This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Va. Beach, Va., this 28th day of September, 1932, in accordance with request made by self - Miss [288], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mildred Davis.

TEXT

1. GC: You will have before you the soul body and the enquiring mind of [288], who seeks information regarding her appearance in Atlantis as Aczine [?], in relation to her ideal and the change which she feels is imminent in her life at the present time. You will give that which should be known and understood by this entity, that she may meet the situations which confront her in accordance with her ideal that is set in Him. You will answer the questions, as I ask them, regarding these activities.
2. EC: Yes, we have those conditions in the experience of the entity Asule [?], in that sojourn and experience in Atlantis. Here we find as these conditions, or the changing of the entity's abilities in separating self in the form or manner in sex; hence becoming, with the associations, the envy of many then being contacted with the experiences as a leader, a ruler; hence, as given, meeting many conditions to its own undoing, considering little in the experience save the satisfying or aggrandizing of self's interests, self's gratifications, through those abilities in the use of that spirit, endowed with the abilities to bring into the material forms those thought forces even to the separation of self, in the satisfying of those elements in material forces for the satisfaction of self to the envy, to those conditions that brought much of the detrimental influences and forces in the experience of those about the body.
3. Then, in meeting such influences in the present, there becomes the necessity of reversing the order of conditions, as it were; for material surroundings must be judged now, under that environ in which the mental and soul forces finds itself, rather from the spiritual ideals; and as is given in Him Who is the ideal, having set the example in the earth in manifesting those ideals, through the manner of life set in the experience where ALL that had been builded for a material experience was spiritualized in the relationship of self to others in the material world; finding no fault in those that were, through their attempts by the misuse of urges, brought into material existence, but rather CLEANSING them through the act and the word as in relationships to THEIR efforts in manifesting that THEY, the individuals, represent in materialized form.
4. So the self, in its mental body, its soul body, must see in individuals whom the entity contacts that same manifestation that was given by Him, knowing that each EFFORT on the part of individuals is to give a manifestation of THEIR impulse as to that held within their mental mind, their soul mind, as their concept of that they themselves worship IN themselves; hence their ideal. Being then in that mind, point rather to the thought that is expressed in Him; that as the Father manifests in each individual entity in ANY experience, under any environ, under any hereditary influence, from the broader sense, so may that soul be awakened to those influences to KNOW the Father. Then, follow the example of thy Ideal, who took the mind of each entity in that sphere of their expression, and only gave to "Love the Lord thy God with all the heart, the mind, the soul, and the neighbor, the brother, the associate, even the enemy, as thyself." This IS the whole law, and that material manifestation for each soul in the material phases of experience to be heirs of the kingdom, and joint heirs with Him that has shown the way.
5. Ready for questions.
6. (Q) Why do I meet with antagonism in those whom I most desire to aid?
   (A) In the associations, that which is able to be aided most draws the greater contacts, by the natural law of like begetting like. That we are human, under the environ of the material phases of experience, only makes us capable, as individuals, of being hurt the more; hence these are as signs, or experiences that give one an insight that an EFFORT in the right direction is being made; but to find fault because one hurts, or to find that self is hindered, is becoming self-aware of material selfishness. Give day by day, little by little, that in word and act that IS the exemplification of that law which He gave, "Love thy neighbor as thyself," guiding one in the right direction.
   So, in meeting such conditions in those whom the body materially or physically desires to aid, desire then spiritually - and CRUCIFYING self in the material sense that the glory, even as the Ideal had, may be had in self by the manifesting of HIS Consciousness; then becoming THROUGH Him, one with Him in the daily experience.
7. (Q) What is the change that is coming in my life?
   (A) More and more the awareness that there are channels to be used by those forces in the spiritual sense, to bring into MATERIAL manifestations those souls who WILL bring more and more the glory of that spirit force so trampled upon in that experience as Asule [?]!
8. (Q) Is it a change in material surroundings, spiritual outlook, or what?
   (A) As given, rather first the MATERIAL conditions that even may be QUESTIONED in self, as self was questioned by many that were materially, soully, mentally, thoughtfully, given to depend upon the activities of a spiritually endowed entity in bringing materialization of those things that were later counted as carnal.
   So, through carnal influences are there to be brought changes in material associations, mental understandings, for the SPIRITUAL uplift of the many. [See clarification in 262-39, Par. 24-A--26-A.]
9. (Q) Why do I dislike monotony, yet look with dread upon any change?
   (A) For it is as this: Consider the elements that are both of thought and spirit, and material, that once set the entity adrift in its soul thought, as it were; and all harmony was broken to that - not at once of discord, but - rather of material experience that brought mental and soul LONGINGS, with the changes that were apparent by the very thought and act set in motion! Hence in the period the one's soul self is set in motion to return to that at-onement, there must come those elements that make for the DREAD of seeing PHYSICAL change, yet knowing deep in self that there must be the giving AWAY from MATERIAL views for that incoming of the SPIRITUAL forces that He would manifest through those that set their soul selves in harmony, that through those physical forces as seen by people there may be brought into being that which will give that closer union of the spiritual force to those that seek; for through Him will there be the speaking face to face with the Father, and His name, as given, shall mean face to face! [See 288-38, Par. 18.]
10. (Q) In the change that is apparent, in what capacity will I be permitted to expand and carry out my ideal?
    (A) In the same manner as self brought so much upon others that depended on the soul of the entity, or self; so will those that may be this channel depend much in material, in mental, in soul activity, upon the self. Be WISE, not in thine own conceit; but rather in that thy self, thy I AM, may be counted as one blessed to BE the witness of the change that must come in the approach of man to his Maker; for He would speak again to His children, will [if there will be] there be but that channel kept open and ready that there may enter in Him through whom the approach may again be made in such a manner!
    HELP, not hinder; LOVE, not call to scorn, that channel [294] through whom such material manifestations may come!
11. We are through.

