“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

What we did tonight is just a starter and (words missed due to noise) bugging you to do this, but try and do this in your dreams. Tell yourself before you go to bed that you can do it and then those of you who do stuff during the week, try to do it consciously using the same way we did it tonight. Once you get the feel then you will be able to do it without too much difficulty. [...]

[...] Do not let my voice take you away from the feeling, but connect you with the feeling. [...]

You can do several things now—walk out of the back of your skull down the path toward the other end. [...]

Now if you are able to go even further imaginatively, you can open those other eyes and look into that other room and that is what I would like you to do. [...]

(Pause.) You had some time ago an old newspaper article you had saved, on the dangers of using the words “should” or “would” too often—and there is perhaps nothing else you could do that is as detrimental to the true development of the natural self. [...] The idea of responsibility, as described here, blocks creativity, hampers natural psychic and physical flow: “I should be doing thus and so.” “What do I like to do? What do I feel like doing? [...] When you want to do something truly there are usually few real impediments. [...]

[...] Because you have no set hours in that regard, Ruburt has filled all of them with “I should do this,” or “I should be doing that,” or “What should I be doing now?” —and that alone blocks creative flow. [...]

[...] In fact, sometimes he writes poetry when he thinks that he should not be doing so, but instead doing something more responsible. [...]

[...] When he feels like so doing, then such activity or lack of it is precisely what is needed at the time, and he need not feel that he should be doing something else. [...]

(To Valerie.) This one was here last night and I was here and I spoke to you because I am such a friendly fellow and you do not remember. The least you all could do is say, hello, when you meet me in the middle of the night. [...]

[...] Ruburt’s unconscious can go its own way and do its own thing and I go my way and do my own thing. [...]

[...] The connection with your aunt simply has to do with present-life connections and the terms of the house to you. Now the house, to you, represents in one way, the seat of personality also, the inviolate place and you do not open the door to strangers or give them access into the secret self unless you feel that there is a good reason. [...]

The event was subconsciously recognized by you and had to do, I believe, with a woman with whom you worked with, whom you are at least partially involved in that you meet her now and then. [...] I do not know if she is there now, but she was at that time and you met her in the hallway. [...]

The desire to go places and do things, or buy things, or see people—all of these things are good because they imply physical action. [...] Do you follow me?

Do not wait for proof. [...] Do you follow me?

[...] I do not want to spoil the fun for him. I do want him to know that he is on the road to something, and that it will help him understand me far better.

[...] When his legs bother him, they do want activity. [...]

[...] Think of your painting as a spontaneous play of the godlike self, who paints or plays for the pure joy of doing so, without effort, without questions, and without plans. [...] Do not limit yourself in any way whatsoever in terms of intent as far as subject matter, medium, technique. [...] When it does not, when an idea does not come, then walk, play with your cat, do anything you want to do.

It will do good also if during the day occasionally he imagines the exercise as he goes about his chores, but he should not do this willfully, with an intent to command physical performance. [...]

You do not need to justify your existence by painting. It is impossible to do so. [...]

[...] Do not dictate to it. [...] Do not mix the approaches however. [...]

[...] Nontime represents the freedom to do so. You organize experience along your own lines because you have learned now to do so. You do not misuse experience when you have reached that point.

In your theory of time however you believe yourselves bound to the road, do not realize that you have made it, and are unable to perceive other realities. You have chosen to do this however. [...] Multidimensional personalities do not need to forget. [...]

[...] Other myriad life forms have nothing to do with it at all. [...] They do not experience time as you do.

[...] They do not share the illusion. [...] This does not necessarily mean that they perceive more of the past and future within their present than you do, for they do not in those (underlined) terms. [...]

You would be very wise to see the people you see (underlined), because you want to see them when you do, while never using Ruburt’s condition as an excuse for not doing what you do not want to do anyhow, or for not seeing people you do not want to see anyhow (intently.

(Pause.) The two of you, having no children, cannot count upon children to fulfill your dreams, as many do, or to accomplish what you do not accomplish, as many do. [...]

In your own way you often do the same thing. [...] Allow them to happen, and forget all projected limited suppositions, such as “I will never have the time to do this or that,” for those limitations do not exist in fact. [...]

(10:29.) The symptoms also served later to provide you both with a sense of separation from the world, a reason for not doing what you thought you should do in conventional terms: go out and spread the word, become television people, or lead groups, or give seminars—all things that largely went against the private portions of your nature, though otherwise you were both equipped to do so.

