Before this the entity was closely associated in activities
with one known as William Penn, and thus came into this land,
thus there has been and is a feeling of this entity for the
principles manifested or expressed in the declarations made
by those individual groups when they began their efforts and
activities among the natives of the new land. Not as the
tenets of the brethren, or Quakers, as called oft, but the
principle of freedom, the principle of worship, the principle
of treating the brother as you would have the brother treat
you, applied in every phase of individual associations. For
the entity has learned the lesson well, "As ye would that men
should do to you do ye even so to them."
These were the principles in activities there. Then the name
was David Rodgers. Then entity gained, and yet there was
ever the desire that others come to the land. And innately
and manifested in the present experience of the entity there
is ever the feeling, the warning, the desiring that others
whom the entity knows as friends, as foes, to enjoy,
to experience something of that peace which is ofttimes
found in self. These are innate. These are manifested.
In the present activities, then, just keep in that way ye
have chosen, stressing more and more the first things first.
Know thyself and thy relationships to thy Maker, and as ye do
to others so will it be meted to thee. These stress in thy
dealings as an official. These stress in thy dealings with
thy fellow man, as a personal relationship. Keep in that
way.
Before that the entity was in the Holy Land, when the Master
walked in the earth. The entity was among those that were
oft in the Master's presence, yea one of those commissioned
or sent out with the seventy.
The entity was then advanced in years, being among those
elders sent out in the second period of activity.
Hence that feeling oft in the present for those that are
sick, those that are bereaved, those that are distressed
in mind or in purpose. The entity's kindness of words,
gentleness of speech, the entity's very manner has
brought quietude when others have failed.
The entity has oft belittled these abilities within self.
Yes, of self they are naught. But in the doing, in the being
of that which is ever in the Way, ye walk in the way even as
He walked. Just being patient, just being kind, just showing
brotherly love, ye manifest His love until He comes again.
And ye may be sure ye will be among those who will meet Him
in the Way.
The name then was Joel.
Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land during those
periods when there was the returning to the worship that had
been established by the Priest.
The entity acted in the capacity as one to whom many people
turned while the Priest was in banishment. And with the
patience, with the fortitude of the individual, the entity
equalled or even surpassed the authority manifested by Ra in
that activity. For the entity entered then into the activity
of carrying on the more gentle manner in which there was the
showing of patience and persistence in dealing with those
who were persuaded, or who were ordered by the King or
the Priest, to offer themselves as the channels for the
preparation of the new race.
For the entity then kept quietness, tenderness, those things
that builded homes - when that phase of the activity, in the
latter part of the Priest's experience - brought the greater
hope to the peoples of that day.
The name then was Larr.
As to the abilities of the entity in the present that to
which it may attain and how:
Just keep thy face to the light, my son, and the shadows will
fall far behind. Let that which has prompted thee guide thee
in thy daily life. For as He sent thee into the earth among
thy fellow men in the days of yore, so may ye in the present
in thine own gentle manner direct others, by precept and by
example, into the way of the Cross that leads home.
Ready for questions.
(Q) Are there any particular mental faculties or aptitudes
that should be given special training?
(A) The spoken word and the touch of the hand for those that
are worried, those that are distressed, those that are ill.
(Q) What are the lessons to be learned from the past, and
how should they be worked out in present day associations
and relationships?
(A) Just as indicated that in whatever position ye may
occupy in the material plane you CAN be a messenger of
hope from the Master, even Jesus the Christ.
We are through.
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BACKGROUND
GD's note: On his membership application he indicated he was
unmarried and had no religious preference.
9/29/43 [
3347]'s letter:
Dear Mr. Cayce,
Referring to your letter of 15th June intimating 1st November
for a reading and mine of 18th accepting that date, as things
are developing it is likely that I shall be travelling on
that date or may possibly be in another country. Does this
make any difference?
I have no special questions, except that it would be useful
to hear if any particular mental faculties or aptitudes
should be given special training and what are the lessons
to be learned from the past, how they work out in present
day associations and relationships. But with your long
experience, you will be aware of the points most useful
to be investigated.
Yours sincerely, [
3347]
10/29/43 [
3347]'s letter:
Dear Sir,
In reply to your letter of 26th inst. I shall as mentioned
in my letter of 21st be in my apartment ... Avenue this city
on 1st November at the time of the appointment. I think
I mentioned in a previous letter the class of information
that would be useful, namely tendency and trend of previous
incarnations and of the present one; whether there are any
faculties to which special attention should be paid for their
development; any advice as to entering into touch with the
Higher Self; and as to being useful to friends and to people
generally. Any advice as to the inner purpose of my contacts
with intimate friends would be useful.
With many thanks,
Yours sincerely, [
3347]
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