“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Jane felt tired and harried as we sat for the session at about 8:50. She’d just finished reading the last 25 of the 48 fan letters that had arrived from our publisher this noon; she’d wanted a little time to relax and write a few notes before the session. However, that pile of letters means that people are reading our books, and for that we’re grateful indeed. Over the holidays we received more Christmas cards from readers than ever before; in fact, the greetings are still coming in. “I really get pooped, going over the mail,” Jane said, “but some of them are great letters.” She’s answering most of the mail herself these days, since I don’t have the time to help her.)

Now as you will see, all creatures, regardless of their degree, can and do choose, within their spheres of reality, those sensations that they will experience—but to one extent or another (underlined) all sensations are felt. We will later discuss the part of the mind and its interpretation, for example, of painful stimuli, but I want to make the point that those attracted to physical life are first and foremost tasters of sensation. Outside of that, basically, there are all kinds of mental distinctions made [among] stimuli. The body is made to react. It is made to feel life and vitality by reacting to an environment that is not itself, by encountering what you might call natural stress. The body maintains its equilibrium by reacting against gravity, by coming in contact with other bodies, by changing its own sensations, by glorifying in the balance between balance and off-balance.