“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Pretend then that behind or within but unseen by you, behind or within the number 1, for example, there are an infinite number of other 1’s, lined up so to speak behind the one that you see. (Jane leaned forward, gesturing:) The one that you see is the self that you see or recognize within your system. The 1’s behind are not serial, nor identical, nor duplicates.

Behind 1 then imagine the infinite other 1’s, literally for the analogy’s sake one behind the other. Now this long line of 1’s may seem to stretch out indefinitely (Jane spread her arms wide), or may seem (Jane clapped her hands together) to snap together into one. There is expansion and contraction within this simple number 1 then, within any number or unit.

(Jane said she “came down” easily though. She felt the pyramid effect a little during break. She knows nothing about math, and said the personality was pushing her “like mad” to try to get her to do it right. She had an image while speaking of a row of numbers, with others behind each number in the front row. Jane said that each number in the front row was in the middle of an endless row, from left to right. She also felt that the numbers lined up behind could expand and contract and assume various variations and endless combinations. “Things we couldn’t conceive of in terms of math.”

Now imagine number 2 placed beside number 1, number 2 also having behind it infinite variations. These variations incidentally should be thought of in terms of intensities. The intensities are themselves individual. Take the two main numbers, 1 and 2; as they stand beside themselves they become 12, and yet the 1 and 2 remain unchanged.

(10:56.) Now, from behind you energy is being directed toward Ruburt.

(“From behind me?”)

From behind you energy is now being directed toward Ruburt, toward his whole physical image. [...]

[...] Yet from this spot behind me there was a part of Jane’s or Seth’s consciousness with energy coming out like a cone, again.

[...] There is nothing for you to fear behind that door. The both of you (Sally and Florence) hide fear behind different faces. Behind that door lies spontaneity and joy and understanding, and from these you have nothing to fear. [...]

Now that I have taken you all down a peg, remember, there is no grade behind that door. [...]

If a dark angry mongrel follows you down the street and you know it and you say to yourself, “It is a fine day and I am alone and there is no dog behind me,” and it yaps at your feet and you say, “It is a lovely day and no dog yaps at my feet,” and it growls at your ankles and you run as fast as you can saying all the time, “Nothing chases me,” and you dare not look back; then in your mind the dog springs from a dog to a tiger, to an unnamable terror. [...]

[...] The energy is behind all. When you look at the great world picture before you in space and time, look at it as you would a multidimensional worldscape, painted by some artist who was all of the great masters in one; and behind the scenes of destruction and conflict, feel the great energy that in itself denies the destruction that is in that case so cleverly depicted.

[...] Even paintings of great destruction spoke of the great creative energy behind the talent that vitalized the very medium, and by its very creativity denied the very strength of the destruction so cleverly depicted.

Such issues, however, while obviously of concern, do not touch upon the greater events behind dream activity, or begin to touch upon the mysterious psychological actions that are behind the perception of any event. [...]

Behind all of these issues are far deeper considerations. [...]

In that respect you cannot rip apart your events to find the reality behind them, for that reality is not so much a glue that holds events together, but is invisibly entwined within your own psychological being. [...]

He has always been deeply concerned with the nature of reality, both from an intellectual and emotional standpoint, and where Seagull did not reach him personally, he was fascinated by the phenomena of belief behind it, and then was fascinated by the phenomena of belief behind the Lourdes healings.

[...] Seagull does not intellectually reach him—that is, it does not intellectually by itself inspire him, while the phenomena behind it does.

(9:35.) Is there a God, or is there a being, or a source behind all reality? [...]

[...] In their way the hateful or revengeful thoughts are natural therapeutic devices, for if you follow them, accepting them with their own validity as feelings, they will automatically lead you beyond themselves; they will change into other feelings, carrying you from hatred into what may seem to be the quicksands of fear — which is always behind hatred.

[...] The conscious system of beliefs behind the impediment will be illuminated, and you will realize that you feel a certain way because you believe an idea that causes and justifies such a reaction.

[...] Each symptom, mental or physical, is a clue to the resolution of the conflict behind it, and contains within it the seeds of its own healing.

