This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Va. Beach, Va., this 21st day of August, 1932, in accordance with request made by those present.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Minnie & C. A. Barrett, Esther Wynne, Hannah & Noah Miller, Edith & Florence Edmonds, M. L. Black, F. Y. Morrow, M. L. & C. W. Rosborough, Hugh Lynn Cayce, Mildred Davis, Helen Ellington, Ruth LeNoir, Sarah & Lu Hesson, Elizabeth E. Evans, Lucille Kahn and Chester Robinson.

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1. GC: You will have before you the group gathered here and their work on the lesson of PATIENCE. You will give to each, as I call their names, a personal message on patience which will enable them to complete the lesson within themselves. You will also answer the questions which will be asked.
2. EC: Yes, we have the group as gathered here; the work, the experiences through which each pass in the attempt to apply that which has been gained in the study of patience.
3. Each should take this as a basis for the application of patience in their experience:
4. Patience is active rather than passive, and is that by which, through which, one may judge their OWN reaction as to the attributes they have set towards that of an ideal in their individual lives; whether that attribute be virtue, purity, hope, faith, understanding, cooperation, brotherly love, loving-kindness, or patience itself; for, as given, these are attributes of the soul, and are spiritual in their essence. So does the activating force of patience make aware in the consciousness of the individual who has named the Name, or who has set an ideal of any nature in reference to any phase of its experience; whether it be of the mental, material or spiritual nature. With patience do ye seek, and through patience do ye accomplish; for whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth. Should one find themselves in that position where patience is not necessary in their experience, they are no longer then on a road to that kingdom - and are no longer sons of light.
5. In the activating forces, then, these should be the experiences that each should apply in their own experience, as to whether ye be worthy to enter in.
6. Ready for questions.
7. (Q) Regarding personal message on patience. First, [115].
   (A) Let that mind be in thee as was in Him, that in patience will ye possess - or be aware, or understand the development of thine own relationship to the Creative Forces that may manifest in material forces in the earth.
8. (Q) [404]:
   (A) Keep that as is set before thee as thine ideal, whether in relationships to individuals, home or abroad, and know that no temptation or trial is not accompanied with the way or manner of escape in thine ideal - else thine ideal is below the mark of the higher calling set in Him.
9. (Q) [341]:
   (A) In patience comes understanding of the relationships of ideals, and those that make for that unworthy of being tried are unworthy of being trusted for the entering in; for who goeth to war without first counting the cost? So, in thine ideals, as in relationships to the attributes of the Father, count the cost through the patience that may be had in thine own experience.
10. (Q) [288]:
    (A) Count not that day as an ideal that something has not been overcome in the experience of patience; for as ye sow ye reap - and the reward is in Him.
11. (Q) [307]:
    (A) In using day by day that as is known, in Him does the growth come; for ye grow in grace, in knowledge, in understanding, in Him. Through patience does there come the abilities of application of that gained day by day, line upon line, here a little, there a little. As ye overcome is strength gained.
12. (Q) [2124]:
    (A) Keep in the way that leads to the spiritual awakenings of the abilities in Him that may be manifest in thee. Thou art the keeper of that entrusted in thy care, that is of Him. What will ye return for that as has been given thee?
13. (Q) [295]:
    (A) In patience does the ability come to manifest His attributes in the relationships with others; for the kingdom is within. With patience does the knowledge and understanding of its attributes come to be known in thee. Let thine acts day by day be in keeping with that He has given.
14. (Q) [303]:
    (A) Watch, that ye be not overcome. Watch and pray, for as the Father giveth so does the understanding come as to what may be accomplished in the efforts of the self in relationships to others; and ye are the light bearers for Him. [See also 262-28, Par. 8-A.]
15. (Q) [993]:
    (A) Ye know in whom ye have believed. Keep that as is committed in thy care, that the returns may be in keeping with that trust as given in thy care.
16. (Q) [[69]'s husband]:
    (A) Day by day showeth forth the love of the Father. In patience do we become aware of same in our own experience, and as to how same adds to the spiritual man. In hope, in faith, in charity, in love, in patience, does the understanding - and knowledge - and intellect and integrity - come.
