This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on
      Arctic Crescent, Va. Beach, Va., this 4th day of September,
      1932, in accordance with request made by those present.

      P R E S E N T

      Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
      Minnie & C. A. Barrett, Esther Wynne, Florence & Edith
      Edmonds, F. Y. Morrow, Hugh Lynn Cayce, Mildred Davis, Annie
      Cayce, Sarah & Lu Hesson, Helen Ellington, Ruth LeNoir,
      Lucille & David Kahn, Mrs. Bryant, Dr. & Mrs. Sewell &
      others.

      R E A D I N G

      Time of Reading
      3:50 P. M.

   1. GC:  You will have before you the group gathered here, and
      their work on the lesson PATIENCE, a copy of which I hold in
      my hand.  As I call each paragraph you will go over it and
      suggest any changes or additions which should be made before
      this lesson receives its final preparation for publication.
      You will also answer the questions which will be asked.

   2. EC:  Yes, we have the group as gathered here, as a group, as
      individuals, and the work in preparation of the lesson.  In
      this there is the preparation for the understandings that
      have come to each.  Ready for questions.

      (25 paragraphs - answer "Very good" to each, except 7 added
      "The illustrations as used here may be made more personal, or
      expanded upon in that manner", and 9 "Good".)

   3. (Q)  Please give a meditation for the lesson on THE OPEN
      DOOR.
      (A)  AS THE FATHER KNOWETH ME, SO MAY I KNOW THE FATHER,
      THROUGH THE CHRIST SPIRIT, THE DOOR TO THE KINGDOM OF THE
      FATHER.  SHOW THOU ME THE WAY.  [See 262-28, Par. 12-A.]

      In the preparations, then, for the lessons that may be gained
      by each that have dedicated themselves and their efforts in
      the preparation of the way, the door is through the life, the
      spirit of the life - not the man, but the spirit as manifest
      in the Christ Consciousness in the material world.  So, as
      each do manifest in their daily walks in and before men with
      that consciousness as the standard, so may the door be opened
      for that entity, that soul, to so grow and magnify that
      spirit to the glorifying of the Father, losing self in the
      service to others, that in the earth His name may be
      established forever.

      BE STILL, MY CHILDREN!  BOW THINE HEADS, THAT THE LORD OF THE
      WAY MAY MAKE KNOWN UNTO YOU THAT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR A

      SERVICE IN THIS PERIOD WHEN THERE IS THE NEED OF THAT SPIRIT
      BEING MADE MANIFEST IN THE EARTH, THAT THE WAY MAY BE KNOWN
      TO THOSE THAT SEEK THE LIGHT!  FOR THE GLORY OF THE FATHER
      WILL BE MADE MANIFEST THROUGH YOU THAT ARE FAITHFUL UNTO THE
      CALLING WHEREIN THOU HAST BEEN CALLED!  YE THAT HAVE NAMED
      THE NAME MAKE KNOWN IN THY DAILY WALKS OF LIFE, IN THE LITTLE
      ACTS OF THE LESSONS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILDED IN THINE OWN
      EXPERIENCE, THROUGH THOSE ASSOCIATIONS OF SELF IN MEDITATION
      AND PRAYER, THAT HIS WAY MAY BE KNOWN AMONG MEN:  FOR HE
      CALLS ON ALL - WHOSOEVER WILL MAY COME - AND HE STANDS AT THE
      DOOR OF THINE OWN CONSCIENCE, THAT YE MAY BE AWARE THAT THE
      SCEPTER HAS NOT DEPARTED FROM ISRAEL, NOR HAVE HIS WAYS BEEN
      IN VAIN:  FOR TODAY, WILL YE HARKEN, THE WAY IS OPEN - I,
      MICHAEL, CALL ON THEE!  [See also 262-28, Par. 11-A, 17-A,
      and 18-A.]

   4. (Q)  What should be the basis and fundamental thoughts to be
      presented in the lesson on THE OPEN DOOR?
      (A)  The Christ Spirit is the door, the truth, the way; not
      the man for, as the Father knoweth thee, so may ye know the
      Father through the exemplifying of His attributes in the
      earth.  Little by little, line upon line, precept upon
      precept, here a little, there a little, for the glory of the
      Father - not the exaltation of thine own self; for with the
      exaltation of self - or the gratifying of the desires of
      flesh - the door closes.  [See also 262-28, 16-A.]

