Post by WalksInSpirit on Apr 15, 2006 15:02:59 GMT -5
Thursday Afternoon Chat: 04-13-06
Music As The Bridge: Lesson Three: The Keynote To Success
(02:12:48) (Host-WalksInSpirit) I'll start us off with a prayer.
(02:13:05) (ky-mike) k
(02:13:24) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Holy Father, we thank You for the many blessings You have given us. Father, we ask that You’d be present in our minds and hearts, and touch each one here with Your infinite Love, Peace, Wisdom, and Understanding. In Your Holy Name, we ask these things. Nunwe.
(02:13:41) (merri) Amen
(02:13:55) (sunshine) amen
(02:14:58) (ky-mike) wahash e neee....amen ^i^
(02:15:08) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Today, we are continuing on with the “Music As The Bridge” series, and we’ll be going over Lesson Three: “The Keynote To Progress” today. Please feel free to stop me and comment or ask questions at any time!
(02:15:45) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Lesson Three: The Keynote To Progress
(02:15:55) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Reincarnation And Karma
(02:17:19) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Reincarnation and karma are two of the recurrent themes in the Edgar Cayce Readings. The idea is that all souls were created in the beginning, and through consecutive lives are given the opportunity to experience, understand and correct those situations and inner qualities which keep the individual separate from his Creator.
(02:17:58) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Each mistake must be faced again for correction. The law of karma is the law of cause and effect and acts both negatively and positively. The good or correct choices are always rewarded, while the wrong choices, which are not in accord with the harmony of the universe are manifested in future lives, to be faced and eventually corrected.
(02:18:32) (Host-WalksInSpirit) The Readings state that in the beginning all spirits were sparks of the original Spirit, which is God, and were of the same essence. All were equal, and each was perfect. In addition to a divine spirit, these beings were given free will with which they might choose to follow the divine paternity or the quest of the curious mind.
(02:18:57) (Host-WalksInSpirit) It was the following of this quest which caused the dissemination of the spirits throughout the universe and the worlds. It was this curiosity which brought us into the earth plane and causes us to enter into the flesh bodies.
(02:19:27) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Around the nucleus of pure spirit formed the positive and negative patterns of soul, according to the choices of the individual or the use of his free will. The soul then is the record of the individual’s choices and it is the individual soul consciousness which dictates the karma to be met in any lifetime.
(02:19:59) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Man is forever meeting himself. The Readings suggest that our problems, our weaknesses and strengths are mirrored in our acquaintances and experiences.
(02:20:32) (Host-WalksInSpirit) There are two Readings from the files in the A.R.E. Library which illustrate one of the greatest comforts found in the belief of reincarnation: that no learning is ever lost. All acquired skills and aptitudes remain within the soul memory forever available to us as we attune ourselves to our highest ideal.
(02:21:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Our interests and habitual thinking create a pattern of vibration around and in us; these vibrations reactivate similar vibrations or memories from past lives. It is through this avenue, created by our choice of interests, that the past strengths and weaknesses are channeled into our present experience.
(02:22:23) (Host-WalksInSpirit) The Life Reading we’ll go over today is presented to give us an opportunity to see a complete transcript of such a discourse.
(02:22:44) (Host-WalksInSpirit) The author has substituted the name of a previous incarnation for the number ascribed to the case.
(02:23:13) (Host-WalksInSpirit) In the Life Reading given to Apsha, it is indicated that while still a “thought form,” he had already developed musical ability. (See Reading, paragraph No. 14.) This ability was available throughout all subsequent incarnations and showed in a marked degree in his present life, as demonstrated by the background material preceding the actual reading.
(02:23:46) (Host-WalksInSpirit) The other dominant karmic influence to be noted is his attitude towards sex. This started in the Atlantean period and carried through many lives as an unsatisfying and frustrating experience. Paragraph No. 2 points out the fact that Apsha sought sexual satisfaction, both as a male and female in the Atlantean sojourn.
(02:24:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Again, in looking at the present life, we can see the tendency toward homosexuality. How did these karmic patterns of music and sex become so completely interwoven in his mind and emotions? The explanation is very clearly shown in paragraph No. 11, when Apsha was chosen to play the background music as King Solomon and Queen of Sheba made love.
(02:24:37) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Both aspects of this karma were brought strongly into focus in a female life as Giovana Bactioo, when a student of Saint Cecilia, the entity attained musical heights but eventually committed suicide because of homosexual frustrations.
(02:25:05) (Host-WalksInSpirit) As we read these accounts, we find it hard to understand how this individual in his present life was so completely unable to recognize the reasons and to apply the admonitions given.
