Edgar Cayce Readings, 585-2

(Life Reading Suggestion)

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EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, that are latent and manifested in the personality of the entity now known as [585].
In giving that which may be helpful to this entity in its present soul development, it would be well that there may be given not only how the records have been made but how this channel interprets the records as we find in the experience of this entity.
As the growth by the experiences in the earth makes for the demarcations in the activities, so do the experiences of the soul in the environs about the earth make for that record which is eternal as time and space.
For, as has been given, when the last trumpet is sounded and the Voice shall say time is to be no more, then may the record of each soul become fully known to all that have hidden themselves in that which has been left as the approach of soul to its Maker. For, all shall stand before that judgement bar, before the Lamb, before Him who has created the heavens and the earth and set them in their varied realms of activity, and given the earth to the souls, his brethren, his companions, that they might enter there and - in the activities of their consciousnesses to the action of individuals one to another - show forth that which makes for the acceptance or rejection of that which is their approach to Him.
Many souls have rebelled; do and will rebel. For, as seen, these rebellions, these disorders have brought about time and space activity for the records. And in reading them they are kept by those forces that may be termed as the Keeper of the Record. For, unto each has been given that it is to perform in ITS activity, ITS relationship, one to another.
Then, blessed is the entity, the soul, that may enter in with that oneness of purpose to aid in giving that which is helpful to a soul that it, too, may know that He, the Redeemer, liveth and standeth EVER ready to aid those that put their trust in Him.
In this entity, then, now known as or called [585], we find influences that may pertain to much that is accredited in varied fields of activity or approach to the knowledge of truth and light.
Hence the urges are innate from sojourns in what is termed the astrological aspect of the soul, or those environs in which the soul has sojourned that it, the soul, might meet, might know the beauty of making self one with its creative influence.
In Neptune we find an influence that is MOST in the making in the present experiences of the entity, so that those things that are mysterious, those things that are psychological, those things pertaining to what to the mental mind of man are the mysteries of life, are ever present - and would bring to the experience of the entity in this sojourn much that may be helpful, beneficial, if used or applied aright in the experience of the material things of this entity.
But to make personal, material application of the mysteries to many - and to this entity - may become a stumblingblock unless it is left rather in the INTERPRETATION of the SPIRIT that is with the soul in its activity. If there is the attempt to interpret or apply in the physical forces the stronger, it makes for that which becomes strange; and they that seek strange gods, strange forces, do so oft to their own undoing. Hence as to the innate urge, rather as has been given, let this mind be in you that was in Him, that the Father-God is ever present and has given His angels charge concerning thee rather than those that may be of thine own making. And His Spirit will bear witness with thy spirit whether ye be in that realm where the material, the mental or the spiritual application may be made of that THOU experienceth in the mysteries of thine inner self.
The influences in Mercury make for the mental abilities that are innate, and oft much that is either mental or spiritual may be comprehended by the entity; that, without understand- ing in Venus - that has been in adverse aspect to the entity in the earth - will understand but not able to interpret without being misunderstood by others. All the more reason in making personal or physical application that the entity seek slow, seek deep. For, He has promised and is faithful to those that keep His sayings that He will come and abide with thee; He will not leave thee comfortless but will send the spirit of truth that will abide with thee always; and with the spirit of truth and the spirit of the Creator in the motivating force of thine own soul ye may in patience become aware of thine soul development through those things mentally in Mercury, spiritually from Neptune, such as to KNOW the love of the Father even in the earth.
Venus has been in the adverse influence in the innate forces of the body (this the mental body and soul body).
This aside for the moment, please: Do not confuse the sojourns in the astrological with material things, for they are mental urges - yet acted upon from material things may oft bring confusion.
