Reincarnation & Karma. Edgar Cayce

common principle is presented. Now, we have had, then, the reincarnation of an elemental principle into that as is materialized before the material forces in earth’s plane into the form of an elemental condition. Again we find through this same elemental condition—water—we begin with the first forms of life. First those of the nature without body, without the elemental forces of even propagation. Again these grow into that form of able to move and begin then to multiply, by the division, forming then the first cell forces. In cell forces, then, we have taken on the first principle of the beginning of that as is seen in the evolution of an ideal in that brain force or center. Hence we find reincarnation, resuscitation, and that of the re-inhibition [re-inhabitation?], becoming a portion of those very conditions as the first principle in same, or the very first experience in same, to the body mind of [900], presented in this.

       Reading 826–8

       Q: Must each soul continue to be reincarnated in the earth until it reaches perfection, or are some souls lost?

      A: Can God lose itself, if God be God—or is it submerged, or is it as has been given, carried into the universal soul or consciousness? The soul is not lost; the individuality of the soul that separates itself is lost. The reincarnation or the opportunities are continuous until the soul has of itself become an entity in its whole or has submerged itself.

       Q: If a soul fails to improve itself, what becomes of it?

      A: That’s why the reincarnation, why it reincarnates; that it may have the opportunity. Can the will of man continue to defy its Maker?

       Reading 956–1

       Q: What will convince me of reincarnation?

      A: An experience.

       Reading 452–6

      Q: What part of New Testament definitely teaches Reincarnation?

      A: John. Six to eight. Third to fifth. Then the rest as a whole.

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       Insightful Past-Life Readings by Edgar Cayce

       Text of Reading 342-2 M 48 (Unemployed Executive, Protestant Background)

      This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Va. Beach, Va., this 29th day of May, 1933, in accordance with request made by self—Mr. [342], Active Member of the Ass’n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

       PRESENT

      Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mildred Davis, L.B. Cayce and E.B. Lindsley.

       READING

      Born September 4, 1884, about 7:00 A.M. in Schultzville, Pa. Time of Reading 4:15 to 5:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. . . . , Ill. (Life Reading Suggestion)

      EC: Yes, we have the entity and those relations with the universe, and universal forces—that are latent and manifested in the personalities of the entity now known as [342].

      In entering, we find the astrological influences that are innate (or the inhibitions of the entity) and those from the appearances, or experiences through the earth, have those been somewhat opposed one to another.

      Hence there would be, only from an astrological aspect, some very varying presentations; yet their influence being inhibitions—and the entity’s development rather of the intuitive influences, a great deal must be considered for the information given to be of a value to the entity in the present experience.

      Coming in the present experience, then, from those influences in the combination of Jupiter and Uranus, there are rather the exceptional abilities for the entity to retain in self that which may be called knowledge, or learning; or that which may be termed the ability to correlate experiences of others in such a manner as to make them valuable to self. Not that the entity would be termed one easily influenced by group or mass thought, yet the entity—being not too credulous, not too incredulous—has the ability, through its intuitive influence that may be exercised (from Uranus), to weigh or judge well as to how a matter is presented as to its value in practical application in the experience of a body.

      Hence the entity may be termed, from this experience, as an individual who would be a good organizer in any field of endeavor; and, as we find, one that would make exceptional progress in the present experience in the field that is known as industrial or commercial—or cooperative—insurance; though the entity’s efforts to the present have been little in this field of activity, yet this—as we find—would offer a field that would make for the opportunity for the abilities to be used that have been innately builded in the entity’s inner self, with the possibilities of making for self—in the present experience—a place that may be an enviable one in this field of endeavor.

      Also from Venus’ influence we find the entity is one that, in the acts of everyday affairs, is considerate of others; one with a high sense of honor, of justice, of those feelings that may be experienced by others with whom the entity may have personal or group experience.

      Hence the entity is one capable of making friendships easily, yet choosing from same those who may be—in the mental and material fields—of the greatest advantage; though not advantageous to the entity’s activities; for, with the sense of honor, with the thought of others, the entity is not inclined to take advantage of another, whether in social, in moral, or in commercial relations one with another, and at times has been called an individual not hardboiled enough for his own good; yet if the efforts and activities—as we find—are expended in the right direction, this characteristic, this ability to express the personality, the enthusiasm that the entity is able to work itself up to on any proposition—either mental, spiritual or material (if convinced of the sincerity, the plausibility and possibilities), may be expanded upon by the entity in such a manner as to produce enthusiasm in the efforts of those with whom the entity may surround self in any endeavor.

      The entity, from the combination of these astrological influences, is one that is a very good judge of human nature; being naturally—from Uranian, Jupiterian and Venus’ influence—an analyst in every act; and judging from those activities the entity may gain in this experience, though he has lost—as will be seen—in many an earth experience.

      From these astrological influences that affect the body in the present, we find these as both individual and personal aspects of the entity:

      One that is a student in any field in which the entity finds an innate or mental interest; and these turned toward those of the mental body, as well as commercial influences.

      One that remembers dates, periods and activities, through associations of those things that deal with the response individuals make to some proposition, some term or turn, some experience, in their own life.

      In this also we find one that is capable of directing groups. One not so much as the leader of mob force or influence, but as an executive influence in correlating the mental activities of groups.

      One that finds some little details that become as hobbies to the entity, in gathering about self things that to others have—and to self has—little commercial value, yet a great deal of sentiment attached to those things that the entity holds or keeps rather as hobbies in the entity’s experience for diversion in the varied fields of activity.

      As to the appearances, then, and their effect upon the entity in the present experience, in drawing a comparison for an entity, here we find a condition that may be