This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 3rd day of August, 1932, in accordance with request made by those present.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Minnie Barrett, Mildred Davis, Florence and Edith Edmonds.

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1. GC: You will have before you the members of the healing group present in this room, who seek advice and guidance from the Master, that they may properly carry on His work in decency and order. You will answer the questions asked.
2. EC: Yes, we have the members of the healing group as gathered here, as a group and as individuals.
3. In seeking for advice and counsel, well that each take stock of themselves as related to the activities that would be brought about in the minds and hearts of those they would aid. In unison of purpose is their strength. In the prayer of those that would aid comes strength WITH that unison of purpose in Him. As there come those periods when those seeking are aided, give thanks! Are there those periods when those seeking falter, look within - and find that in self that would be changed, FINDING the fault rather in self than in others; for let each have this as their guide, "Others may do as they may, but for me I will serve the living God." THROUGH the promises in Him that gave, "What ye ask in my name that will the Father give you, that I may be glorified in you." Ready for questions.
4. (Q) Why have our efforts on behalf of [543] not borne fruit, [See 543-18 Reports] as we were told through the reading that whatsoever we ask in His name shall be done in these bodies?
   (A) This should also be judged in each one's OWN way, in behalf of each individual. This is a test, as it were, in self - as to whether there is being kept that which has been promised. Be not overcome by failures in anyone's behalf, for good is accomplished in each individual prayer that may be sought by any, and in unison is the strength made more secure in Him. Keep faithful. Be in earnest. Be sincere in self and in that sought. More and more will the aid come, as there is added to thine own self those of love, and patience, and charity, and long-suffering. So will there be awakened that that makes for the unison of strength for those that each seek to aid. Be not weary in well doing, for MUCH has been accomplished here, much has been relieved, that will bear fruits - some forty, some sixty, some an hundred-fold.
5. (Q) Why did [2155] improve so much at first and then go back?
   (A) Question not the powers that give or take, for all power is of one source - and He has mercy upon whom He will have mercy. Each as they seek to give the aid, the strength, the power of the Christ Consciousness in the minds and hearts of those who minister with and for the body, gain themselves, add strength and power to those so laboring in body and mind, and aid the consciousness of the body being attempted to be aided - giving more ease, more strength to endure. Be not slothful, nor questioning, nor yet doubting, for "As ye sow, so shall ye reap." Heaven and earth will pass away. HIS power, His word, His promise, endures forever. That that called time seems or appears to be the factor that intervenes should not make anyone weary or tired, for he or she that endures unto the end shall receive that crown, that mark wherein each recognize themselves to be set apart for a purpose in His name. Be faithful - every one!
6. (Q) What is now necessary for this body?
   (A) Keep on keeping on. Be cheerful, knowing that as He sees fit, so will He give. Keep on working with, for, toward, the more perfect understanding - each and every one.
7. (Q) Please differentiate the difference in that we are told to pray for others, whilst again we are told there must be the desire on the part of the one to be, wanting to be, helped or healed?
   (A) The prayer for others is as the defense against influences that would hinder. The prayer and meditation - and the unison of purpose for healing - is as against an offense committed in the body to be overcome, or made every whit whole by His cleansing, forgiving, His life giving power. Hence the closer the union of purpose makes that as HE gave, "Thy FAITH has made thee whole." Whether easier to say, "Thy sins be forgiven", or "Take up thy bed and walk"? The forgiveness, the cleansing, is in Him. Union of purpose for the offensive, or offenses. The defense - rather as the calling of ALL powers as witness of the position.
8. (Q) Are the letters we are sending out touching the minds, the hearts, the souls, of those to whom they are being sent? If not, how can they be improved?
   (A) These are well at present. As the faith grows, so may the changes be made as necessary to meet the conditions as they arise from time to time. Press and impress each more and more in the individuality and the power of that that must bring the cleansing, the faith, the hope, in the minds, the hearts, the souls, and that the trust must be in HIM, not IN the group! The group is only lending their power, their ability, to make more aware the needs of each individual so seeking of that power! for He hath knowledge of that we have need of before we ask, but "Ask and ye shall receive." As ye know to give gifts of love, mercy, patience, with thine fellow man, even though they wrong thee in act or word, how much MORE doth thy heavenly Father give to them that ask Him. Let thine purpose be in expressing, in manifesting, His power. All praises give unto Him! Not in what I did, we did, or the other! The praise, the power, is in Him.
9. (Q) Is the corrected blank I hold in my hand alright, or would you suggest any change?
   (A) Do for the present, as given - with the letter.
10. (Q) Is our work properly outlined at present to bring the best results?
    (A) Keep ON. Pray oft. Live right.
11. (Q) [993]: If the spoken word is stronger than thought, why is it I prefer to use the silent meditation?
    (A) In each, as has been given in Vibration, there is the SOUNDING, as it were, of those elements as manifest of the spirit in the material activity in each individual. So in self, no fault may be found that this becomes a higher vibration to self than were the word spoken. Neither does it change the fact that to the more individuals it is true that the spoken word makes a higher vibration. Just the condition or attunement of self. Don't find fault, or try to be like someone else - or try to have someone else be like you. Be like Him - all of you!
12. (Q) Is there any individual advice I need at this time as a member of the group?
    (A) Keep on being, thinking, growing, WANTING to be, more like Him.
13. (Q) [295]: What do I yet need in giving my best service to the group?
    (A) More understanding in self, of unselfish, unrequited, undisputed love, of the love FOR the MASTER'S way, that ALL may be one in Him.
14. (Q) How can I best develop the maagnetic power for healing?
    (A) First understanding self; and do not become mechanical or rote in action. Rather be the growth as the spirit moves self, as the understanding comes - but MUCH may be accomplished through THESE channels.
15. (Q) Is there any individual advice I need at this time as a member of the group?
    (A) Keep faithful. Keep alive. Keep true. Keep impersonal. Keep GOING on!
16. (Q) [560]: Is there any individual advice I need at this time as a member of the group?
    (A) Do not be fearful. Do not be impatient. [See also 281-10, Par. 13-A.] Give thyself in service unstintingly.
17. (Q) [69]: Is there any individual advice I need at this time as a member of the group?
    (A) Do not be impatient. Do not be unmindful of His presence. Be not afraid when He calls, "Here am I."
18. (Q) [294]: Is there any individual advice I need at this time as a member of the group?
    (A) Be not unmindful to fulfil all vows and promises to Him. Be patient. Be in the prayerful attitude oft.
19. (Q) [288]: Why is it that I always achieve greater attunement when my physical body is in action?
    (A) It doesn't! Only apparent; for activity to self is as MAKING for attunement - but stand STILL - BE still, would you see the GLORY of the Lord!
20. (Q) Is there any individual advice I need at this time as a member of the group?
    (A) Keep in the attitude of - while listening - WILLINGNESS to give. Keep in that purpose as brings those attunements, but listen - be patient - be kind. [See also 281-10, Par. 18-A.]
21. We are through.

BACKGROUND

1. Subject of 281-9 - "Glad Helpers".

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