Edgar Cayce Readings, 1602-4

Time and Place: 3:45 to 4:35 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. New York City.

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GC: You will have before you the entity, [1602], present in this room, who was born January 27, 1898, in New York City. You will give a detailed biographical account of the entity's incarnation in Palestine as Eunice, explaining the urges which come from this period into the present life, both constructive and retarding, in order that the entity may best direct and control these urges in the present toward the greatest possible mental and spiritual development in this life. You will answer the questions she has submitted, as I ask them:
EC: Yes, we have the records here of that entity called [1602] as Eunice.
Patterns of the application of self in the present are becoming lighter, and more of the circular nature.
In giving a detailed biographical sketch of the experience of the entity as Eunice, it would be well that something be indicated as to the background in which the entity developed; that there may be a better paralleling or drawing from same, in the reasoning of the present, as to how those conditions which arose in the experience of Eunice affected the entity so.
We find that in the Galilean land - in which the entity found itself, as it became aware of the tenets and the changes that had come about - there was less of what would be termed the orthodox Jewry or the adherence to the tenets as had been established with the return of the peoples to the Palestine land from the Persian.
Yet, the entity was of those peoples who had united with the remnant left in that land of Zebulon during the period of captivity; thus being a mixture (as understood according to the history of the theological nature or phase) of the Jewry and the Samaritan.
However, with those adherents of the land becoming more and more imbued with the ideals and tenets of the Essenes, the entity's family then had embraced that phase.
The Essenes were a religious order within Jewry AND the adherents and near adherents of same, see?
This then was to the entity in its early years a problem; because there were the continued reports of happenings that were handed down as a part of the family records (for these were by word of mouth rather than from books), happenings in the Promised Land, as well as to the preserving of a people of promise - though they were in captivity - and as to how there had come the interference of Providence on the one hand, in returning one portion of the family to the land of promise, and on the other as to how that portion had been preserved, - though they had maintained their adherence through the changes which had been wrought.
Then, with the looking for the Savior, through the tenets of that new order, it became something which to the entity induced the feeling, or the attempt to make such a combination that, to be sure, through the self must be the lineage that were to see and know and hear of this fulfilling of the promise in the day and age and period of the entity's experience.
Thus, with all such expectancy there was the betrothal; and then the birth of the son, that to the entity must be one especially endowed with those privileges that were to mean and to bring such an awakening to the people - through the very associations of the entity with Elizabeth, the mother of John, and the friendships with Mary and Joseph in a portion of THEIR experience that was a part of not only the conversation but the wonderments and the study of the entity through those early periods of experience in that particular land.
And then there came the edict that robbed ALL the mothers of that particular portion of the land, through that which had been a part of the activities of one in the position to direct the activities and counseling of the Wise Men and their conversation and convocation with the king who made the edict; and then the happening.
This brought into the experience of the entity a spirit of hurt, of hate for those who had - according to the entity - betrayed that knowledge as pertaining to those who were in those positions, whose sons were in those periods in which there was the expectancy and the desire for their fulfilling a long looked for promise.
Into the experience in the present, then, this has brought the little jealousies, the little disputations that are to be eliminated if there would be the full knowledge of and at-onement with the Creative Forces.
During those periods, as conditions developed, when John and Jesus were receiving their trainings in other lands, the entity kept close in touch with the household of Elizabeth.
And through that period when she, too, was affected by the very edicts of the king, and when there was the change that brought about the death of the king, and through those periods when the Romans robbed Elizabeth of her mate - through the death even at the altar, - there began to be changes in the outlook of the entity; and the attempt to understand WHY those who were supposed to be endued with powers and activities divine should have such things happen to them, brought still greater resentment and wonderment.
Then again in the periods when Mary and Elizabeth were so desirous of those activities within their home land as the changes came about, and the journey from the upper part of Galilee to Capernaum, the entity there entered rather into not wholly the intrigues but rather what might be called in the present more of a social activity, - owing to the abilities of the entity's mate to make friendships with those who were in power.
With the rebuking of Jesus in the house of worship, and the imprisonment of John, the entity - with the expectancy again of motherhood - sought greater counsel with Mary, Martha, and those who were closer to the activities, - not only of those who had renounced their relationships with the priests but those who were in the position of keeping alive the order of the Essenes.
Then in the latter days of Jesus' sojourn in the material plane, the entity saw her child blessed by Him, among those who were set as the ideal manner in which all individuals were to accept their relationships with others, in that pronouncement, "Unless ye become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter in."
These brought periods of searching of self, and the adherence closer to those tenets which had been a part of the experiences of the entity.
Yet, with the knowledge that such an one as Magdala had become a close companion of those of the household, there again was brought to the entity that questioning as to "How can such things be?"
Such questionings, though, were blotted out in those periods when the entity, with Mary, Josie, and the other Mary, learned of those things which had brought the conditions to pass in Jerusalem.
And as the entity journeyed there, and became aware of the turmoils which surrounded those periods of activities, there was a greater leaning upon those who were of that land.
For, remember, - of the twelve, seven of them came from the entity's OWN land, and own acquaintances.
As the days passed, the entity was among those who were turning then more and more to the tenets pertaining to the activities in Jerusalem; and the Pentecost came.
