“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

It goes without saying then that the soul does not require a physical body for purposes of perception; that perception is not dependent upon physical senses; that experience continues whether or not you are in this life or another; and also that the soul’s basic methods of perception are also operating within you now even as you read this book. [...]

[...] The inner ego (see the last session) is perfect as a term to suit my purposes. [...]

[...] Was it secure enough to keep you from accepting invitations, to allow you to avoid distractions, or emotional complications that might arise from any considerable contact with others in, say, “professional terms?” Ruburt built the edifice, but you looked on, for though you disliked the building blocks, say, the symptoms—you thought until very lately that it did serve its purpose very well.

I will continue with whatever schedule of sessions that meets your desires, needs, and purposes. [...]

[...] We have barely started to use that great power for peaceful purposes. [...]

[...] Indeed, military leaders in the United States, and evidently in Russia, concur in playing out the illusion of perception theory for their own psychological and political purposes.

[...] As you give inner purpose and organization to your dreams, and as you obtain insight and satisfaction from them, though they involve only a portion of your life, so the entity to some extent directs and gives purpose and organization to his personalities. [...]

[...] They are independent to various degrees, and they operate on various planes of existence for purposes of overall fulfillment and development.

[...] It had a purpose, and has. [...]

[...] Following that period he began to realize that Adventures for the present had served its purpose. [...]

[...] You both have purposes in life. [...]

[...] The physical self as you know it, for physical purposes hardly needs to be concerned with these issues.

[...] Mankind has had various conceptions of his own reality but he has purposely, it seems, turned away from it in the last century. [...]

[...] Not walking well in the past served certain purposes. [...]

[...] They may state their purpose as often as they wish, and yet their imaginations carry vivid pictures of future deprivation, so it seems in such cases that the will and the imagination are in conflict.

He interpreted what you said at times to mean “You are ungrateful for my sacrifice,” but he did not think the sacrifice in those terms was necessary after the first years, and that such sacrifice could destroy your ability, your fine purpose.

It served that purpose, and as mentioned elsewhere it served as a symbolic statement as he put himself behind you. [...]

[...] It has a definite purpose. [...]

(During the rest period I posed a question about the way in which I should conduct myself in intracompany politics with the purpose of advancement in mind.

[...] In the intense focus of awareness that occurs within the dream state, the inner self is able to direct all of its energies for the purpose of solving a given problem.

[...] Its purpose is the manipulation of the personality within the physical universe. [...]

Neither house expresses your own particular individualistic ways of life, of course, but each one comes close enough to intrigue you, and either one could be made to suit your purposes quite easily. [...] In the first house the stairs to the second floor were purposely steep, and never altered, because no one was invited to view the private family bedrooms. [...]

[...] Their purposes do not necessarily involve the same kind of privacy that you want, although they think it attractive.¹³

[...] I’ve purposely refrained from mentioning earlier the rather extensive material that follows; perhaps the reader, coming upon it unexpectedly, will feel something of my own surprise as Jane started to develop it out of both the slow and rapid effects she’d already demonstrated:)

[...] I don’t get their [the ‘consciousnesses’ behind tonight’s material] purpose. [...]

[...] Nor, for our purposes should it be — for that vocabulary is limiting.” [...]

This is not meant to dilute the function or natural abilities of reasoning awareness, for its powers allow you to focus experience in a highly specific manner, and to direct energy with great purposeful attention. [...]

[...] Anything else would defeat their purpose.

[...] Sometimes Ruburt’s associative abilities help, and I try to guide them for our purposes. [...]

[...] They are afraid to some extent of being sued for such a purpose because they themselves dwell in a mental situation in which threats are everywhere, in which all precautions must be taken. [...]