   5. We are through.

T0262-028 * [Pg 2]

      This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on
      Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 18th day of
      September, 1932, in accordance with request made by those
      present.

      P R E S E N T

      Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
      Minnie & C. A. Barrett, Esther Wynne, Hannah Miller,
      Florence and Edith Edmonds, F. Y. Morrow, Hugh Lynn Cayce,
      Mildred Davis, Helen Storey, Annie Cayce, Sarah & Lu Hesson,
      Helen Ellington and Ruth LeNoir.

      R E A D I N G

      Time of Reading
      4:00 to 4:45 P. M.

   1. GC:  You will have before you the group gathered here, and
      their work on the lesson THE OPEN DOOR, also the outline of
      this lesson which I hold in my hand.  You will give any
      advice and counsel which will be helpful at this time, and
      answer the questions various members will ask.

   2. EC:  We have the group as gathered here, as a group, as
      individuals, and their work in preparation of the lesson,
      THE OPEN DOOR.

   3. As to the preparation of selves, the application of that as
      has been given is the manner in which the individuals become
      the door for the entering in of that consciousness of the
      Master that presents the way, the manner of approach to the
      kingdom.

   4. Then, as He has given, "I stand before the door and knock."
      Who will open?  Who, then, will become the door that will
      lead others to that knowledge, that appreciation of the
      oneness of the Son with the Father, which may be made
      manifest in the material world through the application of
      those attributes of the Son, of the Father, in the activities
      of the individual.  Who, then, has learned to be truly
      cooperative one with another?  Who has discerned self
      sufficient to know wherein self stands as in relationship
      with its fellow man?  Who has set the ideal wholly in Him?
      Who magnifies the faith in the Father, in the Son, that it
      may be counted to them for righteousness?  Who hath virtue
      and understanding, that they may magnify in their lives that
      fellowship which brings patience in the knowing of self to be
      growing in grace, in nurture and admonition of the Lord day
      by day?  He, then, it is that opens the door that He may come
      in and sup with him!

   5. The outline that is presented is well, so that it is made to

      be an individual act that opens the way, that the door may
      come to mean the access of the Son of man, the Savior, and
      the consciousness of the at-oneness with the Creative Forces
      that manifest in a material world.  James.  [James 1:1 ?:
      James 5:9]

   6. Ready for questions.

   7. (Q)  [303]:  In the reading of Aug. 7th, please explain what
      is meant by "Look not back.  Remember Lot's wife."  [262-25,
      Par. 5-A.]
      (A)  Looking to the front ever, for as one looks towards the
      light the shadows fall behind and do not become stumbling
      blocks to individual development.  Thoughts are things, and
      while the past that is passed may be used as stepping-stones
      to higher things, looking back causes one to stumble, even as
      Lot's wife looked upon that left as longing for those
      satisfying elements that made for the carnal, rather than the
      spiritual life.

   8. (Q)  In the reading of Aug. 21st, [262-26, Par. 14-A] I was
      told, "Watch that ye be not overcome."  Is there any specific
      thing of which I should be watchful?
      (A)  That there is not the looking back upon associations,
      relations, or conditions that make for the tendencies to
      dwell upon the past.

   9. (Q)  [413]:  Is there a special message that will help me in
      contributing to the lesson on THE OPEN DOOR.
      (A)  In learning the application of those lessons that have
      been given may the individual know how and the manner in
      which self may contribute to that lesson, in the application
      of THE OPEN DOOR.  Self must open the door that He may enter
      in.  Self will work at that job of bringing that
      consciousness, that awareness of His presence in the material
      and mental affairs of life, knowing that lesson must ever be
      that the spirit is the life, the mental is the builder, and
      the physical or material results are the effects of the
      application of the knowledge or understanding toward life,
      light, or the spirit of ANY effort.  So, then, measure self
      and self's efforts by that standard in Him who went about
      doing good.  Do thou likewise.

  10. (Q)  [69]:  I would like to have a message on THE OPEN DOOR.
      (A)  As the application of self to those attributes that have
      made for the awareness of that consciousness of His presence
      in the material activities is put into actual actions of
      self, so does there become the ability to open the way for
      others to become aware of that necessary in their experience
      to enter into that kingdom through that open door.

