“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

When such an improvement of attitude does occur on Ruburt’s part, it takes considerable courage for him to take or initiate that first step—and you do not ease the way, but in the meantime go along until he makes such a suggestion first. When you finally do both go out, at the most two or three times in a row, something happens. [...]

[...] The two of you are doing what you have decided to do, and producing what you have decided to produce. [...]

[...] Of course I often have such thoughts, and have often been completely baffled by her behavior in this regard; I said I thought the fact that we were busy—even more so than usual—should have nothing to do with holding off on such a need. [...]

[...] But in his own way, and no matter how misguided, he was trying to pace himself and his temperament with yours, to play up those mental writing abilities that would help his career, and in which you took such pride—and while doing that, play down qualities that might distract you from your own work, by encouraging physical activities—parties, vacations, travelings, that would further take up your time, when you were already taking time away from your art to help him in psychic work.

(She did do some more moving and rotating. Now she could move her arms far enough down to touch her thighs—something she couldn’t do yesterday. [...] Again, seeing her do this was strange, considering the new range of motion she now has. [...]

[...] She had a smoke, then tried to read yesterday’s session after I’d massaged her neck, but she couldn’t do it very well so I ended up reading it to her. [...] It seems that now literally we don’t have time in an afternoon to do half of what we’d like to—it’s like going to work and trying hard to get everything done before it’s time to go home. [...]

(When I turned Jane on her back at 1:15 this afternoon, and removed the foam-rubber doughnut from between her knees, she didn’t want me to massage her left leg as I’ve been doing lately. [...]

[...] You do not need to read large sections at once. [...]

Rob spent the next Saturday afternoon in his studio, as usual, painting and doing other artwork. [...] I was in the front of the apartment doing the weekly housecleaning. [...] Like other experiences of this nature, it was intrusive, in that it seemed to have no connection with what he was doing or thinking at the time.

Because you know that you breathe, without being consciously aware of the mechanics involved, you are forced to admit that you do your own breathing. When you cross a room, you are forced to admit that you have caused yourself to do so, though consciously you have no idea of willing the muscles to move, or of stimulating one tendon or another. Yet even though you admit these things, you do not really believe them.

Who do I share this image with?
What ghost haunts this house?
I smile and reach for a cup of tea
And motions beyond my will begin.
My fingers move smoothly out
And lift the curving spoon.
With just the proper touch
They pick the china saucer up.
Yet I have nothing to do with this.
Who moves the cup? [...]

In the next session, Seth told Rob that he was doing well and should try the exercise often. [...]

(10:06.) These units of consciousness do not have human characteristics, of course. They do, however, possess their own “inclinations,” leanings, propensities — and perhaps “propensities” comes closest to the term I want. I do not want you to think of them as miniature people. [...]

(Long pause, one of many.) I do not want to ruin your idea of stability, and I do not want to confuse you. [...] (See the last two sessions.) In doing so I used ideas and terms quite easily grasped. [...]

(9:47.) That leads to the old inevitable questions: Do animals have souls — or do trees, or rocks? [...]

[...] I do not mean that a moment is simply stretched, or that time is slowed down alone, but that all the experiences possible within a moment become realities within that framework. Such systems have little to do with you in any practical manner, nor is such information given to dwarf your idea of what your own consciousness is. [...]

[...] Often people exercise over-zealously to punish their bodies, or to force the body to respond at its best, since they do not trust it to do otherwise.

[...] The producer wanted to know about doing a series on Jane’s work. [...]

[...] Unfortunately, large segments of the population feel uncomfortable with their bodies, and do not trust the body’s spontaneity, strength, or overall dependability. [...]

(4:27.) In many instances people exercise quite simply because they are afraid of what will happen if they do not. [...]

[...] This does not mean that I do not sense you emotionally, that you do not impress me in that manner. For many reasons having to do with such necessary cautions, I have not tried to impress you particularly with my own emotional existence, nor to communicate in that manner. [...]

[...] Perhaps we shall see what we can do some evening, by giving impressions having to do with the man.

[...] (Long pause.) They contain a kind of depth, having nothing to do with space, an existence dependent upon, again, intensity rather than duration. [...]

