“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Break at 9:28. Jane was more fully dissociated than usual for a first monologue. Since this material was so interesting we decided to wait and see if Seth would take up our own personal experiences with psychological time later in this session. Jane resumed in the same low-key manner at 9:39.)

Here in a simple manner is a case in point. The molecules and atoms and even smaller particles, all contain their separate consciousness. They form into cells. Now, although the cells maintain individuality and do not lose any of their abilities, in this formation into cells there is actually a pooling of individual consciousness of atoms and molecules into, and to form, an individual cellular consciousness. Here the consciousness of each individual molecule or atom, by this psychic gestalt, gains immeasurably. The combination of individual consciousness into a combination forms a new, enlarged, more powerful cellular consciousness that is capable of much more experience and fulfillment than would be possible for the isolated atom or molecule.

It would seem, therefore, that what you call consciousness might be the result of this combination. That is, it would seem that self-consciousness was the result of this combination. Each cell, however, has its own consciousness, and when I speak of consciousness as being an attribute of cellular life, I speak only for convenience, since actually cellular life is an attribute of consciousness.

(Break at 10:30. Jane was now fully dissociated, she said, more so than usual. During this last material, she felt Seth trying to break the concept of it down into terms understandable to us. She also felt that at times it would not be possible to break concepts down into words. She resumed at 10:40.)

While it might sound impossible to you, this generalized molecular consciousness, which you would call subconscious, contains within it, in condensed genetic fashion, all knowledge of the inner workings of the universe, this knowledge being acted upon and instantly accessible when it is needed.

We will cover your experiences at another session. I am sorry to put you off, but tonight was an excellent night to give you the material we have covered; and I want to explain your experiences rather thoroughly, and also use them to delve further into our study of the inner senses. You have been doing particularly well, however. I told you that direct experience through the inner senses would be extremely vivid, and now you can realize this for yourself.

If you would give me my due credit, Ruburt, you would not need to stew half as much. Your Saturday evening social sessions are extremely beneficial to you both. No doubt you know that.