“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now I would be number six self, so to speak, according to Dunne. [...] Nevertheless I would be a number six self. [...] For as a number six self I have complete knowledge of all the other selves.

Now I could indeed be Ruburt’s number six self, you see. [...] It is entirely possible however, using Ruburt as an example, for Ruburt’s number six self, to communicate with Ruburt’s number one self; these communications sifting through the intervening selves however, and unfortunately. [...]

The difficulty lies in making this communication, which is direct from me, to what would be Ruburt’s time three self, clear to the time one self of Ruburt’s, which must speak these words, in what could be called Priestley’s time one.

[...] While I am not Ruburt’s number six self, and I should know, this is not to say that I may not be Ruburt’s number eight or nine self.

The whole self slowly regains knowledge of its own reincarnations, and learns of its relationship to its own entity. [...] Many personalities upon receiving knowledge of their entity prefer to remain part of it, though they are always independent individualities within the whole entity, as even the cells of your physical bodies are part of the whole self. [...]

[...] It would break apart in most unpleasant circumstances, disintegrating before the whole self could make necessary preparations. [...]

[...] This does not mean that there is no consciousness in such species, nor does it mean there is no self-consciousness. [...]

Now, so do the cells in your own body have self-consciousness and individuality to some extent, and so on a different scale entirely do they make decisions. [...]

It is the habit, to one extent self-examination carried too far in that respect, of too much concern with the problems of the self anyway. [...]

There is also, though this will vanish, a strong giving of self in these sessions on Ruburt’s part, a giving of self that involves the momentary giving up of emotion. [...]

[...] The validity and strength of emotions cannot be overestimated, for they represent in only slightly tinged form the uncamouflaged vitality of the universe as it passes through the inner self. [...]

[...] It is a fascinating experience, and already appears to have borne some small fruits as far as clairvoyance is concerned, and self-understanding. [...]

[...] A deeper involvement however at this time serves to focus your energies in a bunch, so to speak, in the personal subconscious, blocking creative energies that come from deeper layers of the inner self. The half-hour however will allow you, in a smooth manner, to communicate with this important area of the self in a way that will not block other energies, and that will be beneficial.

More energy indeed can be held in the personal subconscious in such a manner than can be used in studying other areas of the inner self, for it is in the personal subconscious that energy blockage most frequently occurs. [...]

The half-hour schedule will allow for a disciplined, smooth and automatic self-discovery which will not drain your energies. [...]

There is also some self-protective device here still operating. [...] (Jane made a self-hugging gesture.) He has made increasing gains. [...]

[...] The vitality of the fragment personality but hints at the overall vitality of the whole self involved.

The girl’s remark of surprise: “I didn’t expect to see you here,” was taken by the overly conscientious self as just rebuke. [...]

[...] Take for example entity A and entity B. Self 4 personality of entity A may get along quite nicely with B’s self 6. A’s self 2 and B’s self 2 may not get along well at all, so the entities will shift to those personalities which have the greatest rapport, and use them to establish a relationship.

[...] The molecular structure of the projecting self is of a different nature. [...] The molecular structure of the traveling self changes.

Projection from a dream state is something else again, therefore, and when it is executed successfully then you have a fine example of the self as it changes the focus of its own awareness. [...] For the development of the whole self however, and for the perfection of such experiences, it is beneficial that such projections be carried out by the conscious wish of the projector. [...]

In somewhat the same manner, a nightmare will run its course and lead you into terror unless you realize that the nightmare is self-created. [...]

[...] When you have induced the trance state, then begin to examine your own subjective feelings until you find recognition of the inner self.

3. Here Seth referred to his material in the 687th session for Volume 1. After 11:07: “I am saying that the individual self must become consciously aware of far more reality; that it must allow its recognition of identity to expand so that it includes previously unconscious knowledge. To do this you must understand, again, that man must move beyond the concepts of one god, one self, one body, one world, as these ideas are currently understood.”

“There are no ceilings to the self, and no boundaries set about you. There is no place where identity need stop — yours or anyone else’s. Now, if you want to rest for a while in the familiar privacy of your self-adopted selfhood, then that is all right. [...]

