“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane and I worked on proofreading Seth’s book for an hour or so after supper, and then went for a walk. lt was a warm and rainy fall evening, already dark and very pleasant. There was a scattering of wet fallen leaves about.

(9:00 passed almost unnoticed as we talked. I turned on a couple of lights when we finally got down to the business of holding a session. Jane wanted more material for the Appendix of Seth’s book. She said that the living room seemed “different” this evening, significant; but it was a “nice difference,” she added. She began speaking for Seth in a very quiet voice. Her pace was rather slow, her eyes closed often.)

Now: The Physical Universe as Idea Construction, mentioned by Ruburt in his Introduction, did indeed represent our first formal contact, although Ruburt was not aware of it at that time.

The experience came within a framework that he could accept — that of highly accelerated inspiration. His consciousness left his body only after he was in the throes of what seemed to him to be inspiration of almost unbearable intensity. Had his habits instead led him, say, to regular prayer, then that framework could also have been used. In all such cases several qualities are apparent: an ability to look inward, to concentrate deeply, to lose the sharp edges of the physically oriented self in contemplation, and an intense desire to learn. These must be coupled with the inner confidence that pertinent knowledge can be directly received. To those who believe that all answers are known, there is little need to search.

(Pause at 9:35, one of many. Jane’s delivery was more vigorous by now, however.)

(Jane’s voice was still relatively quiet as she spoke for Seth, but her delivery was faster and much more intense now, and she used many gestures.)

Ruburt, for example, would have made the same error had he not been led by his experience beyond the framework of inspiration that had given it birth. (Pause.) In his case, then, he was propelled into new concepts because he had the sense to reject old ones, and the courage to go ahead.

The going-ahead involved him (long pause) with my ideas of the god concept. Before our sessions, he was so disillusioned that he would not even consider any questions dealing with “religious matters.”

(We hadn’t had a break yet, but I nodded no. It was raining harder now. Along with that sound, I had been hearing someone move back and forth in the apartment above us.)

(“I knew I was going to get something on Idea Construction for the Appendix, though,” she continued. “It’s been a most enjoyable evening.” She was very happy about the session. I thought she was sensitive to noise tonight because she didn’t want to be interrupted while getting this particular material. The upstairs apartment was quiet now.

(Jane, in trance, tried to light a book match several times, but it was evidently too damp. She finally had to put her new cigarette aside.)

(11:16 P.M. “Gee, I really feel good,” Jane said, when she finally came out of another deep trance, “but I think I can just about make it to bed.” She was yawning again, and very relaxed. The soft pleasant rain continued.)