This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 31st day of May, 1941, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [2448], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Born April 20, 1916, in Newport News, Va.

TEXT

1. GC: You will give the relation of this entity and the universe, and the universal forces; giving the conditions which are as personalities, latent and exhibited in the present life; also the former appearances in the earth plane, giving time, place and the name, and that in each life which built or retarded the development for the entity; giving the abilities of the present entity, that to which it may attain, and how. You will answer the questions, as I ask them:
2. EC: (In going back over years from the present - " - '40 - '39 - years of change, and an awakening to the entity - '37 - '25 - yes - happenings that brought disturbances materially - '23 - " etc., on back to birth date.)
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [2448].
4. In giving the interpretations of the records as we find them here, there is much from which to choose; but these are chosen with the desire and purpose that this may be a helpful experience for the entity, - enabling it to know self the better, and to analyze the purposes for which it chose this present association and environ - also the manner in which it may apply itself to the ideals that are chosen, and to point out those ideals in a definite manner.
5. Through analyzing the happenings that have been a portion of the experience through the sojourns in the earth, ye may know how necessary it becomes to be sincere, at all times and under every circumstance, yet never dictatorial nor too possessive.
6. For, know that what is TRULY thine CANNOT be taken away from thee; nor is any real character ever lost.
7. Remember these, - not merely as axioms, but in analyzing the happenings through the sojourns in the earth:
8. Be mindful of the manner of seed ye sow. For, what ye sow ye also reap.
9. With what measure ye mete, it is measured to thee again.
10. If ye would have love, be lovely - to all. For, in the manner ye meet and ye act toward others, ye are measuring and meting to thy Maker.
11. Remember, then, that those activities are thy pass-key to the throne of grace. Always, in thy material activities with others, keep God's rain check.
12. In interpreting the records as we find them here, the seal of life of the entity is most unique as well as interesting, and is upon the book, the record of the entity.
13. It might be described as a scroll, - upon which, in the center at top, is a crest; a mounted warrior, hooded, with the shield and sword of the crusader.
14. Upon the scroll are the words IN HOC VIN CIBLE DE LORE.
15. Also upon the scroll there are many pieces of paper, or clippings - as might be termed - pasted upon same, taken from the activities of the entity through its periods of activity in a material world. These are closely written, not printed, and are in many tongues, many dialects. There would be at least twenty-two in number.
16. Hence the entity, in analyzing this, finds itself at the crossroads in things material, in things mental, in things spiritual.
17. Know that there is only one Spirit, and that thou possessest thy measure of same. Thy WILL is given thee to use or abuse that Spirit. For, the Spirit is of the Creator, and thy body is the temple of that Spirit manifested in the earth to defend or to use in thine own ego, or thine own self-indulgence, or to thine own glory, OR unto the glory of Him who gave thee life and immortality - if ye preserve that life, that spirit in Him.
18. In analyzing or attempting to interpret the records here, we find many things as influences, as urges, that direct or alter the judgments or choices made by this entity.
19. The virtues we would magnify. The faults we would minimize.
20. Just as the entity has found, even in this experience oft, - when trials, tribulations, discouragements and disappointments have come, if there has been the determination to put the BEST foot foremost, to put the best construction on that which has appeared to be ugly or discouraging, there has been brought again a ray of hope; there has been let light into that inmost self that has brought hope and a bit of cheer.
21. The classifications of the urges we choose here from astrological as well as material sojourns. Thus we have aspects of the manner in which the entity may think.
22. In Venus the entity finds beauty, love. Such are the cravings of the individual entity; because these have been lacking at times, and again have been manifested to a full measure in both material and spiritual outlooks in the experiences of the entity.
23. Hence what the entity does in the present it does well. For only moments or short periods would the entity in its material activities do that which would be called (possibly vulgarly) "sloppy". The room of mornings is tidy when the entity leaves same. This is the sure indication of the MATERIAL urges in an entity, as well as of that which is latent and deep in the soul of an entity.
24. So is the pathway to light ye to God; for the entity remains open in beauty, in light.
25. We find in Saturn the changes that have been and may be manifested. These are urges, but without respect to the application of will.
26. In Mercury we find the latent and manifested urge of an analytical manifestation. Thus in most things, as well as in its associations with others, the entity is mindful, careful, painstaking, and shows good judgments.