  11. (Q)  [307]:  Please explain to me, "THE WAY IS OPEN", given
      in the reading of Sept. 4th.  [262-27, Par. 3-A.]

      (A)  That there has been given in those lessons of
      preparation that which makes the consciousness of the mental
      forces of individuals the way, the manner that they, the
      individual, may open the door, and the way is ready for
      activity through the opening thereof.

  12. (Q)  Please explain "The kingdom of the Father."  [262-27,
      Par. 3-A.]
      (A)  The consciousness of His force, power, activity, in
      every element of action on the part of those who without
      thought of self have opened the way for the activity of the
      Christ Consciousness in the material world; for only those
      of material thought or material activities may demonstrate
      or bring to the consciousness of the individuals in material
      life as to what is the activity, the spiritual essence in the
      life.  Let's illustrate, then, in an everyday act of an
      individual:  As is known of all, water is a necessary element
      in the material forces for the sustaining of life in the
      material plane; hence this element often is called the mother
      of creation.  How does water, then, supply that which
      nourishes in this material plane?  Being made up of elements
      in itself that are the essence of that which may truly be
      called spiritual in itself, it gives that association or
      connection between the spiritual forces acting in the
      material elements of the earth, or material forces; hence in
      entering in the kingdom of the Father is knowing and
      following and BEING those elements that supply the needs of
      that which builds in the material plane towards the
      continuity of the spiritual forces manifest in the earth.
      So, one enters, then, through that door with the Savior, that
      brings that necessary force in the life of others, and in
      saving others saves self.  How came the Son of man the way
      that leads to perfection in heaven and in earth?  In
      overcoming the forces in nature and in earth, by giving of
      self for others; hence becoming the Savior of others becomes
      the Son and one with the Father.

  13. (Q)  [560]:  In meditation I had a consciousness of the
      Christ walking with a shepherd's rod in His hand, and beside
      Him was one lone sheep.  Again in consciousness I saw Him,
      and there were many sheep beside Him.  Is this in any way
      connected with the lesson on THE OPEN DOOR?  Please explain.
      (A)  As He is the way, and stands at the door, and those who
      hear His voice are His sheep and He the good shepherd, so may
      MANY become His sheep through the seeking to be one with Him.
      This is an illustration of that which has been given, as to
      how one who has, does, will apply those things given in the
      lessons may now open the door that many sheep may enter the
      fold, for they hear His voice and answer by name even as He
      calls, and "There are other sheep I have that are not of this
      fold," gave He, "they also will I bring and they will be one
      fold."  That as applied in self, in self's seeking with Him,

      through Him, through the door opened by self to Him; for,
      even as He gave, "I do nothing of myself."  So may we in
      opening the door with Him be one with Him in the Father, that
      we all may be one in Him.

  14. (Q)  [993]:  Would appreciate a message on THE OPEN DOOR.
      (A)  Take that thou hast in hand, that thou hast builded day
      by day, and without fear OPEN the door that He may come in
      and abide with thee; for "He that takes my yoke upon him and
      learns of me, with HIM will I abide day by day, and all
      things will be brought to remembrance that I have given thee
      since the foundations of the world, for thou were with me in
      the beginning and thou may abide with me in that day when the
      earth will be rolled as the scroll; for the heavens and the
      earth will pass away, but my word shall NOT pass away."  The
      promises in Him are sure - the way ye know!

  15. (Q)  [404]:  Can lost opportunities be redeemed?
      (A)  Nothing is lost.  Nothing is lost; we have used or
      abused our opportunities and there abide by them.  In Him,
      through Him may they be blotted out, for "Though your sins be
      as scarlet, in Him they shall be as wool.  He that heareth my
      voice and abideth in me shall KNOW no lost opportunity!"

  16. (Q)  Please enlarge on the statement:  "Through gratifying of
      the desires of flesh the door closes."  [262-27, Par. 4-A.]
      (A)  As self is a free-willed agent in a material world, with
      the birthright of the attributes of the sons of God, then
      gratifying of the earthly desires through the gratifying of
      the flesh DOES close the door to the spiritual life; for the
      closing is in self.  He is ever ready.  The spirit is ever
      willing; and one needs then to rely upon those promises, not
      in the passive, but the positive, active manner, that there
      be kept the door open that He may enter in.

