Reading 440-21

TEXT OF READING 440-21 M 25 (Elec. Engr., Protestant)

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Date: 9/25/1936 Sex: M Age: 25 ReadingID: 3280

This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 25th day of September, 1936, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [440], Active Member of the Ass”n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

[Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. L. B. Cayce.]

Time of Reading 3:40 to 4:00 P. M. Eastern Standard Time. …, Mass. (Body and enquiring mind, in relation to his association with Geo. V. Keeling of 17 Kildare Gardens, London W2, England, President of Keelarite Co., Ltd., Keelarite House, Pickford, Allesley Coventry, England. You will advise [440] as to his future with Keeling and any companies they may form, both from a financial and idealistic viewpoint. Ques.)

1. EC: Yes, we have the body, the enquiring mind, [440], those contemplated associations and relations with Geo. V. Keeling of London, England.

2. In considering this proposition, and acting in the capacity of the American agent, many conditions must be considered.

3. While as we find the contemplated pump enters a new field of service, there are in the American market many that will very soon become as propositions to reckon with. And there is being sought on the part of Keeling and associates that of American capital for the greater activity in America.

4. While the ideas are somewhat idealistic, they are practical - if the whole of the proposition is able to be presented to the users of such in America. This then as we find will not be an EASY proposition in the beginning, especially; but with a thorough knowledge of the product and of the variations in that already upon the market - especially those that are in the same or kindred fields of activity - this understood, these propositions met - there will COME then those periods when there will apparently be little before the body as the Agent or Representative but hard work. But this followed through, there should come from same sufficient income or financial returns to become independent. But this will require several years of hard, persistent, consistent WORK on the part of [440]; as WELL as using all the associations for the opportunities of presenting and showing through demonstration the value of the product as would be presented.

5. This is the situation as we find same.

6. Ready for questions.

7. To be sure, there is to be met the Fairbanks-Morse proposition and all the patents that are represented by same, as well as those of the Duco, the General Motors and the Westinghouse.

8. The Fairbanks-Morse, though, presents the nearest - as we find - to that as would be presented in the Keelarite Company, or by the Keeling interests.

9. (Q) Have I made a wise choice in embarking on this career? (A) It has set itself out for not an easy job, but this as we find should lead to real results if the application of self and its abilities is made in the direct and correct directions.

10. (Q) Will it be possible for me to amass sufficient wealth to undertake a real research program of a psychic and medical nature? (A) This will be in years to come; not in the next five or eight years.

11. (Q) What advice to me in regard to my association with Geo. V. Keeling? (A) Rather as the Representative or Agent in America, as has been indicated; in that there is the necessity for considering the various manufacturers that present the article or the proposition that is covered in the same field of service that the body would be active in. And know all the points of THEIR OWN representation and patents; find that these DO NOT conflict - or WHERE they merge as one. As has been indicated, In those fields in which this becomes practical or applicable, the Keeling is the greater field of service.

12. (Q) What are the possibilities of the new type pump on which Keeling owns the patents? (A) As has been indicated. These are practical, but remember there are others - and that have covered these fields in most of them for a long time. Those then that are of a DIFFERENT nature become the ones to stress.

13. (Q) What advice to me as his American Agent? (A) As indicated.

14. (Q) Is there a hitch to the proposition, or is it as ideal as it seems? (A) There are those propositions as indicated - the necessity of knowing especially of those individual organizations that are in this same field of service; and ALL of their ins and outs of presenting THEIR product - and where they differ, where they meet, and the activities in these fields.

15. (Q) Have the powers really given me the opportunity to attain the goal toward which I have been trying to walk, or is this a mistake? (A) Not as the POWERS, but the OPPORTUNITY - and these powers as presented are ONLY open to those that walk therein. And not an influence from without but from within, and the application is from without - from the within self, see?

For the relationships with such ever stand, as the individual makes application of the knowledge and the power with the wisdom OF the influence “As I would do or be done by, I do to my neighbor. [Matt. 7:12] For as ye mete it to others, ye mete it to that influence as would be the controlling force. [Matt. 7:2] Hence the influence or force arises within self, though we often credit it to outside influences or forces; for the will and the judgment and the choice are ever before each individual.

In this proposition then, as the choice is made, there are those practical NECESSITIES of understanding all the fields of service and all the fields of activity from every group arriving at same from the practical side. And don’t forget there is being sought help! But this offers, if it is carried through, an ideal opportunity for service and for building towards those ideals that the body has entertained for a season.

