“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(It isn’t necessary to go into dates and other details here; but several days before we were told that the Bach story’s originally scheduled appearance in late October had been postponed, Jane had a vivid dream giving her that literal information. She wrote Dick about it and told others. Her dream was also fairly accurate concerning the magazine’s cover painting for the piece: a montage featuring “a bird that was somehow a part of a man’s head, or face,” as she described it. Actually Time’s design showed a seagull superimposed over Dick Bach’s head, partially obliterating it.

(9:29.) A man believing he has heart trouble will finally, through his own anxiety, affect the functioning of his “involuntary” system until his heart is definitely harmed if the belief goes unchecked. The conscious mind directs the so-called involuntary systems of the body, and not the other way around. No idea slips insidiously past your awareness to affect your involuntary system unless it fits in with your own conscious beliefs. Once more, you will not be sick if you think you are well — but there may be other ideas that make you believe in the necessity for poor health.

(10:06. Jane’s hour-long trance had indeed developed into a profound one. “Man, have I been out,” she said, trying to keep her eyes open. She finally gave up and leaned back in her rocker. “Are you tired of writing?” I said I wasn’t.