Edgar Cayce Readings, 827-1

Time and Place: 12:00 to 12:35 Noon Eastern Standard Time. Washington, D.C. ... Street,

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GC: You will have before you the body and soul mind of [827], present in this room, and her enquiring mind concerning her purpose for entrance into the earth's plane at this time, her previous development, and that manner through which she may gain the greatest development in the present in serving others. You will give a mental and spiritual reading, with special reference to her past development and how she may go forward from the present. You will answer the questions she will submit, as I ask them.
EC: Yes, we have the body, the enquiring mind, the soul mind, of [827], present in this room; and those records that have been made by the entity in its experience - and experiences - in the earth.
In the body we find this becoming more and more attuned to those spiritual and universal influences that make for not only the abilities of expression but the influence that such expressions find upon the soul minds of others.
This, then, may be aided materially through that continued attunement of the physical body in accord to the spiritual elements that find expression in matter. For, as seen, those lower vibrations as from the characterizations of that upon which the body builds, that it becomes in a manifested form; either from the food for the physical-material body or from that for the mental and soul body. So, the lower vibrations in the Radio-Active influences would make for HELPFULNESS to that added in the material body in the way of fruits of the field, of the vine, and those things that create the emanations for a balancing of the physical being.
In the soul's expression and its purposes for entering in this particular experience, in the sojourn through experience or time, we find those influences that have made for that awareness within the mental, the soul-being, of that oneness of purpose through which Creative Energy has prepared that channel, that way in which the soul - as the companion with the Creative Forces - may become more and more aware of its at-oneness with the Christ Consciousness in materiality.
For, the entity in its experiences in the earth was among those that viewed the Master upon the Cross. And it has found and does find that illumination from within self of that peace that He gave, "I give unto you; not as the world, but as of myself" - that goes to the Father, that in THEE there may be made manifest those little kindnesses to thy fellow man by which all are to stand in awe before the God- influence within themselves for that judgement, "Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of these, my little ones, ye did it unto me."
The entity came for the purpose, then, of making more manifest in the experiences, in the lives, in the hearts of those that are weak and distressed and stumbling as in the dark, seeking the light, those beauties that manifest themselves in music as of the spheres, in the art as of the enlightenment that enraptures the soul into becoming one with that in nature, in love, in harmony, in grace, in hope, in faith, which lifts up the INNER man to the more perfect at-oneness with Him who gave, "A new commandment I give, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you; forgive them, they know not what they do."
This experience of the entity in the present, of the soul in the present experiences, stands out as among ALL those experiences, in the earth. And this may be made to become more and more aware in those whom the soul contacts, that this is the greater purpose in the present. As there has been and may be that lifting up, through the meditating upon those experiences in that experience in the earth, as the song of the heart, as the thought of the self as purified in Him, so do those beauties of the earth - through the fogs and doubts and fears of many a soul - find through this entity that which anchors them to that trust, even in the cross that all must bear if they would enter in at the straight gate. For, only light may shine down a straight way, unless it becomes deflected or only a lesser light through its reflection upon others.
In those experiences of the entity in its dwellings in the hills and the plains of Persia, also in Egypt, the beauties and music of the spheres sang and brought into the experience of the entity its studies of the light by day, the joy of the voices of the night, and the star that led the entity - that source from which and to which it may gain so much of its strength in the present; ARCTURUS, the wonderful, the beautiful! As the bright and GLORIOUS light from same set afire, as it were, its meditations in the plains, so may the illuminations do the same in the lives of those the entity contacts through its gentleness and kindness and service. For he that would gain the understanding POURS OUT, even as upon the desert sand, that refreshing liberation of the spirit of truth that rises to the Throne of grace as sweet incense before the Giver of life and light and understanding, and immortality in Him!
These are the purposes, these are they that make for the impelling forces, then, in the entity at present. In applying same do they show themselves in the reflex of the sons of men, through that love that may be shed in the creating of harmonies in their thought. For the MIND is the Builder; and as it is lifted up so does it awaken thy fellow man, so does thy service and thy activities become more and more of that at-oneness, that atonement, that consciousness of being one with Him.
Keep that thou hast purposed, then, my child, in thine heart, that His ways may become that impelling force in the lives of those that meet thee day by day. Let those who look upon thy face take thought, yea, that such glory, such beauty, such harmony, such oneness of light, can only come from one who has been in the presence of Him that came unto His own, yet His own knew Him not - only as they gave to others in that service of a little here, a line there, precept upon precept, which makes for that growth such as the lily unfolding itself in the muck, the mire of doubt and fear in materiality, yet raises its face to its Master, its Maker, its God, and breathes out that which makes for the growing of His consciousness in the hearts of thy fellowman!
KEEP the faith!
Ready for questions.
(Q) Should I continue with my painting?
(A) As this brings that harmony in self, that joy in the hearts of those that behold same, and as thou hast been awakened to the joys of same, so does it bring into thine own life and the lives of those that behold same, that peace; and thus it becomes a portion of thy labor of love in a sad and dismal life to many.
(Q) Shall I continue with my vocal training and piano work for service in spiritual work?
(A) Let thy JOY in Him break forth in song, even as when He had given, "It is finished," and sang the song that raised the purposes in the minds and hearts of those that were gathered about Him with that wonderment and awe that made them know not what was to come to pass! So may thy service in song, in instrument, in piano, make for that lifting up of the hearts that are cast down; thou may increase through same the harmonious expressions. These, too, as given, are a portion of thine self. Of Him to whom much has been given is much joy sought. What greater joy may there be than in the attuning of the harmonies of nature, the harmonies of the love of the Father as expressed through music!
(Q) Should I again contact the individual I have in mind, or is there someone else who would be better for me to have the companionship of - for real service to mankind?
(A) They each are as a sounding board, as it were, one for the other. And as they each are a strengthening aid to the beauties of all those joys that have come into thine experience as an expression for service to thy fellow man, as we find it would be well.
(Q) Shall I continue to live at my present address?
(A) For the present, yes.
(Q) Do I understand that I should seek to contact that individual again?
(A) Seek the contact again. For there is a strengthening for each in the associations in the earth.
(Q) In 1926, May 8th, I met a terrible tragedy. I've been unable to understand why I met that experience. [See 827-1, Par. B2, 5/08/26 letter.]
(A) That there might be the regeneration of thy body to the glory of that illumination necessary for the full awakening within.
(Q) Is there some incarnation I was in that stands out strongly?
(A) As given, the strongest was during that period when the entity was among those women who beheld Him on the Cross. The next greatest period of illumination was in the Persian and Egyptian experience, upon the plains and hills in the Arabian land, when the entity was then under the stars and those activities of that which made for the correlating of the tenets of the sages then of old. Those experiences in the earth which have brought the troubled period in the present were in the incarnation just previous to the present. But, as given, look not back upon those things that would make afraid. Rather press on to the mark of the higher calling set in Him, knowing He is able to deliver thee, knowing He is able to keep that committed unto Him for ANY experience. And as ye apply that knowledge - not as in some great show, not as a laudation of self or self's abilities, but in the glory of the Father that is manifested in Him, thy brother, thy Lord, thy Master - so may ye find peace and harmony and joy. Think not upon those things that make for questionings or doubts, but let thy meditation be, "Here am I, O God, use Thou me! In my every action let them be for the glorifying of Thee in and through my fellow man!"
We are through for the present.
Copy to Self
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BACKGROUND

