“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now in the same way, I am telling you that objects are also symbols that stand for a reality whose meaning the objects, like the letters, transmit. The true information is not in the objects any more than the thought is in the letters or in words. Words are methods of expression. So are physical objects in a different kind of medium. You are used to the idea that you express yourselves directly through words. You can hear yourself speak them. You can feel the muscles in your throat move, and if you are aware, you can perceive multitudinous reactions within your own body — actions that all accompany your speech.

(Jane had a lot of images while Seth was speaking. He had the idea for this chapter very clearly in mind, she said; and, with extraordinary vividness, he was “impressing” her with his idea of matter being used as a means of communication. Yet she couldn’t describe the images she had seen.

(Jane had a “memory,” now, of giving part of Seth’s data from the bookcase area, of seeing the living room from a different viewpoint. She didn’t remember going out of her body. “It came back like a dream,” she said. Nor could she remember any more about the episode. She didn’t remember seeing herself in her chair, for instance, nor did she see me as I sat on the couch taking notes. She was much intrigued by the idea of being out-of-body, and able to watch herself give material for Seth.