This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 23rd day of April, 1939, in accordance with request made by themselves, through Mrs. [413], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [413], Mr. [289], Mrs. ["R"], and Mrs. [845].

TEXT

1. GC: You will have before you the relationship and the situation which exists with and between [289], [413] and "R"..., present in this room. As I call the name of each, you will go over this situation carefully and analyze it in relation to that individual; giving the causes, whether physical, mental or karmic, and advise the best course to follow considering that necessary for the best development of the individual. Then you will answer the questions submitted by each individual; first [289]:
2. EC: Yes, we have those conditions and circumstances, those personalities, the individualities of each here. These are conditions that are arising in the experiences of each meeting themselves from those experiences in the earth's plane; and thus become what are commonly called karmic conditions.
3. If they each allow themselves to become involved in such a manner as to belittle, belie their own conscience, their own concept of an ideal, then it becomes to each sin.
4. If there is the application of that which has been given by Him as the manner in which such relationships, such conditions may be met, then they become as stepping-stones for the experience of each.
5. These then, under the circumstance, under the conditions which exist, become not as mere trite sayings, but as that which must be experienced and lived in the life of each, - "As ye would that men should do to you, do even so to them."
6. That there is the recognizing of conditions that are in part an answer to those experiences in the existence of the entity in the material experience, then becomes hopeful in the experience of each.
7. Yet if there is self and self alone considered, these become as merely the egoism of each in such measures or manners as to become something that would debase all instead of that which would be beautiful.
8. Let love be without dissimulation, - that is, without POSSESSION, but as in that manner as He gave, "Love one another, even as I have loved you;" willing to give the life, the self, for the purpose, for an ideal. Other that this, these become as that which will bring in the experience that in which each will hate self and blame the other.
9. Ready for questions.
10. (Q) Was companionship lacking at home the reason for this situation?
    (A) Rather, as has been indicated, the answering of that in which the self finds rather the answer within self of former relationships.
11. (Q) How can relationship between ["R"...] and myself be suddenly stopped, when it has been going on several months?
    (A) Why should it be stopped? Why should it not be made beautiful, rather than that which becomes a thing ugly?
12. (Q) How can this be done?
    (A) Make it so! So live in the lives, in the relationships as to the duties and to the obligations! what must be to each the heritage it would give its children, its grandchildren, its third and fourth and fifth generations "to those that hate Me or love self better than the love as shown in the grace and mercy which has been given each."
13. (Q) Would a Physical Reading be helpful in overcoming this?
    (A) This depends upon whether there would be the practical application of same. The Reading, or the information or knowledge as to the sources or the causes is only making for each individual CHOICES to be made - and that must be within self, or else ye will hate thine own self!
14. (Q) ["R"...]: Why did this situation arise in my experience, and how may it be overcome?
    (A) Study to show thyself approved unto thy Maker, a workman not ashamed, but rightly dividing the words of truth.
    It arose from those experiences and relationships which formerly existed.
    Then make it a beautiful thing, and not something ugly!
15. (Q) [413]: What have I done or failed to do which has resulted in this?
    (A) Condemn not thyself, as neither of the three should do; but quit yourselves rather as true children of a loving Father; so living toward each; not regretting, not ruing, not condemning because that which is natural in its nature arises in thine experience.
    Thinkest thou that thou art the only one that has met or meets such in thy daily life?
    This is not an excuse, then, - but live, act towards each in the same manner as ye would that each would act towards thee if conditions were reversed.
    For all stand as ONE before Him. Keep thy conscience, thy mind PURE before Him, - knowing that no power arises save from Him, no emotion that arises in the experience of individuals can do so save through Him.
    If such emotions are kept pure, they are as blossoms in the garden of God. If they are destroyed, they become stepping-stones to hell.
16. (Q) Why is it necessary for me to have this experience, and what am I to gain from it?
    (A) Patience, - and love. Why necessary? Meeting thine own self, - as each is doing.
    In determining the activity that each should take, - separate selves from the actual emotions that arise - pro or con - and look at thine own self.
    What would ye have thy God say? What would ye have thy children say? What would ye have thy neighbor say?
    These, then, are not merely thoughts, but thy thoughts become deeds in meeting thine own self.
    Then, quit ye like true children of a loving Father. Be patient, be kind, - be longsuffering, - and, above all, patient!
    But DO NOT break nor leave the ideal as is set in Him, "I condemn thee not," said He.
    Then neither condemn one another, but be ye like Him.
17. We are through.

    Two copies to Mrs. [413]
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. See 413-3, Par. 8-A, 9-A on 11/23/32 giving advice about "uncongenial conditions" in her home.
2. 4/23/39 She came with her husband, Mr. [289], and her sister, Mrs. [845], and "the other woman", whom we will refer to as "R...", saying that Mr. [289] and R. "are so much in love they don't know what to do." Mrs. [413] told GD that she knew it was not a purely physical "sex" attraction, since Mr. [289] had been impotent for some time. Mrs. [413] and her sister, Mrs. [845], were both in tears and at their wits' end to understand or cope with the situation.

REPORTS

1. GD's note: For a year or so longer Mrs. [413] "suffered" through the triangle when all were advising her to get a divorce, but it finally dissolved. [See 413-13, Par. 22-A 4/25/41 indicating [289]'s attitude change.]
2. See subsequent notations under 413-1 and 413-3 Reports; also see subsequent Ck. Physical Rdgs.
3. 1/26/42 Letter to EC signed by Mrs. [413] and Mr. [289]:
   "After reading your message of Jan. 8th over and over many times [see under 2678-1, Par. B1], it seems so much like a divine message that I feel like just bowing my head and saying 'Amen.' I am very grateful for an invitation to join such a group, and may God hear and answer the prayers of every one." Sincerely, [[289] and [413]]
4. 1/30/43 Mr. [289] obtained his Life Rdg. - see 289-9.
5. 2/03/67 GD's note: Mrs. [413] has given practically her entire time for the last 20 yrs. "taking care" of her invalid husband, Mr. [289].
6. 5/20/68 Her husband died, after suffering terribly for the last few years from emphysema. Mrs. [413] plans to live now with her daughter [587] and son-in-law [1003], to whom she is very close.

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