This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 15th day of October, 1936, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [585], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [585], Esther Wynne, Helen Ellington, Florence and Edith Edmonds.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the body, the enquiring mind, [585] this we have had before.
2. In giving that as we find may be helpful in the mental and spiritual forces about the body, well - too - that the physical forces be more thoroughly understood.
3. For in the material expressions, those disturbances that arise at times confuse individuals in their mental and spiritual developments.
4. Know, as has been given, the Mind is the Builder; yet the mind is both material (or physical) and spiritual.
5. Hence the injunctions that have so oft been given, "Let that mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus, who thought it not robbery to make himself equal with God yet one with Him."
6. Hence the mental self must be at a oneness with SPIRITUAL forces, without those condemnations that come so oft to the mental experiences of individuals through trials, through disturbances physical, through those activities that make for tests, trials, even as He.
7. Thus in the body here, we find disturbing conditions that are affectations through the Creative Energies and forces of the body that tend to make for a disturbance as has been once indicated that must be eliminated from the system-physical, that the body physically and mentally may manifest the more in accord with that purpose for which the entity came into the experience - that through self's physical and mental activity the glory of the Father that is represented in the Son may be the greater glorified in and through the activities of the self in this experience.
8. There having been, then, in the physical forces of the body those hindrances with the activities of the organs in the pelvis, through a stoppage in the Fallopian Tubes and those tendencies for congestion there, disturbances are brought about that should be eliminated. And these as we find may be brought through the using of those influences that carry first a cleansing through the activity of the very nature of the forces; that is:
9. The Atomidine douches, that may purify, clarify the organs of the system, reduce those tendencies that have begun for the accumulations in the form of tumorous forces.
10. And then destroy same through the high frequency activity of the violet ray with the vaginal appliance, that may cleanse the system from disturbing forces, and thus create the activities throughout the body that may bring a better coordination and activity for the body-forces themselves.
11. In the mental forces of the body, then:
12. These as we find have gone a long ways towards the greater understanding, the greater conception of "Though He were the Son, yet learned He obedience through the things which He suffered."
13. And as the self has become the so oft disturbed, disappointed in those activities of individuals, those associations and those relationships that seem to at times build the barriers that make for those experiences that find those expressions in ways and manners that become as confusing - Stand thou steadfast in that thou hast gained as to His love, His promise, His giving of self in that, "As ye ask in my name, believing, that may be done in thy body that the glory of the Father may be manifested through thee."
14. And this is to every soul that has named the Name and has claimed that through the power and the might of those promises in the Son there may come the more perfect understanding, the more perfect knowledge and wisdom of the glory of the Father, that may be manifested to the sons of men by and through the individual activities.
15. And it is not of self but that the Father may be the more glorified in and through thy purpose, thy desire, that it be one in body, in mind, in soul with the purposes that the Father would have thee do in thy dealings with thy fellow man.
16. And in keeping that mental attitude, that mental vision of the promise of the Christ, so ye will grow in grace, in knowledge, in understanding of the law of love, the law of the earth.
17. For His ways are not past finding out, and He will meet thee in thy temple, thy body, that there may be the close communion with those forces and influences that may bring to bear in thine experience the greater blessings physically, the more perfect understanding mentally, and the spiritual vision that maketh - even though ye be tempted - not afraid.
18. Keep then that thou hast purposed to do in relationships to thy desires in Christ, thy love in being a channel of blessings to others, thy activities in thy relationships with others.
19. So may the spirit of truth, so may the Christ as He hath given abide in thee. For, "As ye abide in me, I in the Father, so may the world know the glory of the Father through THY activity among thy fellow man."
