“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(We began, as usual, by sitting at the board. A foot of snow had fallen since Sunday night. Although we took the first few answers through the board, from the beginning Jane received them mentally also. We did not ask a question to open the session.)

(Jane said later that this smart remark referred to her.)

(Here Jane shoved the board aside, got to her feet and began to dictate:)

(Here Jane’s voice began to get louder and to deepen as she paced back and forth. Although there was quite a change, her voice did not reach either the depth or volume of the previous session.)

While I am with you, I am, in a way that I will later explain, attached to Jane, in that I can see what she sees, and so forth. I can dissociate myself [from her], but the effort involved is really not worth it. It is like putting on one sort of diving equipment, removing it for another and then redonning the first. Costumes are not always physical attire. They may also serve as a sort of vehicle … in the manner of diving equipment.

(This morning at breakfast I announced suddenly, to Jane’s surprise and my own, that light was a mental enzyme … We started tonight’s session sitting at the board as usual, without asking questions.)

Rob grinned. “Credit my subconscious then. I didn’t sit down and figure it out. The thought just came to me this morning. There was something I wanted to ask you, though. Why do Jane’s eyes appear to be darker and more luminous when she’s delivering your messages? Our cat’s eyes had that same look in the last session.”

The cat focuses upon one thing at a time even though it has no strong ego. So Jane concentrates while I give her the messages, even though it is not the ego which is concentrating. You get a subconscious focus different in many ways from conscious concentration. In this state the attention is focused inward rather than outward, and it is the inner rather than the outer senses that are being exercised. The cat is doing the same thing, in his way, that Jane is. Its inner senses were focused in my direction.

(Break at 9:45. Jane and I were both surprised at the amount of material delivered in forty-five minutes; the time seemed to fly. During break, I mentioned to Jane that I would like to ask Seth to say something about flying saucers. Resume at 9:51 P.M.)