As in the material that Ruburt received ahead of time for his own use, natural aggression is cleansing and highly creative — the thrust behind all emotions.

In the case of the apparitions and ghosts mentioned in that session, there was one main difficulty behind their situation. Even though the physical image as such had been left behind, the individuals were not able to change their focus of attention away from the physical system.

The whole energies of the personality will be behind this work, adding to its effectiveness, and I shall also be behind it and within it. [...]

[...] However, after that session my impression ‘grew’ in such a way that I knew this family had something to do in a more direct way with the printing process — with the fascination of putting ideas down on paper through the use of typefaces that would, as much as the language involved, express the ideas behind the words themselves. [...]

[...] In Jane’s final class, Rob read Seth’s explanation having to do with family ‘mergings.’ Right away, right there in class, I knew what was behind the feeling I’d had about this family: Members of the Grunaargh, and I personally, were involved in the invention of movable type. [...]

[...] This is hard to specify, but he had the same feeling I have now about newspapers — the daily spreading out of ideas, and the kind of tremendous power behind that ability … I can see that corner of his shop/work area clearly in a half-light, illuminated by a candle in an enclosed mesh lantern sitting on a tabletop. [...]

[...] What you actually have behind such a belief is a fear of free will and of making choices.

It must seem obvious that behind all such beliefs lies the distrust of nature, man, and life itself.

Now, with new energy available and with many problems behind you, this possibility is very strong.

[...] Had I said this earlier Ruburt would not have believed me, and there are long years ahead of you, and developments that must come before perhaps you can see the truth behind these words.

[...] I have told you what you will leave behind you. [...]

Neither of you want physical issue, for the primary purpose now is to leave behind your work, paintings and writings, and my communications. [...]

[...] There is always a purpose behind what I say and behind what I do. [...]

This one here has come some long way and rides herself rather hard, because I am behind her with the whip. [...]

[...] Often it operates as a framework in which poor health and disease are not only accepted as normal, but the concepts behind them strengthened. [...]

[...] Behind this is the psychic pattern of beliefs in which the patient often assigns to the doctor the powers of knowledge and wisdom that his beliefs have taught him he does not have. [...]

[...] Behind all this, of course, would be the belief that caused the difficulty; but once you have brought about a group of symptoms you must be very careful that you do not begin to view your field of reality from that position. [...]

[...] It is true that the anima allows itself to be acted upon, but the motive behind this is the desire and the necessity to tune into other forces that are supremely powerful. [...]

Together they act as a built-in, unconscious stabilizing factor, operating behind the faces of your civilization not only individually but culturally.

[...] Here is another reason for the strong psychic charge behind these symbols and the godlike quality that they can transmit and project.

[...] You disapprove of yourself because you feel poorly—and because you do not approve of the basic feelings that are behind the difficulty. [...]

[...] Behind this is still the idea that self-disapproval is somehow valuable—it will somehow make you better. [...]

[...] Our cat had become caught behind a venetian blind, and was making a racket trying to get free. I freed him then deposited him behind a closed door while Jane sat waiting, eyes closed.)

[...] The stature and meaning behind the victim adds to the horrible nature of the act, and of course this is the point.

[...] however, will have to pass before we learn the full story behind the Kennedy assassination; then this data can be more accurately evaluated.)

[...] (Eyes closed, Jane made gestures.) Draperies behind a self-portrait he did of himself. [...]

[...] Also that behind me, not too close, ran a police van, with several cops in it checking up on me. [...]

(I told Jane that I thought the police in the dream meant that I’d left behind me old imprisoning beliefs, that I was now running free of those beliefs. [...]

...but you have not created the personality behind Adam...

(Seth’s pace had been increasing, and my notes began to fall behind. [...]

Now: the personality on the other end of the bridge will be the reality behind Adam.

[...] I want you to realize, however, the validity of the personality behind Adam, and the validity of Adam in relationship to you and to that personality.

[...] Directly behind it, it seems clear of structures. [...] The garage structure is now to my right, and behind it there are other structures leading down toward the water. [...]

Ruburt realizes the desperation behind his own sudden impetus to dance, and the effort behind it. [...]