There are abilities. For the entity is among those who
ALMOST succeed. The entity has high ideals yet rarely is
able to attain to that desired. It has great confidence
in individuals' abilities but finds that oft, as self,
individuals fail. This is excellent in a manner, yet
never lose sight of: Let not thy judgments nor yet thy
disappointments to cause thee to become discouraged. Indeed
hardships may be a part of thy experience, and a great many
disappointments come with such ideas; but if the ideals
are set in spiritual sources the results will be good. Not
merely a choice of this or that group of individuals who
have chosen certain tenets as their beliefs or the like. For
each and every soul must find the answer to the best that is
within the entity itself. All that the entity may know of
divinity or of God, or of the universal law, is to be, may
be, can be, manifested within the entity itself.
Then it is not by this or that tenet, this or that creed,
this or that group. For remember, as given to many, think
not to attain because of thy heritage of name or because of
thy connection with some individual group. But KNOW that the
Lord is able to raise thee to that position that ye will set
as thy ideal.
Don't put away, then, those high ideals or ideas, but conform
them - and let thy judgments of them be from the ideals of
the law of the Lord, and ye may accomplish anything that ye
set thy mind and heart to do.
Thy natural intent and desire, in thy choice of friends,
is that individuals show themselves worthy of being in high
places, in places of trust, in positions of authority. These
must be practised within thine own self before ye can lend
that strength, that impetus, that spirit, to those activities
- in being the prop upon which many may lean. Ye have to
do it thyself! No one can give confidence to others unless
it is had in self, and unless the faith is in that which
is creative in itself. No one can give love without being
lovely. No one can give that strength of character without
having it first within self.
Astrological influences play such a small part in the present
experience of the entity, while the earthly sojourns play
such a large measure - but do not judge by material things.
Look on the heart and on the purpose. Know the desire of
individuals when ye would choose to help them, whether they
be young or old. Ye can be, ye may be, that upon which many
an individual in many walks of life may lean for help. Let
it not be said of thee, "If the blind lead the blind, they
both will fall in the ditch." Or let not there be the
leaning upon thee when thou art thyself as smoking flax, but
rather find self strong in the power of His might; not in
longfacedness but in happiness, in joy. Know that the Lord
will not withhold any good thing from those who look for and
who love His presence.
As to the appearances in the earth, we find: (Not all being
given, but those giving the pattern in this cycle.)
Before this the entity was in the land of the present
nativity, among the early settlers, born in the land
near what is now known as Plymouth.
Then in the name Susan Willcox the entity was a home builder
and one who prepared for the things to come, being among
those who first set the ideals for preserving, for canning,
for taking care of the abundance of the seasons so that later
the dependence might be put upon that which had been gathered
together.
Thus we find the urge latent in which the entity is ever
hoping for, ever setting high ideas, ever building for new
experiences, great things in the lives of those whom the
entity would seek to help - in mind as well as in the
material things. But don't pass judgment by material things.
Before that the entity was in the land of the present
nativity when changes were being wrought by the
activities of peoples who had entered from Atlantis.
Hence the entity had to do with the plans for groups when
new adventures were undertaken. For the entity then was
the princess of those peoples in Yucatan, then in the name
Esquarn.
In the experience the entity was oft disappointed because
individuals withdrew from the plans the entity had for
its own people. Eventually the entity gave up and
allowed itself to be led by others.
There will come those periods of troubles and
disappointments, especially in people and in things, but do
stick to that thou knowest to be correct and in keeping with
the law of the Lord, the universal consciousness; not that
particularly as the law of a land but as creative, helpful
forces ever.
Before that the entity was in Egypt when there were those
activities in which individuals were prepared as emissaries.
The entity was among those trained in the Temple Beautiful
for activities in teaching, in preparing the young for
activities of service in body and in mind.
Thus those things pertaining to scientific interests,
as well as the preservation of homes and of ideas and of
certain groups, are a part of the entity's consciousness.
The name then was Il-elarn.
As to the abilities of the entity, we find that these are
only limited according to that the entity sets as its ideal,
and according to the spirit and purpose and ideal chosen or
set forth in its activities.
Study first thyself, then. Be true to thine own ideal. Show
forth the love thou seekest to manifest in and among thy
fellow men.
We are through with this Reading.
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BACKGROUND
4/11/44 Questions submitted, which arrived in the P.M. while
her Life Reading took place in the A.M: "What will I do with
my life? Am I in the right profession; if not, what should
I undertake? How should I go about making the change? If
I am in the proper vocation, how can I best help others, and
at the same time develop personally? Do I have any talents,
and if so, what are they? Can I become more of an extrovert?
Can I become less serious? May you be blessed according to
the help and comfort you give others is my sincere wish."
4/13/44 Miss [
5007] obtained Physical Reading for
her brother-in-law, Mr. [
4080]. See preceding
correspondence in his case.
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