Edgar Cayce Readings, 3486-1

Time and Place: 10:50 to 11:15 A. M. Eastern War Time. ..., N.J.

TEXT

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:
EC: - '30 what a change in attitudes - '20 expectancies and anxieties.
Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [3486].
The extremes to which this entity has gone and may be expected to go in this experience will only be governed by the choices the entity makes. For the abilities to be a helpful influence either towards good or bad are very evident in the whole life story in the present, and in many of those records that are viewed here at this time.
In giving an interpretation of the records as we find them, these we would choose from same with the hope and desire that this information may be a helpful experience for the entity; enabling the entity to better fulfil the purposes for which it entered this present sojourn.
True, we would magnify the virtues and minimize the faults. And it will be dependent upon the judgements, and who would do the judging, as to whether that would be well balanced or not.
Know that no entity enters a material experience by chance. Souls are purposeful in their seeking, and it is ever for self or for the glory of the ideal. If the ideal is self, though many channels may be used, it is still self-exaltation being sought. For the will is the that gift of the Creator, enabling a soul to be one with God - or in its own wisdom or own foolishness - to destroy its own self. In indicating the urges as they apply in this particular entity's experience, we find that these arise not as sometimes astrologically applied but rather as the experience of the entity in those environs. For it is within the realm of the earth's solar system that these urges are taken. It is according to the variations in environments. If one is educated in this or that direction, one becomes attuned to that vibration.
Here, then, we find:
Mars - and there's plenty of good anger at times in the experience of this entity, and a very active individual.
Mercury brings one high minded, and may rise to both fame and fortune. But consider well what you would do with it.
In Jupiter we find a universal consciousness, in which the entity - combined with Mars and Mercury - sometimes becomes very sure of self, yet going against the wishes of others.
We find Venus in afflictions with Mars as well as Uranus. And when extremes meet - it has so often occurred in the experience of this entity - there are explosions on the part of somebody, mentally or physically or both.
As to the application of self through the sojourns in the earth, these necessarily may be brief, but the entity should apply self according to the application made in the Roman experience, as well as in the periods when the entity acted in the capacity, as one of the judges in the journey from Egypt to the Holy Land. Study those activities well, and remember to read and apply the 19th chapter of Exodus and the 5th verse. Know indeed, that shall be the basis of all thy undertaking. For as the promise is there, to each and every soul, do His biddings and ye will be a peculiar people - to those that seek their material ways.
Before this the entity was in the land of the present nativity during those early settlings in the land. In the Mohawk Valley area were the activities of the entity, among those acting as counselors. For the entity was a school teacher, as well as the wife of the miller to whom all peoples came.
Then in the name Mary Dalmar the entity had quite an active experience, and passed judgements to - or counseled with - many individuals through those trying periods; not only when there were hardships from the marauders or the Indians but during those periods when there was not as much care as there might have been in preserving the supply of the land.
These bring to the present experience of the entity a sense of saving that we don't find in very many women - this sense of the kind or character of savings. Also there are the abilities as a very good reporter, very good in detail; but rather extreme in its judgment of character, because of its own ideas of what constitutes morality.
Before that the entity was in the Roman Land, in the opposite sex, being a representative of a spreading empire in other lands; acting in the capacity, of a representative of the government and yet being a representative of the people with whom the entity worked. This was in those areas now known as Libya, and those peoples the entity served well. For the sense of Justice, as to the meaning of the relationships to be established between those to be governed and those governing same, was a part of the entity's application - as Alamack. The entity gained, and gained in favor in the own land as well as among the people with whom the entity labored.
Still there comes the sense of justice, the sense of law; but, as indicated in Mars, it makes the entity an awful enemy to some people, and woe to them whom the entity dislikes!
These we would change, according to the law of judgment as indicated in the experience before that.
For the entity was among those peoples that journeyed from Egypt to the Holy Land, when there were those chosen to act in the capacity of the judges in the various tribes.
The entity in the name Abarther, of the tribe of Asher, was among the first to comply with those judgments at Sinai, when the records and the laws were given to the peoples in that particular land. The entity kept those judgments through the period, being among those that were also helpful to Joshua before the entering into the promised land.
The entity was not among those who entered in, but those who paved the way for helpful forces during those preparations for same. This gives the entity in the present experience very peculiar ideas concerning political favors, but it will be hard for the entity to be a machine person. Yet it will be necessary in the experience, if the entity would comply with the rules, especially in those areas from which it may seek such honors. Change rather the ideals of thy constituents, and you'll mean much as their representative.
Before that the entity was in the Egyptian land when there were those tenets being rebuilded with the return of the priest to active power in the religious phase of a disturbed land, both in political and religious views.
The entity then was among those wives chosen as caretakers for the young, when there first began the establishing of the homes.
And these will be a part of the entity's activities in its choice as representative of the people, for institutions, schools and the like, as the care for same. These stress in thy experience, not only as a reporter but as a representative of the people. For as ye do it unto the least of thy brethren, ye do it to thy Maker. In thy activity stress the care and attention to those in penal institutions, in the weak-minded, in the schools of correction, in the higher education - if ye would contribute at this time to the welfare of thy state, thy nation, thy brothers. For who is thy brother? He that doeth the will of the Father.
Let thy yeas, be yea and thy nays be nay in the Lord, and let everything be done in decency and in order.
Ready for questions.
(Q) What has been the reason for the experiences I have had for the past 25 years?
(A) You are just meeting yourself. As ye meted it to someone else, it is being meted to you. What do you think of it?
(Q) Have I measured up to the test put to me, and what am I meant to do in the future?
(A) Judgments can only be in self. What is set as thy ideal? For nothing passes judgment. "Neither do I condemn thee" has ever been the word of the Master - before whom we must be judged as individuals. For the way ye treat others is the way ye will be treated. Be patient, and in patience ye will find your soul.
(Q) Shall I take action in the courts for a legal separation from my husband?
(A) Let it be the action of thine own mind, not from here.
(Q) Am I likely to stay well and healthy enough to work in order to take care of myself?
(A) As ye sow, so shall ye reap - in body, in mind, in spirit.
(Q) If the present incumbent of the 13th N. J. Congressional district retires after her twenty years of service, should I be considered for her post, to try to promote a national consciousness of the need of saving our boys and girls from confinement in state penal or correctional institutions for minor offenses which might be adjusted in a community program?
(A) It would be well if you prepare yourself, but don't make a worse one.
(Q) How and what shall I do to obtain the gift of inspirational writing, in order that I may make more money to spend in educating a worthy boy or girl, or a tired mother with small babies?
(A) Read that indicated in the 5th verse of the 19th chapter of Exodus. For all power comes from and through that source.
(Q) Should I remain alone, without the companionship of some worthy man interested in the same things that I am?
(A) Again the choice must be in self. You're quite wilful yourself, so that you'll have a hard time living with any man when you have been a man so many times yourself! But choose thyself.
We are through for the present.
Copy to Self
Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

