There is also Mercury, which is well. The entity has a
temper of its own and this is well, for it gives a strong
body, a strong mind and strong convictions which are well
for those who would accomplish. It also, as does the
Atlantean, gives the extremes, as is indicated in the
Jupiterian, and dependent upon the choices made as to its
ideals, the entity will either make a wonderful success
or a miserable failure. Just don't condemn self nor others
for failures. But look to Him, who is the source of
strength, of power, of might and in the beauty of service
do thy choosing, not condemning, choosing as to
relationships, as to activities, as to associations, as
to choices. For WILL is the one great factor, making the
entity individual as is indicated in the present, and don't
grow out of this. Thy personality, thy individuality
coordinate. Keep them so. Learn the beauty of grace, of
mercy, of love in its simplicity. Keep it in those manners
in which it is, as is the latent urge, that which will make
the choices to be of a help to those who are physically,
who are mentally, who are in every manner lacking in that
might as to cause them to become discouraged; and give that
strength even as He taught, that he who would be the
greatest, who would be the loveliest, he who would be the
closest to the Father-God is the servant, is the helper, is
the lover to those who have lost their way, who wander in
the shadows, who find little light in disappointment, who
are discouraged by the little things in a full life and yet
are so vital to the keeping of the balance in one's
experience in the earth.
Thus the admonition is: Lose not sight of thy Maker and
as to how He is the strength, the pattern, the life, the
light, the hope, the strength to lean upon at all times.
Find this in self, know thy body is indeed the temple of the
living God, and as the Master has promised, "I stand at the
door and knock, open and I will enter." He opens not the
door without thy choice, without thy answer, without thy
heeding, without thy hearing, without thy listening for that
call and answer and He will bring to thee the desires of thy
heart.
As to the experiences in the earth, these have been quite
varied. While all may not be indicated here, these as given
will show, will indicate the pattern that thou hast chosen
where there have been growths; where there have been those
periods of retardments; where there have been those periods
of standing still or standing aside and watching the world
pass by:
Before this we find the entity was in the land of the
present nativity, in the periods when there were turmoils
among brethren in a land torn because of the ideas rather
than ideals. Some were selfish; some were beautiful; some
were absurd. Yet it put brother against brother in a land
chosen for the awakening of the earth; and of a world which
must soon come to pass when it is to America of which the
entity is justly proud, even as then, if being an American,
yea of being a Southerner. These were parts of the
consciousness of the entity, and may the entity again add to
that awareness of those who were ill, and thus as a nurse or
as a physician of an advanced school, or as a technician.
Such may be the activities of the entity.
The entity was then in the name of Florence Farnswurth.
The entity helped to nurse many an individual back to
life, giving strength, giving help at those places called
Chancellorsville.
In the experience the entity gained, it suffered in mind,
yet gained in the aid, for it found that the hearts of those
who sought home were both in the north and the south. And
it was home and mother and God that each boy sought; not
revenge, not hate, not malice, but love of home, of quiet,
of heaven. These the entity learned. Hold fast to these
in thy experience as ye prepare thyself either as a
technician or as a nurse or physician in this experience.
Before that we find the entity was in that land when the
Master walked in the earth, when there were those periods
of activity in the Holy City. The entity knew the Master
best on the day of triumphal entry. For it was in front of
the entity's home that the ass, upon which the Master rode,
was tied. Then to have been even associated with that which
brought for the Son of God, the Savior of Men, the hope of
the world a physical comfort, a physical manifestation of
Kingship, of Lordship, brought to the entity the opening of
the light, of the light of the eyes of the Master.
Thus we find the entity one particularly interested in
people's eyes and how they may affect or how they show the
mood of an individual. These are portions of the
consciousness of the entity.
The entity served with those who aided in preparations
following the crucifixion. Not known with the Holy Women
but as a helper to the disciples and the Apostles. The
entity was well acquainted with Judas, Thomas and with
John the Beloved. For the entity was then among those who
gathered, as it were, help from the experiences of these
Apostles and Disciples as they administered with the Master.
In the name then Duors.
In the experience the entity gained, for it kept close to
helpfulness to those who were in need from many of the
activities, being among those who were later, by James and
Peter, given charge, with Philip and Stephen, of the
ministering to the needs of the visitors. And here again
we find innate in the experience of this entity as to how
careful it is to visitors wherever they may be, whether in
home, in a party, in an activity wherever it may be, the
entity looks out for others. Keep those as parts of thy
consciousness, thy activity.
