Chapter 12

READINGS

Build the spirit and the soul to last through eternity...

When The Eternals spoke to a group, we called the session a Teaching, and the information that came through was general, intended by The Eternals to benefit humanity at large. As our work became known, people also requested personal readings. They wanted The Eternals' counsel on health, finances, relationships, and past life ties with loved ones in the present. Some asked about their soul's purpose and their destiny in this lifetime. One or two even wanted to know, "What question should I be asking that I don't even know to ask?"
Often people who request readings are stuck and want a new viewpoint on problems in their lives. Some are in considerable pain. Many have tried other sources of help that have not satisfied their needs. A few who are contented and fulfilled come for readings, but the number is small - about the same, I imagine, as go to their doctors when they are in good health. This has sometimes presented a problem for Daniel, especially as his work has continued. He says, "The responsibility that goes with doing personal readings is awesome. Most people don't turn to a psychic until they are on their last legs. The majority are depressed, ill or terminally ill, or suicidal. They have been failed by conventional help, and I'm a last resort. It makes me realize my good fortune, but I carry greater sorrow for my fellow man every time I do a reading."
For every person that can accept the unknown there is a person who fears the unknown. It can be hard being rejected for your abilities. [Working with my wife,] I healed an aunt of a serious illness by balancing her energy flow. Jesus gives me the power, but I seldom get to see my cousin now, since I'm the oddball who sees lights about people." Everything has its price. Half the people I meet look at me as if I'm a hoax. The other half seem to think I'm prying in their minds, seeing deep dark secrets.
Of course, I'm not a hoax. I believe in what I do. As to seeing deep dark secrets, I'm too busy tending my own life - thinking about what I'd like for supper.
"What has made me feel best about the readings is the lives we have helped. I guess being able to give urgent and lifesaving information in several important emergency cases has been our crowning achievement." And I must admit being in the Light and being able to see the Light with the eye is a joy beyond words."

I myself have been to some of the top psychics in the country for personal readings and professional discussions. This was always a rewarding experience, and the information was usually very helpful. Even information that did not seem accurate at the time later proved true. But the reading may or may not satisfy the recipient. The questions are always answered, but not everyone can, or will, hear the answer. Some cannot use it. Receiving guidance and counsel and then doing something with the information are two different things; not even Cayce's readings were followed by all recipients. For those who are able to hear, a reading is like going to a much wiser source of information than most of us have available to us (going straight to the top, as it were). Advice comes from a loving but detached source, more objective than a friend and more unbiased than a specialist.

What Happens at the Readings

The readings were separate from the group work. A few people met with Daniel and me at my home. Most submitted written questions (we had discovered in our early experiments that Daniel and The Eternals could communicate with questioners telepathically). In this case, the questioner stayed at home, resting quietly at a prearranged time, and we did the reading "long distance." The general format of long distance reading was this. After Daniel reached the Hall of Records I would say, "You will have before you the soul, body, and enquiring mind of ________ (name), present at ___________(address). He/she was born __________ (date and year). Please give a full mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional reading for this entity; giving that information that will be of most benefit to him/her in life. Afterwards answering questions he/she has submitted."
Generally, The Eternals began with a full physical, mental, and spiritual evaluation, with personal counsel and guidance. This part was a monologue and usually lasted about half an hour. In the next half hour, The Eternals answered questions (I read them if the subject was not present).
Attending the readings and Teachings was not new or startling for me, although each one was most impressive. For some people, attending the readings and teachings was a big step into trust and courage. One woman, a teacher, explains it this way. (She is speaking of the Teachings, but her feelings express common reactions to the personal readings too.) "When my husband and I were invited to witness the readings by Daniel, we were not sure what we were getting into. Neither of us had been exposed to anyone under hypnosis, much less to someone who was speaking for other beings in such an intense and electrifying manner. "We were both unsure of whether we wanted to become involved in such a strange happening. After much thought, we decided that life was too short to miss an opportunity offered at our door step, so we went. "We were hooked at the first meeting. Tuesday nights became the focus of our week for the length of the time that the readings lasted - two or three months. At times, we were merely interested in what he said, at other times amused, and other times intensely horrified and depressed at his visions of the future. Never had we experienced such a mind opening and thought provoking series of meetings as was offered when Daniel gave his teachings and answered questions by those present. We were glad to be a part of it."