  17. (Q)  What should be understood by the statement, "The scepter
      has not departed from Israel?"  [262-27, Par. 3-A.]
      (A)  Israel is the chosen of the Lord, and that His promise,
      His care, His love, has not departed from those that seek to
      know His way, that seek to see His face, that would draw nigh
      unto Him.  THIS is the meaning, this should be the
      understanding to all.  Those that seek are Israel.  Those
      that seek not, have ye not heard, "Think not to call
      thyselves the promise in Abraham.  Know ye not that the Lord
      is able to raise up children of Abraham from the very
      stones?"  So Abraham means call; so Israel means those who
      seek.  How obtained the supplanter the name Israel?  For he
      wrestled with the angel, and he was face to face with the
      seeking to know His way.  So it is with us that are called
      and seek His face; we are the Israel.  Know, then, the
      scepter, the promise, the love, the glory of the Lord has not
      departed from them that seek His face!

  18. (Q)  What is the relationship between Michael the lord of the
      way, and Christ the way?  [262-27, Par. 3-A.]
      (A)  Michael is an archangel that stands before the throne of
      the Father.  The Christ is the Son, the way TO the Father,
      and one that came into the earth as man, the Son of man, that
      man might have the access to the Father; hence the way.
      Michael is the lord or the guard of the change that comes in
      every soul that seeks the way, even as in those periods when
      His manifestations came in the earth.

      BOW THINE HEADS, O YE SONS OF MEN, WOULD YE KNOW THE WAY:
      FOR I, MICHAEL, THE LORD OF THE WAY, WOULD WARN THEE THAT
      THOU STANDEST NOT IN THE WAY OF THY BROTHER NOR SITTEST IN
      THE SEATS OF THE SCORNFUL, [Ps. 1:1] BUT RATHER MAKE KNOWN
      THAT LOVE, THAT GLORY, THAT POWER IN HIS NAME, THAT NONE BE
      AFRAID; FOR I, MICHAEL, HAVE SPOKEN!

  19. We are through.

      [GD's note:  The above reading was so powerfully given that
      many of us were moved to tears; all were touched deeply.]

T0262-029 * [Pg 1]

      This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on
      Arctic Crescent, Va. Beach, Va., this 2nd day of October,
      1932, in accordance with request made by those present.

      P R E S E N T

      Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
      Minnie & C. A. Barrett, Esther Wynne, Hannah Miller, Florence
      & Edith Edmonds, F. Y. Morrow, L. B., H. L. & Annie Cayce,
      Mildred Davis, Helen Storey, Sarah Hesson, Helen Ellington,
      Ruth LeNoir, Katherine Zvirin, Evelyn D. Ott & husband, &
      other visitors.

      R E A D I N G

      Time of Reading
      3:45 to 4:30 P. M.

   1. GC:  You will have before you the group gathered here and
      their work on the lesson THE OPEN DOOR, a copy of which I
      hold in my hand.  You will please give any suggestions as
      to changes or expansions in this data, and continue any
      further information on this subject which will aid us in
      preparing this lesson.  You will answer the questions which
      individuals will ask:

   2. EC:  Yes, we have the group as gathered here, and their work
      in the preparation of the lesson THE OPEN DOOR.

   3. In that which has been so far prepared, it would be very well
      that this be continued in the same vein or manner, but
      expressed or given in the terms for the individual, or the
      individual interpretations, that this may reach in its
      entirety the greater numbers which has been indicated is
      necessary for the greater good to be accomplished through
      the distribution of such data that is presented in such
      lessons.

   4. For those who have as yet not become contributors to this
      lesson, begin rather in the manner that has been indicated
      for each.  How does cooperation make for an attribute to the
      open door?  Cooperation, as has been indicated, is making
      self selfless in the way that the ideal of the body may be
      in that phase of experience as to be led by the Ideal; thus,
      when properly considered, becoming the opening of the door
      that He who stands and knocks may enter in.  In making self
      selfless selfishness is obliterated, that there may be the
      activity of the ideal, and being led then by the spirit of
      truth gains the understanding of the ideal in its operation
      upon the lives and activities of individuals; thus becoming
      a practical application in a material world through the
      spirit of truth that makes not afraid, but through faith
      leads on to the opening of the ways in virtue, understanding

      and patience, in which all become the more conscious of that
      oneness with the Father, so that as we are known of the
      Father so may we know the Father, thus making in the material
      activities of the mental and the conscious mind those
      channels that we as individuals, thus applying these
      necessary forces or activities in our own experience, become
      channels that the way may be known to others; thus entering
      into the kingdom of heaven.

