“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The equal elements of design reference is another general interpretation of the nature of the data tonight—the art background.

You have then two separate people living in different countries, completely unknown to each other, of different ages and backgrounds. [...]

[...] Your psychologies stress men as victims of their backgrounds. [...]

[...] It’s a project that Jane herself never figured she’d do, but wanted done — and Sue, who was a class member, is talented psychically herself, has a newspaper and reporting background, and is ideally qualified for the job.¹ (Conversations, we think, is sure to be published before Mass Events, since Tam is supposed to have Sue’s manuscript in hand by January 1980, for publication in the fall of that year. [...]

In the background there is of course his reaction to the two books. [...]

[...] Bear with me, for some new background material is necessary here. [...]

The purpose of your present establishment was mainly to insure overall good psychic background. [...]

[...] (Pause.) There seems to be another younger woman connected with the older woman and in the background. [...]

(“Is this material tonight related to all those earlier sessions you gave us, on Jane’s early background, etc?”)

It was only too easy for you to accept this withdrawal without recognizing it for what it was, because of your own background, and I mentioned some allied material here in the near-contact session. [...]

[...] The people in Pietra’s system have hypothesized the existence of other probable universes, and Pietra is one of the first explorers, mostly because of his excellent medical background.

[...] With all of that as background, then look back to the time clock you found, hidden in your dream in a closet.

(I am merely making these observations here to get them on the record for possible later reference, and to give some background to my own personal problems of recent days. [...]

[...] Of course, you would not be the same people—but your understanding and knowledge has drastically changed the future that could have been expected, say, from your backgrounds in this life, now.

Remember however our universe that fulfills itself yet takes up no space, and our imaginary painting in which distance appears ever further in the background, while never touching the back of the painting, and this may give you some intuitive understanding of our spacious present that has duration, and yet takes up no space.

[...] This does not mean that such differences occur as the result of cultural backgrounds or situations, for some such individuals exist within your own culture, and some with your kind of consciousness exist in cultures where they are a minority. [...]

I am always tempted to, when I meet your friends and acquaintances, to delve somewhat into their backgrounds. [...]

[...] My experiences proved that I’d been a medium all along without knowing it, he said, and this could invalidate the book’s premise—that the experiments would work for anyone to some extent, regardless of their psychic background.

Again, from Rob’s notes, inserted before the next Seth session as background:

[...] I had a firm background in physical existence, therefore, as a prerequisite for my present “work.”