This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the home of Mrs. Lillian B. Whitmore, 2006 Columbia Road, Washington, D.C., this 31st day of January, 1935, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [851], through Active Membership of her daughter, Mrs. [678], in the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [851], Mrs. [678] and Mrs. [264]. Born October 7, 1862, Northampton County, near Jackson, N.C.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, that are latent and manifested in the personalities and individuality of the entity now known as or called [851].
2. In giving that which may be helpful to the entity in its present experience as related to what have been the urges in the present, it will be seen that the astrological sojourns are as mental urges that are innate in their expression in the material plane; while the earthly sojourns are rather what an entity or soul manifesting in materiality has done or does do about the creative forces or energies in the experience as related to individuals or groups about itself. Hence they become a part of an entity; entity meaning the body, the mind, the soul experience. For, many of these urges may be seen in the experiences in the present sojourn, and that almost as the body has thought in its change, its development, its advancement in this experience.
3. Coming under those influences of Jupiter with Mercury, there have been the tendencies or inclinations for not only the advancement in the mental world for self but that which might practiced in the experience of those about the entity. The entity, then, is one of high mental capacities, yet stern as to a line of thought that would lead in the direction as so classified in the mental urge of the entity itself. Yet ever has same been tempered with justice and mercy from the same angle that the entity has applied same in its OWN individual experience; hence making for advancement in the material relations with classes or groups rather than what may be termed the mass. Rather has the advancement been in group, the various arts as applied in the material experience. The Jupiterian influence with Mercury has also made for the innate expressions of a high moral aptitude as in the relationships with groups and individuals in their various endeavors in their material activity; judgements according to the distinctiveness in class rather than in mass.
4. The sojourns in Venus have made for the expressions of an association in the relations of those about the entity, as drawn to same for their own particular developments. Hence there may be seen in the experience many various types of expressions of filial love or associations by those about the entity; for these associations have made for their own individual developments necessary for THIS entity as well as for those about the entity to be under the environs or supervision of the entity so endowed in the spiritual aptitudes of an earth's experience. This relationship we find makes for gentleness to many; to others it is called harshness, and to others it may appear as being partial in the activities; yet to the entity all is for their OWN individual development as well as responding to the individual's activity. Then, innately in the present, without reference to the application of will, these experiences or sojourns have made for the associations with large numbers of people in many walks of life. Not always has the entity been able to adjust itself in the immediate to sudden changes that have come into the experience either of self or those about the entity; yet when there has been the turning within and the relying upon the creative forces that manifest themselves in materiality through love, patience, hope, kindness, brotherly love and the like, the conditions have come to mean rather stepping-stones and understanding for the entity in this experience.
5. As to the appearances in the earth, then, and their influence upon the entity in the present experience, these - as we have indicated - are rather the emotional activities of an entity in an individual experience, yet are a portion of the entity and are BUILDED according to what the entity in any GIVEN experience has done about that creative force, or God, in that particular experience.
6. Before this we find the entity was in the land of the present nativity, during those periods when there were the first of those settlers in that land; being among those that journeyed to the North and also to the West, in the name then Anna Barleky.
7. In the experience the entity gained, even through the hardships of what were called or known as the pioneer days of a new land; not as an immigrant, but as one born in that particular portion of the land. The experiences in aiding to create the home, to make for the relationship with those of a strange land, strange people, have made in the present rather the tendency of a MIND to engage in exchange of properties - as real estate, or as associations with those in various forms of barter or trade or camps, or associations of that nature have been in the mental mind - and the associations and activities of the entity in the present experience. As the entity gained through such experiences, so do they become a portion of the present experience of the entity.
8. Before that we find the entity was in that land now known as the Roman, during those periods when there were the first oppressions of those that followed in the teachings of the Nazarene, as there was the return of the soldiery, as there was the ministering or preaching or teaching of the disciples who sat about to bring the message or the gospel as understood by them to other lands.