The readings and Teachings were serious, but not somber. There was much laughter; there were many funny episodes. The Eternals had great compassion for those who hurt, and, it seemed to me, hard words for others who needed shaking up. I wish I had space for all the readings (I have tapes of more than 100). I have chosen two. The first was given for twins who live in Maine. Their parents owned a health food store there, and the twins proposed to build a healing center in conjunction with it. They asked many questions about bricks, mortar, and land; they wanted to build first and teach later. The Eternals weren't interested. "Start now," The Eternals said, in effect. "Give classes and workshops and healing programs with whatever facilities are there now." I tried to do my job as a guide and stay out of the controversy. The interplay continued for several sessions. "The Wood Cutter," the story I have excerpted from the sessions, seems to me to be wonderful advice to the twins. It seems to hint that they must go deeper to find ways to build their building. This lesson was helpful to me. The story told me to have courage and faith, to go deeper into my search into the mind and soul, and it hinted strongly that I should not be concerned with my early successes, but rather continue to learn for greater gain.

THE WOOD CUTTER February 21, 1984 Independence, Virginia

There is a man. There is a man. He goes forth. He goes forth. He goes forth to cut wood. There is a man, he goes forth to cut the wood. He is a poor man and he has only been making ends meet. This man has been making his living - but barely. There is a man. There is a man who goes forth to cut the wood. He labors hard from sunrise to sunset, and he cuts his wood. And he cuts his wood at the edge of the forest. Every day he cuts his wood at the edge of the forest. He cuts his wood and he cuts his wood day in and day out. Calluses and blisters. Rain and sun. One day while he is cutting, this hungry wood cutter - one day while he is cutting, this hungry wood cutter who has naught, who has not been looked upon by fortune - one day, he is cutting, cutting at the edge of the woods, and by him passes a man of wisdom who says, "Wood cutter, wood cutter, if you would have wealth, why do you not cut deeper in the forest? Why do you not go deeper?"
Now the wood cutter - the lumberjack, as he would be called - thinks of this as he is going the next day, and he does walk deeper. Yes, he walks deeper into the forest, and what does he find? There is a tall stand of trees - sandalwood trees - and he cuts them. He cuts all that he can cut. He cuts all that he can haul. And he moves them to town. He takes them to market and sells them. Now fortune has looked on this man. He has got quite a gain for going deeper. And the next day, he goes out and he starts to go deeper. And coming again to the sandalwood trees, he says, "Did not the wise man say, `Go deeper'? He did not tell me to stop at the sandalwood trees. He told me to go deeper into the forest."
So the man who had cut wood walked deeper, and he walked deeper into the forest. And what did he find? He found an old, abandoned, deserted copper mine, and he filled his pockets. He loaded his wagon to the fullest - all that he could carry, all that he could haul, all that he could move he took to town. And he was rich, rich - yes, very rich he had much money now. And the next morning he got up and he walked past the sandalwood trees, and he walked past the copper mine, saying yet, "Did not the wise man say there was more to be found? Is this not what he meant when he said, `Go deeper'?"
And deeper yet he went - finding a silver mine, then a gold mine, then mines of diamonds and gems, then ruby. And then he was rich, wealthy indeed - beyond all means of richness. And so it is with the quest, the quest for knowledge and truth and light. And when you go forth - when you go forth, then you shall find. And if you do not stop, becoming overwhelmed and overjoyed, and full of pride at your first exploits, if you do not stop when you attain a few trifling powers, if you do not stop at the copper mines, then you will find the gold mines. And soon you will find life, overflowing and abundant, through the truth of the knowledge that shall be found. And so it is with the seeker of the truth.

The second excerpt is a reading The Eternals gave me. I wanted to gain insight into myself and my reasons for choosing my life's work. I include it because the reading is the first time The Eternals specifically discussed a past life. Before this we had heard about balance and counterbalance - reincarnation in general - but not about a particular life. The reading is especially good with the preamble warning about taking past lives in their proper context.

READING FOR HENRY BOLDUC September 20, 1983 Independence, Virginia

In which endeavors or work would I be of most service to mankind? Of where would I be of most service?
First, when a person is alive on this earth, if he lives a good life, he is of service. If you do not do that which you can do, you are not of service. The answer in effect is that you must do all that is in your power to do good, do good to yourself and to your fellow man. When you are doing well to all those that are about you, you are of service. It is not a matter of occupation to be of service to your fellow man. Though certainly you might say, "Oh, a doctor, when he heals the man who has been in an auto accident, is of more service than the man who sweeps the street." Yet if there is a man keeping the street clean, then one might not swerve to avoid a piece of litter and crash into the side of a building and have to be repaired by a doctor.
Therefore, there is no great job nor little job. Therefore, there is no large event nor small event, but all are equal. And in all that you do, and in every endeavor that you take, if you do it to the best of your abilities, and with the greatest love toward mankind that is possible, if you are consistenly outreaching - then you have served your purpose and you have done well and moved forward, for this is the progress that one should make.

