Edgar Cayce Readings, 962-1

(Life Reading Suggestion)

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EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the universe and universal forces, that are recorded here in the experiences of the entity called [962].
In entering the present experience we find the entity coming under aspects which indicate that, unless there is some unseen influence, the days should be long in the earth in the present.
For while in Gemini children there are those influences that make for the double-mindedness, in this entity it finds expression in its inclinations at times to change and to become speculative. And this has had to be curbed in the experience of the entity.
Yet the entity would do well in any of those environs where there is the speculative influence. For the entity is, as might be termed, a favored one through those experiences in the earth and the astrological influences.
Let it be understood by the entity, then, that the astrological influences are rather as signs; not that such conditions are destined or fated to be, as might be indicated from the statement that the entity is a "favored" one. For rather has the entity merited such by the experiences.
As it has been given, "Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." Then, who is thy father; who is thy mother; who is thy brother? They that do the WILL of the Father; the same are the mother, the brother, in the SPIRITUAL sense.
Hence, it makes for that honor which comes with those experiences that are or may be termed as opportunities for the individual to bring into manifestation those influences in the spiritual sense that may be to the glorifying of the Father and the blessing to the entity.
As to the astrological aspects, then, without respect to the will of the entity, we find:
Jupiter is rather the ruling influence, making for a position of affluence or in associations with institutions, organizations, groups and masses where the entity represents or presents rather the position of many.
Hence it comes to be oft, as it were (which is just opposite from the speculative influence), sponsor for many; to be in positions where the many may depend upon the judgments and activities of the entity in its choice of decisions as to relationships with individuals or groups, or those for whom the entity may stand sponsor.
In these conditions we find there have been periods when the affluence of Jupiter has been adverse for the entity, yet for the next two and a half or three years there will be offered the greater opportunities for the entity to make such an activity or expression in those directions indicated as to bring not only harmonious experiences in the associations with others but bring for self the greater opportunities in the commercial, mental, social and material affairs.
These benevolent influences of Jupiter began to be of a more definite effect or stand, as we find, in October last - or October just passed.
Also in Mars we find a benevolent influence for the entity, which is rather the unusual than the ordinary.
So, where such an influence has brought failure to others, owing to disagreements, or owing to wrath or war or those things that deal with force of arms or force of law even, it has redowned [redound?] or brought to the entity opportunities for expression; owing to those factors in the abilities of the entity.
Though these have made in the past such conditions in the PHYSICAL aspects of the body not to be desired by SOME, to the entity they have become advantageous from the external or from the material viewpoint; yet earned these have been in the mental or spiritual aspect of the entity.
As to the relationships or activities through Venus, these have made for sentiment that has at times been called by some the greater of the entity's abilities; to be positive in directions, yet in such a way and manner that those with whom it is positive deem it rather as doing them a favor than being an adverse condition in the experience.
Yet it has not brought all in the social relationships, as might be termed, that might be desired by the entity. It has made for friendships that have grown to be of strength in the experience, yet has made for such influences that (after the two and a half years from the present, unless the entity takes warning) may bring discordant factors in the experience; through some nigh unto the activities of the entity in the family relationships.
Uranus we find making again for those extremes as we indicated from the first, yet these are as secondary experiences; and make for the temperament as to that which has been a portion of the study or of the reading, as related to things partaking of the mysterious, or certain characters of literature have been of special interest to the entity.
This again may make for periods in the latter portion of the entity's experience when excesses on the part of those who may be closely related to the entity will necessarily need curbing for the more harmonious experience for the entity.
In all, then, these are the urges that have been made; not all active, yet urges, depending upon the application of the entity's will in relationships to many, as indicated:
One, then, that is high-minded; in mien and manner affable; in the way of expression showing friendships and personal relationships that draw the entity close to the activities of many, bringing into the experience those conditions wherein many must rely upon the judgments of the entity in their relationships even with others - whether it be in the mental, the material or the social life of those individuals.
As to the appearances in the earth, then, these are those we find influencing the entity most in the present:
Before this we find the entity was in that period when there were changes being made in the land of the entity's present nativity, or during those periods when the English and the Dutch made for the changes in what is now Manhattan. It was during those periods of the exchange and the keeping of the records of the early Dutch and the first of the English who made overtures for such changes.
