“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.

(There was discussion with Maureen as to Seth’s reality.)

In my own book, for an intellectual exercise—and simply for that, since I do believe that all of you do exist—I am going to deal in one chapter with the difficulties of proving—from my vantage point—that three-dimensional reality does exist and is inhabited by creatures—thinking creatures.

I want all of you to learn enough and think enough so that you will be able to read my material on your own—word by word—and understand what I am trying to say without the sugar coating and the frosting, though frosting is good.

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.

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.

You wonder what I see when I look at you. I have an impression of the physical bodies which you now inhabit. But I also see, in your terms, your future and your past and the probabilities of your development, and the abilities that you have and must use.