“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(“Already the thing is starting to slip away,” Jane wrote the next morning. “I was speaking for Seth on an Introduction or an early chapter for a book. It was so real and awake-seeming that I was shocked when I finally began to realize ‘I’ had been asleep. I could hardly believe it. My thrashing around in bed woke Rob up.

(“Then I thought: I didn’t want to give real book sessions while I was asleep — who would take them down? Unless Rob could while he was asleep too. I knew we were on Chapter Nineteen of Seth’s book, and this confused me. How come I was doing an early chapter — or was this work for a different book?”

(While she was waking up, Jane asked me several times if she had really been asleep. It was easy for me to say yes, since I had come awake first. Before the session tonight Jane said she hoped Seth would explain the occurrence, but surprisingly — even though a considerable amount of personal material was received — the matter wasn’t covered.

Dictation: Ruburt was working with alterations of consciousness this afternoon. At the same time he had the radio playing softly. The rock-music program was interrupted by an announcement having to do with the Indianapolis speed-car racing exhibition (the 57th Indianapolis 500-mile race). One driver had already been severely injured (on Monday); and the race, put off on that account, and because of inclement weather (on Tuesday), finally began today.

As it progressed, the radio announcements continued also, and Ruburt learned that another very severe accident had occurred. Beside this, a man — not a driver — was killed by an emergency vehicle speeding to the scene. The victim was connected with the race, however.

In such a situation, there are fulfillments to be gained from the parents’ standpoints. There are always opportunities of growth and unusual creativity possible under those conditions for all involved. That is why the framework was chosen. The same applies to seeming tragedies such as accidents, or severe illnesses that come at any time.

(10:15. Peculiarly, in spite of her deep trance and the mass of material she’d delivered, Jane remembered one line — Seth’s remark about her using the radio as a point of reference while she worked with states of consciousness. See the session at 9:32. This was an obvious thing that neither of us had realized before.