(02:25:29) (Host-WalksInSpirit) The importance of his present incarnation is stated in paragraph No. 1 as the “experience that may make or break the entity;” the way of attainment is carefully laid out on paragraphs No. 6 and No. 7, and the promise in paragraph No. 16, “There is nothing impossible for the entity to attain, in fame or fortune or in spiritual unfoldment.”
(02:25:54) (Host-WalksInSpirit) BACKGROUND FOR READING 5056
(02:25:54) (Host-WalksInSpirit) B1. IMG's note: In 1943, Mr. [Apsha] served as a sailor in the Navy and was stationed near Virginia Beach. At that time Mr. and Mrs. Harmon H. Bro were at A.R.E. Headquarters. Miss [...], a mutual friend, wrote the Bro's suggesting that they contact Mr. [Apsha], saying that they would be keenly interested in the young man's unusual talent as a pianist.
(02:26:24) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Shortly thereafter, the Bro's followed the suggestion. As a result, Mr. [Apsha] came to the A.R.E., met Mr. Cayce and the
(02:26:24) (Host-WalksInSpirit) office staff, and was an occasional visitor on the premises. In the spring of 1944, he was discharged from the Navy and returned to Iowa. This development distressed him so much that he wrote to Mr. Cayce requesting a reading.
(02:27:00) (Host-WalksInSpirit) B2. 4/22/44 [Apsha]'s letter to Harmon H. Bro: “I'm supposed to play for a WCTU banquet tonight, but I haven't practiced once. I'll just get up and do some
(02:27:00) (Host-WalksInSpirit) imitations. Below are the questions to be asked in my reading. If you can think of any more pertinent ones, slip them in. You will be present during the session, won't you? Please be my proxy.
(02:27:49) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 1. What should my life work be? (Where and with whom should I study piano after graduating from Iowa State Teacher's College?)
(02:27:49) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 2. Am I am homosexual? (Whew - that was hard to write.) What was my relationship in a previous life or lives with [...], now of ..., Long Island? Also any information about involvements in previous incarnations that are apt to carry
(02:27:49) (Host-WalksInSpirit) over into this life; also a cure, if any. 3. Should I ever get married? Who or where is the right girl? Is it [...] now of ..., Illinois?...”
(02:28:38) (Host-WalksInSpirit) B4. 5/5/44 Harmon H. Bro's letter to Miss [...], [Apsha]'s friend: "...Your letter arrived in hand with one from our mutual friend [Apsha]. He is to have his Life Reading tomorrow, if all goes well and was sending his questions. You bet we had
(02:28:38) (Host-WalksInSpirit) a good time with him. His musicianship is thrilling and his humor can be the life of the party.
(02:29:24) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Sometimes we had to bawl him out, too, but I think he knows that he has become almost a member of the family to us. Not only to us; all the girls who work here, married and unmarried, have taken an interest in him. He is so brash and good-natured that he makes friends quickly. They ask about him often and interest is high over his reading tomorrow... Give my regards to [Apsha] and keep up the good work.
(02:29:49) (Host-WalksInSpirit) He's a swell guy, and if he can get his rudders at the right angle, he should be able to climb and climb..."
(02:30:21) (Host-WalksInSpirit) READING 5056 – 5/6/44
(02:30:34) (Host-WalksInSpirit) TEXT OF READING 5056-1 M 22 (Pianist; Protestant)
(02:30:48) (Host-WalksInSpirit) This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 6th day of May, 1944, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [Apsha], new Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Harmon H. Bro.
(02:31:10) (Host-WalksInSpirit) P R E S E N T
(02:31:10) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, J. Fitch, Stenos. June and Harmon Bro.
(02:31:26) (Host-WalksInSpirit) R E A D I N G
(02:31:26) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Born April 18, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois. Time of Reading Set bet. 3:30 to 4:30 P. M. Eastern War Time. ..., Iowa.
(02:31:54) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 1. GC: You will give the relations of this entity and the universe, and the universal forces; giving the conditions which are as personalities, latent and exhibited in the present life; also the former appearances in the earth plane, giving time, place and the name, and that in each life which built or retarded the development for the entity; giving the abilities of the present entity, that to which it may attain, and how. You will answer the questions, as I ask them:
(02:32:38) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 2. EC: Yes, we have the records here of a very unusual personality, being also an Atlantean. This experience may make or break the entity in its search for that which is to answer those spiritual interpretations or the carnal forces in the experience of the entity through the earthly sojourns.
(02:33:01) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 3. Then, as indicated, we have those unusual experiences in the earth by the entity and the definite urges which are at variance to the general activities in the sex relationships. For in the experience in the Atlantean land, the entity sought to be both and wasn't very successful at either.