27. Oft has the entity found that so many disappointments appear in others. Know that first rule, a LAW that is eternal: THE SEED SOWN MUST ONE DAY BE REAPED. YE DISAPPOINTED OTHERS. TODAY FROM THINE OWN DISAPPOINTMENTS YE MAY LEARN PATIENCE, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL VIRTUES AND THE LEAST UNDERSTOOD! Remember, it is one of the phases or dimensions through which thy soul may catch the greatest and the more beautiful glimpse of the Creator. For, as He came unto His own and His own received Him not, in patience He brought that awareness of what they had lost in their lack of appreciation of the opportunities given.
28. So in thy dealings with others, with thy problems with others, in thy daily associations, in thy home, in thy activities, - remember to evaluate EVERY phase of an experience and to stress the beautiful, minimize the faults. For, this is sowing the seed of beauty in the spirit of truth; and that, too, will blossom in thy life and in thy dealings with others.
29. See the funny side - don't be too serious. Remember, He even made the joke as He walked to the garden to be betrayed. Remember, He looked with love upon His disciple that denied Him, even as He stood alone.
30. In Neptune we find both warnings and helpful forces, both virtue and vices.
31. Then, stay close to water. It is the mother in nature, and nothing is more beautiful than the mother's love, the mother's caress - even in anger or in disquietude. For, this influence is strong in the body-mind and consciousness of the entity. For, the entity, too, has known, has expressed and manifested mother love.
32. Know, too, that in the same sign there is that of violence and of anger, that of sorrow from the word spoken.
33. Beware of long voyages. Beware of deep water. It is that which is combined with the sun, as righteousness, that becomes creative in itself.
34. So, in thy mind, in thy heart, in thy body, - as ye cherish the beautiful, as ye cultivate same in the spirit if truth, nurturing it in the light of love, so does joy and beauty and harmony come into thy experience again.
35. Weakness in the body arises also from this sign, and becomes even as the quicksands - that are neither solid nor yet water, neither possessed with that other than fear.
36. Let not thy heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in Him - who is able to quicken the life as it flows through thy body, thy mind, thy soul, to a full regeneration in the material world, then hope in the mental, then truth in the spiritual. For, He IS truth, and the light, the way; that each soul may find the way from the darkness back to God - even as He.
37. As to the material appearances in the earth, - not all may be given here at once. For, while many strange influences arise, these are chosen that ye may know thyself to be thyself and - if ye will choose the way - one with that light, that love that brings peace and harmony into the lives of all who seek His ways.
38. Before this the entity was in the land of the present nativity and sojourn, in what is now Williamsburg; when there were those in authority from other lands.
39. The entity was among those in such authority, by being associated with and a companion to a Dunmore in that experience.
40. Thus at times the entity lorded itself over others. The entity saw and knew all the varied sides of the endeavors of those who were wanton in their manner of expression, also those who sought freedom, as well as those who hoped to be upon either side - and to choose in sufficient time to make the better position for material welfares.
41. Then the entity was in the name Elizabeth Dunmore.
42. In the present the entity finds the faker, the two-faced individual (and she finds plenty of them!), is the most despised and the hardest to understand.
43. With its abilities and its analytical mind, the entity innately sees those records upon that scroll. Yet there is the sense of a judgment, as indicated in that seal; that there is a way which seemeth right unto a man, yet the end thereof is first disappointment, then fear and doubt, and then separation, withering away.
44. In that experience the entity gained, the entity lost; and from same the entity finds much to consider. For, it can be a queen or it can be a looker-on; a good listener at times and again a bit too quick to be outspoken, and then wishes it hadn't - as it did then!
45. Yet under turmoils or trials, hope springs ever anew. Hold fast to hope!
46. Before that the entity was in the English land during those periods of the Crusades, when the entity then was a man - and what a man!
47. In those periods there were demands put upon the entity's abilities, and trust was placed in the abilities of the entity as a leader. For, then as one Jorgas (?) Bruce, the entity led the young and the old in a purpose, in a cause, that to the entity seemed the right, the only way. Yet, with the trials that arose under the varied environs to which the entity went, as well as the groups who were under the entity's direction, there came an unusual awakening; crude, according to the thoughts of the day, yet purposeful, in the meeting of that for which the entity had stood.
48. And the entity was among the few who remained loyal and true throughout that period of struggle, that period that to many became as a period of wasted efforts.
