Edgar Cayce Readings, 873-1

(Life Reading Suggestion)

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EC: This is not right in Poland, in Warsaw; it's just outside here.
Yes, we have the entity here, and those relations with the universe and universal forces, that are latent and manifested in the personalities of the entity, [873].
In giving that from the records here as made by the entity in time or space, and those indwelling influences in or about the earth, we find:
The astrological aspects, with the changes as have come about in the present, have but little influence upon the entity, now known as [873], in this present experience or sojourn. While from the astrological aspects as ordinarily termed, we would find some influences of the Gemini as well as the other astrological forces APPARENTLY applying, as the entity will experience, these are but signs, inclinations. And it is what the entity does about the opportunities that come into the experience in its associations with its fellowman that makes for the development or retardment, as will be seen in the experiences of the entity in the earth. For each soul in its transition through the varied experiences in the astrological sojourn either makes, in that environment, an application of the lesson gained more for self, in self, or makes for self-indulgences or aggrandizements JUST as in the material or in matter as known in the earth. For the Lord thy God is One; and the soul, the entity, is that portion that may be - with the application of self - made one with the Creative Forces or God. Yet it is capable, with that gift of eternal force within self, to KNOW itself separate but one WITH the Creative Forces.
As to the appearances in the earth, we find these influencing the entity:
From those experiences in the earth the entity should, will be able, will have the opportunity in this expression, in this experience to offer, to give, to make for in the experience of others, that which will make for a realization more and more of that at-oneness with this Creative Force that manifests itself in the MENTAL consciousness of the entities and souls in the material plane.
The experience before this, then, was in the land of choice, or the land where the entity resides in the present; during those periods of the changes that came with the Uhlan's, those who came as hired individuals or peoples for a service in this land, regarding the relationships that were being builded between those peoples in that particular land.
And, though there were hardships, through those associations and activities the entity built during the experience for that which may be applied in the present in such ways and manners as to make for a greater understanding, especially between those individuals or peoples where differences in their associations, environs and surroundings, must in their inception or basis of activities emanate from the true source of light and understanding.
For, as the entity experiences in the present sojourn, it hears of, associates with, meets individuals where their varied appearances or activities in the environmental influences have made for differences of opinions in spiritual truths, relationships with individuals as to color, race, creed or activity. From the entity's experience in that sojourn these are understandable; yet the lesson that has been gained - or was experienced by the entity in that sojourn - is tolerance as related to individual activity, personality and individuality in all its walks of life. Yet these do appear as the entity is able to explain, yet making a portion in the experience to become rather the understanding of the parlance rather than the individual's feelings or expressions.
From the experience also comes the interest of the entity in the thought as pertains to the occult forces, as the occult sciences, as pertaining to the communication of disincarnate entities that have been a portion of the entity's experience; that makes for an ever abiding presence as with the entity from that sojourn.
We find the appearance before that was in the land now known as the Ukraine country, during those periods when there were the gatherings of peoples from many varied lines of thought as pertaining to the commercial associations, the spiritual associations, the moral and mental life as pertained to the periods when many of those in Germany, Teuton, France, England, gathered for the Holy War to many.
The entity was among those that, while not enjoining self wholly with what would be termed now the Moslem thought, became rather in sympathy with that thought, that teaching; and was an observer of those conditions that happened in the Second of those periods when there were the attempts to wrest the land from those that had taken - what was to many as propaganda - the Holy City.
Then in the name Shenkehi, the entity made for the experiences of development; yet the business, as would be termed in the present, the business acumen of the entity as to the manner in dealing with those peoples of various thought, of various activities in various portions of the country; or making for markets, as it were, for the various endeavors of individuals or groups in various portions of the world - such abilities were aroused and became as an active experience in those with whom the entity was associated in that experience.
From the material world, the entity gained much. In the mental application the entity gained much. In the spiritual and soul development, these were rather in the questionings of many as to the purposes, and as to whether or not - as to the entity at times in the present - these were influenced rather by the ease as brought to the bodies through material gains than the promptings of the inner man.
Hence in the present these may become questionings, but the understanding may come from the inner self through the experiences in the period just previous.
For, before that the entity gained the understandings from the teacher Saneid in the Indian land, when there were the sojournings of those from the Caucasian land - where the entity then came into the active forces through the birth into the material plane, in the name Caunde. When sojourning in the lands in Poona (now known or called), the entity's name was changed to Tasmai; and the entity rose to be a priestess, or a teacher, or as an exemplary activity of those teachings, of the combinations that had been gathered from Egypt, the hill land in India, and the understandings of those from the Mongoloid land - or what has since become the Gobi Desert.
