“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

But when you are born again into a tiny and helpless organism and when your intellect may still be operating strongly, then there is a shock, for you cannot do what you want to do. You take it for granted that you can express yourself, and you cannot. That is a shock. Some individuals will retain strong memories of their past lives, and others will not. It is easier, you see, if you do not remember.

Soon, you see, you will all be able to read the Seth material. You all have good minds. You are not used to using them. You set up barriers and gates and limitations, and the material demands your high intellectual focus. I want you to use your intuitions, but I also want you to use your intellects. Some of you still have to learn to use them and how to give them freedom. I spoon-fed you. And I added a bit of sugar here and there. But if you continue here in classes, more and more you will have to give. You will have to give your high intellectual purpose and learn to use your minds as you never used them before. I am a tricky old character.

The primrose path has many thorns and you are beginning to walk it. All of you, you see, with two exceptions—these two (Sue and Daniel)—youhave been so caught in organizational realities and daily practicalities that you have leashed your intellects. It is not that you do not have good intellects. It is that you have made a bargain with yourselves. And the bargain is, that you will not use your intellects fully so that you can manipulate more comfortably in your own environment. Now, I hope to show you that you can use your intellects fully and still operate more effectively in your environment.

You must also use your intuitions. The intuitions know first, but there is no reason why your intellects cannot follow. None of you in this room use 50% of your intellect and there is no reason why you cannot use it. None of you use 50% of your intuitional abilities, and there is no reason why you cannot use the abilities.

Our friend here, our Lady from Florence, shines simply because she uses 20% more of her intellect. But in contrast to what you could use, this is nothing. And you (Florence) must not compare yourself to others, but compare yourself to your own potential. Now, the others in this room use perhaps 20% of their intuitional abilities and you have been using perhaps 10%. So you have a balance to make up on that score. These dimensions and these realities you can understand. You can experience them for yourself to some degree if you but try.