(02:33:23) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 4. In giving the interpretations, then, of the records as we find with this entity; these are urges latent and manifest:
(02:33:50) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 5. Music should be the career, should be the purpose of the entity in its activity but should be accomplished by its own efforts within itself for the very love of music itself and should be only of the classic and operatic nature.
(02:34:23) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 6. For the entity was a student under Saint Cecilia, who attained to the realms close to infinity, or able to interpret the music of the spheres and yet failing in some respects, for the entity became enamored of the Saint and you can guess what happened.
(02:35:01) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 7. In the application then of self there must be the attaining of that spiritual awakening such that the influences, relationships, activities, are not other than save that of searching for an answer to the voices of the night, the rhapsody of the moon upon the water and the voice of a sunrise. These and similar actions in nature itself, which take the entity out of the realm of physical emotions, should be stressed, so that only the mental and spiritual emotions take their place.
(02:35:21) (Host-WalksInSpirit) These and similar actions in nature itself, which take the entity out of the realm of physical emotions, should be stressed, so that only the mental and spiritual emotions take their place.
(02:35:45) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 8. The entity should, then, work towards making or engaging in a year's service or work, save every penny, spend every penny, only for music and lessons, but make of and for itself the physical hardships. Sleep on a hard, hard bed.
(02:36:20) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Don't eat too much, don't indulge in things such as sweets, or add to the body, nor engage in those activities in which the movies (such as are shown today) are a part of the activity. Refrain from same.
(02:36:36) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Oft go for days only on bread and water, but do it of thyself if ye would succeed, and ye may become even a greater pianist than Hoffman. [GD's note: Hauptmann?, Hofmann, Josef Casimir?]
(02:37:05) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 9. As to the activities in the earth, as has been indicated, these are far and wide and yet give and show the pattern of this unusual entity; but with an opportunity in the present experience to outshine materially, as well as spiritually, many an individual; yet most of all finding its true relationship to the infinite.
(02:37:26) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 10. As in the experience before this, in the name then Giovana Bactioo, the entity sought the activities in its music with the Saint. As the activities progressed, the music was forgotten in the desire physically for the Saint and it eventually destroyed itself.
(02:37:52) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 11. Before that we find the entity was in the activities in the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem when there was the choosing by David of those who were to be prepared for the service of music in the Temple which was yet to be built.
(02:38:07) (Host-WalksInSpirit) David chose young men and they were given the physical as well as the mental and spiritual training through the activities in the preparations in the school as had been undertaken or begun by Elijah in Carmel.
(02:38:37) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 12. Thus the entity in the name Apsha was among those who were in the temple service when the activities were begun through those periods of Solomon's reign.
(02:38:51) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Those were the periods when there was the great amount of what today would be called notoriety, or during those periods when the Queen of Sheba visited Solomon the entity was chosen as the one to make music for Solomon to make love by, to the Queen.
(02:39:07) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 13. The entity was lacking in some material as well as spiritual undertakings, and yet these are those influences which are to be parts of the entity's experience.
(02:39:31) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 14. DO NOT, then, make an early choice of companionship! For this would be thy undoing. DO NOT wed before the thirty-second year of age! DO NOT wed, then, until at least ye have conquered thyself in the full training of the body, the hand, the mind in thy music! Use the piano alone!
(02:39:57) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 15. Before that we find the entity was in the Atlantean land and in those periods before Adam was in the earth. The entity was among those who were then "thought projections", and the physical being had the union of sex in the one body, and yet a real musician on pipes or reed instruments.
(02:40:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 16. As to the abilities of the entity, then, that to which it may attain and how:
(02:40:26) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 17. There is nothing impossible for the entity to attain in fame or fortune or in its spiritual unfoldment and yet these will NOT be easy until the entity has conquered self.
(02:40:42) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 18. Ready for questions.
(02:40:54) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 19. (Q) Should I take the position as a "Watkins Man" or start school in June?
(02:40:54) (Host-WalksInSpirit) (A) If that is the desire. Whatever may be the choices. DO work for same and don't let anyone give you anything.
(02:41:12) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 20. (Q) Where and with whom should I study piano after graduating from Iowa State Teacher's College?
(02:41:12) (Host-WalksInSpirit) (A) With some piano school in New York. But when you go to New York, beware!
(02:41:27) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 21. (Q) Am I homosexual?
(02:41:28) (Host-WalksInSpirit) (A) Read what has been given.
(02:41:42) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 22. (Q) What have been my previous relationships with [...] of ... Long Island?
