This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 1st day of November, 1938, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [1722], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by her mother, Mrs. [1877] and by Mrs. [1602].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.

TEXT

1. EC: Yes, we have the enquiring mind, [1722].
2. In giving advice and counsel in such conditions it is very well that the premise be given from which such conclusions are drawn for the advice and counsel.
3. Each soul in entering an earth's experience does so through the graciousness, the mercy of the living Father, that the soul may become such that it may be in that association, that relation to the Creative Forces or the Father which was, is, the will of the Father in bringing such into consciousness in the first or beginning.
4. In entering then, each soul enters with the influences both latent and manifested that have been a part of the experience of the entity. This to be sure includes then relationships with others.
5. Then what is the purpose of each soul entering a material manifestation? That it may be a witness bearer for and unto the glory of the Father which has been manifested through the Son, even Jesus; in making then those activities through and in which such may be the purpose, the desire of the individual entity.
6. It is not then that there may be the satisfying of the mental or material body, or mind. It is not to the indulgence of, nor to the glory of self alone, but that - through the very activities of the body and mind - the fruits of the spirit of truth may be manifested in the material experience.
7. These truths, these experiences, only find expression in relationships with others. Just as He hath given, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these, thy brethren, ye have done it unto me, - inasmuch as ye did NOT these things unto thy brethren, ye did them not unto me."
8. Hence in the relationships, the meetings with others in WHATEVER form or manner, such are not coincidental but are rather as purposeful experiences.
9. Then there must be the filling of the purpose, if there will be the glorifying of His love, His truths, His presence, by that done to and through the activities with the fellow man, - whoever, wherever such may be; in such a way and manner that His glory is made manifest in thy dealings with thy fellow man.
10. Look then into thine own heart, thine own mind. See thyself, as it were, pass by. What is thy desire? What is thy purpose? What - and WHO - is thy ideal?
11. The analysis of such can only be drawn by self. And use as the measuring stick of thyself those truths, those purposes.
12. What gave He as the whole law? To love thy God with all thy mind, thy body, thy purpose; and thy NEIGHBOR as thyself! This is the whole law.
13. And the manner of execution of same is in that as He gave, "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."
14. These are the principles, these are the basic truths upon which joy, peace and understanding may be thine; and thy life, thy activities, thy associations with others will ever be beautiful, peaceful, harmonious.
15. And as ye do these, ye will find more and more the glory of His presence abiding with thee day by day!
16. This does not preclude that ye have joy, but that ye have joy and have life and have it more ABUNDANTLY, - and not in a manner that ye have or do become or may become subject to those things which would bind or hinder thee in thy thought, thy purpose, thy activity.
17. Let thy prayer, thy meditation then be - as ye choose this day whom ye will serve, whether the fleshpots of thine own carnal self or the duties, the joys, the harmonies of Him who has given, "Come unto me, ye that are disturbed or heavy laden - take my purpose, my yoke, - learn of me, and ye shall find rest unto thy mental, thy material, thy spiritual self."
18. "Let my life be so filled with the desire to be a channel of blessings to others that it may show forth the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings."
19. Ready for questions.
20. (Q) I am practically engaged to the entity known as [...]. Will our union be a spiritual, mental and physical one?
    (A) If the choice, if the activity of each is given in such a way that you look to make of yourselves the ideal mate for the other. Not continually seeking or finding fault, either one with the other, - but correcting the errors, the faults, the shortcomings in SELF; and ye will bring the best that is in self and make for the manifesting of the best that is in thy helpmate.
    These are the manners, these are the ways that are His ways. And when other ways are used as of self-indulgence, self-purpose irrespective of the privileges, the duties, the opportunities of the other as well as of self, then there come turmoils, divisions and strife.
21. (Q) He is a Catholic and I am a Protestant. Should I become a Catholic as his family require if we are to get married, or is there another solution to this problem?
    (A) Why should not self become a Catholic? Is there that which is abhorrent to self in the tenets, the opportunities, the privileges of Catholicism?
    There may be rules or regulations that have in thine own mental self been abused - or misconstrued, - but if thy heart and purpose is right, then is this to keep each of you in that way in which each is serving the other and not the family. Remember, ye are marrying one man, NOT a family, NOT a church! Ye are to live in thy associations one with another the purposes, the desires to fill that place thy God, thy Savior would have thee fill!
    What has been thy meditation? That ye may be a channel of blessings!
22. (Q) What are [...]'s peculiarities and what are mine, so that we may adjust our lives harmoniously?
    (A) These, as indicated, are to be studied in each other; and the peculiarities, the oddities, the errors are to be minimized, NOT dwelt upon and increased! MINIMIZE rather than crystallize or magnify any faults in the other. KNOW that thy associations are to be on a fifty-fifty basis, not forty-sixty nor twenty-eighty but FIFTY-FIFTY! and that ye must adjust thyselves to each OTHER'S idiosyncrasies or peculiarities. For OUT of same ye should create that which is thine own in unison that may make thee a peculiar people, a channel through which the glory of God may be manifested.
    For as ye find in that love one for another, it is taking hold, it is a material manifestation of that love HE hath shown. Then as ye attempt to make this SPIRITUAL in thy lives, ye may make for a life of beauty, of joy, of worth whileness; such that others seeing and knowing may take thought and do likewise.
    Let the love of the Father, as one for another, constrain thee day by day.
23. (Q) What is the karmic tie in previous lives that is bringing [...] and me together?
    (A) This would be drawn only from a paralleling of the lives of these as experienced in former appearances. They are NOT chance, but a divine purpose being worked out.
    Be thou then in accord, and let Him - the Lord - have His way with each of thee.
24. (Q) In what way can I help [...] overcome certain difficulties, and in what way can I help myself with my difficulties?
    (A) In the way and manner as we have just indicated. By living the life to fill the married purpose in the experience one of the other. It cannot, it must not be a one-sided affair. Have the perfect understanding, - what has been given by that as an ideal, who became the mother of the channel through which He came materially? "Thy God will by my God, thy people shall by my people!"
25. (Q) In what way can I handle the "mother-in-law situation" so that our married life will be governed by ourselves?
    (A) That's the trouble too oft in self, "to handle." But so live rather thine own life that there are no question marks as to thy purpose, as to thy intent toward her son - and no questions a problem. Thus may the situations, the conditions that arise oft in such be that thy own conscience does not condemn thee. Then ye are able to look every man, every woman in the face and say, "The Lord forgive thee, - the Lord bless thee."
26. (Q) What have I come in to work out during this life period?
    (A) Thy inconsistencies, - at times; thy lack of the sufficient amount of "give and take." Or, "To be what I would wish others to be."
27. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

1. 10/28/38 Letter: "I have been quite worried over the religious question in my coming marriage, and will be grateful for any help you can give me."

REPORTS

1. 5/09/39 Her mother, Mrs. [1877], obtained a Life Reading.

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