This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 31st day of December, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [3209], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc. Contact: [1246] and There Is A River.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Harmon Bro. Born April 8, 1892, 8:00 P. M., in LaFayette, Indiana.

TEXT

1. GC: You will give the relations 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: And what changes the next year brings for this entity!
3. Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [3209].
4. In giving the interpretations of these, much might be given. For the entity is one of those souls that have felt, through the greater part of the experience, as if it were always being stepped upon, squelched by those whom the entity knows latently and deeply within self, and so far as intelligence or position is concerned, are not equal to the entity in its abilities.
5. Yet the entity is one who is capable of bringing much joy, much help into the lives of many.
6. One who has ever been very much interested in children and their welfare, and yet will never have any of its own.
7. In the experience, then, the entity has most to meet in its own self in creating by those activities of just being kind, patient, longsuffering, gentle, showing brotherly love, showing forbearance, and showing consistency most of all in its desire to bring joy in the experiences of others.
8. Never let it be said of the entity, then, that it is one who might always be giving advice for children because it never had any of its own, but rather let the entity so live and act that whenever and wherever it gives the least opportunity the children will of themselves flock to the entity for counsel and advice. And it will come to pass, if the entity will adopt such policies as just indicated; not as one seeking some special honor or glory for self, but one that may find in so doing that it is contributing to the welfare of its own neighbor, its own community, in such measures and manners as to make the entity's own community one of the loveliest in the State, yea in the country.
9. Let it be active in those things to interest such groups among those of the younger generation, pertaining to handicraft work, drawing, building, painting and the like, and - especially for the teen-age - sentence structure in word, in story, in book construction. For in these directions the entity, with a little application of its latent and manifested abilities, may contribute much to many.
10. In analyzing urges astrologically we find Venus, Jupiter, Mercury as the ruling forces in the entity's experience. Hence the constant seeking for love and its manifestation, its beauties, its sorrows, its sadnesses. For many an individual entity those things that are of sorrow are the greater helps for unfoldment, as the entity has experienced in some of its disappointments.
11. Thus apply self in the more universal manner as indicated in Jupiter and through love in its proper distribution, in its proper emphasis in the life of the young, and there may come the greater joy and help. Never as the meddler but, as indicated, so act towards the young that with the least opportunity they will be about thee, seeking what thou hast to give of an awakening to their relationships to Creative Forces or God.
12. Take time, then, to do this.
13. As to the appearances in the earth, we find these quite varied in activities.
14. For in the experience before this during the early settlings in the land, the entity was among the natives, in the name Wen Chow.
15. The entity sought friendship, love, in those with whom the entity was associated, and was rejected because of activities in those particular environs during that particular period of service. Yet the entity remained in that frame of activity. While in the greater portion not considered other than a servant, we find that in the abilities indicated in weaving, basket making, woodcraft, and in many ways the entity contributed to the welfare of the community throughout its sojourn.
16. Throughout that period the entity gained, and yet this brings loneliness often in the present experience.
17. Before that the entity was in the Holy Land when the Master walked in the earth, among the children once blessed by the Master at those periods in the teaching in Bethsaida by the sea.
18. The entity never forgot, yet never forgave those who brought strifes and turmoils into the experience because of those very crowning activities of the entity's experience.
19. Thus there are confusions at times in body, in mind, as to the relationships with others. These are parts of the entity's experience, though the entity through that sojourn was only sixteen years of age when it passed from that stage of activity through the persecutions brought and because of the activities necessary. For the entity in the attempt to preserve its life lost it.
20. Before that the entity was in the land of Algiers, when there were the preparations for activities in the Egyptian land for the banishment of the Priest.
21. It was then the entity's privilege to become associated with those activities in Abyssinia. Thus the entity was drawn to the activities in Egypt. With the associations of Atlanteans and Natives there were differences in thought and purpose, yet the entity succeeded in becoming one in authority over the training of the young in purposeful uses of their lives in relationships with material things.
22. The name then was Ussara.
23. Before that the entity was in Atlantis when there were the periods of the first upheavals and the destructions that came to the land - as must in the next generation come to other lands.
24. The entity was among the children of the Law of One, yet persecutions brought fears and doubts. These have been a part of the entity's experiences in the present.
25. Then the name was Unko.
26. As to the abilities of the entity, then:
27. The entity, as indicated, may contribute much in the activities in the earth in associations especially of young folks, and in their preparation for activities.
28. Find self. Prepare self and find self making application in those directions for bringing joy, peace and harmony into the experience.
29. Ready for questions.
30. We are through for the present.