Then, both in the inner self and in the material urge, the Venus influence has brought at times those things that were as confusions in the experience of the entity in the present. For, while love is of God and is God, it - the impelling force in same - can be made into the forms that wreck the souls of men and women, if not born of Him. If born of those things that partake only of the body-physical, it becomes a stumbling-stone to the weary feet; yea, it becomes a rolling-stone to those that in their own selves have seen a vision or find strength in their own purpose.
As to the urges, then, we find these as innate in the experience in the present of this entity, now known as or called [585].
One of high mental vision.
One accredited with, and oft in the realm of, those influences that transcend the senses of mortal man; and through those forces that may find the expressions in that called the sense or perception in man, through the innate feelings, finds those responses which if grounded in the self through the love of Him the entity walked close with in Galilee, as we shall see, will bring glory, honor, in an experience well-lived, well-applied in the present.
One, too, that finds the secular things in this experience are just beyond the grasp often; yet more and more as the abilities are developed in comprehension and understanding that these must be motivated by spiritual things, desires that are spiritualized, purposes that are one with Him, more and more will the ability to succor and aid and give out to others be given thee.
Then, as to the appearances in the earth and those that affect the body in its present soul development, we find:
Before this the entity was in that land or place known in the present nativity as New England, when there were the periods of oppressions and much discussion arose through the visions - and especially of this entity, then in the name Margarie, as the minister's daughter that first saw the headless men in Salem and the riders that carried messages for the entity to those that were in the way of making changes politically in that specific period.
The entity suffered in body, yet in mind and in vision grasped much. Without those persecutions in the body much MIGHT have been gained; and there be those whom the entity may know in the present experience very soon that must pay - and pay - and PAY. If the entity will use self in the mercies of Him who said, "I condemn thee not - neither do I condemn thee - sin no more," the entity may gain much in this association and relation - and those who have wronged themselves and this soul in that experience may gain much. [See 585-6, Life Rdg., Par. 13-A of 10/11/39.]
Who gains by being forgiven and by forgiving? The one that forgives is lord even of him that he forgives.
Be ye, then, in that way of - in principle and purpose - divine. He that holds grudges or pays for those activities that have brought contention in the life makes the way rough and hard for self, and CERTAINLY brings sorrow to Him that is life - and without favor with God or man.
In that experience the entity found much that might have aided many, yet brought for self - through those very things of using the associations for material gains - that which brought destructive forces and suffering in body.
From that experience in the present, then, may be found the interest in those things pertaining to material manifestations and the mystical forces from the innate soul forces of the body that often conflict; but know ye Him and HE will guide thee aright.
Before that we find the entity was in the period when the Master of men, the Son of Mary, walked in the earth; and during those periods when there were the gatherings of many that were healed by the Master.
The entity was the one to whom the Master said, "Must I give to those not of this household?" And with the healing of the body, with the following close, [See 585-2, Par. R1.] the entity gained much and gave much strength to those that were weak in those days when persecution came, through the political influences and the social strife.
Hence the entity has found in the present oft those periods when the choice must be made between that spoken within and the social or home or those with whom the entity would associate in material things.
The entity BLESSED many, for the Master put His hands upon the entity and LOVED the entity - Anilen.
In that experience the entity learned much to use the hands in the aid for others, in making things with the hands, in tending those that were weak and crippled.
And innately and manifestedly has the appeal ever been in the entity toward those that are afflicted in body; and it has sought to bring help to others.
Before that we find the entity was in the land now called Egypt, during the periods when there were the dispersing and the giving to others of those things that had become tenets in the activities of those that had followed the building up of what may be termed one of the greater civilizations or periods of approach of man to the Maker, and the ability to manifest same in the earth. Little needs of labor physically, yet this of itself became a stumblingblock.
The entity, though, then in the name She-pat-hel, gained in the experience; for the entity, while comprehending little of those things that were taught by the Atlanteans, gained much from those that were of the natives and those peoples that had come into the land from the Syrian and the Chaldean - as they were later called. For the entity was among those that CLEANSED themselves through the fires of the Temple Service, and made for the growths for those things in the teachings of those that went as emissaries to other lands; being associated then with the king in the ministry, the priest in the lessons, those in the temples as the friend and aid, the emissaries as one that counseled oft with them.