In that particular land (to divulge for a second) the entity may aid those to locate, under the sands of the Gobi, a city to which the entity later became as a missionary; and the temple there the entity had built for self, as Tasmai, as the representative of the understandings in the moral, the mental, the religious and spiritual life of the peoples in that particular experience.
Hence we will find in the present those things that pertain to that interest during that sojourn or that period are of special interest to the entity, and are as the basis for that thought - if the entity will enter into the inner self for the deeper meditations. Remember the promises that have been given from the beginning, that may be the experience of every soul that sells not its birthright for the gratification of something within the material forces of self, that He - thy God - will meet thee within the temple of thine own soul, thy body, and there communicate with thee that understanding - that which was with thee from the beginning; that ye may indeed be the greater channel of blessings. Not only for self. Do not enclose or encompass self in thine understanding only. For as ye are in the flesh the agent, the representative of that thought, that which to thy soul is life, as ye manifest it to thy fellowman so may ye have life and understanding indeed. For he that would have life must give it; he that would give must give out of self. For the Father-God IS God in that He has given of self that the spirit MOVING in space becomes matter, that in time and in the evolution becomes aware of its oneness with the source of its energy and activity. And as one gives out, so may the growth come. For ye grow in grace, in knowledge, in understanding - as has been given.
As the entity there did rise to that position of power through the gentle ministry of the fruits of the spirit to the fellowman in that land, so may it in the present in giving out to others, not only by precept but by example. For "As ye do it unto the least of these, my little ones, ye do it unto me" has been said and set from the beginning. So, as ye make thyself a channel for the ministry of patience, hope, brotherly love, kindness, gentleness, making for those fruits in thyself, in thy experience in life, ye make for the growth in those understandings in Him.
The experience before that, we find, was in the Indian land to which the entity had come from the Caucasian, and then journeying to the Mongoloid land, now known as the Gobi. There the entity made for again an expression in what may be known as the Buddha or Brahma activities, that made for the separations of individuals in their seeking for the understandings of the expressions of the all-creative forces into materiality. And in seeking same the entity separated self, and became as a goddess; for the entity blossomed, as it were, in the activities in the land.
And these made for the services to many that the entity rendered, yet in its return did the entity give more of the greater expression in that not for self alone but that others, too, might know within their own experience the TRUE understanding of the Father-God - Abba Mena Henial [See 873-1, Par. R7] - O these are but words to some, but to thee mean that reckoning thou hast made in the temples of that land!
As to the abilities of the entity in the present, and that to which it may attain, and how:
These offer themselves in more than one channel, yet ever would we approach rather from the spiritual development, the soul development; for these are the lasting ones. While the abilities of the entity from the material world are for the exchange of the various lands, various communities, for the needs of individuals in other vicinities or experiences, these may be a portion of the experience; but let thy inner self find those expressions from the knowledge of the creative forces working in and through thee in thy relationships to thy fellow man. And in giving same out will ever be the greater and more glorious experience, bringing harmony where there has been wonderment and turmoil, bringing peace where there has been no peace; bringing the voice, the song as of the spheres where there has only been din from man's misunderstanding.
Make thyself one, then, with those creative forces from within thine inner self. Then give to others THY measure of understanding.
Ready for questions.
(Q) What was [5764] to me in the past?
(A) An associate in the army in the United States.
(Q) Why do I feel so strongly that we should marry and what shall I do about it?
(A) WELL that it be consummated, if there are the material surroundings set in such ways and manners that this may be a consummation. For these were very closely associated in this present land, but remain in THIS - the American land.
(Q) How can I best fulfill God's purpose in this existence?
(A) As just been given. First in finding self, as may be accomplished through the turning within for those experiences that have been not only the lot but the development of the entity in those as indicated. Then by giving this new understanding, which is as old as the hills, as is the earth, as is the sun itself, to those about the entity in its daily walks, in its conversation, in its relationships to others. It is not what one says, but rather what one DOES that counts; for by this must ye judge YOURSELVES before the throne of grace.
(Q) How can I help my brother [1432] and what was he to me in the past?
(A) Help most by counsel, by advice; not as of making, but reasoning one with another. Associated in those periods when greater commercial activities were the influence about the entity, in the Ukraine - or what is now the Bosporus country.
(Q) What was [5765] to me in the past?
(A) Associate in the temples in the East Indian land, known now, or about Poona, with Saneid, in those experiences there. Ten, nine - ten thousand to ten ten B.C.
