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(This afternoon Jane began to experience strong feelings of relaxation. These lasted well into the evening. Also, while lying down before supper she received the last three words of the title for this book. The Nature of Personal Reality: A Seth Book. See the notes at the end of Seth’s Preface, which we received as the 609th session on April 10, 1972.

(Jane said she didn’t want to postpone the session even though she felt “so great”— so much like just taking it easy. While we were talking about health in general, I wondered why so many people in our society wore glasses. I mention this here because the subject unexpectedly crops up in the session.

(Just before 9:45 Jane told me I could have material from Seth on the glasses idea, or on his book. Both channels were open. I chose this book, of course. “It’s funny,” Jane said, “but I know that the next [fifth] chapter is there. It’s about health and sound, inside sound and outside sound.” She proved to be correct, but at the moment she was unable to elaborate.

(The house was noisy temporarily: A carpenter in a downstairs apartment was using an electric saw at frequent intervals as he repaired some of the damage caused by last June’s massive flood. Jane’s Seth voice was rather quiet, however.)

(As Seth, Jane paused during her delivery. She evidently changed her mind about just what to say and how to say it.)

(End at 11:37 p.m. Jane still felt more or less relaxed — “floppy.” She laughed. “I haven’t done a damned thing since three o’clock this afternoon, except get supper and have the session. And right now I feel pretty fine.”

(Adding to the 11:05 note on sound: The 1971-72 sessions mentioned there also contained much about the inner meanings of sound and Jane’s development and use of Sumari — and once again I refer the reader to her Introduction. As Seth told us, “Sumari effectively blocks the automatic translation of inner experience into everyday verbal stereotypes.” One of its services will be to teach Jane to free her inner cognitions enough so that she can translate Speaker manuscripts without distorting them out of all proportion.