GD's note: She appeared to be about 40 yrs. old. She did not give us her birth date, etc.
5/08/26 She had been nursing her mother through a spell of sickness; hadn't been out of the house in weeks. A man friend (so thought) asked her to come out and drive for about ten minutes to get the refreshing air. Her mother urged her to go. He had been in love with her, but she had told him they could never marry and that their association must remain on a friendly basis - she thought he had accepted it that way, as he had agreed outwardly. Instead of driving for ten minutes, he drove away out in the country; she urged him to go back; he had a crazy look in his eyes; kept saying over and over that if he couldn't have her no one else should. (She had led a very sheltered life; father a minister; was not interested in EVER getting married to anyone, but felt it was her duty to serve mankind through her painting, music and art.) He stopped on a country path, in the woods, where no one was likely to pass; took out all sorts of instruments and killed her - had an axe, gun, knife and all sorts of things; smashed her face, crushed her skull, shot her several times - ramrod went in her lung eleven inches. Although she must have been unconscious, she heard the blows and the shots; heard him walk on the grass and then shoot himself. She lay there for three hours. A man drove thru on a horse, as he was in the habit of doing once a week only; saw the man lying there but didn't see her, altho she had on a bright dress and should have been more plainly seen. He was trying to decide what to do, when the horse started to gallop off as fast as it could and stopped in front of a house; he got out and walked in, asked where he could find the coroner; the man said, "I am the coroner." They rushed her in an ambulance to the hospital; they said there was no hope - only one surgeon available that Sat. afternoon; he worked on her for hours, said later that something kept him at it, even though he knew she was dead and couldn't live. Her scalp was hanging loose and broken into bits; he pieced each scrap back. Her family was notified; her mother got out of her bed to come - they all couldn't recognize her, she was so mutilated; no one expected her to live. She was conscious; could feel the man who killed her trying to call her to the other side; she couldn't move to show anyone she was alive. The doctors said she had lost too much blood to live, even if infection didn't set in from the ramrod going into her lung - no antiseptic could go deep enough. She gradually came back to life; they said if the man on the horse had seen her at first and jogged her on the horse going to the doctor, she would have surely died. In fact, the whole thing was a miracle; the greatest doctors came in to see her and marvel. She came back to life, and for a purpose. For months they wouldn't let her use her eyes, kept them bandaged; in fact, she was told NEVER to use her eyes to paint or study, but she HAD to - that's why she lived. Her face is perfectly smooth, no plastic surgery was used on it; only one tiny scar at her side temple where the skull was crushed. All these years she's wondered WHY it happened, when she was so sincere and anxious to do good, and had no evil intent ever toward anyone - or had never, to her knowledge, done anyone harm.

REPORTS

2/13/35 GD's note: At lunch (she ate with us) EC saw this man in the spirit plane hovering about her; so horrible he had to get up and leave the table; made him sick. [See 827-1, Par. B3.]
2/19/35 See personal message in Group #11 Reading 835-1, Par. 10-A.
5/24/35 Letter from Mrs. [809] to EC: "...Miss [827] has 'come back' to you. It is funny to me and not understandable, but these people are 'carried away' by different speakers. Here is the story. You see, Manly Hall had the stage until he gave lecture on TEN GREAT THINKERS in which he just included Christ [as one of the ten] and Miss [827] 'blew up'. She says you are 'Christlike.'..."