Edgar Cayce Readings, 640-1

(Life Reading Suggestion)

TEXT

EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relationships with the universe and universal forces, that are latent and manifested in the personalities of the present entity, now called [640].
In giving that which may be helpful in the experience of the entity in the present, while it may be analyzed from that builded in the soul experience - the sojourns from the astrological aspects are helpful if they are used in a constructive manner; and when these influences are more urging or of greater manifestations, then may a body-mind use the precautions and - as has so aptly been given - being forewarned be forearmed. Not to rely upon urges only, for there is no urge that is greater than the WILL of an entity or soul, as applied in MATERIAL things and experiences.
The sojourns of the astrological aspects, then, become as mental urges; but as the seer has said, "He that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin." Hence to know, to have the knowledge that there exists that way that may make for the building of constructive forces in the experience of a soul, and then to allow the impulse of the moment, the animosities of a mental attitude, the waywardness of self, the aggrandizement of self's own interests, to waver the activity or to be used as the excuse is only beggaring self and must become stumblingblocks to one's own soul development.
Even though an entity in the earth's plane, in this life, may reach the years of fourscore and ten, these are as but moments in eternity. How oft would it be the better that each soul weigh those things in its experience that it knows! and to consider that someone cares; for He, the Lord of light, the way, the truth, the bright and morning star, the lily of the valley, the rose of Sharon, awaits - and has given His angels charge concerning thee, that thou walkest in the light. Be patient; for in patience, in waiting on the Lord, in being kind and gentle, do ye become aware of His presence in the earth. Not unto vainglorying, but be ye joyous in the service that would make of thee - in thy temptations, in thy trials - as one that would be a bright and morning star, a hope to thy fellow man, a prop to those that falter and stumble, a refuge to those that are troubled in body and mind!
As to the urges for this body, then, from the mental aspects of its development, we find:
From Saturn, with the benevolent influences in Jupiter, the entity's ways in the mental search turn into specific directions. While there are the tendencies for searching, or for starting again and again in the search for those things that will answer the emotions and the urges from within, these are ever guided or influenced by the Jupiterian forces that make for power, strength, nobility of purpose - if self is not exalted beyond measure. These make for those influences wherein oft others call the entity, in the developing age or years, GOOD in whatever direction he may take his activity; becoming immediately a leader in whatever direction in which he may take the formations of ideas or ideals or activities as related to the body-physical, the body-mental, or the social relationships; yet as easily has the entity even thus far found that much of that which has been started has palled on self, and he has sought - without thought or measure - for something else. Hence the greater injunction that may be given: Seek to know self, and that which is the motivating force within self - and as to whether it is an exaltation of the ego or the egotistical tendencies within self, that laudation may be for the cause or the purpose whereunto thou hast given thine hand, or for self. If for self, and the gratifying and the aggrandizing of selfish interests, it will become canker in its very activity. If for the laudation of an ideal that is set in the spiritual forces, then it will grow and blossom even as the rose. To these hold. KNOW whereunto thou hast been called, and make thy calling and THY election SURE in Him.
The influences from Neptune and Venus make for a peculiarity, as it were, in the social relationships and the types of individuals; for the entity finds periods when certain types or forms of individual activities are appealing to the urges from within - and these may be of the egotistical self, either responses to self and self's emotions that may be motivative by the active forces of the aggrandizing of self - or by the constructive forces that build to that which is of a spiritual intent and purpose. KNOW these things, for they are before thee day by day.
The interests from the Neptune sojourn make for the love of the mystery, and that which will pertain unto the mysteries in the earth - or those as the relationships towards which the body-mind throughout its intent and developments in the earth has been inclined; those things that have made for the change in the mysterious forces in individuals, groups and masses; hence those things that pertain to the chemical world or those that pertain to the chemical-electrical world that give life and take life in the ELEMENTAL forces of the activities in a material world. For, as the mysteries of nature are ever in the experience of the entity, so does the mind in its abilities separate itself in these directions. Well to keep these separate from the social and the material affairs, but not so separate as to create or build the selves that accompany each and every entity in its sojourn in and through the earth - two or more personalities!
