“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] Now I will tell you: If you assign the authorship of Seagull to another, then you deny the uniqueness of your own inner self.

(“The truth came to you and was given to you, but the originality and uniqueness was provided by your own inner being, which may now be so separated from your conscious self that it seems to be apart from it.

(“So other things were also involved — not only the birth of a book, but the emergence of the inner self, through art, into the physical universe. [...]

[...] This does not diminish the physical self. [...] It can also then return, bringing the physically oriented self “snapshots” of its journeys. [...] Otherwise, they might make no sense to the physical self.

[...] As earlier mentioned,⁴ the conscious self generally focuses in but one small dimension. [...]

[...] Each cell, c-e-l-l, strikes in the same fashion, and so does each self; s-e-l-f, in a kaleidoscope in which each slightest variation has meaning and affects the individual notes made by all.

That is the self he should refer himself to. [...]

You may wonder why so many forms of life would be involved in what might seem to be self-destructive behavior, often leading to death — but remember that no consciousness considers death an end or a disaster, but views it instead as a means to the continuation of corporeal and noncorporeal existence.

I may or may not return this afternoon, but in any case I have activated those coordinates that so encourage self-healing, faith, and well-being.

Now, all of you in this room know but a small portion of your whole inner self. This inner self of yours, however, knows you well and guides your actions whether or not you intellectually realize its presence.

[...] It will not be too difficult for you to develop your abilities, but it will be difficult for you to learn the self-discipline that is necessary. You can learn self-discipline, and I will be a taskmaster. [...]

I do not want to go into history here, but to some extent the Catholic church began the mass pattern that ended up putting the individual in such a position, so that the self was trusted least of all. There were cultural reasons connected here also, but the people in the society were taught to rely upon the priests, so that that authority became substituted for deep individual reliance upon the self.

[...] It is the spontaneous nature of emotional creatures, and it frees the self and opens the channels of creativity. [...]

[...] The self feels cheated otherwise to some extent. [...]

[...] This was largely out of self-interest, and the many Protestant faiths are a proof of the fragmentation that results when man is given some freedom to interpret his relationship with God himself.

The dream meant, also, that he was not alone in a different fashion, for the self that he knows is supported by strong and vigorous other portions of the psyche, and other aspects all ready to help him—inner friends he can count upon.

[...] According to Seth, a still-living probable self of Robert Butts, Sr., is “a well-known inventor, who never married but used his mechanically creative abilities to the fullest while avoiding emotional commitment.” Although my father’s “sole intent” was the very challenging one of raising a family in this reality, still he may have often exchanged ideas about automobiles, motorcycles, welding torches, cameras, and so forth, with that other inventor-self.

[...] But now I can return to my longer project — the 40 line drawings for Jane’s book of poetry, Dialogues of the Soul and Mortal Self in Time. [...]

[...] The libido knows itself as God, and therefore all fractions fly out of the self-structure of its own reality.”

[...] Since I think our collective and individual actions are self-consciously designed for survival, in the best meaning of that word, I’m curious to know in what other state these functions could be performed, for existence’s sake…. [...]

(To Chet.) You will not lose the self that you are by realizing that you are other selves also. The self that you are will not desert you. [...]

[...] You can choose, therefore, to view the reality that you know from a self, in your terms, that you have been. [...]

[...] In all such cases several qualities are apparent: an ability to look inward, to concentrate deeply, to lose the sharp edges of the physically oriented self in contemplation, and an intense desire to learn. [...]

[...] Expansion of consciousness, therefore, requires honest self appraisal, an awareness of one’s own beliefs and prejudices. [...]

Such self knowledge is in itself highly advantageous, and in one way is its own reward. [...]

[...] One of the main purposes and goals of the whole self is to become aware of all such existences, and to correlate them into an identity structure.

[...] He cannot push himself in this direction, for the whole self sets ups safeguards. [...]

[...] There is a kind of idea, or mental body, a counterpart in many ways, but not always, to the physical body, which is the structure the self takes in what you may call for now fourth dimension.

[...] This is the self as it appears within what you may call for now fifth-dimensional reality, but it does not exist at all in terms of matter. [...]

The psychedelic experience, or any mystical experience, is sometimes apt to put you in touch with what may seem to you to be a future self. This self of course, again, always existed. The inner self has the ability to delve beneath all your camouflage data to perceive these other reality systems. [...]

[...] Some of these are perceived by the inner self, but all are not.

[...] Many items on the list seemed self-evident. [...]

[...] You therefore place yourselves in a framework of threat in which your abilities must be cautiously presented, and yourselves in an environment against which you must take self-saving methods.

3. Above; of course; not enough money or a job I see as jeopardizing my artistic self; while with the physical condition I can write.

4. Can’t count on Rob to do much financially, would think it self-betrayal on his part to get a job, and he always complained at Artistic. [...]

[...] The survival instinct, strongly connected with the physical self, keeps it anchored in focus within your system. [...]

[...] She gestures at me and I step out of my dream self —I remember giving my “body” good health suggestions. [...]

As you know, other portions of the self are intensely focused elsewhere. [...]

[...] The inner self does all of this spontaneously, as both of your parts spontaneously—each of your selves spontaneously play their own role.

[...] The crisis occurred at 2:30 that morning, when Miss Callahan awakened, momentarily completely naked of ego, face to face with the subconscious, and sensing the inner self within.

It was a moment of momentary (underlined) terror, as the ego realized that what it fought against and what it would continue, though ineffectually, to fight against, was indeed no enemy to it but a most familiar omnipresent inner self, against which it was now powerless. [...]

[...] This of course occurs nevertheless on a subconscious level, representing a spilling over of emotional and psychic energy from self into what is usually considered notself; and there are, constantly, effects that happen, a flowing back and forth of energy in this way.

When you understand that basically all are one, and that in actuality there are no limitations between self and notself, then these facts will not bother you. [...]

[...] They are physical landmarks of psychic and artistic inner journeys, but what you do with your consciousness, how you extend it, is even more important, for as physical play is meant to lead to a future physical body that is mature and fulfilled, so the creative nature of that kind of inner play leads to future extended consciousness, an inner being that is the mature version of an earlier self. [...]

[...] They have unfortunate effects only when you do not trust the inner self. [...]

When you do, your behavior is actually self-correcting, and if you understand that you will see that some behavior that appears contradictory is instead quite simply creative corrective activity. [...]

[...] The birth of the inner self. [...]

But (to Ned) never look forward to listening to anyone above listening to your own inner self. [...]

[...] You are all remiss in one point here in that you give our Lady of Florence further negative suggestions that reinforce her own distrust of her intuitive self; so let us see that attitude suspended, and I will suspend the session. [...]

[...] For while there are no boundaries as such about the self, for practical purposes the self is a core of characteristic actions and reactions with which all environment is manipulated and handled.

These characteristic responses have been built up through past existences, and because the self is not limited the core can at any time expand and project.