This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 29th day of May, 1943, in accordance with request made by themselves, Mr. [2533] and Mrs. [2390], Associate Members of the Ass'n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. [2533] and Mrs. [2390].

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1. GC: You will have before you the enquiring minds, present here, [2390], born near ..., Georgia, August 24, 1910, and [2533] born in ..., Va., December 22, 1904, together with the information in their past readings. Considering their desire to build together and better fulfil their purpose for entering at this time, you will give such information as will be helpful in attaining to their ideal. You will answer the questions that may be asked:
2. EC: Yes, we have the entities here, [2390], [2533]; and that which has been indicated in the experience of each entity.
3. In giving that as may be helpful or beneficial, there are many conditions that should be taken into consideration; especially that premise from which such information may be attained.
4. All entities, - as these two entities, - meet for a purpose. As to whether their ideals are the same, in the meeting, does not depend upon the attraction they may have one for the other; rather upon what they have done about their ideal in their associations one with the other in varied experiences, or in some definite period of activity. Whether these have been for weal or woe does not prevent the attraction.
5. Thus, whether that attraction is to be for the advancement or the undoing of something in themselves depends, again, upon what is the ideal of each.
6. As we would give, then, - the premise is that ideal to which each should in the present opportunity LOOK, HOPE, BE!
7. There is one ideal, - that which manifests in the earth in the Christ-Jesus. THAT should be every entity's ideal, - physically, mentally, materially.
8. What was His application of His spiritual ideal, thy spiritual ideal?
9. He thought it not robbery to make himself equal with God. So He made himself of no estate, that He might thereby save the more.
10. How may this apply in the present experience of these individuals?
11. Are they to make themselves of no estate? Rather, is it not as He has given, in the application of that as the ideal?
12. Know thyself, then, to be as a corpuscle, as a facet, as a characteristic, as a love, in the body of God.
13. THAT is the ideal spiritual, the ideal as applied in the mental. Not as to be all-wise. For, wisdom was that breach between spirit and flesh. And that used to gratify an appetite of the body sets or puts the body above the spirit.
14. Thus, as He made himself of no estate, thy wisdom, thy knowledge is ALL in Him. Is it to be used to give the better facet, the better characteristic, the better love of the Father-God in thy relationships with thy fellow man?
15. There have been experiences in the earth that prompt the individual entities to seek to know their relationship, - one couple out of a hundred and thirty-seven million that seek to know how they may use their knowledge, their understanding, to the glory of the Father as manifested in the Christ!
16. This of itself sets them apart. But, does it create in the mind of either the thought of there being a special dispensation, or a special gift? NO! It is the thought of that as may be gained in the mind, in the body of each, by the fact of the desire.
17. The desire does not indicate that it is fulfilled in either. But it does indicate that they have set their face to the light.
18. What is light? Even Jesus the Christ!
19. What is the knowledge? All knowledge, all power, has been given into His keeping. For He IS the light, He IS the way, He IS the truth, He IS the power!
20. They that seek to use same will find, as He has given, "If you love me, ye keep my commandments. And my commandments are not grievous, rather that ye love one another, even as I have loved thee."
21. Thus there may be light; not by preaching in thy experience, not by the lording over others, but rather by BEING that which has been indicated in the experiences of each.
22. Thus may ye make for a feeling, an awareness, of the presence of power, the presence of beauty, the presence of patience, the presence of kindness; and, as the complement to same, brotherly love, understanding, the awareness of strength, the awareness of continuity of thought, of life, of hope, of those things that are but expressions of that power which is manifested in the life of Jesus, the Christ.
23. What brings this, then, to the material experience?
24. It is as the leaven, as He gave. Not that there is to be sounded a cymbal or a drum, or a laudation of any character, but rather in meekness, in gentleness, LIVE that influence! not only in thy relationships one with another but let that leaven as of the Father-God manifested in the Christ work in the heart, the mind, of those ye meet day by day!
25. Thus ye will find peace as He has given, that peace not as the world knoweth peace, but that peace which comes from the awareness of the presence and of the promises of the Christ, that He has chosen thee as a messenger, as a light, as a haven for many - in the hour of stress, in the hours of disturbing forces; that ye may give that strength, that blessing to others in His name.
26. For, remember, as has been given, "Jesus we know. Paul we know. Who are ye, speaking in the name of?"
27. Then beware that ye stumble not, nor grow faint in well doing. For in the knowledge that there is a mission, - yea, that a star hath risen for thee, - WORK, DILIGENTLY! in spirit, in mind, in body! And He, as His promise has been, will not leave thee comfortless, but will come and will abide with thee!
28. Ready for questions.
29. (Q) What is the meaning and significance of the words Jesus and Christ as should be understood and applied by these entities in the present?