Hence in the present, when the entity has found self, it - this soul - in this experience may become as one that may aid many in many different fields of activity in being able to be of greater service to others.
As to the abilities of the entity in the present and that to which it may attain, and how:
First, as has been seen in those things that make for contention, confusion, know that in Him is the right, the light, the truth, the way. And when all may be judged by those standards as He has set, not only in precept but in example, THEN may the entity find in self the greater work that may bring to self, the soul, the mental, the material developments, and growth in grace, in knowledge, in understanding.
Ready for questions.
(Q) What is my seal?
(A) Among the seals here we find: EVENING in the distance, the pyramid far away, with the star and crescent rising. We find in the forefront the cinnamon bush, both with its three-pointed leaves and its blossoms and buds. This the symbol of the life for the entity. For, the interpretation is likened unto the symbol; the supplying of life and substance in the foreground to the pyramid in the lessons learned. The star and the crescent, the SON of man and His LIGHT among men! [See large color print in A.R.E. Library reference book of Aura Chart Readings re her Life Seal painted by Virginia Twiford.]
(Q) Why was I urged to call the Group [262] together last year during the Association Congress? [See 262-48, Par. 12-A, 13-A.]
(A) Seek within self; for this is not to be mingled with these with whom we may speak. Seek within self for this, for it is not to be mingled with those with whom we may speak.
(Q) Please explain my experiences first of hearing footsteps, then feeling the presence, then seeing the beautiful lights?
(A) These should ever be as given, not through those channels other than within self; for, as has been given, "My Spirit beareth witness with thy spirit." For, why question the Master thee as concerning that faith that made thee whole? For, thou art TROUBLED in the mysteries, yet in Him thou mayest find the answer to all thy problems.
We are through.
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BACKGROUND

See 585-1 (Mental-Spiritual), 9/14/32 re marriage problems.

REPORTS

GD's note: See 585-10 Aura Chart rdg. indicating that [585] was present when the woman was healed from touching the hem of the Master's garment. Indeed she may have also been healed herself in this manner. See 1353-1, Par. 41 indicating that [1353] was healed by touching the hem of His garment.
See 585-6 (second Life Rdg.), Par. 13-A, 10/11/39.
See 585-12 (third Life Rdg.), Par. 12-A, 9/01/43.
6/13/46 Report by [585] taken by Gina Cerminara:
585-2 6/15/34, Par. 18: "one that finds secular things hard to understand..." Yes - says she finds it difficult to understand money, finance, politics, etc.
585-1 9/14/32, Par. 13-Q re. message from Michael? Had heard from Dave Kahn about sitting with pencil and paper at bedside; tried it; one night woke up, conscious of hearing a voice; heard a message, of which only a fragment remained; the time was 2:05 A.M.
585-6 10/11/39, Par. 9-A: Probably CENSORIOUS, not sensuous, because she had tendency to find fault, and be critical; says she believes she has overcome this tendency, of which - before the reading - she had been unaware.
[585-6] Par. 13-Q: Thinks that the person to whom this "pays and pays" refers to is the 57-year old man, mentally incompetent, who cannot speak, for whom she acts as nurse at present. He was the son of wealthy parents, who could have done everything for him. Later reading shows that he was her son in Egypt; the Finnish woman [5223] who makes a home for him (by terms of the will) took a liking to Mrs. [585] when she first saw her, and hired her at once; the later reading says they were together also in Egypt. Several times Mrs. [585] wanted to leave the place, but the readings always told her not to. She and the guardian do have their disagreements (as the reading says) but generally get along fine and like each other.
585-12 9/01/43 re experience in Egypt with electrical vibrations: Mrs. [585] says she loves electrical storms, lightning never frightens her; says she is interested in electricity, though doesn't understand it much. However, when there were lectures in Norfolk on Radar, she attended them.