(02:41:42) (Host-WalksInSpirit) (A) You were good Atlanteans together but not very good people.
(02:41:54) (Host-WalksInSpirit) ;-)
(02:42:16) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 23. (Q) Any further mental and spiritual advice?
(02:42:16) (Host-WalksInSpirit) (A) Decide in self which you will choose, for there is here set before thee good and evil, life and death, choose thou and know ever within self: If ye are one in and with the Lord in His purpose, naught can be against thee.
(02:42:33) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 24. We are through.
(02:42:44) (Host-WalksInSpirit) An excerpt from Miss Smith’s letter:
(02:42:45) (Host-WalksInSpirit) “He is practicing seriously and finally with a purpose, I think. The reading was really what he needed though no one can ever be sure it will last.”
(02:43:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Excerpt, letter from [Apsha]
(02:43:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) “The reading has been a decided comfort, for I didn't know whether or not to go into music. But it seems to me the reading gets one or two things mixed up. For
(02:43:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) example, I'm supposed to work my way and accept nothing from anybody, [5056-1, Par. 5, 8; 19-A] and of course, walk the straight and narrow morally.
(02:43:46) (Host-WalksInSpirit) And then that lovely paragraph concerning my interpreting the voices of the night [5056-1, Par. 7]. As I see it now, those two are mutually exclusive. Also, I believe that art and sex are closely related and to completely repress the latter, as I am supposed to do, plays havoc with the former.”
(02:44:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 7/31/49
(02:44:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) “"...Enclosed is a money order for $1.50. Would you please send me the book A SEARCH FOR GOD. Also, please tell me how to obtain a copy of my reading which Mr. Cayce gave around May, 1944. The original was lost after my mother died and the house was broken up. Thank you..."”
(02:44:27) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 8/4/49
(02:44:27) (Host-WalksInSpirit) HLC’s reply:
(02:44:27) (Host-WalksInSpirit) "...The book is being mailed to you under separate cover and enclosed you will find a copy of your reading..."
(02:44:48) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 4/24/50 Questionnaire-letter sent to [Apsha]. No reply.
(02:45:03) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 10/14/50 Excerpt from 'The ... Daily Statesman' [re Apsha]:
(02:45:03) (Host-WalksInSpirit) "A Review: Mezzo-soprano...American born and trained star of opera and concert stage, opened...new recital season... A word for Mr. [Apsha] at the piano: Here was a young accompanist and pianist whose assistance to the artist was
(02:45:03) (Host-WalksInSpirit) both brilliant and positive.
(02:45:20) (Host-WalksInSpirit) He stole no scenes, but one will always remember that he was there. His Rachmanioff preludes and his encore, Clair de Lune, were markedly excellent..."
(02:45:40) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 5/23/51 Mr. [3132]'s letter to Harmon Bro: "...We had a musical with some women in the evening and afterwards [Apsha] played the piano; much talent and very good... He was on T.V. yesterday..."
(02:46:06) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Since we are dealing with life and not fiction we can never be assured of an “ever after” which remains fixed. The last letter from Apsha was not very promising, but because there is no power greater than will, any time Apsha has sufficient desire to discipline himself, his reward is sure.
(02:46:49) (Host-WalksInSpirit) That concludes today's presentation.
(02:47:06) (merri) very interesting!
(02:47:08) (Host-WalksInSpirit) One point that caught me was that no learning is ever lost.
(02:47:48) (sunshine) that was such an impressive session WIS...i was moved by the Reading
(02:48:20) (merri) that is comforting to know WIS
(02:48:21) (sunshine) it was so insightful regarding the mysteries of life
(02:48:31) (diane) sounds like Liberace
(02:48:51) (sunshine) hmmm...i wonder
(02:48:53) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Thanks, Sunny! I was too when I was typing this out. It really struck a chord with me, pun intended. ;-)
(02:48:55) (diane) that caught me too, WIS. reassuring
(02:49:07) (sunshine) lol
(02:49:38) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Hey, it does, Diane!
(02:49:44) (Host-WalksInSpirit) I didn't think of that!
(02:50:14) (merri) except he was told only classical music
(02:50:46) (diane) and also, Lib was a huge success
(02:51:39) (Host-WalksInSpirit) This was the first time I had really just taken a complete Reading and gone through it.
(02:51:40) (ky-mike) thank-you wis
(02:51:58) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Background file, letters, and all.
(02:52:19) (merri) I like the follow-ups, letters, etc
(02:54:59) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Next week, we'll talk about "The Harp Within"
(02:55:59) (merri) aren't the chakra's referred to as the "harp"
(02:57:03) (Host-WalksInSpirit) I'm not sure, Merri.