[...] You do not understand that your own abilities give you a far clearer picture of the “ideal,” for example. You have understood that visually you see details that others do not—simply the world at large. In the same fashion, however, you see, say, book jackets, ideal situations, in a way that the people in the business world simply do not—and you do become literally outraged when their vision proves to be so inadequate. [...]

(Long pause at 9:55.) I do not want to define for you an ideal picture to which you can never live up. That is, I do not want your practical experience of life to seem inferior as you are in the process of learning how to live in a new fashion. [...] There is some material of course that I have not given, though I will, because it would seem to you initially that in the light of what is possible, you were doing poorly—where instead in the light of your reality at this time, you are doing well. [...]

Most businesses, including Prentice, do not have that kind of vision. [...] This does not mean they do not take some pride in their work, but that pride is in direct proportion to the poverty of their vision—so the vision must be yours and Ruburt’s. You make such people feel put-upon, bewildered. They do not know what you mean, if you approach them in such a fashion. [...]

[...] I thought I was doing something by working hard on that book, to get it underway in an organized fashion, I told Jane as we sat for the session—so what happened? [...] This would involve holding the sessions, but letting Jane herself do any work about producing books for the market. [...]

[...] Whatever your situation is, it is a good idea to ask yourself what you would do if you were free of it. An alcoholic’s wife might wish with all her heart that her husband stop drinking — but if she suddenly asked herself what she would do, she might — surprisingly enough — feel a tinge of panic. [...]

(“You feel like you should do it, or when you want to do it?” I asked.

[...] I want to do it when I want to do it,” she laughed. [...]

[...] You might have a very serious illness that seemed to come from nowhere, and it may strike you as most unlikely indeed, that your own beliefs had anything to do with the inception of such a frightening malady.

But do not imagine this in future terms, but in present terms. [...] Do not then look anxiously (underlined) about for buyers, to check whether or not this is working.

[...] Two of you working together can do seven times more than one operating alone. Do you follow me?

[...] Imagine what you will do with the money. [...] Do not think in a negative manner “This is good work. [...]

[...] Do not limit it therefore. Do not insist for example that money come to you only through painting or writing, or that this power show itself only in health; and remember always you own relationship with others, so that the energy that flows through you and is used by you to your benefit, is also free to flow through you to others.

Do not overemphasize however in intellectual terms, but use imagination and feeling. [...] Intensive concentration along these lines should be followed by several days when you simply do your prayer experiments and then let the whole thing drop from your mind, and give the creative inner self an opportunity to work for you. [...] Do you follow me?

Some of this had to do with your own background. There was also a feeling, “Since you do not buy my paintings, do not hand me your junk.” [...]

[...] If you do not sell a painting by next week, for example, I do not want you to say “This does not work.” [...]

Many do not know how to use their creative abilities. Many do not have specific abilities. [...]

We do not use permanent structures. [...] I do not mean to imply that we are off in empty space. For one thing we do not think of space as you do, and we form whatever particular images we want to surround us.

Now, we can also take several forms at one time, so to speak, but you can also do this although you do not generally realize it. [...]

Because we do communicate in this manner, this does not necessarily mean that we use mental words, for we do not. [...]

Our identities do not feel threatened, for example, by the strong emotions of another. [...] We do not feel the need to conceal emotions, for we know it is basically impossible and undesirable. [...]

[...] I do want to do some dictation, so after a few more comments I will do so.

[...] He would do very well in the future in buying real estate—and there will be money to buy it. He would not do as well with stocks and bonds. [...]

Now—do either of you mind if we have a session?

[...] You think of the land you do not have. [...]

He can do more now physically than he realizes, you see. [...] I do not mean that he overdo, but he is doing none of these things.

[...] You will do beautiful work, and your technique can be flawless. You know enough now so that you do not need to be overly concerned with it on a conscious level. [...]

[...] Let him begin doing so. [...]

The tremor represented guilt here, but also a threat, for you thought: before I will do this full time for money, my hand would fail. [...]

[...] Do not think in literary terms. [...] You will only vocalize feelings that they have but do not understand. [...] So do not think of the people in Dundee as a group of people who do not understand what you are doing. [...] People in other Dundees will do the same. [...]

[...] Remember, and I do not expect any of you practically in daily life, to hold this as a rule. [...] And you become angry when people do not live up to your expectations of their capabilities. [...] You do not hate anyone that you are not capable of loving. [...] I do not expect any of you to be saints. [...] But in the vast range of your emotions, leave room for loves that are very distant, so distant and so alien that you do not recognize them. [...]

[...] It is not only a question of when to do it, with whom and when and how. [...] How do men consider them? [...] But they frighten you, because you know that in your hearts some of their beliefs exist in weaker terms, and where do you draw the line? [...]