   5. This variation differentiates the kingdom of heaven from the
      kingdom of the Father:  One is the experiences of the finite.
      The other is the glory with the Oneness in the infinite.

   6. Thus, as individuals become aware of these activities, the
      kingdom of heaven is within.  Even as He gave, not that this
      is to be attained only through transition; but through the
      consciousness, the awareness of the activity of the spirit
      of truth in and through us, as individuals, with that
      birthright of the sons of the Father; one with Him as the
      way, the truth, the light, that is shed abroad in the world,
      the earth, that we may have that advocate with the Father in
      light.

   7. Ready for questions.

   8. (Q)  What is meant by the throne of the Father?
      (A)  The approach to being wholly in the at-oneness with the
      Father, reached only through the abilities to leave the
      carnal forces and be one in spirit with the Father.

   9. (Q)  Please explain clearly the difference between the Christ
      Consciousness, the Christ Spirit.
      (A)  As the difference might be given in that which makes for
      the birth in the flower, and the flower.  The consciousness
      of the Spirit and the abilities to apply same are the
      differences in the Christ Consciousness, the Christ Spirit.

      As has been given, the devils believe, the devils know,
      individuals that may be conscious of an activity.  Those
      with the abilities to call upon, to be so unselfish as to
      allow the Spirit to operate in self's stead, are aware of
      the Spirit's activity, while those that may be conscious or
      aware of a truth may not wholly make it their own without
      that which has been given, "He that would have life must give
      life;" for HE thought it not robbery to be equal with the
      Father, yet of Himself did nothing, "but the Father that
      worketh in me, through me."

      Do thou likewise, that thou may know the consciousness of
      the Christ Spirit, and experience the operation of that
      witness, that "My Spirit beareth witness with thy spirit,
      that the Father may be glorified in you, even as I am
      glorified in the Father through you.  If ye love me keep my

      commandments, and I will abide with you.  I will NOT leave
      thee comfortless; I will make thee aware of that glory I
      possessed with the Father before the world was."

      In such a manner may individuals become aware of the Christ
      Consciousness and become one with the operative forces of
      the Christ Spirit abroad in the earth; for He shall come
      again, even as ye have seen Him go.  THEN shall the Christ
      Spirit be manifest in the world, even as the Christ
      Consciousness may make thee aware of that promised as the
      Comforter in this material world.

      Then, the Christ Consciousness is the Holy Spirit, or that
      as the promise of His presence made aware of His activity
      in the earth.  The Spirit is as the Christ in action with
      the Spirit of the Father.

  10. (Q)  Explain and expand fully the thought that the Christ
      Spirit, not the man, should be the door, the truth, the way.
      (A)  That which has been given may be used to illustrate the
      difference that may be felt by a soul that has become aware
      of itself, as the Christ, or as Jesus the man became aware
      of the Spirit of the Father through those experiences of the
      man as he "went about doing good," and at those periods when
      there was received those acknowledgements of the Father that
      he WAS the one who could, WOULD, through those activities,
      become the Savior of man.  First, as "in whom I am well
      pleased;" then as "This is my son; hear ye him!"

      In the overcoming, then, He IS the way, the manner in which
      individuals may become aware of their souls that are in
      accord with that as may be one with the spirit of truth; for
      corruption inherits not eternal life.  The Spirit is the true
      life.  Then, as individuals become aware of that ability IN
      HIM to be the way, so they become the door, as
      representatives, as agents, as those that present the way;
      and the door is thus opened; and not to the man but the
      spirit of self that bears witness with the spirit of truth
      through Him that overcame the world, thus putting the world
      under His feet.

      So we, as heirs of the kingdom, as brothers one with Him, may
      enjoy that privilege as He has given to those that hear His
      voice and put on the whole armor; that we may run the race
      that is set before us, looking to Him, the author, the giver
      of light; for in Him ye live and move and HAVE their being.
      Do ye become rebels?  Do ye find fault one with another, that
      are as self heirs to that kingdom?  Rather be in that
      humbleness of spirit, that His will "be done in earth as it
      is in heaven."  Thus do we become the children of the Father,
      the door to the way, and joint heirs with Him in glory.