(02:13:05) (ky-mike) k
(02:13:24) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Holy Father, we thank You for the many blessings You have given us. Father, we ask that You’d be present in our minds and hearts, and touch each one here with Your infinite Love, Peace, Wisdom, and Understanding. In Your Holy Name, we ask these things. Nunwe.
(02:13:41) (merri) Amen
(02:13:55) (sunshine) amen
(02:14:58) (ky-mike) wahash e neee....amen ^i^
(02:15:08) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Today, we are continuing on with the “Music As The Bridge” series, and we’ll be going over Lesson Three: “The Keynote To Progress” today. Please feel free to stop me and comment or ask questions at any time!
(02:15:45) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Lesson Three: The Keynote To Progress
(02:15:55) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Reincarnation And Karma
(02:17:19) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Reincarnation and karma are two of the recurrent themes in the Edgar Cayce Readings. The idea is that all souls were created in the beginning, and through consecutive lives are given the opportunity to experience, understand and correct those situations and inner qualities which keep the individual separate from his Creator.
(02:17:58) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Each mistake must be faced again for correction. The law of karma is the law of cause and effect and acts both negatively and positively. The good or correct choices are always rewarded, while the wrong choices, which are not in accord with the harmony of the universe are manifested in future lives, to be faced and eventually corrected.
(02:18:32) (Host-WalksInSpirit) The Readings state that in the beginning all spirits were sparks of the original Spirit, which is God, and were of the same essence. All were equal, and each was perfect. In addition to a divine spirit, these beings were given free will with which they might choose to follow the divine paternity or the quest of the curious mind.
(02:18:57) (Host-WalksInSpirit) It was the following of this quest which caused the dissemination of the spirits throughout the universe and the worlds. It was this curiosity which brought us into the earth plane and causes us to enter into the flesh bodies.
(02:19:27) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Around the nucleus of pure spirit formed the positive and negative patterns of soul, according to the choices of the individual or the use of his free will. The soul then is the record of the individual’s choices and it is the individual soul consciousness which dictates the karma to be met in any lifetime.
(02:19:59) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Man is forever meeting himself. The Readings suggest that our problems, our weaknesses and strengths are mirrored in our acquaintances and experiences.
(02:20:32) (Host-WalksInSpirit) There are two Readings from the files in the A.R.E. Library which illustrate one of the greatest comforts found in the belief of reincarnation: that no learning is ever lost. All acquired skills and aptitudes remain within the soul memory forever available to us as we attune ourselves to our highest ideal.
(02:21:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Our interests and habitual thinking create a pattern of vibration around and in us; these vibrations reactivate similar vibrations or memories from past lives. It is through this avenue, created by our choice of interests, that the past strengths and weaknesses are channeled into our present experience.
(02:22:23) (Host-WalksInSpirit) The Life Reading we’ll go over today is presented to give us an opportunity to see a complete transcript of such a discourse.
(02:22:44) (Host-WalksInSpirit) The author has substituted the name of a previous incarnation for the number ascribed to the case.
(02:23:13) (Host-WalksInSpirit) In the Life Reading given to Apsha, it is indicated that while still a “thought form,” he had already developed musical ability. (See Reading, paragraph No. 14.) This ability was available throughout all subsequent incarnations and showed in a marked degree in his present life, as demonstrated by the background material preceding the actual reading.
(02:23:46) (Host-WalksInSpirit) The other dominant karmic influence to be noted is his attitude towards sex. This started in the Atlantean period and carried through many lives as an unsatisfying and frustrating experience. Paragraph No. 2 points out the fact that Apsha sought sexual satisfaction, both as a male and female in the Atlantean sojourn.
(02:24:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Again, in looking at the present life, we can see the tendency toward homosexuality. How did these karmic patterns of music and sex become so completely interwoven in his mind and emotions? The explanation is very clearly shown in paragraph No. 11, when Apsha was chosen to play the background music as King Solomon and Queen of Sheba made love.
(02:24:37) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Both aspects of this karma were brought strongly into focus in a female life as Giovana Bactioo, when a student of Saint Cecilia, the entity attained musical heights but eventually committed suicide because of homosexual frustrations.
(02:25:05) (Host-WalksInSpirit) As we read these accounts, we find it hard to understand how this individual in his present life was so completely unable to recognize the reasons and to apply the admonitions given.