The appearances in the earth are given, then, that influence the entity - [640] as called in the present - and for their beneficent influences, if they are applied in the experience in the present; while the SOUL is aware and the body-mind is building towards that which may be made as the constructive framework upon which the mental and physical being will put its trust, its hope, in its activities in a material world.
First of all, in '35, in the month of July and August, BEWARE of fever, or in its associations beware of the water and the surroundings of the body, especially during those particular periods - be sure they are constructive.
Before this we find the entity was in the land of the present nativity, during those periods when there were the establishings of the frontier in the land of the present sojourn, during the making of the associations with the natives of the land - especially during those periods when there were those that joined themselves to those natives, in and about what is now known as Talladega.
The entity joined with those peoples and became a portion with them, learning much of their habits, their methods; for he became - in the latter portion of the experience - very closely associated with the medicine man Ha-He-Wa.
During the experience, in the name Caldwell, the entity gained much in the material and the mental and the spiritual developments; yet separating himself from those of his own peoples for fear of bodily forces and factors in the experience - and much that may be manifested and expressed in the experience in the present will be from those things that were innate in that experience of the entity.
Hence in the present the directing of the activities in chemical engineering, that makes for associations with first causes or first principles; as the elements - not only herbs, trees, but the soil itself, as to its relationships to that which may build in the experience of individuals as they apply themselves in the toil of the soil; or as those things that may apply to the various elements and chemical formations in the earth in its relationships to the commercial activities of man; or in those things of the lower forces in the electrical engineering; or a combination of these - as to HOW the lower forms of electrical forces change or alter the chemical influences in earth, air, water, fire - or the elements.
Before that we find the entity was in that land now known as the Persian, during those experiences when there were the gatherings of those people in and about the tented city built in the hills and plains for the aiding of those that - through the activities in the associations in the physical world - brought destructive experiences in the lives of individuals.
The entity then was among those who, as would be termed in the present, combined the elements to add to body-building as applied to the spiritual sources of healing. This should need an explanation all its own, if the entity applies self - in his developments or studies in the field of chemical engineering.
In that experience the entity lost and gained. Lost in applying much of that in the associations of self and others for the aggrandizing of self's own interests, and thus disrespecting the position, the duties, even the opportunities of others. Hence that little innate feeling as of being cold - in the present - to the sufferings of others, provided there is the gratifying of self's own wishes and desires. BEWARE in these directions! For, "As ye do it unto the least of these, my brethren, ye do it unto thy Maker."
Before that we find the entity was in that land now known as the Atlantean, during those periods when there were the breaking ups of that land, when there were the wagings of the eternal laws of the One with those that worshiped Belial, those that worshipped the satisfying of physical desire, those that worshipped ease and pleasure in the material world.
The entity then was among the priests of the law of One, that pitted self against many of those things that were presented by a people that were being drawn gradually into self-indulgences.
In the experience the entity, in the name Axituel, suffered in body and mind, yet brought much strength, power and might to the followers of the presentations from the universal forces to the activities in that land; joining self, in the latter portion of its sojourn in the earth, to those that went to the Egyptian land for the aiding of preserving the records of those lands that had become as abominations unto the earth; for being so outnumbered in might of main or of carnal forces they brought destructive forces upon themselves.
The entity aided in helping those that had given of themselves; losing the life soon after entering into the land, but laying it aside of his own.
As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which it may attain, and how:
As we have given, study first to show thyself approved unto Him that is the Giver of all good and perfect gifts, rightly divining the words of truth that may come to thee in thy study and in thy meditation; making a correct balance in that which is constructive in thine mental and physical body, guiding and directing self in those channels and ways that may be read and known of thy fellow man that ye have chosen the Lord thy God - and thou wilt be an armor bearer for Him in thy walks to and fro through the earth.
Choose those fields of activity wherein thou hast aided thine fellow man; not for thine own desires, but that He may through thee have an access to those that seek in their HUMBLE manners to know His ways.
Ready for questions.
(Q) His father is trying to have him enter Vanderbilt University -
(A) (Interrupting) Very good channel. Many associations that would make for a building, and many a period of temptation - but be ye strong in the Right!
We are through.
Copy to Father
Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

