“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] That idea, however, together with the idea of responsibility, you see, was always in the background. [...]

A man in the background of your acquaintance, not connected with the company now, or if he is, he is far from your thoughts. [...]

[...] He never related to his French background.

Now, to some extent, in pragmatic terms, you must look at your backgrounds. [...]

Now Joseph (pause), neither of you should overlook the fact that in one way or another, and regardless of the psychic development, such a crisis point (Jane’s symptoms) would have appeared in Ruburt’s life as a result of personal characteristics, present-life background, and past-life characteristics.

Some of this had to do with your own background. [...]

[...] According to your education, beliefs, and background you may interpret these in any number of ways. [...]

[...] (Long pause.) In the dream state some of that experience, otherwise closed to you, forms the background of the dream drama (A one-minute pause.) Your consciousness is not one thing like a flashlight, that you possess. [...]

[...] Ruburt as a woman, with those beliefs in the background, determined not to betray the writer, Jane, or the artist, Robert—thru becoming pregnant, or making too many sexual demands. [...]

This session ran fourteen typewritten pages, and is so of one piece that it’s difficult to give excerpts, without including a good bit of background information. [...]

[...] Then he gave considerable background information, saying that the woman had a child and was involved with another man. [...]

[...] Look at it personally: You are not at the mercy of your childhood environment or background, unless you believe you are. [...]

[...] He then saw the form of Seth’s apparition stand out against this lighter background. [...]

(Pause at 11:13.) To some extent, signals from all of the other stations are always in the background of any given program, and by momentarily altering the direction of your own attention you can learn how to bring other stations into focus. [...]

Seth treats his own reincarnational background both generally and specifically, if rather briefly on both counts, in Chapter 22 of Seth Speaks. For the names of three of his past personalities as given in that chapter, see sessions 588–89. [...]

Through personal interests and background this is done through his work. [...]

[...] (Long pause.) An Irish name or background. [...]

[...] And her book of poetry, If We Live Again, hovers in the background of her consciousness. [...]

[...] In those terms, his interests are now the same, but he no longer looks upon his historically known works, but considers them as background pieces, so to speak. [...]

[...] The same applies to Ruburt’s background, mainly with his grandfather. [...]

Now: because of your background you also feel that there is something slightly shameful about going abroad in the day, when a man should be taken up with dutiful work. [...]

[...] (Smile.) Without your feeling toward Ruburt and the resulting urge to emotionally actualize yourself to another personality, your background could have prevented even artistic development. [...]

In the future now that Ruburt has loosened, we will deal with your reincarnational backgrounds in some detail. [...]