Edgar Cayce Readings, 526-1

(Life Reading Suggestion)

TEXT

EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, that are latent and manifested in the personalities of the entity in the present known as [526].
In entering the present experience from the astrological aspects we find some conflicting conditions making for those influences in the mental experience of the entity, that may be at times confusing in the present. For, the mental, the material, the spiritual influences becoming a thing apart in their influence in this experience confuses the entity, from those ideals that have been builded in the entity or soul-mental force of this entity.
As to the astrological aspect, then, rather from the sojourn of the entity in environs of this solar system do we find the urges coming in the present, than from that ordinarily expressed in the position of planets, stars, moon or even in the zodiacal influence about the earth. For, as the sojourn of a body in an environ creates in the mental atmosphere of a soul that which is as urges in the earth's experience, so do these influence this entity in the present.
From those sojourns in Venus as a ruling influence in the entity's mien or manner, the entity is one that is of a nervous temperament; yet gentle, kind, loving, and easy to influence through those manners that bespeak gentleness, harmony or love.
One, however, from earth's sojourns' experience with same, that makes for a questioning in self as to relationships of individuals in the earth respecting that called marital or home or social aspects. Hence in the social life of the entity these become oft as drudgeries or duties that must be met in some ways or manners, as not to be considered peculiar, yet in self these appear as unnecessary, were the entity to follow the dictates of its own conscience. Making for friendships, then, that while they are few - as to real friendships - but those that are true, where they have been given by the entity.
As to those influences from Jupiter and its sojourn there, we find those abilities in fields of activity that pertain to things dealing with large groups, or to the greater mental influence in the experiences of masses, or individuals of certain classes. These are of interest to the entity. Also the desire for travel, and in certain fields of the endeavors of a body in the field of science - pertaining to certain characteristics of same and environs of same - make for interesting subjects in the mental experience of the body.
While, in the influence from the Martian there is produced that which, as is ofttimes termed, separates the entity in its mental field of activity from many of its associates; again making for the expressions of wrath, or of special vim or vigor as to that determined in self as the right course to pursue.
These influences are mental, irrespective - then - of what the entity has done or may do in the present experience about such urges within its experience.
From the sojourns in the earth and those that influence the entity in the present may be given that there may be builded in self those things that may be helpful or hopeful in that experience which will make for bettering of the soul's activity in this present environ. For:
Before this we find the entity was in the land of present nativity, during those periods when there were the settlings in what is now known as the Quaker land, or during those periods when there were the expansions of those lands and those tenets of those peoples.
The entity then, in the name Manners, gave much of self's activity in the clarifying to the peoples of the land and those with whom the entity became closely associated, the tenets and lessons for those pledges, those vows that individuals in the associations of the entity had taken; their reasons in the material, the mental and spiritual attitude of those, that there might be builded in those adherents of same that which answered for the longings in the souls of those that had followed in that way.
Bringing to self much activity that had to do with the workings of the hand, particularly in the arts of the culinary kind or character; and these, with the recipes of same, remain as innate and as things of special experience. And the gatherings the entity has made of clippings, recipes, books and things pertaining to these whether they have been made as applications in the experience or not are indications of those things builded in that experience and sojourn, in what is known as the Quaker City.
Hence in the present we find those things of rule, those things of rote, are both the order in the experience; and yet, as indicated from the mental activities and sojourn, bring periods when consternation or disorder arises from those very same things in the experience. Not, then, as has been at times said of the entity a twist in the mental attitude, but rather as those things of experience in the physical, the mental and spiritual aptitude of the entity.
In the present, too, from that sojourn, may be gained for self much that may be used in the developing of the mental and physical forces of the body towards making the proper relationships in the friends, and in those whom the entity may contact in this present sojourn and activity; bringing in the material those things that not only bring sympathies and contentment but the abilities to be of greater aid to others with whom the body may associate.
Before that we find (among those that make for an experience that deals rather with the mental and spiritual attitude of the body) the entity was in that land when the Master walked among men, and among the children that were blessed by Him as they came and were among those that were present when there were the teachings that were as lessons to His disciples - and those nearby when He blessed them.
The entity then, Eloise, was of the children of Chloe, the cousin of Elizabeth, and of the families then of the Levites, that were the brothers of those of Zebedee's family.
In that experience the entity suffered oft in body, yet in the mental and soul development it was that period when the "dreamer of dreams" (as seen in the present experience) was builded; when music and those things in color, in sound, have come to mean so much to the inmost forces of this entity. And in the awakening of these in the present experience may there be brought for the entity the greater development for the soul in this experience. For, as those tenets, truths, lessons of that experience and period made for building into the innate influences in the experience of that soul, so may the harkenings to same bring the arousing within self those answers from within to the beauties of those things that give expression in song, in words, in deeds, in the beauty in the canvas, in the beauty in the music, or in all nature that proclaims the beautiful year, the beautiful day, the beautiful experience of those that have named the name of Him. So may there come into the inmost recesses of the heart of this soul the awakening to the expressions of that which, and the abilities of the hands, may bring hope and peace and joy to the hearts of others. For, as He gave His life, His self, so may this soul give self in the manifesting, in the activities of the body, the mind, the soul, those joys in the life of Him in that sojourn.
Before that we find the entity was in that land now known as the Persian, during those periods when there were the gatherings of those peoples in the mountains and in the hills, where that teacher would bring the aid to the body and to the minds of those that fought for peace and harmony in that experience.
The entity then was among those that came from the Grecian land in their activities to even make for the upsetting or the destroying of those influences, yet the entity among those peoples made for the activities that besought and that put away the jealousies, the high opinions of those that would destroy that influence in the period.
Making for, in the present experience of the entity, those periods that have been given in the mental forces, as to the doubts and fears that rise within. Yet, if these are tempered with that which may be aroused by the period of the Eloise activity in the promised land, there may come from those doubts and fears that ability to bring to others comforts that make for the opening of the hearts to the understandings of Him, that - as He blessed the entity - so are those "of the kingdom of heaven."
Before that we find the entity was in that land now called Atlantis, during the periods when there were the attempts of those to leave on account of the destructive forces being brought in the experience.
The entity was among those that journeyed to the Egyptian land, and aided - for a short period - in gathering those peoples for an understanding and correlating of the better tenets in each of those things being presented by that priest in that land.
From that experience may be had those influences as innately from the activities turned to the scientific forces, yet those things that make for materiality in a material world - yet the ABILITIES are ever in the experiences that make for soul, rather than material development.
As to the abilities of the entity, and that to which it may attain, and how:
Through those forces that have been given. In the meditating upon, in the feelings for, those things that are within. For, as He has given, "As ye seek, ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you - for it is not who shall ascend into the heavens, or who shall go abroad, but lo, ye shall find Him within thine own heart." KNOW that He lives WITH thee, IN thee; for His promises are true. Keep that thou KNOWEST to do, in HIS name, and thy days may be long in the land the Lord thy God giveth thee!
Ready for questions.
(Q) In what way can I best express the GOVERNMENT of God in the world?
(A) In those things that may be opened to thee by the turning within to those things THOU HAST heard with thine mortal ear of those tenets that He gave thee in Galilee!
(Q) What occupation or work am I best fitted for?
(A) In that indicated in any of those things dealing with the home or the culinary arts.
(Q) Is marriage a fulfilling for me?
(A) As indicated, these are questions and associations that trouble the body oft. With the right association, yes. With the wrong, BADLY.
We are through.
Copy to Self
Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

