“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(We had unannounced visitors at supper time tonight—a young couple from Virginia who had just married; talking with them delayed other activities, and probably led to the later start of the session.)

[...] They are not neutral, in that all knowledge or information bears the stamp of the personality who holds it or passes it on.

Many people who have heart trouble feel that they have “lost the heart” for life. [...]

Ruburt, in those terms, started from scratch as a member of your society who had finally thrown aside, as you had, the current framework of belief. [...]

[...] And I even wonder about the woman [Mrs. Anderson] who lived in this house, and committed suicide later—though it’s no big deal. [...]

[...] Ask the person who knows. [...]

[...] You would share what you learned with the world —but he who seeks knowledge must first of all be himself or herself, for most members of the world cannot follow such a course.

[...] On the other hand, Fell did not go for the next projects that he either offered or had in mind—nor did Ace Books, who fell into the same category. [...]

[...] He felt loyalty to Tam, who he felt was loyal to him. [...]

Privately, your director can see no reason why anyone who is educated cannot spell properly, but he has bent over backward not to give this impression. [...]

[...] This is confusing to those who work with him. [...]

[...] A living peoplescape in which each person who plays a part in that book’s production now joins the creative act at this secondary level as far as you are concerned. [...]

[...] It is also perceived to whatever degree possible (underlined) by all those at Prentice who are involved. [...]

[...] Even the unconscious attitudes of others who have lived here have been beneficial in your behalf. [...]

[...] (400, 401 sessions.) You can also imagine how that natural object would appear to others of various ages and temperaments, or to me, or how curious it would seem to someone who does not dwell within your own system. [...]

I will also, though not necessarily at this session, but in this session or the next session, have some remarks concerning the man who asks for the answers.

[...] My kindest regards to Ruburt and yourself, and my regards to the man who asked that the questions be given to me. [...]

[...] Jane asked for help in attempting this from anyone who might be present. [...]

[...] At the same time however this help is held up to the father, for it is the mother who asks for the assistance, and the assistance is always in some way held up against the father. [...]

[...] Dr. Instream does not hold the chain which is our object, but watches the woman who wears it.

[...] She is the wife of Ernfred Anderson, a sculptor who was director of the art gallery where Jane worked part-time for several years. [...]

The other night you were talking to a portion of the personality who called itself the creator. [...]

[...] Once the part-time job continued and kept continuing however, once you had a job steadily, then he felt that others compared you, not with other artists but with other ordinary men who had jobs. [...]

Who doubts this power

[...] Since we do not have a phone, she called a neighbor who relayed the information that Peggy could not come because “something urgent” had developed.

(In the 210th session for November 22,1965, Seth stated that he had picked up an “incipient malignancy” in Helen Dyer, who is a friend of our landlady, Marian Spaziani. [...]

A connection with a man who can be considered an outsider to a group. [...]

(We did not know who they referred to particularly, but thought of the Gallaghers, since Peggy had canceled her date for tonight’s session because of “something urgent.” [...]

Seeing for example a crowd of people, even if you yourself were among the crowd, you cannot experience the feeling that you were experiencing when the picture was taken, and though you may see before you the pictures of people who stood in that crowd, neither you nor they can see or experience the emotions that they felt. [...]

[...] I mean it kindly, you have no idea of the difficulties involved in explaining time to someone who must take time to try and understand the explanation.

[...] And so you are not the only ones who grow weary in this respect. [...]

[...] The transition into adulthood is easier for people who lived to adulthood the last time.

People who have epilepsy are also afraid of their own energy.

You would have an individual who displayed within himself [or herself] all of those great abilities known to the race, fulfilled according to his own unique temper — the artist, mathematician, athlete, the inventor — all the extraordinary qualities of creaturedom; the emotional realities would be used to their capacity, and any of the racial qualities or characteristics of the species would be given their complete freedom.

[...] But constant questions of such a nature do not help an individual who is having difficulties — and in fact too frequent expressions of compassion can also worsen a person’s state of mind, stressing the idea that he or she must be very ill indeed to attract such feelings of compassion. [...]

[...] You do share psychic memories, and hold in common the memories of other selves who did live in the time of the Roman-soldier incident.