[...] When you become overcautious, this can at times, momentarily at least, hold you both back; because you do not count upon this less apparent but quite definite cautious part of Ruburt. [...]

Those that do are chosen with great discrimination, dreams serving as one of the methods by which you ascertain the desirability of any given probable act. [...] Those events that you do not accept as physical ones, however, also exist and join their own organizations. They do not simply fall away from your experience, but serve as focus points for events that do not concern you directly, while indirectly they form a definite psychological background. [...]

When people profess an interest in the nature of dreams, they usually have certain set questions in mind, such as: “How real are dream events?” “What do dreams mean?” “How do they affect daily life?” Each person is aware of the astonishingly intimate nature of dreams. [...]

Such issues, however, while obviously of concern, do not touch upon the greater events behind dream activity, or begin to touch upon the mysterious psychological actions that are behind the perception of any event. [...]

[...] Your own psychological activity is the closest evidence you have, though you do not use it as such. [...]

[...] There are many actions which you do not recognize because you do not perceive them.

I do not believe that you have, that either of you have, progressed far enough to take on faith my contention that it is safe to buy your house. I can tell you that it is, but it is best that I do not push you in any direction, and that you act naturally in your own speed.

[...] These are utilized in the material universe, but they do not actually exist in it in the same way that, say, a rock or chair does. [...]

[...] At the time Seth also said that had we settled in Miami, Florida, as we considered doing a few years ago, Jane would have worked in a gallery there. [...]

I welcome those who are new this evening, but I have some remarks for our regular students having to do with your dreams. [...] Besides the associates and friends that you know in your daily waking life, you also have a quite legitimate relationship with people that you do not know as you go about your daily concerns. [...]

Now this requires some study and means that you will have to remember your dreams much more effectively than some of you are doing. [...] Then when you are doing well in class, you will be able to relate not only to some reincarnational selves but to the inner self and to its activities and use these activities to enrich your normal daily encounters and to increase the nature and extent of your perceptions. [...]

[...] The abilities that you show are quite your own, and I would like to see you bring them to the surface and use them but then I am certain that you will do so. I cannot always speak to each of you individually, but I do speak to you individually and you should know what I mean by that sentence. [...]

Now, do you want the information now? [...]

Creation occurs, again, most often through value fulfillment, which exists in a dimension having nothing to do with your space and time; and in the deepest sense creation as a whole, originally, if you’ll excuse the term, had nothing to do with either your space or your time, and the so-called birth of your known outer universe came long after in the story of creation and value fulfillment.

[...] Do not ask me, as yet, where this infinite amount of energy comes from. For one thing, I do not think in terms of cause and effect, and energy does not have a source in the terms with which you are familiar.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts, but this is because you do not see the whole. [...] There is so much that you do not know, and so much to be filled in merely in this sort of outline form, that I am appalled, completely. [...]

[...] It takes some doing on all of our parts. [...]

I do not mean to pass any moral judgment upon such activities. Often they do permit an extremely keen sense of exuberance and vitality. [...]

[...] Many such people do not feel at all safe living under life’s usual conditions. [...]

(Long pause at 4:16.) Only when they pursue some death-defying career do such individuals feel safe enough to relax otherwise and live a fairly normal life outside of their death-defying careers.

[...] It is true that these individuals do choose for themselves a carefully planned and regulated style of life, in which the threat of death is encountered personally and regularly; each day becomes an odyssey, in which death and life are purposefully weighed. [...]

[...] She said she had decided to stick to book work and do the best she can. I felt somewhat discouraged also, and agreed there was little else we could do at this time, since nothing else seemed to be working. [...]

We will resume dictation for now — but I always do keep your personal concerns in mind.

[...] (Long pause.) It is generally understood, then, that you do have an ego, directed toward exterior activity, and in those terms (underlined) you also have an inner ego. [...]

Most people do not realize that they can indeed have access to this inner awareness. [...]

[...] She said her position, lying on her side, had something to do with it. [...] Jane wondered if the flower extract had anything to do with the little finger acting up; its color was mildly dark compared to the middle finger’s original dark blue appearance. [...]

