This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 19th day of December, 1933, in accordance with request made by self - Mr. [440], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. [440] and L. B. Cayce.

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1. GC: You will have before you the entity now known as [440], present in this room. You will give a mental and spiritual reading for this entity, giving the original purpose of entrance into this solar realm of experience, trace the mental and spiritual development from the beginning through the various stages of experience and give such guidance as the entity needs in awakening his psychic (soul) faculties and in using same for the highest spiritual development in this life. You will answer the questions which he asks.
2. EC: Yes, we have the entity and the development, and those periods of expression in the earth and in the solar forces or astrological experiences in this solar system of the entity.
3. In that which has been given, we find two main ideas are given for consideration of the entity in the present experience: That in this experience the entity may use the abilities for weal or woe; and that the entity mentally, physically, spiritually, in the present and in the now, is well-balanced.
4. Then, harken my son. Ra-Ta would counsel again with thee, and may there not be too little or too much given at this time for thine better self.
5. In giving purposes for entering, and giving soul developments and the attaining to the use of the soul or psychic faculties of the self, may there be sufficient of the precautions given thee also. And may there be found in this experience that which from this day forward, throughout the sojourn in this present experience, may be turned to oft for counsel, for the paralleling of thine experience, as ye advance step by step through this sojourn. And it will be necessary in giving these precautions, these warnings, these blessings that may come with that which may be counseled with thee at this time, that there be sufficient understanding of that the MENTAL development has been - and is - through the sojourns in the earth that are to be used with the faculties of the mental body and material body for the channel through which spiritual truths may be put, as it were, by self, in the mental crucible - and that which is dross cast forth, that which is pure preserved and made practical in thine own experience first - then passed on to thine fellow man, that he - too - may walk no longer in the shadow of doubt and fear but know truly there is a rod in Jessie and that the Father would speak with the sons of men; and that His Son has led the way so oft in the earth over and above the teachers that have come into the earth from generation to generation; and that He will walk with thee and guide thy hand, if ye will but choose the Lord while He may yet be found.
6. Thine mental mind is not only of an analytical nature, analytical turn, but the experiences and the sojourns have been such as to make for those experiences when the mind should be in the present as one well-balanced to judge through all the focussings of consciousness in the material plane, through the sense consciousness as well as through the sub-senses that become aware in vision, in experience, in application, through the forces that are only made aware by the spiritual inception being made one with the mental and material influences in an entity's experience.
7. Also in the application through the varied sojourns, the experiences have made for both constructive and destructive influences, as outlined for thine understanding, thine comprehension. KNOW and understand these rather in their individual setting, much in the same way and manner that the tests are made in the weighing and classifying of all characters of data to an analytical or a segregating nature or mind as relative to the elements or influences that act upon matter in man's experience. Also know that in those activities in the experiences not always in the application was the purpose, the aim, the desire of the self to be destructive - from desire or from nature or from even intent; yet this very nature, this very application, this verification of these elements in the experience, makes for the right character of seeker in the present, if the purposes and the aims are for an exalting of the powers of the Creative Forces rather than of self in the present experience; in application of the abilities and the opportunities of those things that are to be the experiences of the self during this experience or sojourn in the earth.
8. As to the purposes, then, for the soul's forces entering into matter in the beginning: That there might be a comprehending of how material forces acted upon spiritual, or SPIRIT, endeavor of an entity, a soul. For, here we would give the variation between the mental mind of an earth being and the spirit that occupies its space in that man calls space. For, it must be learned or comprehended within thine consciousness as a being, in a finite force of activity, that time and space are one; and the divisions of these have been set in human experience and human endeavor that there might be the destruction of the physical forces that the spiritual might catch here a line, there a line, here a precept, there a precept, that there might be gained more and more that consciousness that is sought by the inmost recesses of this entity's desire, and again lived in the present in such a way and manner that the fruits of the spirit may be in thine own consciousness. For, self must become selfless, and the spirit must become magnified in the relationships of the individual's activity in its meeting with the fellow man; whether this is in relationship to seeking to know how the response of spirit or spirituality in the experience of another soul acts upon it in its environ, in its surrounding, in its journey back to its Creator, or what not. For, as given of old (and let these be not as platitudes in thine own experience), as a man, as a heart, as an experience is sown, so shall the harvest be, according to the application of those things that make for growth in the realm of that sought. For, to say "Do good" unto thy neighbor and then stand aside and see what will happen when others act in this or that way and manner does not bring an experience to self; for only through experience may the soul, the mind, the heart, the body, become aware of the effect of any application of the law of continuity of force, continuity of life, or of forces that make for growth in the experience of a soul.
