“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

They were these; that the entire world and its organization was kept together by certain stories or one in particular—like the Catholic Church’s; that it was dangerous beyond all knowing to look through the stories or examine them or to look for the truth and that all kinds of taboos existed to keep us from doing this, since.... [...]

[...] The feelings I was getting went even further, that religion or science or whatever weren’t attempts to discover truth—but to escape from doing so, to substitute some satisfying tale or story instead. [...]

Of course we wondered if her taking the medication you sent had anything to do with the little finger’s response. [...]

[...] Since we don’t know what else to do at the moment, we’ll be using just the dream. [...]

[...] To some degree it is a result of inner vitality’s attempt to completely express itself in materializations, and its inability to do so.

[...] There are many kinds of motion, for example, that you do not perceive as motion within the physical field.

Remember here, however, that by action we do not necessarily mean motion as you perceive it. [...]

[...] You have the tendency of this inner vitality to materialize, and its inability to completely do so. [...]

[...] I didn’t ask that she or Seth comment on the notes, but at least I’d made it possible for either one to do so. [...]

Ruburt took a portion of himself into protective custody—not wishing to do that portion any damage, but simply to restrain it, to teach it discipline. [...]

[...] (Long pause.) When united, the intellect and intuitions do well. [...]

[...] He thinks he fears relaxing because then he will do nothing—but instead he is afraid of letting go because he fears he will go too far, and put himself in an unsafe position in the world. [...]

[...] I don’t know what I’m doing here instead of being in bed. [...] Her talk reminded me, paradoxically, that last night while sitting on the couch she’d been able to cross her legs in a way she hadn’t been able to do for a long time.

[...] They are not used to dealing with such miniature events to begin with, nor do they identify with them. [...]

[...] Ruburt is working through many issues now well, however I do want to mention that Framework 2 often involves such “displaced” targets, when one desired event may be blocked in one area, but a beneficial event of like consequence instead happens in an area seemingly quite divorced from it. [...]

The genes and chromosomes do not just happen to have within them the precisely definite coded information that will be needed. [...]

[...] It may seem to you that you do not have any conscious control over your body’s condition in life as you know it, much less before your birth. [...]

[...] So it is futile to become angry at a symptom, or to deride the body for its condition when it is presenting you with the corporeal replica of your own thought, as it was meant to do.

[...] (Pause.) Many of you for your own reasons pursue courses that do not involve an even development of abilities, an overall balanced picture, for example, but choose to express and experiment with certain qualities to the exclusion of others. [...]

I do not mean to overemphasize the point that this particular material is most difficult to explain, yet I can hardly stress the issue too strongly.

[...] I do not mean that they love or hate, in your terms, but that they are aware of their own separateness, and aware of the ways in which that separateness cooperates to form other organizations.

[...] At the same time, do not dwell too much upon that world situation, for a concentration upon your own nature and upon the physical nature of your world — the seasons, and so forth — allows you to refresh your own energy, and frees you to take advantage of that clear vision that is so necessary.

[...] (To me:) You are personally inhibiting your dream recall because you do not want to take the time to remember and interpret the dreams. [...]

[...] Then, starting in early January, we held eight sessions having to do with questions we’d put off dealing with for a long time; some were personal and some were not. [...]

[...] What then is myth, and what do I mean by the term?

You divorce yourselves from nature and nature’s intents far more than the animals do. [...]

Science often says that nature cares little for the individual, only for the species, so then you must often see yourselves as victims in a larger struggle for survival, in which your own intents do not carry even the puniest sway.

[...] I made an attempt to answer the mail, but didn’t do well. [...]

[...] We’re supposed to have the confidence that the body knows what it’s doing, and will fix that leg in whatever manner is necessary.” [...]

[...] As I said, I still don’t really know why the body has to do this. [...]

[...] The inner senses are inherently equipped to do this, but for many reasons they do not. [...]

(And from the 40th session:) The tissue capsule is actually an energy field boundary … At the same time it protects the whole self from certain radiations which do not here concern you. [...]

“When I first mentioned the family name, Grunaargh (as Seth spelled it out for us in that session over three years ago), I knew that its members had something to do with printing, or the promulgation of printed material. [...] However, after that session my impression ‘grew’ in such a way that I knew this family had something to do in a more direct way with the printing process — with the fascination of putting ideas down on paper through the use of typefaces that would, as much as the language involved, express the ideas behind the words themselves. [...]