(After supper Jane asked me if I agreed with her decision not to call Dr. Kardon, when I hadn’t thought of doing so to begin with—especially in light of the high bill we’d received from St. Joseph’s to begin with, for the last finger episode. [...]

(I asked Jane if she wanted to have a session, since I couldn’t think of anything else to do or say. [...]

[...] (Long pause, leaning to the right, eyes closed.) I purposely wait for such lapses as these to come and go—and again, they do represent the state of the thyroid. [...]

The cupboards there should particularly be repainted; the ceiling is not important, do as you wish. [...]

Ruburt’s classes will do well (very true, July 1971), and will serve as a natural spontaneous and beneficial outlet for his aggressions. [...]

His book will do very well now—the dream book. [...]

I recommend that he serve his notice to his Mr. Miller, though he on his own does not feel quite ready to do so. [...]

[...] Knowledge that you do not realize that you possess, yet you do possess it. [...]

[...] The light will not blind your eyes but open new eyes you do not know you possess, give you freedom you do not know... [...]

Now, you are together in ways you do not understand. [...]

Now, although I admit I usually come to you with a voice like a musical thunder, with a voice that seems to weigh a thousand pounds, that seems to plop into the room, yet I can also come lightly as a leaf and be here when you do not know. [...]

[...] Behind all this, of course, would be the belief that caused the difficulty; but once you have brought about a group of symptoms you must be very careful that you do not begin to view your field of reality from that position. When you do, you add both inner and outer images that reinforce the condition.

There is light then that you do not see with physical eyes, as there is sound that you do not hear with your ears. [...]

[...] You are usually told that your emotions or beliefs or system of values have nothing to do with the unfortunate circumstances that beset you.

[...] Each of the atoms and molecules that compose your body has its own reality in sound values that you do not hear physically. [...]

[...] After a cigarette, and my doing some mail, Jane started reading yesterday’s long session, which I’d finished typing at about 10:30 last night. Before I went to the john I helped her hold the session papers on the left edge with her left hand—something I’ve been hoping she would become able to do, since it would add to her independence in reading. [...] “Look at what I can do.” [...] She could almost hold the papers up like anyone would, even though her arms and hands aren’t clear yet; but, she told me, they have changed enough so that she could now do this. [...] I stressed that it was a very important step, and that maybe soon I could take apart Personal Reality, as I had suggested doing some weeks ago, so that she could read it page by page. [...]

[...] Yesterday I read in the Enquirer that such itching can be caused by shampoos, so I’m going to do some experimenting. [...]

[...] When Lynne came in to take her blood pressure, Jane showed her what new things she could do with her hands. [...]

[...] “I’m trying to sit up again, I can tell, but I can’t do it from way down in the bed. [...]

[...] What do you think of that?”)

(“Will this material we are accumulating through you help Jane in doing the book?”)

(“Do you think automatic writing might work in my case-something more visual, that is?”)

(“All right Seth, what do you think of Jane’s answer?”)

(After this session was held we briefly talked about things we might do in order to ensure privacy, should we decide to be more active in the pursuit of that quality. There would be moving to a new location, perhaps, or doing something about the mail—answering labors each week. [...] I’m willing to do most anything, but our ideas here as yet are very vague, and I haven’t discussed with Jane yet whether she thinks a move would do any good, really.

[...] I reminded her that I was the one who first suggested we start publishing the Seth material, and that she’d had reservations about doing that. It seemed to me now that a clear course of hanging back had been displayed by Jane all though our psychic endeavors, and that it could be easily charted if we took the time to do so. [...] I know things aren’t that simple, but I do feel that the fact of public exposure represented by the Seth books has always bothered Jane. [...]

[...] “Well, if we’ve made no major errors,” I said to Jane recently, “what do you call the hassles we do have?”’ I was—am—quite aware of the humor implicit in the whole situation. [...]

(Nor, I might add, had I ever pressed her to do books with Seth on current events. [...] Perhaps if she attains a sense of inner peace and protection she will come to naturally make such choices; doing which will encourage her feeling of personal freedom and safety instead of threatening it.

[...] This is your doing; that is, the doing of you both, and none of mine.

[...] They have nothing to do with physical vision. [...]

Now, projections do involve variations in intensities on your part.

Now, do you have an envelope for me, Joseph?