“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane fell asleep. Upon awakening, while still in a drowsy state with her eyes closed, she wondered what time it was. She then experienced a “veil” of light within, and in the veil she saw my studio clock and the time, 6:50 PM, very distinctly. She lay dozing for a few minutes, then asked me what time it was. I said it was 7:00 PM. We were due at the gallery at 8:00.

(Jane did not mention her experience to me then; upon rousing herself she forgot it, she said, until tonight when she had a similar experience. This time, napping before the session, she awoke wondering about the time; she saw the veil of light again, but not the clock and could not determine the time.

Ruburt’s experience last night was along these lines. For a brief moment he “saw” (in quotes) as clearly without opening his eyes as he would ordinarily see by using them. But in this instance the vision was much better, you must admit, than it is with ordinary eyesight, since the clock that Ruburt saw well enough to tell the time was not even in the same room.

I wanted, then, to make another point about Ruburt’s experience last night in connection with the inner senses. Ruburt was quite capable as far as ability was concerned, to know what time it was without the addition of the vision of the clock. This was secondary. It seems that on your plane there is almost always the temptation to translate inner data in terms that the ego can understand and interpret.

More difficult to achieve is an experience in which the ego becomes more alert in self defense. The ego, for example, did not have to worry about Ruburt’s physical survival as he lay in bed and “saw” (in quotes) the clock in the other room. When the ego’s instinct for self-protection is aroused, then of course it rises up in arms. This is one of the reasons why the experience of levitation is so seldom achieved.