9. The entity was among the associates of the soldiery that had returned from the holy land, or Palestine, or Judea as called then. At the first of the return there was rather the indifference, yet spoken of rather as in awe; but as the activities began to become more and more spoken of, greater became the interest of the entity. And when the days arose when there was the necessity of taking their individual stands, the ENTITY was among those who became - from the social portion of the experience, which the entity enjoyed - the outcasts. Yet many of those in power or authority were enjoined by the life, the teachings the ministry of the entity as Anneuel, made towards not only the friends but the acquaintances and associations. Again we find the entity gained through the experience, yet suffering oft in the material things and in the wonderments for the stands as taken in the mental attitudes of the entity and body itself; yet bringing in the latter portion of the experience joy, happiness, for that of a life well spent. And there may still be found among the ruins in the grounds where the meetings were held, that are being opened, something of Anneuel's teachings. For being of the soldiery, the entity was among the first of those in the Roman land to make the records of the happenings, the teachings of the ministers - even of the apostles that came as teachers to the land.
10. In the present we find those happenings, those experiences, becoming a portion of the entity's self in its MEDITATIVE movements and activities; while those of a more general nature become a great deal of the outer or MANIFESTED activities of the entity. Not that there is the less sincerity, but the activities than that were so guarded are still guarded in the present experience, for a development.
11. Before that we find the entity was in the land known as or called the Egyptian, during those periods when there were the distributings of the associations of those in schools as established by the activities of the Priest, by those that had become the hospitalization activities, those that had become the sending out of these for their influence upon the lives of those that had thought little of - or had wandered from - the relationships of the individual to the universal forces.
12. The entity then was among those who aided in what may be called the hospital, and from the association was drawn very close to one of its own in the present so associated in that individual experience; and as one relied upon the other then, so in these experiences may there grow to be more and more the dependance one upon the other in the mental maintenance, in the material associations, and in the STRENGTHENING one for the other in their spiritual inner life.
13. Before that we find the entity was in that land now known as the American, during those periods when there were the changes that had brought about the sinking of Mu or Lemuria, or those peoples in the periods who had changed to what is now a portion of the Rocky Mountain area; Arizona, New Mexico, portions of Nevada and Utah.
14. The entity then was among the princesses of the land that established there the teachings of the Law of ONE, from the activities in the land which had brought destructive forces through the separations from those things that made for the love of the individual for the gratifying of selfish motives.
15. Then the entity established what may be called the home life in that land, as each home became then as the castle of place of worship - or activities that were separated, yet united in one as for purposes. The name then was Ouowu.
16. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which it may attain, and how:
17. It has been seen that greater through the experiences has been the application of the tenets, the principles of Him who gave, "as ye do it unto the least of these, my little ones, ye do it unto me." Through same has come, does come, that joy, peace that passeth understanding to those that look only for the material things.
18. Then, let thy yeas be yea; let thy nays be nay; but know thy Redeemer liveth, and He standeth at the right hand of the Father to make intercessions for those that seek in His name. And He is able to keep those promises that He has made to those that look to Him for their joys, their sorrows; for He doeth all things well.
19. Ready for questions.
20. (Q) Considering my present development, what is my destiny on this earth plane and how can I best fulfill it?
    (A) By applying that thou knowest to do in thy daily contact with those that ye meet; just being gentle, just being kind, speaking well to those even though they be harsh in their attitude. Yet know that if ye would be forgiven ye must forgive; if ye would be loved by Him who is Love, the love thine friends, thine enemies, even those that despitefully use thee, even those that would speak unkind or harsh. For the destiny is in Him, and as ye love Him thine activities fulfill that as He gave, "I will come and ye shall abide with me."
21. (Q) In what way can I best serve my fellow man?
    (A) As given.
22. (Q) Is there a vocation or service which I could fill which would aid me financially?
    (A) Only in those gentlenesses that may make for the better associations or relations will make for the better conditions financially, materially.
23. (Q) Under the present circumstances would it be best for me to live with my daughter, [678], or endeavor to get into a Masonic Home either in Washington or the state of Illinois?
    (A) Live with the daughter, as did the daughter live with thee when the conditions were reversed.
24. (Q) How can I gain an understanding to better control my nerves?
    (A) Put thy trust in Him who is patience and quiet and hope, and let HIS love guide thee in all things; for He doeth all things well.
25. (Q) How can I make for better harmony in my present environment?
    (A) Just being patient, just being kind, just being gentle; being thoughtful of self, of others, and most of all of thy Master that would speak WITH thee, THROUGH thee to others; thinking ever as to what Jesus would have thee do - as to how HE would speak to others, or another.
26. (Q) What was my association with my present daughter, [678], in another incarnation referred to?
    (A) It's been given.
27. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file
    Extra copy to Self on 7/14/36

BACKGROUND

1. 6/25/31 See 851-1, Par. 11-A in re desire to operate a home for those mothers not wanting to live with their married children.
2. 3/18/33 See daughter's Life Reading, 264-31, Par. 46-A in re their past associations.
3. 1/27/35 See personal message in 705-2, Par. 17-A.

REPORTS

1. 6/16/36 She requested copy of her Life Reading, as she had lost the original, saying: "I want to put some thought and study into it."
2. Subsequently she had other Ck. Physical Readings.

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