“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now I bid you good evening, and when you realize that you have been many people and that you are many people, then you will realize that you need not think so in terms of age, for you are as much now the young woman that you were back in Naples in the 14th century as the man that you now think you are, and you are not bounded by what you think of as your present age. When you realize that your own personality is indeed multidimensional, then you will realize that your age is a reality that you are presently experiencing, among many other realities. It gives you a certain viewpoint and a certain framework from which to view reality, but it is not the only viewpoint that you have available to you, and it is not the only framework from which your reality springs.

(To Ron.) And this applies even to you who feel that you have so many webs in front of your brain that you cannot possibly see through them, and of course you can, and the webs are there because you want to play with them at this time, and so feel free to do so. It is the viewpoint of reality that you have presently adapted, and as such it is purposely not only valid but important to you. You have adapted it for a reason. From your particular viewpoint at this moment you will learn certain things that you think you could learn in no other way. You are like our friend over here (Phil) nine months ago.

But you are all Sumari despite your ages; despite your sexes; despite the fact that you think you dwell in bodies that are your own and that mean you, for your bodies, of course, cannot hold what you are.

Now two of you are particularly Sumari. Two of you over here in the corner here (Ron and Laurie) have still to learn that you are Sumari, but it does not matter whether you accept the fact that you are Sumari or not, because you are. And the term Sumari does not matter. It is a word that we have coined for a state of being and you can use any term that you prefer.

(To Mark.) Now spontaneity knows its own order. It does not need order put upon it from the outside. Some of you fear that spontaneity is destructive. You wonder where it will lead you, but the earth as you know it is spontaneous and you can trust it, and therefore you can also trust the spontaneity of your own nature.

Now I will tell you briefly that you were involved with last week although I have already told Ruburt and Joseph in their session. You realize that nothing happens in this class that you do not want to happen. That no impetus arises that does not come from you. I do not say, “Aha, my friends need to know this and so I will stuff it down their throats.” The impetus comes from you and therefore what happened last week came from you. You were indeed involved in a variation of an ancient ceremony in which you were all, in your terms, at one time involved. This was your translation of it in terms that you can understand. As what you are now is a translation of yourself in terms that you can understand. I made some comments last week. You do not have them now, but you will have them shortly for the session is not yet typed, but that will help clear up some of the questions that you have in your mind.

But remember, all of you, that your reality is structured not in logical terms as you think of logic, but that your most chaotic dream, our redhead over here (Sheila), the most important symbolic episode and experiences that you have that seem so unstructured to you, and you do not understand them; that these have their own inner structure that is intuitive and you understand that structure very well whether or not you consciously admit that recognition.

Now I will let you take a Seth break but remember whether you have been here many times or whether you are here for the evening, you are Sumari.

Our friend over here plays a game. It is called “I see nothing, I hear nothing and I know nothing,” but in it she goes her way and does her thing and has her Jason. She has some characteristics like our friend Ruburt. She protesteth too much. Now you may continue with your break.

Now I want you to do something if you wish. If you do not wish, then you can sit and observe. Now I want you simply to follow along, to listen to the sounds, to let whatever images come into your mind come. Do not attempt to translate the words that you hear into words that you know. Do not get hung up on semantics. Do not get hung up on personality. In other words, simply accept an experience. Let yourselves go with it, whatever happens. If you feel like setting up barriers, then set up barriers. If you feel like letting barriers go then let them go, but do whatever you feel like doing and whatever you feel like doing, do. If you feel like getting up and standing in front of someone else and relating with them, do it. If you feel like singing, sing. If you see images, enjoy them. If your muscles cramp, then sit and feel them cramp. If you feel like examining what is going on, then examine what is going on. If you feel like joining in with what is going on, then join in. So feel free, in other words, to do whatever you feel like doing. Now give us a moment.

You feel it is right because you know that you are old and young, male and female, physical and nonphysical, because you know that you exist in your body and outside of your body and in many bodies. You know that you have a communion with the goats that you tend. You know that when you milk the goats, to some extent you partake of the universe of which you are part. You know that the milking is in itself a sacrifice. You know that the milk becomes a part of your tissues and blood and that you will, in your turn, return back to the earth and that the goats understand this intuitively, and that is why you understand what is happening in this room. But what is happening in this room happens all the time unconsciously within all of you.

Now all of you try again not to try. Right off is better than right on, so try not to try. Try, in other words, to feel what you want to do at a given time. To give you a sense of freedom, if you do not want to do anything, do not do anything, and the others should not be offended. A sense of privacy is always respected here, but also realize the sacred nature of spontaneity and of your own feelings, and do not make logical deductions now. You can make logical deductions when you discuss what happened, and you can be as critical as you want to be.

In the meantime, trust your sense and your feelings. Listen to what your body wants to do. Listen to what your mind and your feelings want to do. Do not look to whoever is speaking for directions, but follow through. If you do not feel like doing what seems to be suggested, do not do it. If you feel, however, as if you would like to do it, but do not have the guts to do it, then trust yourself and go ahead. If instructions seem to be given, follow them if you want to. If you feel like standing and looking out the window and turning your back to the whole thing, then do it, but at least know what your feelings are.

I bid you all then a hearty good evening, but all of you will be working while you sleep. And I hope you all keep tabs so that you are aware of your dream activities. And I hope you realize what you have done this evening, and as Ruburt seems to you to be many people so are you, in your terms, many people. And he simply shows those portions of his reality that are also counterparts of your own reality that exists within you. If this personality is multidimensional then so are your own. (Very loudly.) And so I bid you all a fond good evening, and again, I let you know that the vitality that sings through this form sings also through your own.

I said, if you remember, that the bull’s problems to some extent were also his own, but I will have something to say to you about what occurred last week at a later date in class. In fact to both of you.