This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 15th day of May, 1944, in accordance with request made by self, Miss [5091], Active Member of the Asss'n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Gussie W. Millaway, Stenos. Born July 17, 1900, in York, Pennsylvania.

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1. GC: You will have before you the entity [5091], born July 17, 1900 at ..., Pennsylvania, who is now at Hotel ... Room 503, ..., Pennsylvania. The entity seeks a Mental and Spiritual Reading with information, advice and guidance dealing with the development of psychic faculties and the meeting of problems arising in the mental and emotional life of the entity. You will answer the questions, as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes. In analyzing the mental and spiritual entity:
3. First the entity should study well the ideals and purposes of self as related to the entity as a whole; that is, analyzing each period of the entity's manifestation in the earth and what the entity did as respecting the ideals which were and are a part of the entity's activities in that period and in the present.
4. For, mental and spiritual guidance should be related to what an individual entity chooses as its ideal, and what it will or should do about that ideal, not ideas but ideals.
5. In choosing and in analyzing self and the ideal, do not merely carry these in mind but put them, as it were, upon the paper in a manifested form. Write PHYSICAL. Draw a line, write MENTAL. Draw a line, write SPIRITUAL.
6. Put under each, beginning with the spiritual, (for all that is in mind must first come from a spiritual concept) what is thy spiritual concept of the ideal, whether it be Jesus, Buddha, mind, material, God or whatever is the word which indicates to self the ideals spiritual.
7. Then under the MENTAL heading write the ideal mental attitude, as may arise from concepts of the spiritual, in relationship to self, to home, to friends, to neighbors, to thy enemies, to things, to conditions.
8. Then write what is thy ideal spiritual, mental, material. What is the ideal material, then? Not of conditions but what has brought, what does bring into manifestation the spiritual and mental ideals. What relationships does such bring to things, to individual, to situations?
9. Thus an individual entity analyzes itself.
10. Then set about to apply the knowledge ye have attained, for ye will get ideas and that ideal. Ye may change them from period to period, as ye study them over. For as ye apply them they become thy ideals. To be just as theories they do not belong to thee, they are still theories so far as thy personal being is concerned. It's the application of same that counts. What do they bring into thine experience? These are well if ye will apply them.
11. Ready for questions.
12. (Q) For years I had the feeling of not being wanted. However, I had a strong belief that there was a definite job for me to do, but recently, even though I am supposed to be in definite Light guidance, I find an indifferent and doubting attitude cropping up (not in God, but in myself). What is wrong?
    (A) These, as we find, in analyzing thyself as to thy feeling, are a reflection of how or what ye have felt as to conditions, or as to individuals, or as to places. But as ye have applied them in constructive, creative thinking, or creative activity, these feelings disappear. For the ideal in its last analysis will find God alone, or Christ manifesting God should be the answer to each. But don't begin with those. Let them be, in thy own experience, the answer in that, as ye apply self for Creative Forces, ye will grow in grace, in knowledge, in patience. For it is in patience, as the Master of masters gave, "ye possess your souls."
13. (Q) I have been given a keen sense of perception of people's abilities and failures - how can I overcome being impatient with persons who are slow on the "pick-up?"
    (A) First learn to be patient with self. For as ye analyze these ideals ye will come first to this as a concept: What would have been thy end had God grown impatient with thee? It is the manner in which ye treat thy fellow man, whom ye would teach, whom ye would direct, with whom ye would work. This is the manner ye would have thy God treat thee. For thy prayer should ever be: "Lord forgive me, as I forgive my fellow man." And then how forgiving will ye be? Just as forgiving as ye desire the lord to be who can forgive as the image of the God in thee can forgive: When ye grow impatient ye know ye are minus just that much of Godliness. Thy self-righteousness has come between thee, and thy selfishness has overcome thee.
14. (Q) How can I best learn impersonal love (in the broad sense?)
    (A) Stand aside and watch yourself pass by. Analyze thine own self and ye will find the whole of the commandments are bound up in one. "Love ye one another, even as I have loved you."
15. (Q) What must I do to gain spiritual insight and vision?
    (A) We have been telling you that for the last twenty-three minutes. Just do that.
16. We are through with this reading.

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BACKGROUND

1. See 5091-1.
2. A Life Reading was also given 5/13/44. All questions submitted for this reading at end of 5091-3.

REPORTS

1. 5/19/44 Letter: "Thanks a million, and then again, another million for all the marvelous readings. I wish I could adequately express my feelings about same; they are mixed, a feeling of overwhelming gratitude to you and your co-workers, and to the powers that be for permitting same to come through. My only regret is that I am so terrible, but I will strive to the best of my ability to do His bidding, for my one desire is to do His will. Regarding the Physical Readings... Am sorry I can't express to the fullest my deep appreciation, and hope that I may learn to see my fellowmen through the eyes of Christ, walk more closely in His way."
2. 9/21/44 Letter: "Although my health has improved, I am in a quandary about the Spiritual Reading of May 15, and how to go about setting down my ideals spiritually, mentally and physically, and I am wondering whether I could have a Check Reading on this particular phase, for I want to come into the awareness of Christ - consciously - more than anything else in the world... You will never know fully what knowing you and your works means to us. Thanks for everything."
3. Note: For further comments, etc., see final reading [Check Physical, 5091-4].

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