“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Incidentally again, when I mentioned that paintings also experienced a certain consciousness I meant to add that they are not completely powerless even on your own plane, since they do exist in it. Naturally they can exert influence in it. I thought this would interest you in particular, Joseph.

Ruburt was upset and for good reason. That is although in one way the birds that were killed were meeting a natural end, the reason behind this end was wrong in terms of emotional value and he sensed this. It goes without saying that a bird’s death is inevitable, but a cat killing a bird does not have to juggle the same sort of values with which man is concerned.

I will not go further into this matter this evening. Suffice it to say that to kill for self-protection or even to kill a natural prey on your plane does not involve you in what we may call for the first time, I believe, karmic consequences.