In the one then before this we find in that land now known as
the New England land, and during those periods when there
were oppressions to the types of peoples who adhered to those
forces as maintained by the few, or the greater number during
the period, through the religious fervor of some. The entity
suffered under those persecutions by the acts of self as
being unable to DECIDE for self whether that held as a
principle, or that held as brought for physical sufferings,
was the greater lesson to choose. In the name, in this
experience, Blaire. In this experience the entity lost AND
gained. Lost in the INDECISIONS as were made, or held as an
experience of the entity. Gained when there was that
determination within self that no matter what the activities
of the outside influences, or others would say or do, for
self - it would follow in that direction in which the higher
self, or the voice from within, directed. In this experience
we find, as seen, indecisions having caused or called for
many of those disruptions as have been in the experience of
the entity, yet those things as pertain to the ability to
influence others - and to BE influenced BY others - arises
from this same experience. Hence must be met in the present
in a way and manner in keeping with that as is KNOWN by self
to be in the straight and narrow way, as has been called by
some, yet is the way that brings to all that of hope, that of
the ability to meet each and every condition as may arise in
the experience of an entity; for knowing self is His, in whom
thou hast believed, and that He is able to keep that which
may be given into His keeping, at all times makes for a
bulwark of safety that brings a contentment in WHATEVER
position or state one may find self, that comes not from any
other.
In the experience then before this we find in that land now
known as the Roman land, and during those periods when there
were the oppressions of those peoples that held to a faith as
was given by those that appeared to the entity to be of lowly
birth, yet these brought - when there was an understanding
gained by the entity of that beauty of life, through the
sufferings which the entity had IN the experience - that
there must be a safety, not in numbers, but in that faith
held within self. Here we find many of the experiences in
the present are harkened from, as of the abilities in those
directions in which the entity finds self engaged in the
present, and in the dream life much of the experiences - both
in high places as well as those in social life, as well as
those in the commercial life - are from those reflections in
that of the INNATE forces IN the entity seeking for
manifestation. Much of that as may be termed instinct, or
that in which the entity may find self able and capable of
giving much to others through those of the insights as may be
gained by those experiences as are had, in these portions of
the life experience, brings an understanding to self, as well
as an aid and a help to others; for those that harken within
to those that aid in the unconscious periods of this earth's
sphere may, will they keep a proper balance, make for an
UNDERSTANDING that is hard to be dealt with by those that do
not listen to the still small voice. In the name, we find in
that as of Cleopatia. In the experience the entity lost and
gained. Lost through those of the periods when there was the
harkening rather to the satisfying of the desires of
position, the desires of dress, the desires of fame and
fortune. GAINING in those experiences when there had been
the accepting OF the faiths in that that had been persecuted,
and that had been held as naught by the entity, in the latter
portion of the experience, bringing peace and happiness to
the home. Hence the conditions as have existed, as exist,
as respecting the home for the entity in the present
experience.
In the one then before this we find in that land then known
as the hinterland, or as those periods that were in that
line when those cities by the sea prospered in this world's
wealth, and in that town or city then known as the Macedonian
city. The entity among those that were of the RULERS of the
period, being in the HOUSEHOLD of the ruler and later brought
to the position of a ruler IN the death of those that were
close to the entity, as occurred in the period. The entity
gained and lost through the experience, and the abilities as
pertain to commercial things harken much INNATELY to the
entity, and the entity might make for self a career in the
commercial world, especially as pertaining to those things
that were made as exchanges in the various lands, or as for
diplomatic relations as between individuals and groups, and
classes and masses; for the entity AS the ruler gained, the
entity as one subservient TO the effects of a ruler lost.
GAINING then, in the experience, in many of those things as
pertain to the secular life, the mental life, and the social
life. In the name Gelghi. In the experience, as seen, those
of the abilities in lines that pertain to relations with
individuals, yet these must be held inviolate in the
directions as has been indicated that the entity may use
these for weal or woe, dependent upon that as is held as the
criterion for activity, or that as is set as the ideal for
the entity.
In the one then before this we find in that land that is
known now as the nativity land, in those periods when there
were those building and dwelling in the hills, in the caves,
and the entity was among those who made for the first of the
home life in that land now known as Nevada and of Mexico. In
this respect there is oft the call to the entity to be
interested in, or to go to, those portions OF the land, and
these would be well under certain circumstances or
conditions, but where there is rule - or where there is power
- may the entity do the better in the present experience.
Gaining, did the entity, through this experience; for, as
there was builded for that that drew about the various groups
those of a centralization of force, power and activity, that
was made in unison or in cooperation, this brought harmony,
peace, happiness, and understanding. So may the entity in
the present apply same in the activities of the entity day by
day, to bring about those things that may make for a closer
relation with the CREATIVE forces of life, that cannot be
satisfied with those that make for contentions, or
misunderstandings, though they offer TO self those of the
glories of the present.
In the abilities, then - these, as may be seen, may be guided
in two directions. In the commercial world, with its
relationships, provided the IDEALS of the entity are centered
IN the direction wherein the CONTINUITY of life, or the
SPIRITUAL life is stressed more than the material. Ready for
questions.
(Q) Would it be best to put my nephew, [
2661], in the school
out from Washington?
(A) Would be well, were there established those relations
that would make for the home life for the body.
(Q) In what way could she better her financial condition?
(A) Either in that of the closer relation with the
commercial world, or the closer relations with the diplomatic
relations of the world.
(Q) Did my mother [
2112] heal my blood condition two years
ago?
(A) Set the stream in a vibration that brought for self an
understanding that aided those applications to bring aright
the conditions in body.
(Q) Was black magic responsible for my blood condition, and
is there any black magic being practiced in my life now?
(A) Not in the present. These of influence as has been
indicated, that have been held in the activities and way the
body has handled self as respecting responses to directed
forces to and for the body. The lack of STABILIZATION of
self prevented the activities from BEING such as kept in the
proper direction. When there is held by self an ideal, or
that as is a guiding star for the continuity of life, hope,
peace and happiness, these may not touch a body. One
allowing self to harken TO the voices of those that partake
of those ELEMENTAL forces may be directed by that that may be
called black magic, or that of OVERPOWERING in the mental
world.
(Q) Did changing my name have anything to do with my life?
(A) Change in the name changed the vibrations in many
directions, and is HELPFUL in the present experience - will
these be guided as the directions or indications have been
given.
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