      Let thy yeas be yea, thy nays be nay.  "Let others do as they

      may, but for me I will serve a LIVING God," who has shown in
      man - ALL men, everywhere - that image of the Creator, in
      that the soul may grow in grace, in knowledge, in peace, in
      harmony, in understanding.

      Be ye doers of the word; not hearers only.  Thus ye become
      the door that the WAY, the Christ, the Savior, may enter in;
      for HE IS the way, the truth, and the light.

  11. (Q)  As it was given in the last reading "Let none be
      afraid," clarify and explain the cause of fear and tell us
      how one seeking to awaken the soul forces may conquer same.
      (A)  SELF awareness, SELFISHNESS, is that that makes men
      afraid.  The awareness of the necessities of the carnal
      forces in a material world seeking their gratification.
      Know ye not that whether ye live or die ye live or die in
      the Lord?  As He gave, "If thine eye offend, pluck it out.
      If thine hand lead thee in error, cut it off."

      When one has set the ideal, and knows what the ideal
      represents, and then knows self measured by the ideal,
      one sees, is aware of that lacking or that overdone in self,
      and plucks it out, and beholds NOT the mote that is in his
      brother's eye but considers rather the beam that is in his
      own eye.

      Then, when one is set in the manners that there is fear cast
      aside by the wholly relying upon His promise, one may demand
      that to be fulfilled in that He said, "He knoweth what ye
      have need of before ye have asked," and he that trusteth in
      Him, though the heavens may fall, though the earth may pass
      away, His word faileth not; yet MEN act rather as if all
      depended upon whether tomorrow was the day of reckoning.
      Know ye not that he that watches lest his own feet stumble
      is in the way that the Father, the Son, may guide day by day?
      Not that ye would sit and wait for the morrow, but use that
      opportunity, that privilege, that birthright, that promise,
      TODAY!  Be joyous in the labor that is before thee!  Be the
      BEST of whatever position thou doth occupy; as a wife, the
      best WIFE in the whole community; as a friend, the BEST
      friend; and there is the friend that sticketh closer than
      the brother; yea, the friend that gives rather his life for
      a friend.  Ever gave ye the truths that thine brother might
      enjoy even a moment's rest in the Lord?

      Peace be to him, peace IS with them, contentment is in thine
      hand, that becomes not afraid, but trusts rather in Him.

  12. (Q)  [295]:  Please give me a message on THE OPEN DOOR, that
      I may contribute to the lesson.
      (A)  Learn first that lesson of cooperation.  Become less and
      less selfish, and more and more selfless in Him.  Be not

      afraid to be made fun of to become aware of His presence,
      that self may be a channel through which the glory of the
      Father may come unto men in a manner that all may know there
      is a glory, even an Israel, of the Lord.

  13. (Q)  Is there any message for the group as a whole at this
      time?
      (A)  Be patient, long-suffering, bearing one another's
      burdens.  Be joyous in the Lord.  Be not tempestuous in
      manner, thought, act or deed; rather SERVING in humbleness
      of spirit.  Enjoy the labors.  Enjoy those things that make
      for the unison of thought in Him, knowing ye have been
      called, and that "By HIS power I, as a member of such a
      group, called to give myself first, called that self may
      become a channel, called that I as an individual may
      cooperate with my brother EVERYWHERE in making known the
      joyous words of the Lord; "for the Lord is in His holy
      temple, let all the earth keep silent.  Who IS this Lord?
      Where is His temple?  Know ye not that your bodies are the
      living temple, holy and acceptable unto Him, would ye walk
      in His ways?

          HARK!  O YE CHILDREN OF MEN!
          BOW THINE HEADS, YE SONS OF MEN:
          FOR THE GLORY OF THE LORD IS THINE,
          WILL YE BE FAITHFUL TO THE TRUST
          THAT IS PUT IN EACH OF YOU!
          KNOW IN WHOM YE HAVE BELIEVED!
          KNOW THAT HE IS LORD OF ALL, AND
          HIS WORD FAILETH NOT TO THEM THAT
          ARE FAITHFUL DAY BY DAY:  FOR I,
          MICHAEL, WOULD PROTECT THOSE THAT
          SEEK TO KNOW HIS FACE!

  14. We are through.

      [GD's note:  Tears, silence and beautiful attunement followed
      above reading.  EC on waking had a vision during the reading,
      had to leave the room a while; said he saw each of us as we
      should be and as we are.]