16. (Q) If an opportunity, then please give me advice and counsel to enable me to really be of help to my fellow man later? (A) This has been given, in that the practical, the mental and the spiritual concepts must be one. Consequently, in the studying of the fields covered by others that are to be entered by this association, not as an advantage over an individual or group or organization but that self in its service to its fellow man may give the GREATER service to those seeking such a means of carrying on of their OWN activity in THEIR relationships to others.

Keep all phases then as one.

17. We are through for the present.

Copy to Self ” ” Ass’n file

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

R1. 1/17/37 “I have been intending for some time to write and thank you for the rdg. which you gave me on Mr. Geo. Keeling. I was hoping that the rdg. would point out something more definite about the character of the gentleman as well as the desirability of an association with him. Otherwise I thought the rdg. excellent. It so happens that I was able to obtain the information about his credit and the financial condition of his Co. thru confidential banking sources. As a result of this information I wrote him a letter worded as advised by my lawyer. His answer was anything but what I expected. Frankly, while I have no evidence that he is crooked, he has misrepresented facts, misinterpreted statements of mine to suit his purposes and generally convinced me of the undesirability of pursuing the matter further. In the meantime I have become quite interested in another new invention…which shows possibilities of revolutionizing the situation in the automotive industry. I also have obtained a job with the … Co. It is a position which I enjoy, has the possibilities of paying me a good salary, and is one in which I can use my education to advantage. I have also met a man recently who wishes to set up a laboratory for psychic research. His name is Charles T. Holloway. If this idea is successful, we will get in touch with you and see what we can work out. It is just an idea at the moment, however, and may never materialize.”

R2. 2/15/37 “Work on our psychic research is still in the process of being organized. We have gotten the fellow who built the brain wave machine at the Harvard Medical School interested. He is going to contribute an amplifier with a free floating grid and a galvanometer in the output circuit which he says kicks the galvanometer needle in different directions according to who enters the room. He is interested in establishing the correlation between this phenomena and the aura. We have also interested a doctor who has been working on the effect of powerful monochromatic beams of visible light upon the emotional aura.”

R3. 3/7/37 “Since last writing you I have left my old job and am about to go into business for myself manufacturing inter-office communicating systems and high fidelity reproducing systems, something which every manufacturer claims to be building but none to my knowledge are. We will start on a shoestring to see how the public takes to it and then do a little financing as soon as the orders are on file. The name of the company will probably be…though this is indefinite. If you can get in a question at the end of a rdg. concerning the naming of the organization, the suggestion will, I promise you, receive serious consideration, although my wish is not final, in as much as several other fellows are interested in this venture with me. I know I have no right to ask you to do this for me, however, so if it is inconvenient please forget about it.

“The psychic research seems for the moment to be postponed as Mr. Holloway has not been as successful as he anticipated in raising cash. This simply means that when my company is a success (I cross my fingers) we will do the research ourselves.

“Good luck with the Association. My best to your family. Wish we were headed for Arizona!” Your friend, [440]

R4. 9/29/37 “We are looking forward to the time when some of the research facilities of our little company will be devoted to the interesting study of psychic research, although I doubt very much whether that will be for a year or more.”

R5. 3/47 HLC reported that he had talked with Mr. [440] who was doing fine; “he has been working with a doctor who is about to perfect an instrument through which communications can be proven with the other worlds.”

R6. 6/54 Mr. [440] attended the A.R.E. Congress, bringing his new wife, not [1244].

R7. 11/6/63 See letter of Dr. W. Lindsay Jacob, M.D., under 440-16 Reports, with specifications and diagrams of the etheronic instrument of Dr. Paul E. Cold, D.C., with which Mr. [440] experimented in 1934, saying: “I obtained these after spending a very enjoyable week-end in…visiting with Mr. [440].”

R8. 4/28/71 GD’s note: Mr. [440] just spent two days at A.R.E visiting with us, reminiscing, renewed his Sponsoring Membership, and said he would study all of his readings carefully and report in detail. Many, many things had worked out exactly as indicated in his readings.

R9. 11/28/78 Mr. [440]‘s sister Mrs. [499], visited A.R.E. and reported that her brother, [440], had entered the hospital for surgery for an arthritic hip. A new hip joint was to be put in.

Background

Background

B1. See 440-20 on 7/19/35 and subsequent Reports, also previous rdgs. in [440] series.

B2. 9/14/36 He submitted questions in re business connection.

Mentioned Entities

England, Free Will, Ideal, A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment), Book of Job, Aura, Arizona, Gertrude Cayce, Gladys Davis, Paul (Apostle), Purpose, Virginia Beach

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 440-21, ReadingID 3280.