[...] And the people sometimes write asking why I do not give proper methods, that is, more and more instructions as to how to do this and that. [...]

Do surprises never end? In what voices and what languages do truths come and in what packages and in what forms? And what the heart knows needs no translation, and the universe does indeed speak without words and so the truths that come to you do indeed, to some extent, come packaged or you would not perceive them. [...]

You are all in at the start of something, and surely you do not want it all explained for you and written out in black and white. [...] I do not want to cheat you of them. [...]

[...] And since past, present and future exist now in your terms you need bridges, because you do not really understand the nature of time, so you think you need a bridge to get from past to present or from past to future or from one kind of reality to another. This is not the case, of course, but while you think you need the bridges they are provided, and the Sumari are voices that call to you though they do not have sound. [...]

[...] Tell yourself that you are doing well and you will and you will realize it. You are doing better when you are asleep. [...]

How dead is sleeping consciousness, and where do you travel when you sleep? How many miles do you cover in a day? How many miles do you cover in a dream? How many things do you learn in a dream? [...]

If you do not like what you see, then who is to blame? [...] We do not have the time to explain now how this is done, but in the material we have explained it. [...]

What changes do they make? [...] And it is this that you must do. [...]

[...] I give you all indeed my blessing, for I do have blessings to give. [...] Do not trust what you see.

[...] In this life, then, the parents do not mean to hold him. [...] He would be much freer if he’d realize that the brothers do not hold him responsible. [...] If you will forgive me, I do not think we should use time in the session with your question about your friend’s poetry. [...] You are helping other people and you will continue to do so. Now that you have some insight into the reasons for certain difficulties, you can begin to do something about them. [...] You will not see him thoroughly until you do so; and in carrying this image with you, you see, you do not see the possibilities in many individuals whom you have already met. [...]

[...] I do have some remarks for you and I hope that they will be helpful. [...] You can manipulate events and you can manipulate them for your own egotistical purposes; but when you do so, you give yourself a traffic ticket. [...] You like driving because you feel that it gets you where you want to go and quickly, and you do not mind breaking a few small rules of the road in the process. [...] You do not have to go any place to get that destination; and it is only when you think that that destination lies elsewhere that you allow yourself to go astray. Your identity is within you and do not look for it in others. [...]

Now you have indeed been doing well. And I do congratulate you. [...] You cannot use it, therefore, to attain those things that do not pertain to your own self-development and the techniques will not help you get something that you were not meant to have nor that you have before decided as an entity that you should not have. [...] Consciously you do not want to accept them and this is one reason why you have had difficulty with the pendulum. [...] There must always be the acknowledgement that you do not consciously as yet realize the depths of yourself, the goals you have set and the challenges, and this material should be used to open up your inner horizons and to lead you in those directions toward which your inner self has already set you. [...]

Now, you fear that I am about to leap down your throat and I can assure you I will not do so. Now your feelings toward me before this session have very much to do with other attitudes that are very important to you and very ingrained. Some of these are obvious and have to do with this life only; others have to do with past lives. [...]

You can do things with the inner image that you cannot do with the physical image. But while you are doing them, they appear physical. Do you follow me?

[...] It is what you can do when you are in a state of good health. [...] We project ourselves ahead mentally to vocational status we are interested in, and by doing that, accomplish it. [...] It is what we are able to do through it, that we should really be aiming at. [...]

[...] And I did not mean to hurt your (class) feelings; far be it from me to hurt your feelings when you hurt your own so well you do not need help from me. [...] And if you do not have the words recorded, they are recorded there (pointing to WL’s head) and you will not forget them. [...]

[...] You do not understand the ways in which you project the physical matter of yourself into this room, however. [...] But you will have freedoms within it that you do not have now.... [...]

You can do things with the inner image that you cannot do with the physical image. But while you are doing them, they appear physical. Do you follow me? [...]

[...] It is what you can do when you are in a state of good health. [...] We project ourselves ahead mentally to vocational status we are interested in, and by doing that, accomplish it. [...] It is what we are able to do through it, that we should really be aiming at.”

[...] And I did not mean to hurt your (class) feelings; far be it from me to hurt your feelings when you hurt your own so well you do not need help from me. [...] And if you do not have the words recorded, they are recorded there (pointing to Brad’s head) and you will not forget them. [...]

[...] You do not understand the ways in which you project the physical matter of yourself into this room, however. [...] But you will have freedoms within it that you do not have now—not unless at 8 o’clock in the morning you leap from the rooftops and fly through the windows to your death. [...]