    (A) Just as indicated. Jesus is the man, - the activity, the mind, the relationships that He bore to others. Yea, He was mindful of friends, He was sociable, He was loving, He was kind, He was gentle. He grew faint, He grew weak - and yet gained that strength that He has promised, in becoming the Christ, by fulfilling and overcoming the world! Ye are made strong, - in body, in mind, in soul and purpose, - by that power in Christ. The POWER, then, is in the Christ. The PATTERN is in Jesus.
30. (Q) Outline and explain a method or technique of effective prayer as to apply the laws of increase and to overcome the laws of gravity by these entities.
    (A) As ye are in and under, and apply laws, ye become the law. As He applied the law, - that is, as Jesus, the man, that is in relationship to thyself, - as He applied the law He made Himself equal with the law, by becoming the law. No doubt, no fear, no animosity, no self - but selfless in God's purpose. This overcomes the law as related to all phases of materiality, including gravity, including supply, including ALL phases of the experience in the earth.
31. (Q) Explain repentance and remission of sins as they apply to us.
    (A) Repentance means being sorry, as He, as He wept with the young man who turned away when he was told, "Sell all thou hast and give to the poor, and follow me." He was sorry for the young man. Why? As He gave, "Thou art not far from the kingdom of God." In other words, "Thou art not far from being wholly the law," but the fear of lack, the fear of the lack of the medium of exchange - or of wealth - hindered.
    As in thine own experience - in these two - the desire to know His biddings, realizing there is a purpose that is a union of strength in each, is as that same question asked by that man. The sorrow was not of the man but of Jesus, who became the Christ.
    Repentance, then, is "Not my will but Thine, O Lord, be done in me, through me, day by day."
    Then, let the prayer of each be - three times each day - agree upon a time - not merely say it, but feel it, be it:
    "LORD! THY WILL BE DONE IN ME, TODAY. LORD, THY WILL BE DONE IN ME TODAY."
    Then, as ye go about thy daily tasks, in associations with others, let thy words, thy acts, thy thoughts, be ever, "LORD, THY WILL BE DONE IN ME TODAY."
    This does not mean that there is to be long-facedness, but JOY - even as in Him when He wept with those that wept and rejoiced with those that did rejoice; even supplying the wine, even of greater flavor and potency than the bridegroom was able to supply.
    He was ALL things to all men. YE, under His direction, by that constant prayer, may be - daily - all things to all men. Thus will each soul be GLAD, be JOYOUS, in thy coming, and sorrow at thy going.
32. (Q) Explain enlisting the aid of the angels and its spiritual and material significance to these particular entities.
    (A) Every experience is an assurance. And as He has given, Behold the face of the angels ever stands before the throne of God; the awareness in self that thou may be one with, equal with, the Father-God, as His child, as the brother of the Christ, thy Savior, thy Brother. And as the awareness comes, it is as the angel of hope, the angel of announcing, the angel of declaiming, the angel that would warn, the angel that would protect. For, these are ever as awarenesses, as consciousnesses of the abiding presence of that "He hath given his angels charge concerning thee," by that very desire that "LORD, THY WILL BE DONE IN ME TODAY."
33. (Q) Give a practical formula to multiply gasoline mileage in automobiles without injury to the mechanism.
    (A) This would require the application of the physicist in experimentation with the manner in which the mixture of gas of varied content may be applied with air. This would come not under spiritual but material things.
34. (Q) Give these entities the principle and technique of conscious telepathy.
    (A) The consciousness of His abiding presence. For, He is all power, all thought, the answer to every question. For, as these attune more and more to the awareness of His presence, the desire to know of those influences that may be revealed causes the awareness to become materially practical.
    First, begin between selves. Set a definite time, and each at that moment put down what the other is doing. Do this for twenty days. And ye will find ye have the key to telepathy.
35. (Q) In the book YOUR FAITH IS YOUR FORTUNE, is Neville's commentary on the twenty-third Psalm accurate?
    (A) It is for Neville, but not for [2533] not for [2390]! For, as the prayer, as the 23rd Psalm is, "The Lord is MY shepherd," not Neville's, not anyone else's, but "MY shepherd." That is, "I AM THE LORD'S, for I hear His voice, heed His call."
36. We are through for the present.

    Two copies to Selves
    Copy to Ass'n file

REPORTS

1. 10/03/43 He referred his sister, Mrs. [3257], for her Life Rdg.
2. 11/20/43 See wife's reading 2390-9, Par. 21-A--23-A in re past and present relationships with [2533].
3. 4/17/44 [2533]'s ltr. to EC:
   Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Letterhead) Home Office, Columbus, Ohio
   Dear Mr. Cayce:
   Here is some "bait" for the sponsorship fund.
   In expecting others to contribute to this fund I believe that the active members should first look to their own activity in this direction and determine if they have given in accordance with their financial ability to give.
   This fund is of the utmost importance and should be supported by every interested person whether he or she can afford one dollar or a thousand dollars.
   We must seek the assistance of the Father-God through Christ in Whom we are, we move, and we have our being.
   The best of luck and health, [2533]
4. 5/03/44 He obtained another Life Reading - See 2533-8.
5. See Source File Key #2533 for YOUR FAITH IS YOUR FORTUNE by Neville Lancelot re 2533-7.

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