The entity then was the keeper of the records of that experience, in the name then of Dudley Wentworthe.
In the experience the entity gained. For though many were questioned as to their activities in these associations and experiences; the entity as an accountant, as a judge in law, as a judge in the proper relationships of that meted out for the improvements of the land for the general satisfaction of all, was adjudged - and these activities were carried on in a great measure by the entity in that experience.
And the common adage, "Ask your Uncle Dudley" first arose from the activities of the entity in that experience.
It has been the experience also in the present of the entity that many have come, will and do come to the entity for the satisfying of what have been the promptings within themselves, to be adjudged Yes or No, or for counsel to the entity.
And the entity in a court of law would do well in any activities, especially these dealing with real estate, or with the exchange of any relationships between nations, or the handling of finances between groups and nations and the like.
These are the natural tendencies of the entity from those experiences in that activity.
Before that we find the entity was in that land now known as or called the Roman, during those periods when there were many dissensions arising owing to those activities of those who acted in the capacity of procurators in the various lands.
The entity then, in the name Pooilous, was the KEEPER of the exchange between the various lands with which the Romans' influence was had upon the world at that time.
Hence the entity is a judge in the present of foreign or domestic bonds, or as to securities and those things that have to do with not only the material valuations but as to how far they may be judged as to the sense of duty or obligation on the part of those contracting for such relationships.
For the moral obligation ofttimes extends much farther than the intrinsic valuation of an obligation, as the entity has experienced; and the entity may judge in such experiences in relationships from those activities during that period of the SECOND of the Caesars.
For it was during those periods when many questions arose owing to the falling or failings of many of those who represented the land to keep their proper accord with the home powers.
Before that we find the entity was in that land now known as the Persian or the Arabian land, during those periods when there were the gatherings of many from many lands to the 'city in the hills and the plains;' which arose not from its commercial valuation, nor yet from any cause other than the mental and the spiritual good that arose from the activities of THAT ENTITY who led in that period during the building of those experiences.
The entity then was among the keepers of the treasury during the first and second Croesus; for this was among the EARLY experiences, being some seven to ten thousand years B.C.
And in this activity the entity rose to pomp, to power, and not always used properly.
In that experience the entity, in the name Ixelte, gained and lost.
Those speculative influences arose, which arise as urges in the present; though the entity in the latter portion gave self in body and mind as the sponsor for these things given out by that leader in the 'city of the hills and the plains,' even though they were accounted by the peoples roundabout as being discording or disturbing.
From that experience arises in the present the desire of those things of an oriental touch about the entity; especially as to hangings, draperies or rugs. These have a peculiar influence upon the entity, as an innate urge - or one that arises from those influences through which the entity passed when it was a judge of many such things.
Before that we find the entity was in that now known as the American land, in those places about what is now a portion of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado.
There the entity was among those who were the outcome of those who had come from the land of Mu, or Lemuria.
There the entity began the dwellings as of a separate peoples into groups when they had been bound together by the necessities then.
The entity as a ruler then, in the name Tutotu, made for the dividing or grouping of groups for some specific or special activity; yet as defense all came together as one.
Hence AGAIN there are those tendencies in the present for a judgment in law as in relationships to protection and for defense.
As to the abilities of the entity in the present, then, and that to which it may attain, and how:
First find thy ideal, and let this be not in material things nor yet only of the mind or of such idealistic ideas as to become rather something longed for but not attained.
Put thy ideal rather in the spiritual things; that as ye mete unto thyself, thy neighbor, so must, so will it be meted unto thee!
So act, then, in thy relationships, in thy opportunities, as ye present yourself as the representative of thy fellow man, in such a way and manner that ye may always look yourself in the face and not be ashamed to have the same accorded to thee that thou accorded to thy brother.
For ye must meet yourself. Keep thy skirts, thy mind, thy body, CLEAN, holy! For thy body is the temple of thy soul, that must return to its Maker. What WILT thou carry back to Him?
Make thy paths straight not for thine OWN sake but that thy brother may walk therein as in the light of HIS countenance. As He may lead thee, so lead thou thy brother.
Ready for questions.
We are through for the present.
Copy to Self
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BACKGROUND

7/14/35 Mr. [261] requested the Life Reading, saying Mr. [962] wished it.
7/23/35 Rdg. was attempted, "something wrong here we don't get it." [This came when dates were repeated only back to 1905.]