7/05/43 [3486]'s letter [In answer to EC's making the appointment for her Life Rdg. She had written Tom Sugrue a letter of appreciation for the book, THERE IS A RIVER.]:
I had a letter from Mr. Sugrue which caused much merriment. He said he was greatly surprised to find a reader [of There Is A River] in Jersey City as he felt Jersey City was composed of a group of wild Indians living at the end of a tunnel.
Mr. Cayce I am most interested in your work and at mass yesterday I lit a candle and prayed that God would give you strength to carry on.
Sincerely, [3486]
11/10/43 [3486]'s letter to EC:
Mr. Edgar Cayce Association for Research and Enlightenment Virginia Beach, Virginia
Dear Mr. Cayce:
It was a distinct privilege to hear your very fine talk Tuesday evening in the Psychology Forum and the simplicity and sincerity in your remarks which will always remain with me. I was one of the fortunate persons who got in early enough to get a seat in the first session. I do not know who planned the meeting but they certainly should have had a larger hall for such a well known man.
Mr. Cayce you have given hope to men and women who are trying to do their best and who by your inspiration and help will do better. My reading is Nov. 22, and briefly let me tell you my history in order that you might be able to help me.
May I also ask for applications for membership in your organization and for life readings for my two sons. Please forward the applications as soon as possible. (Stamps are enclosed)
May God bless you and give you health and strength to carry on your very fine work for his honor and glory and for the glory of mankind.
Sincerely, [3486]
[3486]'s letter: I was the child of poor parents, and had an invalid mother who died when I was thirteen. At 17, I married a fine young man but without any sense of responsibility. Two children were born of the marriage, [...] now 26, serving in the Army Intelligence and [...] 24, a medical student. We did not get along, we were both young, my husband being 20. We were separated a few times, I had to go to work coming here to the ... almost 23 years ago. Now that I am older I know that I expected more from my husband than he was capable of doing and that our set of values were different. I would be living with him yet I guess, if he did not leave me when the boys were very small. I have worked hard and educated both of them. They are fine young men. I helped my husband also. He has a fine job through my efforts.
My father who could have helped me did not but I tried to help him by helping to keep his home for several years before he died. My interest and only interest outside of my newspaper work has been to help people. To get employment, clothes, food, or to do anything I could at any time to help anyone who needed help of any kind that I was prepared to give. I have always felt sorry for the boy or girl who got into trouble with the police and who were sent to correctional or penal institutions. In my own city I have always helped boys and girls, and worked voluntarily in a program designed to save boys and girls from lives of crime. In 1936 I was instrumental in having the state legislature organize a state commission for the study of delinquency and have been the secretary of the commission. My work has been to interview girls and women in the state correctional and penal institutions. In 1939 I was named supervisor to the girls in the ... Special Service Bureau of the Board of Education for the handling of problem girls and I have sincerely tried to do a good job and to attempt a total job on each and every girl.
In my reading may I ask the following questions: What has been the reason for the experiences I have had for the past 25 years? Have I measured up to the test put to me, and what am I meant to do in the future? Shall I take action in the courts for a legal separation from my husband? Am I likely to stay well and healthy enough to work in order to take care of myself? If the present incumbent in the 13th N.J. Congressional district retires after her twenty years of service, should I be considered for her post, to try to promote a national consciousness of the need of saving our boys and girls from confinement in state penal or correctional institutions for minor offenses which might be adjusted in a community program. How and what shall I do to obtain the gift of inspirational writing, in order that I may make more money to spend in educating a worthy boy or girl, or a tired mother with small babies? Should I remain alone, without the companionship of some worthy man interested in the same things that I am?
Please Mr. Cayce help me in order that I may help others.
Sincerely, [3486] P.S. At the time of my reading I will be in the office of the ... working and and will pray as much as it is possible.

