“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Frank Watts is not yet aware of this, but shortly will be. His powers are not yet developed enough, even here, so that he can be aware of this until she is almost completely materialized.

This is the case, but not the case. The choices are small to your way, but choice is not impossible. Actually there is choice, but the manipulation of camouflage is not developed along your lines. This does not mean that there is no consciousness in such species, nor does it mean there is no self-consciousness. There is, to a limited degree.

Now, so do the cells in your own body have self-consciousness and individuality to some extent, and so on a different scale entirely do they make decisions. Their decisions affect you, though they have but vague awareness that you exist as a whole at all. Their decisions indirectly affect your manipulations of camouflage, and of course directly influence your whole state of being. The cells are developed to the fullest at this time.

You as a physical being are also dependent upon many forces that you do not understand, so there is no contradiction in saying that the cells are individual and independent, and yet dependent upon stronger organization. There is no coercion put upon the cells, because each cell is what it is because of its innate ability and strength. Nor is there any coercion as far as a personality is concerned, which is a part of an entity. There are laws of development, which are the only real laws, and which govern such matters. Or really, such matters govern themselves. When capabilities grow there are ways of further growth which become open.

There are no gradations as far as above or below, or better or worse, or advanced or retarded as far as the various planes are concerned, but the planes themselves are grouped into certain organized patterns of development, and in a way I cannot as yet explain to you there seems to be certain kinds of gradation in these groupings.

I would even advise a double reading of the above sentence for it is a keystone and a vital one. Rising to challenges is a basis for existence in every aspect of existence. It is the developer of all abilities and at the risk of being trite, it is the responsibility of even the most minute particle of consciousness to use its own abilities, and all of its abilities to the utmost. Upon the degree to which this is done rests the power and coherence of everything that is.