T0262-030 * [Pg 1]

      This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on
      Arctic Crescent, Va. Beach, Va., this 16th day of October,
      1932, in accordance with request made by those present.

      P R E S E N T

      Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
      Minnie & C. A. Barrett, Esther Wynne, Hannah Miller,
      Florence & Edith Edmonds, F. Y. Morrow, Annie, H. L. & L. B.
      Cayce, Mildred Davis, Helen Storey, Sarah & Lu Hesson,
      Helen Ellington, Ruth LeNoir, Evelyn D. Ott, Margaret K. Kahn
      & other visitors.

      R E A D I N G

      Time of Reading
      3:45 to 4:25 P. M.

   1. GC:  You will have before you the group gathered here and
      their work on the lesson THE OPEN DOOR.  As I call each
      individual's name, you will give them an individual message
      on THE OPEN DOOR, and will then answer the general questions
      which will be asked.

   2. EC:  Yes, we have the group as gathered here, and their
      work as individuals, as a group, in preparing the lesson
      on THE OPEN DOOR.

   3. (Q)  [585]:
      (A)  In the preparation of self for this lesson, there are
      many material and mental conditions that the body must
      correlate, that there be the proper understanding of the
      open door being a positive activity for self; something to
      do, something to be done, that there be those activities in
      accord with the lessons that have prepared self for the same.

   4. (Q)  [413]:
      (A)  The visions of self's meditations DO draw to the
      consciousness of self the open door to the understanding,
      and interpretation of, activities in the lives of those whom
      the body contacts day by day.  In the actions of self, be not
      afraid to declare His walks with thee in thy meditation.

   5. (Q)  [303]:
      (A)  As there is put into activity that gained, and as self
      looks onward, upward, there comes the clarifying of the way
      in the consciousness of self.  There IS the growth in self.
      Be not weary in well-doing.

   6. (Q)  [295]:
      (A)  As those determinations in self are set in Him, as the
      door is opened that He may walk with thee, so will that
      promise as given come to mean more in the experience of self;

      for "My yoke IS easy, my burden is light.  If ye love me,
      keep my commandments, that I may abide WITH thee, that the
      way may not be shadowed by doubts or fears that make for
      faltering steps."  Keep in the light, that the promises may
      be fulfilled in thee, that there may be that closer communion
      with those that seek to know Him face to face.

   7. (Q)  [341]:
      (A)  As there is the experiencing of the varied temperaments
      of associations with the truth that is in Him, so may the
      self come to know the full answer as from old, "Is this not
      he of whom the prophets spoke?"  Keep in that understanding
      that makes for seeking to bring thy brethren close in that
      way, through the open door.

   8. (Q)  [379]:
      (A)  In the application does the knowledge come of what IS
      to be accomplished by self, in the step by step, line by
      line, that others may know of that promise that IS to each
      individual that may be one with Him.  Be not unmindful that
      those met in the way are seekers also, and are the Israel
      of the Lord.

   9. (Q)  [560]:
      (A)  As there is given those presentations from day to day
      in the steps that are taken, in thy OWN way does the
      knowledge, the understanding come of "Well done, enter into
      the joys of Him who shows the way," for him that is called is
      also predestined for the activities of HIS kingdom.

  10. (Q)  [993]:
      (A)  In seeking, in doing, in the meeting day by day, let
      self be as naught that HE, the leader, the guide, may be the
      better understood by those that look to thy activities; for
      in Him is the light, and as there is the closer walk with
      Him the way becomes brighter to all that would follow in the
      light.

  11. (Q)  [404]:
      (A)  In opening the door there are those responsibilities,
      as well as those joys, in following in the light.  Be THOU
      the guide to many, that no stumbling block of condemnation
      be placed in the way of any.  WELL hast thou chosen in thine
      choosing, for HE is the guide.

  12. (Q)  [288]:
      (A)  In the understanding of the open door, be mindful that
      HIS way is pointed out to all.  "Not my will but thine be
      done," even as He gave, "For this purpose came I into the
      world;" the greater service, then, being that HE would have
      you be.

  13. (Q)  [538]:
      (A)  In the application of those tenets, those precepts

      gained, keep the knowledge that HE is the guide, "upon Him
      may I lean."  Though at times the way be heavy, or the storms
      such as to cause doubts and fears, He stills the tempest, He
      brings harmony to those that are weary, and tired.

