“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(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.)

(I had mentioned this thought to Jane several hours ago, thinking that if she needed an exclusive workroom there was no solution for it but to move to a larger apartment.)

(“What was the sensation I felt when the tree fell?”)

(Break at 9:30. Jane was dissociated as usual. Looking out our living room window just then, I saw the service truck from the TV cable company parked there. Jane had called them earlier because our reception had been poor ever since the falling tree limb of March 6 had ripped down the line. Servicemen had been to the house several times in an effort to improve the reception. Jane particularly missed the channel for music only, since she was used to working by this in the mornings.

A point I wanted to add, Joseph. What you actually felt when the tree fell was the pain of the tree, in much muted form. The tree while dead still had consciousness. As a rule you will usually have such experiences to begin with through one inner sense. You are not adept enough yet to recognize inner data from more than one direction at a time.

You were feeling the echo of distant pain. The experience was of very low volume, had almost dreamlike existence in one dimension only, and represented an echo of anguish heard centuries after the original cry.

Centuries after the original cry. That is, the strength of the inner sensual impact was as weakened and diluted as it would have been if what you heard was a cry through the outer ear that came originally from centuries already gone by.

(Break at 10:07. Jane was dissociated as usual. She delivered the underlined material above by pounding on the table as she spoke. Jane felt we had been experiencing foreshortened time. She said that with this kind of material Seth has to open her up more than usual to get it through, that he gets her into a conceptual framework state of mind.

(The service man from the TV cable company was still working at the back of the house. Jane resumed at 10:17.)

(At 10:22 the TV serviceman knocked on the door, just as Jane finished the above sentence. He spent several minutes checking reception on our set while we talked with him. He was on duty until 11:00 PM. He left at 10:30. Jane rested briefly, for she could not make the switch back to Seth that quick, then resumed dictating at 10:31.)

(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.)

The back room is the best for sleeping. However it is also the best for your working purposes, Joseph. The small room will do as a sleeping room, but the head of the bed should be at the north. And in the use of psychological time exercises you would do well if your head was at the north.

I keep them especially for you. One more note before I leave you. Music is somewhat of a conditioning factor as far as Ruburt is concerned. Although he knows nothing of music now, he was once proficient in it. That ability now is channeled into his excellent facility in rhythmic poetry.

(“Was he a singer?”)

No. This ability was used once with the lyre. Music of his preference will be an excellent aid to his work, and it reinforces his discipline.

(End at 11:32. Jane was dissociated as usual.)