Before that we find the entity was in that land now known
as the Grecian land when there were those activities in which
music, art, sculpture, and things which pertain to the
satisfying, the gratifying of individual habits, individuals'
purposes were the developing forces in the experience, but
the entity was sent on a questionable mission. For it was
chosen by force to be among those who were to be sent to the
"city in the hills and the plains" and thus Aster, the
entity's name, was brought with the activities in its
cunningness, its beauty, its activity. Coming, though, under
the influence there of the teacher Uhjltd, the entity first
became as a nurse in the places for the indigent, for the
old, for the sick, and ministered nature's remedies with
mind and hand, and thus as has been indicated, as a nurse, as
a technician, as an advanced physician or of the technician
school, as in electronics or electro-therapy or of such
administrations, may the entity succeed the best.
Before that we find the entity was in the Atlantean land
and the entity was among those who were the princesses of
the Atlanteans. Holding to the activities of the children
of the law of one when there were those disputations and the
sons of Belial were using the spiritual ideals for material
gains, came the divisions and the destruction. The entity
was among those, however, who changed to the land now known
as the Peruvian or Incal land and the entity was still as a
princess of her peoples and set about to make for the
activities and the worship of one God. These were the
experiences of the entity where there were those rebellious
forces again for self-indulgences, self-gratifications, and
not until there had been those establishings of associations
or communications with those in the Egyptian land was there
peace brought in the experience of the entity's activities.
In the name then Asklaa.
As to the abilities of the entity, then, that to which it
may attain and how:
As has been indicated, first find self. Lose not hold of
many of those little things, of the spiritual things, of the
ideals, of the purposes, but know self's relationship to
same. Then apply self in those fields of service. For
whatever is chosen, a home as well as a career may be had
by this entity.
Do keep sweet in the relationships with others.
Ready for questions.
(Q) How may the mother [
3374] best help in making the
preparation for the life's work?
(A) In seeing there is kept an equal balance, especially
in those two influences which so influenced the experience
of the entity. The study of character, the lack of finding
fault and of keeping the Christ-Consciousness as an awareness
of the purposes in the earth.
(Q) How may the mother best guide this entity in spiritual
developments?
(A) As has just been indicated, in patterning judgments
after the promises; remember the promises of the Christ.
(Q) What is the best environment for this entity?
(A) This the entity must choose. As to places, its own
environment is well.
(Q) Since babyhood, the mother has been perplexed as to
what food is best for this entity. What caused this
condition?
(A) We haven't the physician [physical] condition but feed
the entity oft the foods which were the basis of the foods
of the Atlanteans and the Egyptians - corn meals with figs
and dates prepared together with goat's milk.
(Q) At this age of adolescence would a physical check-up
be necessary?
(A) Follow through with that indicated, it will be well.
(Q) What is the musical ability of this entity?
(A) These are very good. A technician much better; a
nurse or physician better still. These should be parts of
that which answers to the consciousness of the entity.
(Q) What is the life seal and color and musical note?
(A) Make it, rather than those expressed outwardly. These
were not made in Peru.
We are through with this reading.
Two Copies to Mother
Copy to Ass'n file
Two for indexing
BACKGROUND
Born
8/25/31 in Virginia; resides Virginia.
6/08/44 Mother's questions submitted in addition to those
at end of 5257-1. "(1) What relation is the entity to
aunt [...], her father and mother [
3374]."
REPORTS
10/03/49 Mother's reply to questionnaire: "I am sorry to
say that so far I have been unable to get [
5257] interested
in the work her reading so plainly gave her to do. Have
let her read it over and over; have talked it over with her.
She says she cannot believe in it and does not feel it to be
true. [
5257] is now in college studying something far from
the work the reading said she could succeed in. However, she
is young and must choose what she will do with her life. I
can only pray and wait and help her as best I know."
1/13/52 Mother's reply to questionnaire: "There isn't much
I can give you on my daughter's reading because the things
asked in her reading I have not been able to do for her.
Have given it to her to read but so far she says she doesn't
believe it has anything whatsoever to do in her life, so you
can see how it doesn't give us much to give you. The
questions about her food etc., were of no help, because have
not been able to use them at all. She is not choosing the
work that the reading says she could best do, and her field
is art; she doesn't seem to be at all interested in any point
the reading suggested to her. At the time she is approaching
21 years, and will be through her college work this June. So
I pray to God she will find her place and serve as she has
in her past life."
See Source File Key #5257 for Solar Chart re 5257-1.
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