This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Zentgraf, 400 St. Paul's Ave., Stapleton, Staten Island, New York, this 6th day of February, 1934, in accordance with request made by self - Miss [439], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Hugh Lynn Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Miss [439], Helene, Ernest, Margret and Lilian Zentgraf.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the soul-entity, [439].
2. In entering the present experience, if there will be taken much of that which has been given respecting the application of self's mental and soul development in the earth, much may be gathered from same as to the needs in the application of self in the present and as to what is necessary for those activities to become those things that develop the soul experience of the entity.
3. First, as may be indicated in that given, the soul should within itself know its own ideal - and that as the standard should be ever kept in the forefront of its mental and soul activity. And with the awakening within self that only in putting into practice that the soul finds is the expression of the ideal in the manifested form may the hands, the mind, the body, the soul become in harmony with the activities that become necessary for making the developments that may be gained through these experiences.
4. For, as has been given, there may not be an ideal that is of the earth-earthy. Rather may that ideal be in those conditions, in those things that have been set for the activities of the soul and the attributes of the soul in the spiritual realms that make for life in all of its phases, in whatsoever sphere the soul may find its activity.
5. In doing this does the self find that the application of that which has been not as rote, not as by just activity, but that the love of the expression in the ideal makes for those things that bespeak - as has been given - the fruits of the spirit. In fellowship, in patience, in peace, in gentleness, in kindliness, in hope; and creating and making these as experiences in the lives and hearts of individuals is but making manifest in the material world those things that are of the spirit.
6. Hence, in doing so may the soul find that purpose for which it entered in this present experience. For, the knowledge, the intelligence of such conditions is innate and manifested. And, as has been given, many attributes of the necessary influences for making these applications are builded in the experience of the soul.
7. Then, press on in the mark of the higher calling as is in Him that is the birthright of each and every soul. Sell not same for those things of the earth that are earthy, that would bring into the experience only for the day or for even an existence that gratify alone the desires of the flesh, but rather those things that make known in the hearts and in the lives and in the experiences of thy brethren that there may be known in the very acts of thy life that thou hast walked and talked with Him that IS the life, the light, the maker, the creator of all that is made manifest in the earth. For, the love as He gave passeth understanding in the application, and in application does that patience grow that makes - as He gave - each soul aware of its relationship to the Father. And the FATHER giveth the increase.
8. Self-development, as the individual then makes for the personality in the material life and in the spiritual life, makes the associations with the creative influences in every walk, in every act, in every deed. And be ye joyous in this service.
9. How may such be accomplished in the present? Know in what thou has believed, knowing that He is able to keep thee against any experience that may bring fear or doubt. For, by faith are ye healed and that not of yourself, but is the gift of the Father to those that seek and those who have made Him that He has given in the earth AS the ideal. Lift, then, thine eyes to the Father, and as ye meditate enter into thine inner self in such a manner: "Thou hast known all things. Thou knowest my heart, my mind. USE me, O God, as Thou seest that is best for my own soul development. Guide Thou my hands, guide Thou my feet, and let my mind and my soul become more and more aware of the presence of the Christ in mine own daily life."
10. For, as He has given, "If ye will seek the Father, He is not afar off but is in thine own heart." Open thou the other door that thou may look in and behold the glories that have been prepared for those that love His coming, and those that would have the Christ abide in their daily life. Thus may the body, the mind, the soul become aware of those things necessary in the experience.
11. Read, too, that as He has given in His promises, that "If ye ask in my name, believing in thine heart, this shall be done in thine experience," knowing that in patience ye wait on the Lord that He may make thee aware of that as He would guide and direct thee in the ways thou should go. And many will call thee blessed.
12. Ready for questions.
13. (Q) Is there anything more regarding my Egyptian incarnation that I should know and express in the present, for my highest spiritual development?
    (A) As has been given in the activities of the entity, body-entity during that experience, there were those influences in the associations and relations that bring innate feelings, innate activities in the experience, as ye seek to find the outlet for the daily associations and relations, let the spirit of truth, of mercy, of justice, in the light of the expressions that are the fruits of the spirit, GUIDE thy ways in these directions. And that fear, that doubt that has arisen in thine experience will fade as the mist before the rising sun. For, His light is the light that guides through the darkness, whether in the material, the mental or in the spiritual realms; for He is the Creator and the Giver of that light. Thus may such things, such experiences, be used as the stepping-stones for the greater blessings that may be thine, and the greater development that may be thine in this experience. For, as has been given, the knowledge alone of any subject in the material or mental world does NOT make for development unless applied in the daily experience with thine fellow men. For, the fact that we have life in this material plane, with the consciousness of the conditions, the existences about us, only gives the opportunity of expression of what we would do with this man, the Christ, in our hearts. Thus may the experiences of sojourns in the varied environs show that whereunto, that in the way and manner that we as individuals have fallen short - or WHY there are certain urges in our own inner selves in the experience that they may be turned into. Through what? The will that makes the soul of man individual, and a little lower than the angels; yet when raised in the power that may be through the glorifying of the Son as to be one WITH the Son, one WITH the Father, and THUS above the angels in glory.
14. (Q) Do I know in the present the individual to whom I brought healing in the Persian period?
    (A) In the Persian period healing to those to whom there will be brought those associations and relations that SHOULD make for a harmony in the experience of both. But two souls are to be considered. Meet each with those activities not of selfishness, but of selflessness in the developments that "His will be done, my will in what is necessary for the better development in His ways, in His name." But, as we find, they should shortly come together again.
15. (Q) Do I understand correctly that two individuals are to be met?
    (A) One individual. To come together again.
16. (Q) How soon should this be, and what can I do to bring it about?
    (A) Will that God's will be done in you and in him!
17. (Q) Is there any other counsel or advice for the body at this time?
    (A) Study to show thyself approved unto Him, the Giver of all good and perfect gifts, rightly divining the words of truth and keeping self unspotted from the world. Be in the world yet not of the world. For, He would have thee know His love. Then, show His love that it may be thine, for "As oft as ye do it unto the least of these, my little ones, ye do it unto me."
18. We are through with this reading.

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