Joseph recently had an experience that disturbed him, simply because it was difficult to interpret even in the light of his understanding about the nature of the self. [...]

[...] You speak of one self within one body because you are only familiar with one portion of yourself. [...]

[...] There is awareness here of the inner self, but the main energy is knotted in tensions and exhaustions. [...]

The knot, or the main concentration of focus, in ego concern, prevents true refreshment, either through the inner self or from the outer world. [...]

In general in the present, the personality should relate firmly with outer reality, and also come to grips with the whole self. [...]

[...] It is not apart from your so-called physical universe, for the dream universe, through its connection with the inner self, also helps to construct physical matter—and this is no trifling matter.

[...] Such healing dreams come most often when the inner self deeply feels a sense of desperation, and automatically opens up channels from deeper layers of the self, that have been closed for all effective purposes.

[...] In many cases however the stimulus comes from the deeper levels of the self, where however it may be translated into terms that the personal subconscious can use.

[...] These therapeutic dreams, with practice, can be brought about through self-suggestion. [...]

[...] To involve oneself in large groups, for example, is beneficial often, not simply to take attention away from the self, but because a larger range of electromagnetic realities are easily available.

[...] It increases the concentration upon whatever problem is involved, for one thing, and it has a self-hypnotizing effect. [...]

[...] And above all, remember what I have said in the past about self-approval, for when you allow yourselves to disapprove of yourselves, you automatically darken your day and its accomplishments.

[...] The face’s expression accurately reflects the inner self-image, as odd as it may seem. A smile, even when he does not feel like smiling, builds up the self-image, and affects the entire bodily condition.

[...] I said if it was dyed, as she used to do, that she’d look fine, just like her old self. [...]

[...] While it may sound unrealistic, the fact remains that much of Ruburt’s problems are indeed caused by a constant comparison with the self that he is, and the self that he and you think he should be (long pause), and to some extent by too much concern about what the world may think or not think. [...]

When you ask why you did not understand when you were young what you know now, you are ignoring the validity of your own past to some extent, and denying the accomplishments that have resulted—because it seems that you should now be much further on, so that you create a kind of artificial self who began where you are now, and with whom it seems you can never catch up. [...]

[...] Only the conscious self dwells within it in any case, and it is other portions of your personality who simultaneously dwell within the other training systems. [...]

[...] The whole self is the observer, and also a participator in many roles.

[...] The whole self compares the performance of various portions of itself in physical reality and in dream reality, and draws its own conclusions.

[...] The inner self is aware, but the conscious self is not aware. [...]

[...] The inner self in many instances will go ahead and wait. [...]

You do not simply have, say, one past self, or one future self, but many— for your consciousness shoots out, so to speak, in all directions “faster than the speed of light.”

[...] Ruburt’s idea of the four-fronted self is also an attempt to hint at that complexity in human terms.

[...] It allows some communication between the conscious and the “unconscious” portions of the self. [...]

The psychologist believed most heartily in his theory of mental disintegration with age, and he set out to prove that he was right, bringing about self-predictive difficulties. [...]

[...] We’ve heard of him before—Donald Hebb, now 72—and his own story is a classic case of self-suggestion over the years.)

So is your own identity secure in the midst of all these births and deaths of which your conscious self is unaware. [...]

[...] Then it is checked against the image of the body sent to it by the conscious self. [...]

[...] The body is so responsive to conscious thought that it has its own innate system of self-preservation and its own guiding image of fulfillment.

[...] You, the larger self, have many bodies, each turning into the other as one dies and is reborn; yet You (capital Y) maintain your identity and your memory even as the smallest cell in your present body does.

[...] At birth the past reincarnated self may in some cases refuse or be unable to let go control over physical matter. When this happens there is awareness on the part of the new personality of the old life, but more, a clinging over, a tenacious holding onto, on the part of the previous self.

[...] When the man called your father dies his energy will return to the self who is waiting. That self will then call back the energy which it has loaned to Ruth’s son.