“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Our lives continue to expand in unexpected ways among an incredible variety of probable realities. And I must say that once again Jane and I have been surprised and touched. When I got home from 330 last night I found in the mail a letter from Maude Cardwell of Reality Change, the Seth newsletter she publishes in Austin, Texas. In it she described how she’d been approached by a subscriber who wanted to start a fund to help Jane and me with medical expenses. The letter I’d had published recently in the November issue of Coordinate Point International, describing Jane’s challenges, had come to the attention of the reader in St. Paul, MN, who had called Maude with the idea of a fund.

(2:30. Jane ate a good lunch. Afterward I read my letter and Maude’s to her. “Your letter is terrific,” she said, an excellent piece of writing.” I hadn’t thought of it that way particularly. We discussed many possibilities swirling around the fund idea. The idea was new to Jane, of course, and I wanted to give her time to think about it. I said I’d merely write Maude a note of acknowledgement at this time anyhow. Jane said she’d also dictate a letter eventually to the group. She was very reserved about Seth possibly delivering a message for them. Our answer could range all the way from yes to no, with any combination of stops in between. I thought Seth could comment today, but I expected no detailed response there either at this time. One thing became quite clear as we talked: The fund idea abruptly led us into looking at our beliefs and motives and “work” in new ways—a valuable service right there.

(I brought both the letter and the issue of CPI to show Jane and get her opinion. I was taken unawares by Maude’s letter, unbelieving and yet grateful that anyone else would offer to give strangers money. I thought about the whole situation last night as I typed yesterday’s session. I believe I also had some restless dreams about it last night, but couldn’t recall them today.

(4:13 PM. At once we agreed that Seth had said much more about the fund idea than we’d expected at this time. I told Jane I’d be sending Maude Cardwell a short letter of acknowledgement. I’ll probably at least start it tomorrow.

(I also told Jane that beside the dream I’d like Seth to comment on the fact that I’d awakened this morning with Maude Cardwell on my mind, including the letter I’d written her a couple of weeks ago. [...] I wanted Seth to comment on Maude’s reaction to the letter. I told Jane that I wanted her to know the question in case we heard from Maude this week, say. [...]

(Long pause.) Give us a moment … Maude was pleased and also astonished by your letter. [...]

[...] I read her Maude’s letter, and her article in Reality Change, saying we’d have to work out a response. [...] I also told Jane I’d like something from Seth that Maude can send to contributors.

[...] I took Maude Cardwell’s letter to show Jane. [...]

^* Maude Cardwell publishes a Seth-oriented newsletter, Reality Change, from her home in Austin, Texas. [...] Maude wants to ask the readers of RC to help Jane and me pay for certain very large medical bills not covered by insurance. [...]

[...] No news about Blue Cross — but he had said that we had no worries about gift taxes should anyone contribute to the fund Maude Cardwell is presumably organizing for us. [...]

(Jane told me she was a little surprised that Maude Cardwell hadn’t answered my letter of a couple of weeks ago by now — but I said I thought things were proceeding as all of us wanted them to, really. After all, I hadn’t given Maude our phone number — though I plan to — and we’ve maintained a distance from her and others who have offered help. [...]

(And when I got home tonight, my feeling of anticipation was borne out: there was a communication from Maude Cardwell. [...]

(After they left I had an hour to do some typing on the second draft of the letter to Maude Cardwell. [...]

(This morning I’d typed the final version of the letter to Maude Cardwell, instead of messing with it any more, and at 3:00 Jane began reading it. [...]

I agree with Ruburt that your letter is an excellent one (to Maude Cardwell). [...]

(This morning, in between calls from my brother Loren and his wife, and Mrs. Austin’s son about delivering the laundry, I worked on the first draft of a letter to Maude Cardwell at Reality Change in Austin, Texas. [...]

[...] I read the rough draft of the letter to Maude Cardwell to Jane, who really liked it. [...]

[...] This morning while working on the letter to Maude Cardwell, I guess I’d blithely took it for granted that the fund idea might supplement any insurance benefits. [...]

(3:14 — Read Jane letters sent by Maude Cardwell.

[...] I told Jane later that I need information about accepting gift money, via Maude Cardwell. [...] Maude Cardwell may have to pay bills for us, and so forth. [...]

(I also thought the call might force a change in what I tell correspondents — but then, with the information about us that I furnished for Maude Cardwell’s article in Reality Change, what would be the point of changing my response to the mail? [...]

[...] It turned out that the Helen Park who had written had read Maude’s article in Reality Change, and sent the check to Sue to forward to us, to make sure we’d get it safely. [...]

[...] A California resident called Maude Cardwell in Texas, to tell her that he has our permission to market the audio tapes of Jane’s ESP class, which ended in 1975. [...]

[...] I spent the morning typing letters from Jane, Seth, and me for Maude Cardwell to send to donors. I also wrote Maude a letter of my own. [...]

[...] He also asked for our copy of Reality Change, to copy for the file, and I added a copy of Maude’s letter also. [...]

[...] I worked on Dreams this morning, and mailed our letters to Maude Cardwell on my way to the hospital this noon. [...]

[...] I worked on mail acknowledging the $650 we’d received in contributions through Maude Cardwell’s efforts. [...]

[...] Leaving the house, I picked up from the mailbox some $360 in contributions sent to us by Maude Cardwell. [...]

(This morning I wrote Maude Cardwell a short letter, promising more later, both from ourselves and via our lawyer. [...]

(Jane now has over $7000 in donations through Maude Cardwell’s efforts in Reality Change.

(In the mail I found a letter from Maude Cardwell — and checks totaling about $1100, to my considerable surprise. [...]

[...] Mattie has a sister, Maude, also elderly, if still alive. [...] Maude has a daughter, Ruth Dudley, a little older than Jane, we think, and she in turn has children. [...]