[...] In Jane’s final class, Rob read Seth’s explanation having to do with family ‘mergings.’ Right away, right there in class, I knew what was behind the feeling I’d had about this family: Members of the Grunaargh, and I personally, were involved in the invention of movable type. [...]

(Pause at 10:22.) Because many people do realize that important contribution, you are financially secure. [...] Then what an outrage do you work against yourself when you try to justify your position in terms of money or worth according to the most parochial limits and social expectations of your time. [...]

[...] Because there were few ground rules, and because it takes time to develop a culture, this rambunctious group set out to tame the continent, to show Europe that Americans could do Europe one better, without a king and without pomp. [...]

I do not know if I am expressing this clearly. [...]

Now: do you have questions? [...]

[...] If certain portions, dominating portions, of both of your personalities are willing to go without, for the sake of what you want, other portions do feel that they are being disregarded, without even token recognition.

[...] He tried to douse his normally vital animal spirits, and now the body and the animal spirits do need some such extra attention.

[...] That is one of the reasons that he seeks what you call offbeat positions, but he has made progress in this line, and should continue to do so. [...]

The urge between the child’s desire to do so, the basically kind nature, and the inability to carry out any such actions in any case, led to an overguarding ego. [...]

[...] We do know however that Seth would be available at any time under emotional stress, if we asked.)

[...] These reasons however have to do with circumstances that are usually beyond “normal” control: electromagnetic conditions, psychological circumstances—the psychological climate for example. [...]

[...] I do not know now, or see now, what initiated your reaction, but something happened that frightened you. [...]

[...] But subconsciously you wondered what social environment your child would really (underlined) encounter, and whether or not you deprived him of the social and economic benefits that you have convinced yourself, consciously, you do not need.

[...] When, in historic terms, the race was in the process of adopting a necessary artificial separation of itself from the rest of nature; when it needed to be assured of its abilities to do so; when it took upon itself the task of a particular kind of specialization and individual focus, it needed a religion that would assure it of its abilities.

[...] (Pause.) The seemingly local Jewish god (Yahweh/Jehovah) ended up in one way or another by destroying the Roman Empire, and in so doing brought about a complete reorganization of planetary culture.

[...] The material had been clear, she said, coming from that “certain necessary level” that she had to reach in order to do this book.

(She said the “buried” material about Christ and mainline Christian thought had to do with occult [meaning hidden] teachings and the Essenes, who were one of the four major Jewish sects known to exist in the Holy Land early in the first century, A.D. [see chapters 21 and 22 in Seth Speaks.]

[...] They do not appear very well under the auspices of the scientific method, because the scientific method is itself programmed to perceive only information that fits into its preconceived patterns. [...]

[...] I do not mean to idealize those times. [...]

[...] The dog’s desire for food led him to walk magically through the door, for the desires of the natural creature are satisfied (pause) with an ease that has nothing to do with your ideas of work. [...]

[...] He will simply automatically get better, because the framework will allow him to do so.

[...] Recognize this feeling when you have it, and do whatever seems to bring it about.

[...] His loyalty to you would make him by turns deny any backed-up feelings toward your parents, and then he would be forced to recognize them, and in doing so he would become angry at you for having parents.

He was ready to move the minute your parents got in difficulty, and, was outraged that you did not do so. [...]

[...] There isn’t anything we can do, particularly, beyond the few letters Jane wrote. [...]

To do so, you must first of all remind yourself frequently that the physical condition is symbolic — not a permanent condition. [...]

[...] It was as though Jane, Rob, and I were traveling at a certain familiar speed while we were talking, although this has nothing to do with motion. [...]

[...] The unconscious, so-called, has little to do with this phenomenon. [...]

(When Sue and Jane questioned me about this, I had to tell them that I didn’t feel anything out of the ordinary, but then I seldom do during sessions. [...]

[...] If you want to relax and you are tense, it is often simpler to bypass the issue, and tell yourself instead to imagine a peaceful scene, in which case you will relax without ordering your muscles to do so. [...]

[...] When you change your routine however slightly, you do the same thing. [...]

Generally, people believe that ideas have little to do with the living flesh. The flesh seems physical and ideas do not. [...]