17. (Q) [294]:
    (A) Keep the way open that patience may have its course in thee, knowing that the crown comes to him that overcomes self.
18. (Q) [560]:
    (A) The way is set before thee. In patience vary not from same. In the glory of the Father may all be accomplished. Follow in His way.
19. (Q) [379]:
    (A) By the works of self, through the faith in that thou believest, does patience exercise itself in thine experience. Know, as ye are known, that the answers to thy problems are set in Him.
20. (Q) [538]:
    (A) Through patience and endurance does the crown of joy, happiness, as the peace of His presence, give those blessings that are from His throne. His presence, with peace, is the promise of those who with patience endure the crosses that are set before thee [and them] day by day.
21. (Q) [2125]:
    (A) Keep the faith, and in patience know in what thy faith is placed; for it is as the crucible and the test of all attributes as related to the forces in the earth to the Father in glory.
22. (Q) [69]:
    (A) In patience does the knowledge of the peace and understanding of His presence come. An active force, not a passive one. Necessary that patience be exercised that ye know the hope, the faith, the knowledge, the understanding of His ways in the earth.
23. (Q) [413]:
    (A) In knowledge and power comes responsibility, that in patience may be tested in self. Be not overcome by either trials or by those joys that may make forgetfulness of the source from which the power comes. In patience is the race of life run, that the joys may be the greater in Him.
24. (Q) [585]:
    (A) As patience magnifies His presence in thy experience, so does the glory of "Well done" come with the activities of the attributes of love, hope, charity, patience, that ye know the way - and He is the guide. In patience possess ye your soul.
25. (Q) [462]: Is there a message for me today?
    (A) In those understandings that bring the knowledge of the Father, in the relationships of individuals day by day, may there with patience be gained the understanding of the crosses that may be borne, the attaining of that as may gain the greater knowledge of His will. He that is without those crosses has ceased to be of notice, and is no longer among the sons. In patience, then, comes the knowledge and the abilities to apply same in the relationships of men among men, for "All power is given me in heaven and in earth", and in patience may ye receive the promise of "My presence will be thy guide, my peace will be thy reward."
26. (Q) [404]: How does tribulation work patience, as given in Romans 5:3?
    (A) As has been indicated in that "Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth", and purgeth every one; for corruption may NOT inherit eternal life, and must be burned up. Know that thy God is a consuming fire, and must purge every one, that ye may enter in. In patience does one overcome.
27. (Q) Is there a message on patience for me today?
    (A) As given, keep the promise. They are thine, who are faithful in the little things - and ye will be ruler over many.
28. (Q) [295]: Of what significance in this lesson was my experience during meditation recently, in which a voice asked, "[295], can you reach?" and then stopped suddenly. Did I hear all of the question, which stopped so suddenly?
    (A) Compare with that as has been given, in that ye purge yourselves through patience of that that would hinder from entering in.
29. (Q) Compilers: What should we do regarding the paper on "Present World Conditions" which we sent to the Westerner, Calgary, Alberta, Canada? [See 3976-11, Par. R1.]
    (A) Patience; for this is on its way.
30. (Q) What is their attitude regarding this paper?
    (A) With patience wait, that ye may know - for it worketh as the leaven.
31. (Q) [[69]'s husband]: Furnish the information concerning the disaster which has been predicted to happen around the last of this month, the results and location.
    (A) As WE find, from those various channels through which such information has come, know rather that as was given by Him - "The hour ye know not, and the time ye know not. Not even the Son, but the Father." These are then rather those that shall be of the spiritual awakening, than material disasters in the present; for the time has not YET come - saith the oracle - for it is not yet fulfilled.
32. (Q) Is there any message for the group as a whole at this time?
    (A) Ye have taken upon yourselves that as is worthy of the calling as set in Him. "Ye have chosen me, even as I have chosen you." Be faithful and patient, that ye may enter in.
33. We are through.

BACKGROUND

1. Subject of Reading - "Norfolk Study Group #1."
2. 8/19/32 See 256-4 re preparing to be A.R.E. Study Group leader.

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