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SESSION 35

(This afternoon at about 2 PM workmen took down the tree that had partially fallen on March 6. See the 33rd session. It was a very beautiful elm tree that died several years ago, and I was quite attached to it. With a power saw one man cut into the base of the tree; pulling on a rope thrown over a higher branch, two other men pulled it down. When the tree fell its branches seemed to crumple and break as though there was no strength left in them. And as I watched it strike the ground, I felt a wave of sensation sweep over me, the rich tingling, the feeling of perhaps an inner wind that I described first in the 24th session. Even after I had gone back to work I felt at times a residue of this feeling, very faint, in various parts of my body.

(In the beginning her voice was a little strong but not deep; her eyes were dark as usual and her pace rather slow and steady. By first break her voice was normal, and since these conditions prevailed for the rest of the session they need not be mentioned again.)

(We were surprised now to see anyone working at this hour of the night. And of course we immediately thought of the session being interrupted. At 9:33, Seth interrupted break to deliver the following through Jane:)

The fact is that the whole self is constantly experiencing data from all of the inner senses. The inner ego is of course aware of this. The subconscious is sometimes aware of this, and the outer ego is aware of very little. I have explained the reasons for this in past sessions. The outer ego must concentrate much of its energy toward survival in and manipulation of the outer camouflage world. This world has already been created by the inner self, and its continuing existence is determined by the constant vigilance of the inner self.

As the intense experience of great joy or pain often blots out everything else, so would the direct experience of reality blot out, only completely, the outer ego who experienced it directly. At your level the sieve of the subconscious is a necessity and that is one of the main reasons why Ruburt dissociates during our sessions, even though his experience of inner reality is received secondhanded, so to speak, through me.

Ruburt is letting me through well this evening and I find my feelings for both of you most affectionate. This material, you will find, will begin and only begin to fill in the outline on the inner senses. We will still take many sessions before you attain any real understanding of these matters, and my dear biggy-boos, I hope to add to our lectures with exercises in the experience of the various inner senses as we go along.

Such exercises as a rule will not take up time during sessions however, but will appear at other occasions, consume hardly any clock time at all, and seem spontaneous. As preparation I suggest that your reread the material given so far on the inner senses, the first, second and third. We will go into the other inner senses at future sessions.

(Break at 11:01. Jane was dissociated as usual. We talked about Jane asking Bill Macdonnel to be a witness to next Wednesday’s session. Bill had agreed. We also wondered whether Seth would say anything about our TV repairman. Resume at 11:08.)

You have no need to worry whenever witnesses are present. If I may say so at the risk of showing lack of humility, I will maintain the peacefulness of our sessions and dominate any other personalities with a minimum of effort on my part.

(After the session Jane said she tried to be very careful about passing on the above information, because she is always afraid of distorting it in such cases. Neither of us knows the TV man or had seen him before. To date, March 18, we have not checked in any way to see if the information is correct.)

Even I will enjoy the coming of your spring. Ruburt’s chemical makeup is such that he should be somewhat even more receptive during that season in these sessions.