9. Then, know: As ye sow, so shall ye reap. And in the material world there stands in the laws of the Creative Influences only these: "Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, thine mind and thine soul," and the second is likened unto it: With the body and with the attributes of same, manifest to thine brother that law of God, and see in him - in thine brother, in the weakest among thine associates, in the weakest among thine companions - that spirit of God which if magnified will make for a growth of the SOUL in thine brother, that it may be found in the way that leads to life, to light, to immortality for that soul. And he that saves a soul has experienced, and does experience, that realm of joy, peace, solace, understanding, that may only come to those who have experienced in saving, in directing, in blessing, a soul. For, the soul of self, as the soul of thine brother, is seeking its way, its journey, to its Maker. The birthright of every soul, as given by its Creator is coming into a material plane, is the same as for self; that it may experience the fruits of the spirit that may be manifested in a manifestation of life in a material or earth plane.
10. As to the development of the psychic forces, the spiritual actuality in the experience of the entity in its sojourn from its environs, that is experiences have brought in the earth plane, this has been set before self - and, as has been seen, has been kept well balanced in the experience of the soul self; so that, as the seeking then comes into spiritual things, these - as is seen and as must be known - may not be put into the crucibles of materiality. They may not be measured in or by the ways of the finite forces, or the finite mind, but rather they are measured by the consciousness of the spirit, of the way that was given and that has been given and is the standard of excellency to this material world, in the life and in the experience of Jesus, the Christ, who thought it not robbery to make himself equal with God, yet found himself of no estate; rather enjoying the experiences of his brethren in every walk of life, and using those experiences in such a way and manner that naught could be said of the life of the man, and naught could be said in the experiences of those that knew Him best, other than "He went about doing good."
11. So, in self, in self's experience, in self's application of the spirituality of self, know that He gives His angels charge concerning thee, and that they will bear thee up in the experiences that ye have in a material plane - if ye will but keep the heart, the mind, the soul, SINGING the praises of a RISEN Lord. For, "God of the fathers be with us yet, lest we forget" that He is the God of the living and not of the dead!
12. In the application of self, then, as to the developments in the present experiences and in keeping that balance in body, in mind, in soul, in the activities of the self in this present sojourn, first seek to know self as to what is the impelling desire in thine inner self. Take counsel with soul, and let this be as thy first experience in thine psychic self; for psychic, as given, is but a name, yet its metes and bounds take hold upon the mental, the material and the spiritual things in the experience of every soul! But ask in self, "What IS my purpose? What IS my desire? Is it an experience that I may exalt my inner self? or that I may glorify my Maker, my Redeemer, my Lord, my Master?" And get the answer from the mental self! Then enter into meditation, in the wee hours of the morning, when the world at large is quiet - when the music of the spheres and the morning stars sing for the glory of the coming day, and ask the soul; and let the spirit of self answer. Audibly? Yea, within thine own heart will come the answer Yea or Nay.
13. Then, when thou hast made thine own skirts clear, thine own soul clean, until HE answers within thee that thou, having chosen the better part, may be given the application or the privilege of using the talents thou hast developed in thine experiences. For, as indicated in that which has been meted or measured to thee, the purposes are well - if the intents are kept just as clean. For they would bring in the experience of thine brother, and thy neighbor, the more abundant life - and the more abundant understanding of the relationships of the creature to the Creator, and the WAY of the Creator with the creature. The Father hath given such a leeway to the sons of men that no force, no impelling force - unless sought or desired - and no activities in the material world, in the mental world, might be given. Then, if thine activities are such as to not belie that spoken in the mind or by the word of mouth, He will be thy guide - as thou wilt be His son.
14. Not that thine experience in the field of activity may be entirely different from that of thine next door neighbor, but find not fault in thine friend nor in thine enemy; for, hath not He, the Father, allowed the tares and the wheat to grow up together? Be not as one that would tell the Father, the Creator, as to who the tares are - or as to when such a tare should be rooted up. Be thou rather found in the way of BLOOMING, of bringing forth fruit worthy of a son that has been endowed with the privileges of manifesting the spirit that He has shed abroad in the earth through the gift to the world of the Babe in Bethlehem, that grew in stature, in body, in mind, and then manifested the love of God in the way that He went about doing good to those that sought; yea, those that asked in the Father's name! For, ever were the blessings to the individuals in accordance to the desire of the soul.
15. Then, in applying self, my son, know that the Father liveth in thee, and will rightly guide thee in thy seeking and in thine steps day by day, if thou hast prepared His temple in thee for the place that He may abide. If thou keepest the temple cluttered up with those things that bespeak rather of the flesh, only the flesh can answer - but if thou keepest the temple clean and decorated in the spirit of love, and in the light of truth, then it will shed its light abroad, even as He has given, "I will not leave thee comfortless but will come and abide with thee, that ye may be my children and I will be your god."
16. Then, in seeking those things that will make for the greater understanding in thine present experience, let thy yeas be yea in the Lord, thy nays be nay in the Lord, and thy days will be long in the earth - and many will call thee blessed in His name; for the way is set before thee, and it is not past finding out. Doubt not, but seek. Seek in His name.
17. Ready for questions.
18. (Q) What is the highest possible psychic realization - etc?
    (A) That God, the Father, speaks directly to the sons of men - even as He has promised.
19. We are through.

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BACKGROUND

1. See 440-3 on 12/18/33.

REPORTS

1. 12/20/33 See 440-5 in re his various appearances in earth plane.

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