During the reign of the mother, the entity was associated with those people later despised on account of the love (physical) that the mother found in association with a peoples.
And the entity was then pledged to one of the leaders of Israel, in the house of Levi; and being despoiled by an Egyptian, it was this one that the brother, Moses, slew, hence causing that disruption which brought—at the latter period of the mother’s and the entity’s sojourn in the land—a new pharaoh to the ruling of the peoples; this one coming then from the mountain or southern land of an almost divided land over this incident in the entity’s experience.
While the entity may be said to have gained and lost, gained and lost through the experience, under the tutelage of those peoples with whom the brother was associated—as did the entity’s mother—much understanding was brought of the legends of a people that had been called for a particular service.
This is noteworthy of interest, then, in the entity’s experience in the present; that to the entity, one that has had an experience that deals with the universal manifestation of a spiritual or unseen power is sacred to the entity.
Hence another reason for precaution in self, as the developments come—and will come, if there will be the application of self in the mysteries of the unseen that may come for self.
And it is well that self, when contemplating and meditating, surround self with the environs of an oriental nature; for the dress itself should ever be rather the robes or loose clothing about the body. There should ever be something that is old, something that is plaid; something that bespeaks of either the scarab, bull, or serpent; with the perfumes of the East.
But know that these are but those things that will make for the arousing of the inner self, and not the force that arises; rather a material element for the producing of same.
And the abilities from the experience of the entity in Egypt may be brought forward in the present, in aiding to give much to peoples that seek for the development of self and of their relationships with the Creative Forces and their relationships to their fellow man.
For, the wisdom of Hatherpsut may be in the entity in the present experience as a builder in a mental, a commercial, or a material way.
The spirit of the mother in that experience, then, may yet aid and guide in the present; beautiful in body, beautiful in mind in the experience, yet turned the world upside down!
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The Edgar Cayce readings admonished many individuals to be either hot or cold—good or bad—but be and do something. God can work with desires and emotions, no matter at what level, as long as they are in action. But He cannot work with energies that have become static or lukewarm. (See Revelation 3:14–16.)
Although the anger that resulted in the taking of a life cannot be condoned, the necessity to flee took Moses to a place where there could be the further unfolding of his own consciousness, and of his destiny. The flight from Egypt took Moses to the land of Midian, where he married into the household of Reul, a priest of that land. (Exodus 2:15–22)
The Eastern sages have a saying that “when the pupil is ready, the teacher appears.”
Reul is also called Jethro, an honorary title connected with his office as priest. Reul is also referred to as a prince of Midian, and the Midianites were descendants of Abraham. Jethro must have been well versed in the lore, legends, and teachings concerning Abraham. He no doubt was familiar with the prophecy in Genesis 15:12–15, concerning the years of bondage.
Now that this period was nearly over, we wonder how the priest interpreted the strange events which led an Egyptian prince of Hebrew blood to his tent. Perhaps Reul had already been prepared through dream or vision and recognized Moses as the channel through which the prophecy of deliverance would be fulfilled. As a shepherd, alone in the midst of nature for long periods of time, Moses had ideal conditions in which to absorb the teachings of his father-in-law, and to meditate upon his destiny. While his people in Egypt “groaned under their oppression” and began to build the desire to be free, Moses was preparing himself for the part he was to play.
The Burning Bush
The burning bush that appeared to Moses appeared in a vision to a member of Cayce’s original Search for God group. The interpretation which Cayce gave to her can be applied equally as well to Moses:
(Q) Please explain the experience I had on the morning of July 17, in which I saw a pyramid of smoke over my head and then a burning bush within. What do these symbols mean?
(A) The awakening to that as must be a portion of the experience necessary for the full cleansing, the full awakening to the possibilities that lie within.
How hath He given that ye shall be purged? Even as by fire. This, to be sure, is emblematical; that thy service may rise as sweet incense from the altar of service in thyself. So long as ye look upon a service done, a good deed, as a lesson, as a duty, as a service, so long are ye subject to same.
When to do good is the joy, when to deny self is a pleasure, then thou wilt know the I AM is awakened within.
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Like this woman, Moses had to be brought to the point where there could be an awakening to the purposes for which he had entered into the earth, and to realize the “possibilities” within that would aid him in fulfilling that purpose. At the time of his vision, Moses was handicapped by fear and doubts. He felt unable to lead the people because they did not know him, and hindered as a spokesman because he was a stutterer. But as he applied himself, he outgrew his limitations and gradually became aware of the “I AM” within.
Perhaps Yahweh, or Jehovah, was such an endearing and an oft invoked name, because of the effect the sound vibrations had upon the conscious and subconscious minds. It was the word which Moses heard during his experience of inner awakening. The combinations of the letters and the phonetic sound of a word, which Cayce suggested to one individual to stimulate an inner awakening, is very reminiscent of the “I AM THAT I AM,” or JEHOVAH, heard by Moses—and carries the same significance!
(Q) Give meaning and pronunciation of the word J-A-H-H-E-V-A-H-E.
(A) Java; meaning the ability within itself to know itself to be itself and yet one with, or one apart from, the infinite; to be a part of that realm of helpers; to know self as a part of and in that realm where the angels are, or in that realm of the individuals who have been, who are, with the Announcer, the Lord of the Way, and who have attained the consciousness of the Christ-within.
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A Discussion
The Bible records a dialogue between Moses and God:
And Moses said to the Lord, “I beseech thee, O, My Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore nor since thou hast spoken to thy servant; for I am a stutterer and slow of speech.”
The Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? or who makes the dumb, Or the deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
Now