Then the entity was among those who heard her own kinsmen speak in tongues, seeing the great tumult and the activities wrought.
Thus there was builded that determination within the experience and heart of the entity to bring the greater knowledge, the greater awareness of the spirit of truth, - as was indeed manifested by Him that shed through the tenets of His disciples and Apostles the new light to men; that hate and those things that make afraid may be put away, and that positions or power or wealth or fame may be set at naught compared to the peace that came and IS the understanding of those who have seen and known and become aware of His presence abiding, - even as the entity heard promised, "Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world."
Through the latter portion of its experience, then, we find that the entity ministered to the needs of the saints, as they were called, or those who dedicated their lives and their activities wholly to the ministering to the fields about the whole of that land.
The entity thus gained in the giving - giving of self; in just being kind to those who were heavily burdened by the cares of life, whether in illness or in the vicissitudes of relationships, or in wants of the body, or in needs in the activities of others that brought desperate circumstance in the experience.
These then should be analyzed, and the petty jealousies and hates made less and less a part of the attitudes of mind and body and activities in the present.
Meeting all of those forces in the experiences, we find that the entity - Eunice - was among the elderly mothers of the church in the latter portion of the experience, in the southernmost portion of Palestine.
Thus we find that the associations with those who were in authority of the Romans, and those who were brought to a better understanding by the associations of the wife of Cornelius, who brought the greater activity and blessings to many of the entity's household and associates and friends, - these brought into the experience of the entity the joys in which it passed into the greater realms of activity in that experience.
Ready for questions.
(Q) Who are the individuals with whom the entity was most closely associated in this Palestine period with whom a closer relationship should be developed in the present? that is: Would it be best to develop the relationships now with those who were close to John in the Palestine period; with those who were spreading the teachings of the Master then; or with those who were in high places at that period. Explain and direct the present activities towards such associations.
(A) All of these must be met by circumstances. These may be found, as individuals, by paralleling the lives and experiences of those who were in that particular period. Not that these are to be chosen as individuals, but they are the activities that are a part of the experience. To be sure, there is what may be called an excess of that urge arising from such activities, but as to whether it shall be applied in the direct associations of individuals or as a cause or purpose, and in contact with those things and influences that bring a united effort, is to be the choice of the entity itself.
For, this: Because of the associations with those in authority then, as counselors, we find that in the presence of such individuals in the present there is felt the urge, "Well, I can't get that, nor those activities." But these are principles, and not things to be applied as to individuals.
If there are things to be worked out, with individuals, because of the knowledge of same, - then as to whether or not this is attempted depends upon the choice in self, as to whether such knowledge is to be a stumblingblock or a stepping-stone for greater development.
Test not self beyond that it is able to bear. Rather develop for the PRINCIPLE, than for the activity of individuals.
In analyzing the present experience and environ, it will be seen that the associations are with some to whom the entity ministered much, and brought through such activity greater blessings to many. Then, where such are needed, apply self.
Where there is the urge because of the personalities of individuals that renew the urge for activities known within self to be such as to cause or make one to err, - as He gave, "Being forewarned, be forearmed, and allow not thine house (thine self) to be broken up."
(Q) I have had visions and impressions of a Roman experience during the period immediately following that of the Palestine. Is this so, or is it the same?
(A) As we find, it is rather the visioning of the experiences the entity had with those who were in authority. Remember, as was first given, in the early portion of the experience the entity heard both sides that were handed down, - as the experience of those in the Chaldean land as well as those in the land of promise. In the latter portion the entity heard from those in authority (as Cornelius and those of his household) about the activities in Rome, and how such were carried on. Hence it is rather as a vision by the entity, than an experience of being in the position. For, as we find, if analyzed, the vision is rather the awareness of such a position, yet not being just in Rome itself.
(Q) Will you give my earth appearances, since the Crusade period, and do any have a bearing on this earth life?
(A) These have no bearing in the present. This may depend upon the application of self. There have been those that were in and out, but NOT an urge such as to be active. It is as this: One may be in an environ or an experience and yet not working at or applying self in those directions, or not being aware of or influenced by such. Thus those that have a direct bearing upon the experiences in the present have been presented, now.
(Q) In my relation to my Aunt [...] will you explain karmic relation and what I should do for her in this present life?
(A) Just as in that experience in which ye found thyself blocked and mocked because of that experience as Eunice, because of the loss of thy son, by thy present aunt, ye find periods when there could not be hard enough or bad enough sayings, or even things done. And yet as He taught, these are not the manners nor the ways to meet same, but rather in applying what ye would have her do if the conditions were reversed. If conditions were reversed, what would you have her do?
Then, THAT DO.
(Q) Also my brother, [...]. What directions can you give toward helping him?
(A) Much in the same way and manner; though these came under quite different experiences, through the sojourns in other environs - as in the Persian experience of the entity. These then may be applied in the same way and manner. Reverse the environ, the background, the activity; and then, as He gave, "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." Remember, as He gave, "Inasmuch as ye do it unto the least of these, thy brethren, ye do it unto me."
These then, ye see, become a different sort, a different type of commendation to self.
(Q) Any suggestions regarding [1581], my son, at this time? Am I being sufficiently helpful to him?
(A) These are very well, as we find.
We are through for the present.
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BACKGROUND

See 1602-1.

REPORTS

11/28/39 She obtained a Mental-Spiritual regarding her mental and material affairs - See 1602-5.