“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

This ability is also growing on your part, Joseph, and with you I hope it will involve what you are pleased to call visionary data. We are still involved with translations, however. You, Joseph, translate communications into visual form. The time will come at a much later date when you will allow such material entry into your conscious state directly—that is, without the need to project it visually, since here a certain amount of distortion is almost always present.

And here a word about this material. Ruburt’s mind is an excellent one, and well given to serve our needs at this time. There is a reciprocal agreement here, and a give and take that is unlike your friend’s idea of invasion.

In my operations in your plane I must use the materials at hand, but despite any ideas to the contrary this involves a give and take with all involved. I know you are waiting to hear more about your own particular function, but remember we are still condemned to the use of words, and Ruburt can only say so much at a time.

You, Joseph, were necessary, but we had to have this particular sort of intuitive intellect that could also deal expertly with words before we could actually begin; and it took Ruburt a long time to achieve this state because his conscious problems, and family relations and preoccupation with them, held him back.

You had no problems with parents in the past, and my dear Yo-yo, you were an excellent father to me at one time, and if I may say so at one time I was an excellent father to you.

(Here Jane broke off her delivery to say to me, “My hands feel fatter than the devil.” She spoke as quickly as she could, without changing her voice. Later she confirmed my suspicion that it had been very difficult to do this in the middle of a monologue. Yet the revelation of Seth’s involvement with me produced such a startling and rapid phenomena on Jane’s part that she wanted to let me know when it happened. For some time after this she continued to rub and to examine her hands as she paced back and forth. Her voice remained strong.)

I do suggest a brief break. I want to go into this a little more tonight. Then I want to mention briefly Ruburt’s idea of my idea about the bed, and I want to at least mention the condensed time concept, and cover briefly something new, which is the self-conscious self behind the ego.

Despite the failings with which they were saddled they understand their own failings subconsciously, but neither of them can afford to admit anything in a conscious manner. In other lives they were both much happier, and that happiness sustains them now. In this life they are solving, or trying to solve, a variety of problems which have hung over them for a long time. They each have a life ahead of them on this plane. That is, one life at least. I’m not sure of the exact number. But the following lives should be relatively happy ones.

It was thought that you had the ability to escape relatively unscathed. None of your other brothers this time could have endured being the first born, and you have done well.

Now, it is true that Ruburt possesses strong psychic energy, as you do. But your unjustified sense of inferiority has held you back to some degree, though I believe that this is lessening now. I am sure it is lessening. In any case Ruburt’s psychic energy becomes at times undisciplined. For reasons that I will consider later he should not feel pent in.

His needs that I have spoken of are really fears, which is why I took so much time to discuss them. He is unpredictable in that he is temperamentally good-natured, but you never know when the rocks will fly, and neither does he. Added to this is his strong domestic feelings now as a woman; and this, my dear Joseph, explains the incredible amount of furniture movings in which you have been involved.

And now most devoted friends, a fond good evening. I will always help you to the best of my ability, and as far as I know I will be accessible for your present lifetimes. And dear Joseph, if you whacked me many times, I got my blows in too. And I made Ruburt one lovely wife—so there, my lovelies.

Something which you have forgotten makes you uncomfortable at Christmas time, Joseph, and Ruburt becomes uncomfortable in late winter if the space situation is not comfortable to him, so that your periods of psychic discomfort somewhat overlap. That is why both of you should be made as comfortable as possible. You, Joseph, have come through the winter in excellent condition, considering last winter.