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BACKGROUND

1. See Life readings 288-1, 288-10, etc.
2. 9/28/32 She submitted questions in re past associations in Atlantis and in the present.

REPORTS

1. 10/05/32 See 281-12, Par. 15-A re [288]'s spinal pumping sensation during meditation.
2. 10/16/32 See 262-30, Par. 12-A personal message on THE OPEN DOOR.
3. 11/13/32 See 262-32, Par. 24-A personal message on lesson IN HIS PRESENCE.
4. 2/05/33 See 262-37, Par. 15-A personal message on THE CROSS AND THE CROWN.
5. 2/21/33 See 262-38, Par. 23-A--25-A in re prophecy in 288-31.
6. 2/22/33 See 281-15, Par. 20-A re personal message.
7. 6/11/33 See 262-47, Par. 19-A personal message on lesson LOVE.
8. 8/20/33 See 262-51, Par. 11-A in re feeling of loneliness and uselessness, especially with lesson on OPPORTUNITY.
9. See Source File Key #288 for Life Seal drawn by Miss [275], "to help her overcome her loneliness" [Color painting 11/25/33] re 288-31.
10. 10/01/33 See 262-55, Par. 12-A personal message on lesson DAY AND NIGHT.
11. 10/03/33 See 262-56, Par. 14-A personal message on lesson DAY AND NIGHT.
12. 1/12/34 See 281-19, Par. 24-A personal message.
13. 3/01/33, 3/06/33, 5/29/33, 1/11/34, See Check Physicals 288-32, 288-33, 288-34, 288-35.
14. 2/10/34 See Check Life reading 288-36.
15. 4/13/34 See 295-9, Par. 19-A--22-A indicating much contentions with [288] in Atlantis, and rebellious associations in Persia, also France.
16. 1/16/36 Miss [288]'s letter: "...You'll be interested to know that for Christmas my mother [1187] sent me a copy of that same Christ painting (not knowing that I already had one!). It's a little larger and in a frame, and in colors (the same as the one [436] sent me). Her church (Seventh Day Adventist) was selling them for thirty-five cents each. She told me that, when I wrote that [436] had tried to get one. Isn't it strange that I should receive another from that source? I have one in my bedroom now, and [436]'s (with my seal) by my desk in the office. It is wonderful how we attract the things we need most, isn't it? I'm sure that is the greatest lesson I must learn in this life - the one that picture teaches, 'Thy will be done.'"
17. See subsequent Check Life readings.
18. 6/21/41 EC's conscious reading of Miss [288]'s aura during Annual Congress meeting: "There's been a great deal of red about you lately, which means that you've been rather defiant. Very often I can see the lines running away from your fingers when I can't see the aura about your face. That's possibly because you think with your fingers, writing so much. In the last few days, though you have had a great deal of purple, which means spirituality; the desires, the hopes for better things, and yet oft shaded with doubts or fears. You are SURE, but a little fearful at times that you're not able to 'put it over.' You also have a great deal of coral, a great deal of pink - coral AND pink, and at times VERY PINK. Then at times you smear it more with green than you do with white; which indicates your desire to help others irrespective of themselves. That's not God's way. He doesn't help one to do other than help himself. Don't forget that!"
19. 8/26/41 EC's conscious reading of Miss [288]'s aura see under 5746-1, Par. R18.
20. 9/07/41 She obtained Aura Chart Reading 288-50, depicting the central figure of Christ in the garden "as indicated in the seal." [Hofmann painting - Life size - Riverside Church, N.Y.C.]

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