by the activities, by the thoughts, by the purposes, by the desires in the present—then it is well to change! But think on these things in that way which has been here opened, at least, to thee.
(Q) Would it be possible for me to find emotional satisfaction and contentment here?
(A) It is! For He hath promised, “I will be all things!” This does not mean, nor indicate, nor signify that ye are to become a recluse, or that ye are to forget the joys of the material world! These ye look upon, these ye enjoy—but not as the end of thy joy, of thy purpose! For how did He give? Not as of old, as they who shut themselves away; but in their laughter, in their sorrows, in their joys, in their pleasures did He join. He ate, He drank, He lived among them—in such ways and manners that all—whether they were of the street or in palaces—were blessed by His very presence.
And so may the life of thyself be in this material plane! For there be no group, no individual that may not be blessed by thy very presence with same—if He, thy Lord, abides in thy heart, thy purpose, thy desire!
(Q) Is it this emotional conflict which is the basic cause of my headaches?
(A) This is only a contributory cause to the effect. As has been indicated, we find that there is a physical body with its attributes—some of these, the attributes of the physical, are deflected to be sure by the emotional upset. But there needs to be the physical corrections made, and a balancing in the mental attitudes, in the mental approach to not only the body of self but to the relationships of self to other bodies. And know that each body is a temple of the living God, and thus is holy! Desecrate it not!
(Q) Should I take injections of vaccine recently made from cultures? Would it help to cure headaches?
(A) We would not—until the suggestions as we have indicated have been given a thorough test, a thorough trial; with thy body, thy mind attuned to a purpose, a desire, a hope that is holy before thy own conscience and before thy Maker.
As ye take the Radio-Active Appliance, that is to quiet, that is to unify thy mental and thy physical emotions, let this be the manner of thy meditation, thy prayer, but in thy own words:
“O Father, God! Let my body, my mind, be opened to the beauties of thy purposes with me! Let it be as a shining light before me!!!
“Create within me a new revelation! Renew the righteous spirit within me!”
Not only say that but see it, know it is taking place! and ye will find thy life, thy purpose—yea, thy friends, thy foes, thy brethren will grow and grow in beauty before thee; and Life—as the expression of the Father—will not only become more precious but more beautiful, because of all the beauty and joy and love and hope that is thine—if ye will but embrace it!
We are through for the present.
TEXT OF READING 1947-3 F 31
(Piano Teacher, Protestant)
This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 4th day of September, 1939, in accordance with request made by the self—Mrs. [1947], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.
PRESENT
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. [1947].
READING
Time of Reading 3:30 to 4:30 P. M. Eastern Standard Time.…, N.C.
GC: You will have before you the body and enquiring mind of the entity, [1947], present in this room. You will give a mental and spiritual reading for this entity, advising her especially at this time regarding the development and expression of her own psychic abilities for service to others and her work as suggested by a previous Reading through this channel. You will answer the questions which she presents, as I ask them:
EC: Yes, we have the body, the enquiring mind, [1947], present in this room.
In giving an interpretation of the mental and spiritual abilities, and the use to which such may be put, it is very well—first—that there be indicated for the entity the premise from which such information may be given.
The body finds itself Body, Mind and Soul; the body with all its attributes, with the mental and material and physical desires and emotions; the mental with its hopes and fears, its aspirations and desires; the spiritual with its longings, its wonderments, its interpreting of the emotions of physical and mental being.
These, then, in the light of all that has been indicated, should be analyzed, and then the premise from which the ideal is to be drawn; and how same works with the entity as an entity.
It has already been indicated in the information given that the entity has abilities in certain directions, partaking of the mental and spiritual or soul forces; as well as much to be met in the physical emotions.
Mind is the builder; it is both spiritual and physical, and thus has its aspirations, its limitations, its fears, its hopes, its desires.
To determine, then, whether the emotions or influences which arise from one experience to another are from purely a mental aspiration of a physical desire, or from a spiritual aspect and hope in its relationships to the things desired of self, comparisons need to be drawn for the entity as to how, and in what manner judgments or choices are to be made.
The body finds itself Body, Mind, Soul; just as seen in that after which it is patterned—Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
In the choices, then, it is seen that each of these phases of spiritual experience finds its own place of activity, as illustrated in the entity's experience in materiality.
The spirit moved—or soul moved—and there was Light (Mind). The Light became the light of men—Mind made aware of conscious existence in spiritual aspects or relationships as one to another.
The mind in the entity becomes aware of longings, innate in the inner self; also the arousing of emotions in the physical attributes of the body—just as indicated as to how these came into being; as self is a part of Creative Forces or God, Spirit, the Son. These are one. The body, mind and soul are one. Their desires must be one; their purposes, their aims must be one—then—to be ideal.
What, then, has this to do with the entity in its seeking for the use of its own abilities in the psychic, the mental, the material atmosphere in which it finds itself in the present?
There are laws, then, as govern the physical, the mental, the spiritual body, and the attributes of each of these. The abuse of a physical law brings dis-ease and then disturbance to the physical organism, through which mental and spiritual portions of the body operate.
There are also promises, warnings, and governing forces, as has been indicated, for the physical and the mental and spiritual being—as given by those forces and influences which manifest in the material world as respecting each of these.
As the Mind indicated, “I and the Father are one; he that abideth in me as I abide in the Father hath eternal life.” Not will have, not may have, but hath—now—is in eternal consciousness of being at a onement with eternal
