This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 14th day of June, 1944, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [5251], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by the article in Coronet Magazine.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Jeanette Fitch, Stenos. Born January 30, 1893, near Fredonia, Benedict, Wilson Co., Kansas.

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: Yes, we have the records here of that entity now known as or called [5251].
3. In giving the interpretations of the records, there are many phases of latent and manifested urges which are to be considered. There should have been such suggestions made for the entity some ten years ago, and by now we would have had an exceptional activity for this entity.
4. Yet the entity should not become discouraged. Know that whatever job you have to do, it's the most important thing in the world for your own development just at this time. Approach the activities, then, of the daily life with that attitude - not that it has to be boasted of, and not that you will allow it to become routine - to be sure it is in a manner just daily rote, processes through which one goes in keeping records of certain individuals, examinations and activities, but consider how helpful the entity may be by the slightest suggestion now and then and find each individual an unusual body, just as you are yourself.
5. For ye are curious, not curious in the sense of wanting to hear gossip, but curious about places, the unusual things, that the entity would desire to know more about. The entity might well, indeed, have set itself to discover and to indicate as a study, as a helpful force for others, the curiosities of the world. This not merely of a pig with two feet, nor of a man with one eye, or of such monstrosities, but mental processes.
6. For the entity's interest in psychic influences, psychological processes, the activities of the mind, the study of the mind, or those things which the entity might have, or may yet, if it will become more interested in what it is doing, lead to those very fields of activity. For the entity, while interested in these, is not foolish but scientific and yet tenderhearted; not foolish in the sense of being carried away by something out of the ordinary. These, then, are the characteristics latent and manifested.
7. Thus, "humdrum" of just the same thing day after day; go to work at "nine", quit work at "five"; go to the same places; see the same thing; seek the same questions; do the same things, all becomes drudgery, but change it. Let each individual who is approached, let each experience, let each day be a new thing, a new opportunity to learn more, to help more. And then do write, and let your imagination run wild, and you will find you can make just as interesting a life experience as ye desire to make it. They may be called extravagant stories, may be called mysteries of mind, may be called the unusual or whatever the curious, or what not. But ye can make it worthwhile. Do it!
8. And do it by making the job that ye must fill for the duration, interesting to you and the best filled position in the hole service, and you'll find your life changing to an interesting experience, something which will be most interesting. As a secretary for some research organization that deals with unusual things, there might become a helpful experience for the entity, and the entity would contribute something that very few individuals would be able to contribute.
9. As to the experiences in the earth, these have been quite varied and as we shall see the pattern and while all will not be given, these may indicate as to how the activities have been and why certain urges latent and used are portions of the entity's consciousness.
10. Before this we find the entity was in the activities in the far west. Thus, California, and the various mysteries are interesting and it would be very well for the entity to consider that as a place of greater activity.
11. But the entity was chosen as the individual by men, lots of men, whom they could trust; and from this very experience the entity mistrusts most men. For it learned men - not too well - but so well as to know their faults and their idiosyncrasies.
12. In the experience the entity was the keeper of the records for this very unusual group in mining, and activities which had to do with the expanding of the groups of this entity's activities.
13. In the name then Lulu Sollee, the entity gained mentally; the entity halted, it did not gain spiritually, it gained materially.
14. Thus, we find in the present experience every individual trusts the entity. Few ever question the ability of the activities of this entity.
15. Before that we find the entity was in the English land during those periods when here were those questionings as to the relationship of church and state and the rebellions of the common peoples, and the entity was among those who were sent as teachers, and ministers to keeping certain provinces, as it were, in line.
16. Thus the entity was again a record keeper and quite a bit of a politician.
17. Thus the oddities of things and conditions became as a part of the entity's consciousness. In the name then Bellamay.
18. Before that we find the entity was in the Persian and Arabian land and when there were those activities in the "city of the hills and the plains". The entity acted in the capacity of finding the unusual in the varied groups of people who passed to and fro through an oasis in that period of activities.
19. In the name then Saaim, the entity was a reader of sands, of stars, of unusual happenings, and these things become a distant consciousness.
20. For the entity has lacked in caring for this urge because of criticism.
21. Before that we find the entity was in what is now known as the Egyptian land, during those periods when there were those rebellions in the land. The entity was the companion of one of those judges or ministers to whom the activities of the land, in their various places, were divided. The entity was then the companion to the one of whom the face of the sphinx was made. This was in the second period of that preparation, and thus he was the chief counselor to the young king [[953]?].
22. The entity found more interest in the unusual things discovered by the excavations or researchers, than it did in what was going on at the time.
23. Thus again records or the ability to write and the unusual were portions of the entity's experience. In the name then Il-Do-In.
24. As to the abilities of the entity, then, that to which it may attain and how: First, find thyself, thy spiritual, mental and material ideals.
25. As a teacher; as a writer; as a searcher or researcher in occult, psychic or unusual things, may the entity through the manners indicated, make this experience yet most worthwhile.
26. Ready for questions.
27. (Q) How may I best direct my nephew G. E. O. in following a worthwhile course of activities toward his future?
    (A) We haven't G. E. O. We have the associations in the experience in Egypt and these bring for a companionship in which there my be direction given, but we haven't the personality of G. E. O.
28. (Q) Is there anything I can do to help him toward a constructive life?
    (A) Help yourself, and you'll help him.
29. We are through with this reading.

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BACKGROUND

1. 10/28/43 Letter: "Through circumstances over which I do not completely understand, I find myself in a helpless situation in regard to my position. I need some advice right now. My whole life's work is at stake and I don't know what to do... I purchased "A Search for God", and found it the greatest source of help that I have been able to secure. The chapter 'Faith' was written especially for me, and has given me fortitude, made me drop my fears and served me as an armor to ward off some blows that might otherwise have left me with a feeling of defeatism; ...I need advice and guidance. It seems to me that my life has been fashioned for some work that hasn't been accomplished yet, and I feel that I have some work to do. Perhaps this difficulty is placed at my door to correct some evils, which many others have attempted to correct but have failed... In my position, I came to the crossroads where I had to choose the way of following the leader and persecute innocent people, or take an attack upon my own position. I am not sorry for my choice, but I want to go on from here. I hope I have told you something of what I have in my heart, even though I may not have made myself clear..."
2. 6/06/44 Letter: "My present position, senior clerk examiner with the Federal Trade Commission has become an unpleasant farce in many indescribable ways. (1) Can you suggest steps for me to take to become active in work wherein my abilities will be utilized toward worth while life work? I have had some very good experience in the government service, having 25 years to my credit. At present, my services are being wasted and my work nullified. I need help. (2) To whom can I appeal?..."

REPORTS

1. 2/21/49 Questionnaire sent. No reply.
2. 2/20/52 Comment by IMG: "No record of verbal or written contact since the date of the reading. Test mailings 6/48 and 8/49. Whereabouts unknown."

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