REPORTS

9/03/35 [962]'s letter to EC:
Dear Dr. Cayce,
Please excuse my delay in answering your courteous letter of July 29, 1935. I have been away from New York and just returned last night. I was extremely interested in my Life Reading on July 25, 1935 and believe it to be extraordinarily accurate.
As you were kind enough to offer to clarify certain of your statements made in the reading, I am going to ask if you can further amplify or explain the following statements:
Page 1. "The entity would do well in any of those environs where there is a SPECULATION INFLUENCE" [962-1, Par. 4]. By "speculation" do you refer to the usual meaning, as SPECULATION in securities or Real Estate, or had you some other meaning in mind?
Page 2. Can you further explain what influences under Venus may "bring discordant factors in the experiences" of the entity "through some nigh unto the activities of the entity in the family relationship" [962-1, Par. 17]? Do you suggest anything to divert or overcome these influences?
I shall be much interested in your answer. [962]
9/09/35 EC's letter to [962]:
From yours of the 3rd I am indeed glad to know that you have found your Life Reading not only interesting but extraordinarily accurate. As you study this from time to time, and attempt to make practical application of the suggestions made therein, I'm sure you will find it more and more worth while. Of course, the influences mentioned in the Life Reading are existent because of what the entity has applied in the past. We all draw for ourselves to every circumstance a standard, and by that standard we gauge our activities; thus we oftentimes are misunderstood by others who have a different standard. But it is how far we live up to or away from our standard that makes for development or retardment. Hence our good and bad influences in the present are a result of our past application. And what we do about such in the present creates either good or bad influences for the future. So, it truly pays for us to be sincere and honest with ourselves, even as much as or more so than with our fellow man.
Regarding the "speculative influence," my understanding is that in ANY phase of speculation - whether in stocks, bonds, real estate, or what not - you would be considered rather "lucky," because your judgements are so constituted (from your development or application in previous incarnation, bringing now "good" influences) that such activities with you would really be less speculative than with most individuals. In other words, your intition would guide you in such things so that there would be no speculation on your part; the results would be sure, while with others they would be a matter of speculation or chance. Intuition, as I understand it, is a result of past application. If you have lived a thing, then you innately know the good or bad proposition pertaining to that when it is presented. So, that is a "good" influence which you have brought over.
Now, the "discordant factors" through "bad influences" of Venus, are just opposite from the above. That is, you have misused certain laws pertaining to the emotions, marital or home relations - or not lived up to the standard as set. Hence at that cycle when your past expression in that respect is passing before you in the present life, such "bad influences" (so called) will make it easy for discordant factors, disruptions, to enter into relationships of the home, etc. And your application of the spiritual standard set for all, "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them," should enable you to divert or overcome or - that is - develop under such adverse circumstances. However, between now and then you might get a Check Life Reading asking for more details as to the whys and wherefores, as to just what you should expect and just how you should meet same. In other words, conditions may come up where the fault really seems to be on the other person's side; yet, when analyzing same from the Life Reading standpoint, you have at some time or another so acted as to merit just such a result. And your reaction to it this time, either as "turning the other cheek" or "fighting back" will make for either an overcoming so as to make for "good" influences in the future, or an adding to the "bad" influences which must be met again.
I trust this interpretation has not been too long, and that you understand what I mean. This is as I see it. A Check Life Reading might give it entirely different. But we do know this, that every detrimental condition can be turned into a blessing if handled aright.
Assuring you that I would be very glad to hear from you at any time, and hoping I may see and talk with you the next time I am in New York, I am