Could I please have some insight into my past progressions on this planet?
Have you a time period? Or a highlighted area, or specifics that you would rather explore? This question momentarily disoriented me, as I did not have a specific time in mind. So I stammered, and blurted out, "I would be in questions as the Roman times, as the Roman era," as I knew for sure that was a troubled epoch of my soul's experience. The Eternals answered:

For what value the past would be, or for what value the past is, first let us say this much: in progression, though you be progressing, you are not what you were, nor were you what you are. This is not said to be confusing, or to sound as if we cannot give you the answer you are seeking. This is said to make you aware of this much - you are under a state of constant change, and what I shall relate to you, or we shall relate to you, is of no effect in the present. What you have done in the past, even five minutes ago, is of no effect to your present situation inasmuch as two things. True, there is a balance and counterbalance effect, and you have set, by your past situations, your future situations and present situation. But the past is - therefore it cannot be corrected and it cannot be relived. And the past is a time that is not. You cannot go back to it and think for guidance, for you are not the same now as you were then. These are the two things that we must make clear. Now we see you, and show you yourself, in a short tunic tied about the waist with a red strap. Yes, and the curly hair and the large, broken nose - half Jew and half Roman. You died there for your outlook - preacher of faith - not a kind death, either. And much of this has been [alleviated], and taken from you out of kindness, for it is not for you to remember how you were taken apart. But what is for you to remember is the goodness that you did. You counterbalanced, or you outweighed by your own upright piety. Were you not the most righteous of the Pharisees? Were you not the most pious and bigoted? This was the reason that the effect was had. And when you became otherwise, were you not just as righteous? And were you not just as pious? And did you not propound yourself in just the same way? If it had not been for the Roman blood, you would have died much sooner. You had their rights. What would you like to know about this time?

Is there anything that was set in motion then that has an effect now? I understand that we are not now what we were. Are there any carryovers or any part of my inner psyche that is reliving this in any way?

Your trouble is this. Inasmuch as we have already said, piety and bigotry were so strong, the heart was cold and callous. Yes, there is an effect and there is a reason. But it is not what you would suspect. This is the reason for the gentleness. This is the reason for your love of humanity, and this is the reason for your kindness. See, this is the counterbalance, the soft, the easy. This is the reason for the liberal, the easiness. This is the reason, but it is also overplayed, for things have been let slide. Things have often gone too far, and you have let others go their way often too long. But yes, this was the balance and the counterbalance of which we spoke. And it is there, but at least the death shall be more pleasant. You don't need to worry about being scattered. This is the balance that we speak of, and this is all that you need to know of that balance. We tell you not to worry about the trivial. For it matters not of the status of the past, but that which you do in the present. Look to do good and your balances shall be weighed and not found wanting...

Life has its interesting moments! And this was one. I was preparing to end this session. In other parts of the session I had been given information about my health and guidance about my work. I was well pleased, and the cassette was nearing its end. But the Vessel was making some unusual faces and was obviously still looking at or working with something. In the months to come I would become familiar with even the tiny signals a channeler sends out - but in this session I wondered what to do. Trusting my intuition, I turned the tape over and asked the following question. I am certainly glad I did; a whole series of powerful messages of ancient history came through, and I was given great insight about the origins of my work and my reasons for doing it.

What other information are you processing, or working on?

I'm working through the era and time of Egypt. I'm working through the most holy sanctuaries under the head of that which would look as a pharaoh, sitting upon the body of an animal, entering through the doors to the holiest of temples, into that known as the shrine - the most holy and the most sacred. I'm looking upon that which you were at that time. I am reliving that which you were at that time, feeling it, that I might tell you the balances of it. This is more of what you sought after, even though you could not tell me what you sought. For in the time of the sun and the moon, and in the time when the stars ruled - when they sought the guidance and the truth of those stars and the planets when that man was educated beyond that which we will ever have in our libraries, in the time when the mind was expanded greatly, you, Rem-shau- ie-mon-tale-hep-moth, were of the temple. And there you served, and you carried the lamps before all the altars. And you spoke and learned of the holy rites and of the words of the past, and the gates and doorways into the eternal present. This is where you learned the secrets of the mind and that which opens the mind. If you knew now what you had the the past before you changed, you would not believe nor comprehend that which you knew. You would not be able to even understand what you had hidden in the recesses of your own mind. But you had power and it was of no use. And that is why, now - without power - you must be of use. This is what we make clear.
For you have asked, "Why am I involved in this endeavor?" You had power and were of no use to men. Now you have not power, and shall be of use. Yes, that is how it shall be. For you wore the most holy robes, and burnt the lamps before the altars. You stood at the feet of the most holy men in the land and you shared the bread and the table of the most powerful of the land - and yet did nothing. Now you have not power, nor the persuasion, and yet that work which you shall do shall be large. Have we told you all that we should, or would you like to know more of this period?

I would like to know more, please.
Ask in specific, and we shall tell.