20. For as ye do it unto the least, ye do unto thy Christ, thy God.
21. If thou art lax in thine undertakings, then thou art lax in thy duty, thy promises to thy Lord.
22. If thou art vexed with those that despitefully use thee, then thou hast met a shortcoming in those forces that would bring about fear in thine own experience.
23. But as ye follow along the way of showing forth those aptitudes and attitudes that are as a portion of the spirit of truth - patience, longsuffering, brotherly love - these will bring, these do bring, those things that make for harmony in thy experience with thy fellow man.
24. This is the way of the spirit. For the fruits of the spirit are that ye keep faith with thy Christ.
25. Ready for questions.
26. (Q) Am I pregnant?
    (A) No; rather as has been indicated, the accumulations from the activities of the body itself that need those physical attentions in the manner as indicated.
27. (Q) Must I experience the loss of my home? If not, how can I save it? How can I meet the payments before they foreclose?
    (A) As we find, in making for those associations and connections and making some concessions in self and in self's relationships, these may be divided in ways and means and manners that will not necessarily call for the losing of the home.
    But know that those things that are lost were never thine; only that thou hast given away is thine!
28. (Q) Why is it that money slips away from me so easily and I can't meet my obligations?
    (A) This may be found if there is the study of those experiences of self in those associations where so easily were the material things a part of that activity wherein the spending of same brought so much disturbances to others. And this then is being met in that so easily do those little confusions come that call for the use of the material things, for the gratifying of those conditions and experiences for the moment.
    Learn ye the lesson, and be patient!
29. (Q) What is that small knot on my right side? Will it give me any trouble?
    (A) This is a fleshy tumor; a counterpart of the internal forces. This as we find should be massaged - about same - twice a week, one period with pure Castor Oil, the next period with combinations of equal parts Olive Oil or Mutton Suet and Turpentine, Camphor and Tincture of Benzoin.
    Also the douches should be once a week, and the violet ray with the vaginal applicator once a week not the large but the medium applicator. And use after same a saline solution as a douche.
30. (Q) What should be the proportions of the Atomidine douche?
    (A) As indicated, about a tablespoonful to half a gallon or a teaspoonful to a quart.
    The period for the use of the violet ray would be a minute and a half.
31. (Q) Once a week?
    (A) Once a week.
    These should not be on the same day, to be sure; one we would say on Tuesdays, the other on Fridays.
32. (Q) Please explain the activity in the house several nights ago, when I awoke to meditate - the sound like an explosion, then the bright light:
    (A) This was a confusion between the physical and the mental and spiritual self, as was given in the beginning. These at times make for the effect upon the physical being in such a way and manner that the Creative Influences as activative in the body - as are the more active in the present - bring about influences and forces from without that may make for confusions.
    Upon each and every experience let the mental attitude be:
    I SURROUND, I CLAIM, THE PRESENCE OF THE CHRIST; THAT THERE MAY BE THE MORE PERFECT UNDERSTANDING, THE MORE PERFECT ACCORD AS ONE WITH THE PURPOSE OF MY EXPERIENCE - NOW.
33. (Q) Regarding the home, please explain just what steps I should take and what concessions are referred to?
    (A) There have been promises from individuals that through such and such activities, and through such and such relationships and influences, there would be aid and help. Make some concessions in these directions and aid in establishing with those a help for the saving or refinancing of the situation in the present.
34. (Q) Any other advice at this time?
    (A) Keep the faith and claim the Christ as thy promise - in Him.
35. We are through.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. See 585-1 on 9/14/32 and subsequent Reports, including personal messages in [262] and [281] series as listed under 585-1, Par. 20-A.
2. 10/15/36 Mrs. [585] said that she had been meditating and having psychic experiences; she felt that possibly she was pregnant - but from immaculate conception - she and her husband were still having marital difficulties.

REPORTS

1. 2/19/38 See husband's Life Reading, 1538-1.
2. 2/28/39 Mrs. [585] had her second physical, 585-5.
3. 11/52 Report: "I followed the treatment except the violet ray; I didn't have that. The massage for the knot on my side flattened it out; it never has grown. The financing of my home worked out; the man was most cooperative in extending the loan."

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