REPORTS

12/07/43 [3486]'s letter to EC:
Dear Mr. Cayce:
I am just coming out of a trance after reading that very fine analysis of my life and words fail to express my thanks and real appreciation. I think twice now before I speak and I know my entire life will be influenced by that reading. I find that I am changing as the result of the reading and I am sure I will continue to change my thinking in many respects because of the philosophy and truth you have expressed to me. May God give you health and strength to prosper in your work.
I am proud to be a member of your organization and hope you will forward me two application blanks for readings for my two sons. With thanks and appreciation, I remain,
Sincerely, [3486]
9/20/68 She requested a copy of her Life Rdg., saying: "I just talked with Mr. Stearn and he tells me it is possible for me to get a copy of the reading I had from the late Mr. Cayce. Mr. Sugrue was a friend of mine and he interpreted my reading for me. He believed I had the opportunity in this incarnation to be very good or very evil which he said was surprising because there was no in between...
"I enjoyed THERE IS A RIVER and THE SLEEPING PROPHET and the books by Miss Cerminara and Ruth Montgomery. I look forward to the privilege of visiting Virginia Beach."
9/29/68 She wrote expressing thanks, saying she wanted to start attending Sat. or Sun. classes at A.R.E. Center in N.Y., saying: "I remember meeting Mr. Cayce and Mr. Hugh Lynn Cayce at Tom Sugrue's apt. in the N.Y. hotel. Looking back I am glad I did not take the opportunity to run for Congress when it was offered, but used my time and talents to be of service to college girls...
"May you [GDT] be blessed with good health to continue your work."