I don't know what to ask.
Well, let us start by telling you this much: there was the Pharaoh and he ruled the land, and he was considered the head deity. But he looked to his religious leaders of that time for guidance. That made you a very strong influence for him - third most powerful in the kingdom that was ruling the world. And you did nothing for anyone except yourself. You saw to it that the priests were well fed. You saw to it that they had land and cattle. But you did not do anything for anyone who needed your help. We speak to you of a time period when you were dressed in red and green stripes upon white, over the head. Being with a band around the forehead, you are dressed in the most holy and sacred robes of blue. And you were the most influential one who ever bore the lights before the altars of the - shall we say - holy shrines. You lived in a time when man was advanced. There were libraries. The language and communication was beyond what is even comprehensible now. The hieroglyphs that you have seen written were not the crude language that some assume, but conveyed many times more than you can ever think of conveying with abstract words. For they were even more abstract, and their formation was even more difficult.
You lived in a time when counting was far beyond what it is now, and the calculus and the mathematics of this present time do not even approach - for a man could work, mentally, what one could now do in the computer age upon the screens. They stored in their minds things that are now stored in storehouses - and because they looked deep into themselves, they had the power and the strength to do all that they desired to do. There were people - those few chosen select who were initiated into the temple - who had the power over their bodies and minds and all that was around them. Even Moses himself was trained as you were, and look at the power that he had. See what we say? You were a great man and did nothing. Shall we go further?

Please continue, yes.
Then we shall tell you also, you wore bands of gold about your arms and there was a wide band about your neck. And you wore a seal, so that when you spoke - then you sealed the document with that seal which was upon your ring and upon your cylinder - and no man could undo that which you did, save the Pharaoh. He himself, and he would not have dared, for you were the holy oracle - the lamp bearer, the light bearer, the spokesman of those to whom they thought they had access. You saw the armies destroy and oppress the foreign nations. You saw them take them apart and waste them totally, when you could have saved people. You saw them desecrate, when you could have had it kept and used. You lived in a time when things were built in a way not now known. But also, much was done by forced labor; and you did nothing to break this labor. You lived in a time when the great stones were moved on rollers by the backs of slaves. And men were pulled into service, willing or not willing. You lived in a time when the females, the most glorious and wonderful, were considered to be almost of a god-gift. And the males, though they were the rulers and the kings and the powerful, looked to the fertile and knew that the females were the same holy stock. You lived in a time when you were dressed, and dressed well. There was nothing to bind the movements, the belts tied about the waist were wide. The chest was bare when it was permitted. The formal dress draped loosely and comfortably, and your feet were well protected, though not inhibited for they were only covered from underneath. We cannot even convey to you the knowledge that was kept. But you could look upon another man's mind, speech was not all that was known. We do not tell you that speech was any less, nor was there an extreme ability of telepathy - this is not what we're telling you - but people were highly observant. They could look upon each other and they knew the needs and desires. They knew the thoughts from that which had been thought: that which a small child knows, but is quickly unlearned, they had learned to keep. This was the time. This was the time. We leave you now from this. We part, and put our blessings upon you. Rasha-he-rashn-ne har-han ish-ar-na ra...

Years before, when Patricia and I were traveling around the country, we were sitting on the beach, watching the ocean. Suddenly I had a flash of a different time and place. Here, as nearly as I can recall the words, is what I told Patricia about this flash, which I hardly remembered until The Eternals related it to me in fuller context.
I was in Egypt on a hilltop or mountain top, but it was a hill that had a level enough spot on the top for a few chariots and a road (not paved) going to the top. The land was virtually desert, with scrub and some mud walls, but basically flat. There were two opposing armies to the right and left and a major battle was about to begin. But even before the battle I knew for sure that "we" were to win it - and we did, by day's end. We had done something previously to insure this success, as I had predicted we would. I knew I was in the presence of the Pharaoh and a few other powerful rulers and advisors. We were safely away from any possible fighting and a special bodyguard was at the base of the mountain or a big hill. I deduced that I had a position of power or influence just to be there. There was a strong and cool wind. I did not feel like a warrior or military person in this scene. I was happy to be outdoors and to watch the action.

So let the last words be from The Eternals.
You would not learn all that you need to know immediately. Some of this will come to you when the time is right. And when the time is right, all of it will come to you. Did Christ speak with stories to make things more clear? Did He tell stories because He wanted people to understand his every word? No. The stories were cryptic, and in them were hidden the messages that were of truth. He told the stories that everyone would be confounded and few find the truth. Even so, this is given to you, and to those without, who would search and can find. Yet all is not given freely. Does this not imply work on your part? Work it implies. And work there must be. For nothing is given freely. For all must come with effort. And yet, everything is free if you will simply expend the effort to receive it. For it cannot be bought with money, only the effort of the spirit...