49. Yet the entity finds deep, innate within self in the present, that there IS a power, there IS a might - from within and without - that once fused into a righteous purpose brings that harmony of a day, a week, a year, a life, well spent.
50. Before that the entity was in the Promised Land, during those days when the Master walked in the earth.
51. The entity was among those of Peter's household, and one that was called when Peter's mother-in-law was healed.
52. In the experience the entity suffered physically, yet in its inner self there were the desires for might and power and physical ability to meet emergencies. There was that determination (though delicate in body as in the present) which brought the experience of the stalwart Bruce; who found that "it is not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts."
53. The entity had acquaintanceships with all of those who led in the many ways of activity, both pro and con in the experience. For, the entity saw much, hoped for much, and yet felt in self that it was accomplishing so little. It prayed oft for a physical body to meet physical conditions.
54. The name then was Josie; and of those who saw not only the beginning of the miracles but the mightiest one of all - the cross, the tomb and the resurrection; which once gathered in and becoming a part of the soul may never be lost.
55. Hence again it may be said of the entity that the way is open to that throne ye have seen and known so well. Hold fast to thy purpose, to thy spirit in Him.
56. Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land, during those periods when there were the replenishings and rebuildings with the regeneration of the Priest.
57. The entity was among those in the Temple Beautiful and the Temple of Sacrifice who, in the latter portion of the experience, were chosen as companions for the Priest.
58. Hence the entity cared for and brought encouragement to the Priest, and nourishment in physical, in the material, during the declining years of the Priest's sojourn; becoming a leader - with the passing of the Priest - who for a century kept the activities, that later became so debased by selfishness in that land.
59. Then the entity was known as Ista-Elbu.
60. As to the abilities of the entity in the present, that to which it may attain, and how:
61. In any field of activity, especially that requiring detail - or patience - and eventually in the home - may the entity find that outlet, that manner of expression in which it may - in its unheralded yet GLORIOUS manner - bring to others a knowledge of the true, the living influence as may prompt the activities under whatever sphere or relationships that may arise.
62. For, the entity has seen, the entity has known the way. Then apply self.
63. First, analyze thyself. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Know that a smile will rally many to thy cause, while a frown would drive all away.
64. Ready for questions.
65. (Q) How have [T...] and I been associated?
    (A) In the experience before this, [T...] was thy footman.
66. (Q) What problems are we working out? What may I do to help the problem?
    (A) As the experience indicates, - do not DO too much. Rather BE in that position to be the helper when needed. DO NOT push or advise, but listen.
67. (Q) [T...] and I quarrel and are unhappy with each other the greater part of the time -
    (A) (Interrupting) Would it not be expected, considering the positions?
68. (Q) This distresses me and I don't know what to do about this lack of understanding.
    (A) Be patient!
69. (Q) Are we mated? Should we continue our relationship as lovers with the purpose of marrying, or would it be better to break our relationship?
    (A) As indicted, listen - be patient. Do not urge or push too much. Do not be hasty in breaking off relationships. For, it is better to trust one heart and that deceiving, than doubt one heart which if believing would bless thy life with TRUE understanding.
70. (Q) If it would be wise for [T...] and I to continue to go together as sweethearts, how may I make for a more peaceful and harmonious understanding between us?
    (A) Listen - listen! Do not push too much!
71. (Q) Is it indicated that I should marry during this incarnation? If so, when and where will I meet the person?
    (A) Not until near the thirtieth birthday.
72. (Q) I would like to have a business of my own. As a financial venture would it be advisable and could I be successful by opening a business, such as a dress shop? If so, when and where?
    (A) This as we find would be an EXCELLENT venture for the entity. First, associated with such activities, - not as a partner, but as one learning, gaining all of the activities, see? and then in the present environs, present surroundings, it would be well.
73. (Q) In what field of work am I best suited?
    (A) Anything that requires data, detail - or patient activity.
74. (Q) What is my purpose and am I living a Godlike life so that I may reflect God and bring happiness to everyone?
    (A) Read what we have given. For, as indicated, there has been much - MUCH - accomplished - and there is much to be accomplished. Be not hasty in thy choices, but know it is not by might, not by power, but by the trusting wholly in Him.
75. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. See 2448-1, a Physical Reading.

REPORTS

1. 7/22/41 She obtained a Ck. Life Reading in re the dress business venture - See 2448-3.
2. See Gina Cerminara's book, The World Within, 1957, pages 178-185, using Miss [2448]'s case as example of karma, etc.

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