    Copy to Self
    Copy to Ass'n file

REPORTS

1. 5/07/51 Lydia J. Schrader Gray's letter to HLC while on a lecture tour: "You should visit Mrs. [3209]'s home. It is beautifully decorated - in Chinese furniture. Wonderful chests, lamps, pictures, vases, boxes, etc. She must have been a royal Chinese at one time. Charming hostess... Her mother has been paralyzed for 23 years! What a karma she is paying."
2. 8/16/51 Reply to questionnaire:
   1. Do you still have a copy of your Life Reading? Now a 2nd copy. 2. How many times have you read your Life Reading? (If many times, give approximate number.) 6. 3. Did you read it to or with someone else and, if so, what was the relation of the person to you? Yes. Friends. 4. Have you given a copy of your reading to anyone and, if so, what was the relationship to you of that person? A friend, who lost it. 5. How recently have you read your Life Reading? Last 5 minutes. 6. In what respects do you feel that your Life Reading was (1) true, (2) false, (3) correct, (4) imaginary, (5) hocus pocus, (6) inaccurate, (7) incomplete, (8) trivial? Cannot answer. 7. Do you believe in a reincarnation of the soul and, if so, why? I feel it is quite reasonable. 8. What is your idea or concept of Karma? Is it (a) a state to which a people aspire, (b) a state to which an individual aspires, (c) an environmental influence, (d) a hereditary influence, (e) something you yourself have done or thought or left undone and unthought in a previous incarnation? ? 9. Have you in any respect consciously changed your (1) vocation, (2) thoughts, (3) actions or reactions toward others as a result of your Life Reading? ? 10. Assuming your life to be no casual accident or experiment, do you have nay new or different concept as to the purpose of your life as a result of your Life Reading? No. 11. Have you ever systematically or otherwise set apart any part of your day, week, month or any other period of your time for introspection or an examination and analysis of your inner self (and we do not mean writing in a diary) as suggested in your Life Reading? If not, why not and, if so, are there any results measurable to you? Too pressed by circumstances. 12. Do you regard your vocation, whether it be as laborer, supervisor, manager, official, engineer, lawyer, doctor, housewife, mother, or what not, as the dominant force in your life or do you look upon you vocation as an agency through which you can the better fulfil your purpose in this life? ["vocation as an agency..." was underlined.] 13. How in your opinion, can our Association best carry on the work of Edgar Cayce and the good for which he stood? ? Please bear in mind that the above questions are primarily for the purpose of stimulating thought. May I suggest that you comment on each paragraph of your LIFE READING. This offers the opportunity to bring out the "finer" points of the reading.
   Your reading starts off with the comment "And what changes the next year brings for this entity!" Do you feel that this was a correct statement? [No response]
   What type of changes came about? [No response]
   Is it true that you have "ever been very much interested in children"? YES.
   Do you feel that your reading gave you the "key" to a more useful activity, as well as bringing "peace within"? It confirmed.
   To what extent have you become active in working with 'teen-agers? Have you found this a satisfying experience? My life is devoted entirely to care of invalid mother - paralyzed 24 years.
   Do you feel that your greatest unfoldment has come to you through disappointments and suffering? Yes definitely.
   Any other items that you feel would tie in with your development and the information given you in you life reading, would be most helpful to have.

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