After divorce from her husband, Mrs. [585] went into nursing. This was at the suggestion of a friend. At the time of her first position she got the reading which told her she would be a good nurse. How have the readings helped you? Mrs. [585] says it made her aware of her faults: gave her new philosophy - to be of help to other people; gave her clearer idea of God, which had never been real to her before. Idea of reincarnation was completely new to her, and helped her a great deal. Felt that the previous lives were accurate. The Palestine experience, in which she helped those that were weak and crippled, seemed to ring true in that she has always turned around to look with pity at anybody crippled. Before her daughter was born, prayed that she would have straight legs. She had never fully realized this fact (of her interest) 'till the reading pointed it out.
3/79 The A.R.E. JOURNAL P. 86 Review:
WHEN THE LAST TRUMPET IS SOUNDED, by Ruth DeCormis LeNoir, A.R.E. Press, Virginia Beach, Va., 1978. 231 pp. $8.95 (291) Hardback
Of all the books that have been written concerning the Edgar Cayce readings, one of the most exquisite is this one written by the oldest living member of the first Search for God Study Group and Secretary since 1950 of the A.R.E. Prayer Group - Ruth LeNoir. WHEN THE LAST TRUMPET IS SOUNDED is a book about Jesus, composed of carefully selected extracts from the readings concerning the time "when the Master walked in the earth." These extracts are woven into a continuous story, interlaced with passages from the Bible plus experiences and insights from the author's own life - and what this can mean here - now - today.
Like the readings which were given for individuals, the story is told through readings given for people who were associated with Jesus. A special sense of timelessness and immediacy is given in the juxtaposition of past and present as, for example, in the foreword: "Another writer who thought to do this book was Judy, teacher of the Master in Palestine. She came to the Beach and...said to me..." The openness of the author in sharing personal experiences makes vivid the daily availability of the Divine in everyday life. But the bulk of the book is composed of excerpts from the readings. It is a book:
1/24/80 GD's note: Mrs. [585] has remained active in the A.R.E. all these years - Secretary of the A.R.E. Prayer Group since 1950. Yes, she has given us permission to use her name with her number - Ruth LeNoir. See the review of her book WHEN THE LAST TRUMPET IS SOUNDED, in paragraph above. She is working on her second book now, covering her experiences with Edgar Cayce and A Search for God Group No. 1. In this book she is making available all her readings with her comments on them and how they helped her. OF SOLACE: "...let all take heart and know that this, too, as the hour upon Calvary, must pass away; and that as upon the wings of the morning there comes that new hope, that new desire, to the hearts and minds of all who seek to know His face." (5749-13, p. 93)
OF EXPECTATION: The Lord will come "When those that are His have made the way clear, PASSABLE, for Him to come." (262-49, p. 117)
OF JOY: "Be ye glad. Be ye joyous when those things come to be thy lot that should or would disturb the material-minded. Like Him, look up, lift up thy heart, thy mind unto the Giver of all good and perfect gifts..." (5749-10, p. 97)
OF CHALLENGE: "Be glorious in thy activity." (262-59, p. 117)
OF PROMISE: "Then ye shall see Him as He is, when ye live such a life." (3011-3, p. 116)
The book will appeal to seekers who have found an inner awakening response to the words and spirit behind the Edgar Cayce readings, who feel drawn to the Master Jesus, who want to be part of the preparation for the coming to all mankind of the Christ-Spirit - to all those who "love His coming." It is fortunate that this is a sturdy, well-bound book, for it is destined to be read and loved and underlined and written upon in the margins, and to be a companion book to many a Bible for years to come. Thank you, Ruth. Jim Baker.
3/10/81 GD's note: Ruth LeNoir died in a hospital, after a long illness, though her mind was active almost to the last... She would have been 85 yrs. old on 3/18/81.