(02:25:29) (Host-WalksInSpirit) The importance of his present incarnation is stated in paragraph No. 1 as the “experience that may make or break the entity;” the way of attainment is carefully laid out on paragraphs No. 6 and No. 7, and the promise in paragraph No. 16, “There is nothing impossible for the entity to attain, in fame or fortune or in spiritual unfoldment.”
(02:25:54) (Host-WalksInSpirit) BACKGROUND FOR READING 5056
(02:25:54) (Host-WalksInSpirit) B1. IMG's note: In 1943, Mr. [Apsha] served as a sailor in the Navy and was stationed near Virginia Beach. At that time Mr. and Mrs. Harmon H. Bro were at A.R.E. Headquarters. Miss [...], a mutual friend, wrote the Bro's suggesting that they contact Mr. [Apsha], saying that they would be keenly interested in the young man's unusual talent as a pianist.
(02:26:24) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Shortly thereafter, the Bro's followed the suggestion. As a result, Mr. [Apsha] came to the A.R.E., met Mr. Cayce and the
(02:26:24) (Host-WalksInSpirit) office staff, and was an occasional visitor on the premises. In the spring of 1944, he was discharged from the Navy and returned to Iowa. This development distressed him so much that he wrote to Mr. Cayce requesting a reading.
(02:27:00) (Host-WalksInSpirit) B2. 4/22/44 [Apsha]'s letter to Harmon H. Bro: “I'm supposed to play for a WCTU banquet tonight, but I haven't practiced once. I'll just get up and do some
(02:27:00) (Host-WalksInSpirit) imitations. Below are the questions to be asked in my reading. If you can think of any more pertinent ones, slip them in. You will be present during the session, won't you? Please be my proxy.
(02:27:49) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 1. What should my life work be? (Where and with whom should I study piano after graduating from Iowa State Teacher's College?)
(02:27:49) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 2. Am I am homosexual? (Whew - that was hard to write.) What was my relationship in a previous life or lives with [...], now of ..., Long Island? Also any information about involvements in previous incarnations that are apt to carry
(02:27:49) (Host-WalksInSpirit) over into this life; also a cure, if any. 3. Should I ever get married? Who or where is the right girl? Is it [...] now of ..., Illinois?...”
(02:28:38) (Host-WalksInSpirit) B4. 5/5/44 Harmon H. Bro's letter to Miss [...], [Apsha]'s friend: "...Your letter arrived in hand with one from our mutual friend [Apsha]. He is to have his Life Reading tomorrow, if all goes well and was sending his questions. You bet we had
(02:28:38) (Host-WalksInSpirit) a good time with him. His musicianship is thrilling and his humor can be the life of the party.
(02:29:24) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Sometimes we had to bawl him out, too, but I think he knows that he has become almost a member of the family to us. Not only to us; all the girls who work here, married and unmarried, have taken an interest in him. He is so brash and good-natured that he makes friends quickly. They ask about him often and interest is high over his reading tomorrow... Give my regards to [Apsha] and keep up the good work.
(02:29:49) (Host-WalksInSpirit) He's a swell guy, and if he can get his rudders at the right angle, he should be able to climb and climb..."
(02:30:21) (Host-WalksInSpirit) READING 5056 – 5/6/44
(02:30:34) (Host-WalksInSpirit) TEXT OF READING 5056-1 M 22 (Pianist; Protestant)
(02:30:48) (Host-WalksInSpirit) This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 6th day of May, 1944, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [Apsha], new Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Harmon H. Bro.
(02:31:10) (Host-WalksInSpirit) P R E S E N T
(02:31:10) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, J. Fitch, Stenos. June and Harmon Bro.
(02:31:26) (Host-WalksInSpirit) R E A D I N G
(02:31:26) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Born April 18, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois. Time of Reading Set bet. 3:30 to 4:30 P. M. Eastern War Time. ..., Iowa.
(02:31:54) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 1. GC: You will give the relations of this entity and the universe, and the universal forces; giving the conditions which are as personalities, latent and exhibited in the present life; also the former appearances in the earth plane, giving time, place and the name, and that in each life which built or retarded the development for the entity; giving the abilities of the present entity, that to which it may attain, and how. You will answer the questions, as I ask them:
(02:32:38) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 2. EC: Yes, we have the records here of a very unusual personality, being also an Atlantean. This experience may make or break the entity in its search for that which is to answer those spiritual interpretations or the carnal forces in the experience of the entity through the earthly sojourns.
(02:33:01) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 3. Then, as indicated, we have those unusual experiences in the earth by the entity and the definite urges which are at variance to the general activities in the sex relationships. For in the experience in the Atlantean land, the entity sought to be both and wasn't very successful at either.