2/18/34, 3/25/34 She submitted questions: "In what way can I best express the Government of God in the world? What occupation or work am I best fitted for? Is marriage a fulfilling for me? Should I cultivate my musical taste; if so, on what instrument? What is my relation to my aunt, Mrs. [509]?"

REPORTS

9/10/76 [526] called and asked for a copy of her reading which she had lost. Copy sent 9/13/76.
9/27/76 Letter received from [526] re: her reading which was sent to her upon request September 10, 1976:
"First, I want to thank you and Miss Cayce for sending me a copy of the reading 526-1 done for me by Edgar Cayce March 25, 1934. Miss Cayce asked me if I would write and give you any 'feedback' I could about my reading. I have been thinking about it and I will try to give you some impressions I have, though they are not perhaps what you might want.
I should start out by saying that the language and also much of what is said in the reading is confusing to me. But I will do the best I can.
I was going through at that period of my life a very difficult and significant year. Against strong wishes of my family whom I loved very much and had been exceedingly close to, perhaps too close, I had left my home with them and gone to N.Y. to work. I, by chance, lived with a very wonderful lady, no kin, Mrs. [509].
526-1, Par. 4 - 'of a nervous temperament': I've never thought of myself as having a nervous temperament - and I don't think others have considered I had this trait. My husband of 42 years says he doesn't. On the other hand, I am not phlegmatic in temperament.
526-1, Par. 10, 11: I have had very satisfying and fulfilling Quaker connections, particularly during a period of about ten to twelve years, in the '50's and early '60's when I was located accessibly to a 'congenial' meeting house and Friends Service group. I never became a member, however, because I felt it was important for us to remain as a unit as members of a local church in which our young daughter was active.
526-1, Par. 12: I have never had the slightest interest in the culinary arts - my aim has been to have simple food, well prepared with the least effort involved.
526-1, Par. 17, 25: These paragraphs are the ones in the reading which say the most to me.
526-1, Par. 29-A: 'Marriage with right association would be fulfilling...with the wrong badly.' Four days before the time of the reading I became engaged to the man I've been most happily married to for over 42 years. I have realized that marriage with the wrong man would have been unworkable for me. I hope, if I have any future incarnations, I'll be lucky enough again to be married to him! I hope that these are the types of comments you wanted..." Sincerely, [526]