This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the Edmonds' home on Pennsylvania Ave., Norfolk, Va., this 14th day of May, 1933, in accordance with request made by those present.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Minnie Barrett, Ruth LeNoir, Edith Edmonds, Esther Wynne, Florence Edmonds, Hugh Lynn Cayce, Frances Y. Morrow, C. A. Barrett, and Mildred Davis.

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1. GC: You will have before you the Norfolk Study Group #1, members of which are present in this room and their work on the lesson Love. You will answer the questions which will be asked by members and the group as a whole.
2. EC: Yes, we have the group as gathered here, as a group and as individuals - and their work in preparation of the lesson Love.
3. Each may find in this that which is being sought by each, in the study of the lesson and that which each seeks to manifest in the lesson. As each goes forth to make manifest, each may find that sought.
4. The first, in that expressed in a baby's smile; in the hope, the light, the seeking, the manifestation of that which is love undefiled.
5. The next may see it in the rose, as it seeks - with that it has to do with - to make manifest that beauty in expression that may GLORIFY its Maker.
6. The next may find it in friendship, in that which speaks without thought of self, that which makes for the expressions of love GLORIFIED through the friendliness that comes with friendship.
7. The next may find it in that as reasons for the beauty of a song, in the harmony that shows forth in the expression of the soul within; whether in instruments or the soul raised in praise to the Giver of light.
8. The next may find it in the expressions of the duty that may be the lot of one that, without thought of self, shows forth in the acts of life that first thought of the duty from a material standpoint, yet the LOVE made manifest from wholly showing forth His life, His love, till He come again!
9. The next may find it in the manner of speech under the varied circumstances that arise in the experience of all, through that association which comes in the daily walks of life, and in the encouragement that may be given through the kind word spoken; the giving of the cup of water to anyone seeking, to those that thirst. This may show to such an one the love that is manifest in "God Is love."
10. The next may find it in whatever the hands find to do, that done well, in all phases of one's experience, that lends self in the daily walks of life, doing the best with that which presents itself, in the glorying of the expressions, "As ye do it unto the least of these, my little ones, ye do it unto me."
11. The next will find it in the glory that comes in the satisfaction of a contented heart, in knowing that each day has brought an opportunity that has been taken advantage of by self in showing the kindness here, going out of the way in self's own life to make the lot of a neighbor more joyous, brighter, in the activities of the daily life.
12. The next may find it in looking forward to those days that may come, for the filling of those places that may be made or given in the lives spent in the service of Him who may call that thy face be that which may bring the knowledge of thine life, thine heart, spent in His service day by day.
13. Ready for questions.
14. (Q) Please give a definition on At-one-ment.
    (A) At-onement may be given even as atonement. At-onement, then, is making self's will one with the Creative Forces that may become the impelling influence in thought, in mind, that is the builder to every act of a physical, mental or material body.
    Then, in making at-onement, the will of an entity, an individual, is made one with the Creative influences in the experience.
15. (Q) On "the BLOOD of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin."
    (A) As given, without the shedding of blood there was no remission of sin. As given in the beginning of man's concept of making atonement for the wrongs done self in relationship to the Creative Forces.
    For, the error that man makes is the more oft against himself than making for the breaking of law as related to divine influence in the experience. For, love is law - law is love, in its essence. And with the breaking of the law is the making of the necessity for atonement and forgiveness, in that which may take away error to or what has been brought in the experience of the individual.
    Hence the shedding of the blood in the MAN Jesus made for the atoning for ALL men, through making Himself in at-onement with the law and with love. For, through LOVE was brought the desire to make self and His brother in at-onement. Hence in the atoning or shedding of the blood comes the redemption to man, through that which may make for HIS - man's - at-onement with Him.
16. (Q) Is there any advice on the paper, Present World Conditions, which we have sent to Dallas, Texas? [3976-11, Par. R1]
    (A) This should be re-sent to that of Holland's, in Dallas, Texas.
17. (Q) Please give us an individual message on Love for each member of the group, calling the name of each as the message is given.
    (A) To each has been given that which it may apply in the individual personality and individuality of its experience.
18. (Q) Were the messages for each to choose?
    (A) Each knows self better than you may tell 'em!
19. (Q) There were two more present than messages were given.
    (A) They didn't ask!
20. (Q) Any message for the group as a whole?
    (A) Seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you.
    Study in the lessons that He gave, as He presented Himself in the expectant way in the entry before the crowning of the glory that He had before the world was, that there is in each experience that even as He gave. If the life is so lived that it makes manifest His love, the very rocks and stones will cry out in praise should man keep his mouth.
    Yet these lessons will bring in the experience of all that which is sought, in showing forth the love as He gave - even in that, "Though one may possess all things and have not love, his life is nothing."
21. We are through.

BACKGROUND

1. Subject of Reading 262-45 - "Study Group #1."

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