the mental being so that the answer may be yes or no, and with sincerity. Then, whether the answer is yes or no, as to any question with spiritual forces, then ACCEPT that. Then in meditation and prayer ASK the Spirit whether THAT answer RECEIVED in the mental is yes or no, and KNOW the Spirit answers! Doubt not! For he that looks back, or doubts, is worse than the infidel. Remember Lot's wife!
(Q) [2112]: Is the handwork referred to in the Egyptian period of my Life reading [2112] located in the same tomb as the records of Christ?
(A) They are!
(Q) Was I associated with Mr. Edgar Cayce during the Egyptian period, and if so what was the relation?
(A) This has been given.
(Q) Is there any message of encouragement or advice to the group as a whole at this time?
(A) Keep that which has been committed into the care and keeping of each, as individuals, as related to one another, as a group, in a service to that ideal which has been set before the group, as a group, as the individuals; for he that has been promised, he that has vowed and vowed, must keep the same - or else it becomes sin!
We are through.

BACKGROUND

Subject of Reading - "Norfolk Study Group #1."

REPORTS

7/20/32 See 281-8, Par. 19-A--22-A, 30-A--34-A, re. friction jealousy and bickering between members of Group #1 [262] and members of Prayer Group [281].