8/16/34 Father [370]'s ltr.: "For what trade or profession is he best fitted? Is Vanderbilt Univ. at Nashville, Tenn., the proper school for him (if I can manage it)? Of the different divisions of engineering - civil, electrical and chemical, he seems to have more taste for chemical engineering. Does this signify the proper reaction or choice?"

REPORTS

8/30/34 Father [370]'s letter:
..., Ala.
My dear Mr. Cayce; -
I have your letter with the very reserved but true comments on the reading for my son [640]. I am impressed as I have been before of the power that is behind that reserve, or sometimes called modest expression, that is characteristic of so many of your acts, sayings and writings. This comes to me in bold relief that you can understand in me when I say I was ELATED, stimulated, enthused, and overjoyed when I got the life reading and read its contents. Then I found a response in the boy as we read it together (with explanations as we went through) - suitable to that quiet boy's reserve but understanding mind. I think, as I read that he had a deeper understanding of all of it, that I could fathom.
Then I seemed to arouse a responsive chord in his sister (18) [1243] who will soon be applying for a life reading. If I could presume to make a like comparison between the loving kindness that is POWERFUL in John and the rough impulsive Peter I would make the resemblance that you have to John. The nearest I can come to Peter is that I love the same Lord.
But back to the reading - it is a revelation to me and confirms my own indefinite thinking about the boy. I have always felt that there was hidden powers in him of a mystical nature that was fraught with possibilities for weal or woe. No wonder at my joy at the clear expression of how this may be incorporated in his life to lead others - "a hope to thy fellow man, a prop to those that falter and stumble, a refuge to those that are troubled in body and mind."
[640] first began to really show the first enthusiasm in study in his last year in high school in the study of Chemistry. It is his interest here that inspired me to attempt to enter him in Vandy, even in the face of seeming prohibitive difficulties. However I have had some encouragement from friends to make every attempt available. I am encouraged further by the sympathetic aid of Dean Fred J. Sirvis of the Engineering Dept. and now am engaged in placing him in some place of self aid through Mr. Hart of the Student Y.M.C.A. Such things were done in my day 30 years ago and though the budget is greater now I have hopes that he will be entered. His father cannot furnish any of the finance but he [640] will be able to borrow something and work out the remainder. Best of all he is willing to do anything in order to go to school.
Does it strike you as unusual to find an appearance here in Alabama at so recent a time? What was so interesting to me was his appearance in the "tented city built in the hills and plains" in Persia. And then in Atlantis as a priest of "One" and in Egypt. This was very close to things I have been so much interested in. Besides Mrs. [272] copied recently the history of Uhjltd in Persia and Ra-Ta in Egypt. Just to think that the events of Egypt are being repeated here with us again. Oh! Mr. Cayce you must take care of yourself - for the people of this country and this world have so much need of you and your work. I am praying that I may be of more use to the work. I feel that I am derelict when I think of what [640] has and the help others have had through life Readings - that I have not had my own done. It is my next objective as soon as [640] is cared for. I know of others that will be interested too.
8/29/35 Father [370]'s letter: "No, no way has opened for [640] to go to Vanderbilt Univ. as yet, but am hoping it will by Christmas. Anyway, it is an important unfinished task. He has grown strong physically, though time is heavy on his hands at times. However, he puts most of it in at tennis, baseball, swimming, and among the young folks near about."
9/12/35 Mr. [370] requested his own Life Rdg. See 370-3.
8/06/36 Mr. [370] obtained Life Rdg. for his daughter, Miss [1243].
3/11/41 Father [370] wrote: "My children ([1243] and [640] and [...]) are married off and the old place is not like it used to be."
4/01/43 "My boy [640] has finished his preflight training at Montgomery and now goes to Tuscaloosa for base training. He has passed all those physical tests so far and his academic grade was 94. He seems to make good with his superiors and is on his way to be a pilot. He really wanted to know how to fly and this speeds his progress. I hope he comes to know you sometime, somewhere."
12/12/44 Father's letter asked us to put his son, Lt. [640], on the A.R.E. mailing list for Bulletin, Weekly Letters, etc: "He is the pilot and officer in charge of a humming crew on a Liberator B-24 that has just been made up and training together at this base [Charleston, S.C.]. Just last week he wired for his wife and 2 babies, so I feel he will be at this base for a while. He is beginning to realize, by his letters, that he has a great responsibility for his crew. He has read THERE IS A RIVER, and has heard me talk of Mr. Cayce and the work. We had a Life Rdg. for him early in the 30's, but a great deal of water has gone over the dam since then. He has already had an 'experience' in his flying career, also has had some 'miraculous' deliverances... "I am anxious to get him directly connected with the group at Va. Beach... I think he belongs to our crowd... [640] has always been a leader among his boy friends. Everyone seems to like him. As he relates, it is interesting how he found an apt. in a crowded city for himself, wife and babies. He boarded a bus and rode to the suburbs - followed his inclinations and walked to the first house and, without hesitation, the very fine lady engaged him rooms."
4/03/45 Mr. [or, rather, Lt.] [640] sent us a change of address for his mailings overseas.
10/15/45 Father's ltr.: "We are living in the anticipated joy of seeing our boy [640] any day now coming back from flying the 'Hump', and the joy of having him, his fine young wife and two small children with us again."