(Q) Should I advise [5764] to leave his present firm and if so what other connections shall he make?
(A) We haven't him in this connection. Turn within and seek; for thine associations were such that together thou may accomplish much. Separate they make for each a stumbling stone.
(Q) How can I be of help to Dr. Thind [Bhagat Singh Thind, East Indian teacher] through my physical culture work?
(A) In aiding others to comprehend more and more the necessity of the SPIRITUAL application of the physical forces or movements of the body, as well as the material or just the physical.
(Q) How can the entity best aid in the Gobi research? and what connections should be made for this?
(A) Any of those connections should be made where there are again and again those expeditions for the research in these particular lands. Not only from the governmental influence or through the Museum in Washington or Government, but in combination with Columbia or those in Pennsylvania - or those associated with the societies of research in England. For the ENTITY, turning within, may aid many in making the more marvelous discoveries; for there is a whole civilization above the entity's temple; yea, even its bed, which is almost of pure gold and onyx.
We are through for the present.
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REPORTS

11/27/36 She referred her cousin, Miss [1298], for a Life Reading.
8/17/36 She obtained a Life Rdg. for her brother, Mr. [1432], saying "I know the reading did [1298] a great deal of good, as mine did me. That is why I am so anxious for my brother to have one."
11/11/37 She referred Mrs. [1474] for a Life Rdg.
2/11/38 She referred her sister, Mrs. [1533], for a Physical and Life Rdg.
5/05/41 She referred Miss [2556] for a Life Rdg.
10/26/62 Cousin [1298] told GD that Miss [873] married about ten years ago but not to the one mentioned in the reading.
See Source File Key #873 for Persian proper name, and interpretation, by Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind re 873-1.
6/29/35 Dr. Thind inscribed a picture of himself for Edgar Cayce's study.
7/15/35 Letter from Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind, founder and director of Institute of Applied Truth, 200 West 57th St., New York City to Edgar Cayce:
"May I express my genuine and heartfelt thanks for the courtesy, consideration and comradeship that I enjoyed while with you and yours. I can never forget the good people who love you so dearly and who came to see and hear me, while in Norfolk! I enjoyed swimming in your beautiful beach. I pray there will be more times and occasions when we could be together for more love, service and realizations. I enjoyed staying with the Andersons. They were all goodwill and kindness to me. Please express my thanks to them. Thanking you again and again, with blessing and love, Radiantly yours, Dr. B. S. Thind. P.S. Please remember me to Miss Gladys Davis."
11/18/36 Gladys Davis' letter to Mr. [877]:
"The questions not asked in the reading [877-14] I am returning, with the exception of two that were asked in your letter - regarding the Work of Edgar Cayce and regarding the South American trip.
"My delay in getting this reading to you has been caused not only by the length of the reading but by many interruptions (though interesting ones). I hope I have done justice to such a reading. I'm so glad you heard it. "If you will refer to the list of the Gobi-period associations [See 877-12], you will find a Miss [873] - teacher of physical education, in whose reading it was given that she would have something to do with unearthing the temple of Gold, etc. We hadn't heard from her in two years, since she had her reading while we were here then. About a week ago I wrote her a note, telling her we were here again and would like to see her, also that I would like for her to meet someone (meaning you) whom I felt would be able to help her gain a great deal more from her Life Reading than she had heretofore - and with whom she must have been associated during the Gobi period, in the work there.
"Well, do you remember answering the phone during your reading? It was Miss [873], calling for the first time. Mrs. Kahn told me later that she and Mr. Kahn were listening for the phone downstairs so as to not let it disturb us, but never did hear it ring at all! Isn't that most peculiar? She called later and said she had a friend who wanted a Life Reading, a young lady [1298] who has been offered a position with archaeological research workers on an expedition to Siam - and wants to know whether to accept. So Miss [873]'s interest and connection in regard to archaeology is working out as per her Life Reading; also she said she had just started a course under a Dr. Gordon* who was able to read a sentence given in her Life Reading in another language. Naturally she is all enthused. [Urdu, mixture of Hindu & something else].
"I just give you all these details because we all think it is so remarkable that she just happened to phone while you were here. It shows how people are drawn in at the right time and place. As well as I can remember her life reading, I believe Miss [873] was also in the group associated with Mrs. [920] - in the American period, just before this.
"It is certainly very interesting to watch these things work out!"
Sincerely, Gladys Davis
* [Dr. Gordon [A. E. Strath-Gordon?], astronomer, world traveller, lecturer, knows many languages, sees auras of individuals immediately (according to [873]).]