Reincarnation & Karma. Edgar Cayce

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      Does fire burn the soul or the physical body?

      Yet, self may cast self into a fire element by doing that the soul knows to be wrong!

      What would make a wrong and a right? A comparison of that the soul knows its consciousness to be in accord or contrarywise with, in relation to that which gave it existence.

       Q: Are not transferred memories misappropriated by individuals and considered to be personal experiences?

      A: Personal experiences have their influence upon the inner soul, while disincarnate entities (that may be earth-bound, or that may be heaven-bound) may influence the thought of an entity or a mind.

      But, who gives the law to have an element to influence, whether from self or from others? That same as from the beginning. The will of the soul that it may be one with the first cause.

      In the material, the mental, and the spiritual experience of many souls, many entities, it has been found that there be those influences that do have their effect upon the thought of those that would do this or that. Who gives it? Self!

      Just as it is when an entity, a body, fills its mind (mentally, materially) with those experiences that bespeak of those things that add to the carnal forces of an experience. Just so does the mind become the builder throughout. And the mental mind, or physical mind, becomes carnally directed!

      The mind is the builder ever, whether in the spirit or in the flesh. If one’s mind is filled with those things that bespeak of the spirit, that one becomes spiritual-minded.

      As we may find in a material world: Envy, strife, selfishness, greediness, avarice, are the children of man! Longsuffering, kindness, brotherly love, good deeds, are the children of the spirit of light.

      Choose ye (as it has ever been given) whom ye will serve.

      This is not beggaring the question! As individuals become abased, or possessed, are their thoughts guided by those in the borderland? Certainly! If allowed to be!

      But he that looks within is higher, for the spirit knoweth the Spirit of its Maker—and the children of same are as given. And, “My Spirit beareth witness with thy spirit,” saith He that giveth life!

      What is Life? A manifestation of the first cause—God!

      Q: Explain, in the light of reincarnation, the cycle of development towards maturity in individuals.

      A: As an individual in any experience, in any period, uses that of which it (the soul or entity) is conscious in relation to the laws of the Creative Forces, so does that soul, that entity, develop towards—what? A companionship with the Creative influence!

      Hence karma, to those disobeying—by making for self that which would be as the towers of Babel, or as the city of Gomorrah, or as the fleshpots of Egypt, or as the caring for those influences in the experience that satisfy or gratify self without thought of the effect upon that which it has in its own relation to the first cause! Hence to many this becomes as the stumblingblock.

      It is as was given by Him, “I am the way. No man approaches the Father but by me.” But, does a soul crucify the flesh even as He, when it finds within itself that it must work out its own salvation in a material world, by entering and re-entering that there may be made manifest that consciousness in the soul that would make it a companion with the Creator?

      Rather is the law of forgiveness made of effect in thine experience, through Him that would stand in thy stead; for He is the way, that light ever ready to aid when there is the call upon—and the trust of the soul in—that first cause!

      Has it not been given that there is an influence in the mind, the thought of man, from the outside? Then, would those that have lost their way become the guides and both fall in the ditch? Or would the soul trust in the Way, and the Light, and seek in that way that there may be shown the light?

      What caused the first influences in the earth that brought selfishness? The desire to be as gods, in that rebellion became the order of the mental forces in the soul; and sin entered.

       Q: What is the strongest argument against reincarnation?

      A: That there is the law of cause and effect in material things. But the strongest argument against reincarnation is also, turned over, the strongest argument for it; as in any principle, when reduced to its essence. For the law is set—and it happens! Though a soul may will itself never to reincarnate, but must burn and burn and burn—or suffer and suffer and suffer! For, the heaven and hell is built by the soul! The companionship in God is being one with Him; and the gift of God is being conscious of being one with Him, yet apart from Him—or one with, yet apart from, the Whole.

       Q: What is the strongest argument for reincarnation?

      A: Just as given. Just turn it over; or, as we have outlined.

      We are through for the present.

       Text of Reading 5749-14

      This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 14th day of May, 1941, in accordance with request made by the self—Mr. Thomas Sugrue, Active Member of the Ass’n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

       PRESENT

      Edgar Cayce; Hugh Lynn Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Thomas Sugrue and Gertrude Cayce.

       READING

      Time of Reading 4:10 to 4:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time.

      HLC: You will have before you the enquiring mind of the entity, Thomas Sugrue, present in this room, and certain of the problems which confront him in composing the manuscript of There Is a River.

      The entity is now ready to describe the philosophical concepts, which have been given through this source, and wishes to parallel and align them with known religious tenets, especially those of Christian theology.

      The entity does not wish to set forth a system of thought, nor imply that all questions of a philosophical nature can be answered through this source—the limitations of the finite mind prevent this.

      But the entity wishes to answer those questions, which will naturally arise in the mind of the reader, and many of the questions, which are being asked by all people in the world today.

      Therefore the entity presents certain problems and questions, which you will answer as befits the entity’s understanding and the task of interpretation before him.

      EC: Yes, we have the enquiring mind, Thomas Sugrue, and those problems, those questions that arise in the mind of the entity at this period. Ready for questions.

       Q: The first problem concerns the reason for creation. Should this be given as God’s desire to experience Himself, God’s desire for companionship, God’s desire for expression, or in some other way?

      A: God’s desire for companionship and expression.

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