  14. (Q)  [294]:
      (A)  Keep the faith that opens the door to Him.  That which
      is given as the next lesson must be IN HIS PRESENCE, for "If
      His presence go not WITH thee, be not lifted up," and the
      meditation for all shall be with this lesson:

      OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, MAY THY KINGDOM COME IN EARTH
      THROUGH THY PRESENCE IN ME, THAT THE LIGHT OF THY WORD MAY
      SHINE UNTO THOSE THAT I MEET DAY BY DAY.  MAY THY PRESENCE
      IN MY BROTHER BE SUCH THAT I MAY GLORIFY THEE.  MAY I SO
      CONDUCT MY OWN LIFE THAT OTHERS MAY KNOW THY PRESENCE ABIDES
      WITH ME, AND THUS GLORIFY THEE.

  15. (Q)  [307]:
      (A)  Keep the faith of the fathers burning bright along the
      way, for many will follow where thou leadest.  Open the door
      of thine heart, that He may abide with thee.

  16. (Q)  [[69]'s husband]:
      (A)  Know in whom thou hast believed, that He is able to keep
      that way, that door thou openest, that thy brother may see
      the glory of thy God in thy walks daily among men.

  17. (Q)  [69]:
      (A)  In keeping the way be joyous in the glory of the
      birthright in Him; for as thou hast OBTAINED mercy be
      merciful to those who falter or seek to know the variableness
      of those conditions that cause fear and trembling in the
      minds, in the hearts, of many.  Peace - Be still, that THY
      efforts be in the way as HE doth guide.

  18. (Q)  [379]:  Please explain what is meant by the secret
      place of the Most High.
      (A)  In understanding the secret place of the Most High,
      let's determine what in the seeker is being sought; whether
      the knowledge of the interpretation of the Most High's
      manifestations to men, or that as determines the relationship
      of that manifested TO the Most High; for as in the secret
      chambers of one's own heart are stored that that makes for
      the real activities of that soul-consciousness, so is the
      Holy of Holies where one meets with that they worship as
      their God.

  19. (Q)  [307]:  Please explain the words of the Master as
      recorded in the 21st chapter of Luke, "Many shall come in my
      name, saying I am Christ."
      (A)  As has been given, many have arisen; for as He gave in

      the same connection, there were many false prophets, even
      those that would lead the very elect away.  There be those
      who, finding something of the power that is in the material
      activities of those that would walk in the light, turn same
      into their own selfish purposes; hence become false prophets,
      false Christs, and lead many astray.  Let's remember, there
      has been given the manner, the way to determine as to whether
      such a prophet is of the Spirit of God or not.  They that
      deny the call of the prophets of old, or the burdens of the
      world upon the Son or His death, His resurrection, are not
      of the spirit; for "As ye have SEEN Him go, so SHALL He
      come."  As He overcame the world through the birth as one
      born in due season, through those varied periods when
      necessity and the DEMAND of the Sons of God brought forth
      those leaders in their proper places, so He is that one that
      is given power over death, hell and the grave, and in Him is
      the power made manifest in the consciousness of Him and His
      power in the earth; hence we may see how the consciousness
      of His presence may be misconstrued, when turned to selfish
      motives.  Know that even as the powers of evil are loosed
      for the correcting of many, so are the glories of Him made
      manifest in the hearts and lives of many.

  20. (Q)  Is there a message for [462]?
      (A)  In that thou hast seen a light, be not dismayed nor
      frustrated by those things that would hinder from pressing
      on to the mark of the higher Calling that is set in Him.
      Fill each day with the love of Him, that may be manifested
      among those that self contacts day by day.  "As ye are
      faithful over the few things, so will ye be made lord over
      many."  Know in ALL things the GLORY is in the manifesting
      of His power in the earth.  [See also 262-31, Par. 8-A.]

  21. (Q)  Compilers:  We would appreciate some advice in regard
      to the paper, "Present World Conditions" which we sent to
      Calgary, Canada, for publication.  [See 3976-11, Par. R1.]
      (A)  As there has been given, PATIENCE endureth unto the end;
      for in same recognize ye your souls.  Prepare, then, and send
      on in the way that has been given.

  22. We are through for the present.