(02:33:23) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 4. In giving the interpretations, then, of the records as we find with this entity; these are urges latent and manifest:
(02:33:50) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 5. Music should be the career, should be the purpose of the entity in its activity but should be accomplished by its own efforts within itself for the very love of music itself and should be only of the classic and operatic nature.
(02:34:23) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 6. For the entity was a student under Saint Cecilia, who attained to the realms close to infinity, or able to interpret the music of the spheres and yet failing in some respects, for the entity became enamored of the Saint and you can guess what happened.
(02:35:01) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 7. In the application then of self there must be the attaining of that spiritual awakening such that the influences, relationships, activities, are not other than save that of searching for an answer to the voices of the night, the rhapsody of the moon upon the water and the voice of a sunrise. These and similar actions in nature itself, which take the entity out of the realm of physical emotions, should be stressed, so that only the mental and spiritual emotions take their place.
(02:35:21) (Host-WalksInSpirit) These and similar actions in nature itself, which take the entity out of the realm of physical emotions, should be stressed, so that only the mental and spiritual emotions take their place.
(02:35:45) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 8. The entity should, then, work towards making or engaging in a year's service or work, save every penny, spend every penny, only for music and lessons, but make of and for itself the physical hardships. Sleep on a hard, hard bed.
(02:36:20) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Don't eat too much, don't indulge in things such as sweets, or add to the body, nor engage in those activities in which the movies (such as are shown today) are a part of the activity. Refrain from same.
(02:36:36) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Oft go for days only on bread and water, but do it of thyself if ye would succeed, and ye may become even a greater pianist than Hoffman. [GD's note: Hauptmann?, Hofmann, Josef Casimir?]
(02:37:05) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 9. As to the activities in the earth, as has been indicated, these are far and wide and yet give and show the pattern of this unusual entity; but with an opportunity in the present experience to outshine materially, as well as spiritually, many an individual; yet most of all finding its true relationship to the infinite.
(02:37:26) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 10. As in the experience before this, in the name then Giovana Bactioo, the entity sought the activities in its music with the Saint. As the activities progressed, the music was forgotten in the desire physically for the Saint and it eventually destroyed itself.
(02:37:52) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 11. Before that we find the entity was in the activities in the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem when there was the choosing by David of those who were to be prepared for the service of music in the Temple which was yet to be built.
(02:38:07) (Host-WalksInSpirit) David chose young men and they were given the physical as well as the mental and spiritual training through the activities in the preparations in the school as had been undertaken or begun by Elijah in Carmel.
(02:38:37) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 12. Thus the entity in the name Apsha was among those who were in the temple service when the activities were begun through those periods of Solomon's reign.
(02:38:51) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Those were the periods when there was the great amount of what today would be called notoriety, or during those periods when the Queen of Sheba visited Solomon the entity was chosen as the one to make music for Solomon to make love by, to the Queen.
(02:39:07) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 13. The entity was lacking in some material as well as spiritual undertakings, and yet these are those influences which are to be parts of the entity's experience.
(02:39:31) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 14. DO NOT, then, make an early choice of companionship! For this would be thy undoing. DO NOT wed before the thirty-second year of age! DO NOT wed, then, until at least ye have conquered thyself in the full training of the body, the hand, the mind in thy music! Use the piano alone!
(02:39:57) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 15. Before that we find the entity was in the Atlantean land and in those periods before Adam was in the earth. The entity was among those who were then "thought projections", and the physical being had the union of sex in the one body, and yet a real musician on pipes or reed instruments.
(02:40:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 16. As to the abilities of the entity, then, that to which it may attain and how:
(02:40:26) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 17. There is nothing impossible for the entity to attain in fame or fortune or in its spiritual unfoldment and yet these will NOT be easy until the entity has conquered self.
(02:40:42) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 18. Ready for questions.
(02:40:54) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 19. (Q) Should I take the position as a "Watkins Man" or start school in June?
(02:40:54) (Host-WalksInSpirit) (A) If that is the desire. Whatever may be the choices. DO work for same and don't let anyone give you anything.
(02:41:12) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 20. (Q) Where and with whom should I study piano after graduating from Iowa State Teacher's College?
(02:41:12) (Host-WalksInSpirit) (A) With some piano school in New York. But when you go to New York, beware!
(02:41:27) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 21. (Q) Am I homosexual?
(02:41:28) (Host-WalksInSpirit) (A) Read what has been given.
(02:41:42) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 22. (Q) What have been my previous relationships with [...] of ... Long Island?
(02:41:42) (Host-WalksInSpirit) (A) You were good Atlanteans together but not very good people.
(02:41:54) (Host-WalksInSpirit) ;-)
(02:42:16) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 23. (Q) Any further mental and spiritual advice?
(02:42:16) (Host-WalksInSpirit) (A) Decide in self which you will choose, for there is here set before thee good and evil, life and death, choose thou and know ever within self: If ye are one in and with the Lord in His purpose, naught can be against thee.
(02:42:33) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 24. We are through.
(02:42:44) (Host-WalksInSpirit) An excerpt from Miss Smith’s letter:
(02:42:45) (Host-WalksInSpirit) “He is practicing seriously and finally with a purpose, I think. The reading was really what he needed though no one can ever be sure it will last.”
(02:43:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Excerpt, letter from [Apsha]
(02:43:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) “The reading has been a decided comfort, for I didn't know whether or not to go into music. But it seems to me the reading gets one or two things mixed up. For
(02:43:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) example, I'm supposed to work my way and accept nothing from anybody, [5056-1, Par. 5, 8; 19-A] and of course, walk the straight and narrow morally.
(02:43:46) (Host-WalksInSpirit) And then that lovely paragraph concerning my interpreting the voices of the night [5056-1, Par. 7]. As I see it now, those two are mutually exclusive. Also, I believe that art and sex are closely related and to completely repress the latter, as I am supposed to do, plays havoc with the former.”
(02:44:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 7/31/49
(02:44:11) (Host-WalksInSpirit) “"...Enclosed is a money order for $1.50. Would you please send me the book A SEARCH FOR GOD. Also, please tell me how to obtain a copy of my reading which Mr. Cayce gave around May, 1944. The original was lost after my mother died and the house was broken up. Thank you..."”
(02:44:27) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 8/4/49
(02:44:27) (Host-WalksInSpirit) HLC’s reply:
(02:44:27) (Host-WalksInSpirit) "...The book is being mailed to you under separate cover and enclosed you will find a copy of your reading..."
(02:44:48) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 4/24/50 Questionnaire-letter sent to [Apsha]. No reply.
(02:45:03) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 10/14/50 Excerpt from 'The ... Daily Statesman' [re Apsha]:
(02:45:03) (Host-WalksInSpirit) "A Review: Mezzo-soprano...American born and trained star of opera and concert stage, opened...new recital season... A word for Mr. [Apsha] at the piano: Here was a young accompanist and pianist whose assistance to the artist was
(02:45:03) (Host-WalksInSpirit) both brilliant and positive.
(02:45:20) (Host-WalksInSpirit) He stole no scenes, but one will always remember that he was there. His Rachmanioff preludes and his encore, Clair de Lune, were markedly excellent..."
(02:45:40) (Host-WalksInSpirit) 5/23/51 Mr. [3132]'s letter to Harmon Bro: "...We had a musical with some women in the evening and afterwards [Apsha] played the piano; much talent and very good... He was on T.V. yesterday..."
(02:46:06) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Since we are dealing with life and not fiction we can never be assured of an “ever after” which remains fixed. The last letter from Apsha was not very promising, but because there is no power greater than will, any time Apsha has sufficient desire to discipline himself, his reward is sure.
(02:46:49) (Host-WalksInSpirit) That concludes today's presentation.
(02:47:06) (merri) very interesting!
(02:47:08) (Host-WalksInSpirit) One point that caught me was that no learning is ever lost.
(02:47:48) (sunshine) that was such an impressive session WIS...i was moved by the Reading
(02:48:20) (merri) that is comforting to know WIS
(02:48:21) (sunshine) it was so insightful regarding the mysteries of life
(02:48:31) (diane) sounds like Liberace
(02:48:51) (sunshine) hmmm...i wonder
(02:48:53) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Thanks, Sunny! I was too when I was typing this out. It really struck a chord with me, pun intended. ;-)
(02:48:55) (diane) that caught me too, WIS. reassuring
(02:49:07) (sunshine) lol
(02:49:38) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Hey, it does, Diane!
(02:49:44) (Host-WalksInSpirit) I didn't think of that!
(02:50:14) (merri) except he was told only classical music
(02:50:46) (diane) and also, Lib was a huge success
(02:51:39) (Host-WalksInSpirit) This was the first time I had really just taken a complete Reading and gone through it.
(02:51:40) (ky-mike) thank-you wis
(02:51:58) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Background file, letters, and all.
(02:52:19) (merri) I like the follow-ups, letters, etc
(02:54:59) (Host-WalksInSpirit) Next week, we'll talk about "The Harp Within"
(02:55:59) (merri) aren't the chakra's referred to as the "harp"
(02:57:03) (Host-WalksInSpirit) I'm not sure, Merri.
