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(While trying psychological time I had the following experiences. They were very brief, and over before I realized they had taken place.

(May 6: Glimpse of triangular piece of costume jewelry, pewter in color, open in center, three sides of triangle set with rows of fake colorless “stones.” Upon leaving the state of psychological time I forgot this sighting, but remembered it while in the state of psychological time the following day.

(Jane was up from her nap by 8:30 PM. At 8:55 she said she was not as nervous as usual before a session. She had the feeling that Seth had “taken care” of her somehow this evening, putting to rest her concern over witnesses. I showed her our growing list of psychological time experiences, in the hope that Seth would discuss them tonight. Jane began dictating in a voice a bit heavier than usual, and maintained it throughout the session. All evening she paced back and forth slowly, hands in pockets. Her eyes darkened as usual.)

Not only does the physical matter that composes these images go back into the physical storehouse, to be reused time and time again, but also the physical matter is broken down once again to the state in which it was before its cooperation of parts that formed a particular physical body.

The cause and effect theory, as I have stated, is a result of your ideas of time. As long as you persist in thinking in terms of past, present and future, then the cause and effect theory is a logical and seemingly infallible result. When you develop your time theory and realize that present, past and future are merely effects and distortions caused by your own perspective, then your scientists will realize that cause and effect is a passé and antiquated theory, useful only for a short time—I hope you appreciate the pun with the word time—and should be discarded.

The material will always be the basic tool for study. The suggestions given in the material, the exercises in psychological time and so forth, are to be approached as you approached them, after a thorough knowledge of the material, and familiarity with the purposes behind the experiments.

There is another reason. I do not want these sessions to get the reputation of giving demonstrations, for reasons that are rather complicated. The way in which I have given you the material results in a steady progression, and this is important. At later times my attitude may change. However, because of the attitude in the scientific world at large, these sessions should have a more sober climate, in that I do not want either of you to be thought of, in Ruburt’s words, as a pair of nuts.

The durability is achieved because of constant expansion in terms of value fulfillment. Your camouflage physical universe does, necessarily, lead you to suppose that time exists in terms of past, present and future, simply because the idea or energy constructed into physical reality therefore operates under physical properties.

The true meaning and the true happening in your life occurs along the lines of value fulfillment, in terms of comprehensions, psychological experiences, and fulfillments that do not take up space, and that are independent of time as you know it.

(End at 11:29. Jane was dissociated as usual. We discussed the material with Jim Tennant for half an hour before he left for home. We also discussed methods of reproducing this material mechanically, since time precludes my trying to type more copies.

(It might be added here that John Bradley, our drug-salesman friend from Williamsport, PA, who has been a witness several times now and has read some of the material, visited us on Tuesday, May 5, the day before this session was held. He told us again about a lawyer friend of his in Williamsport, who wanted to witness a session, and indeed was willing to make the long drive [about 200 miles round trip] solely for this purpose. Jane had been unsure as to what to say the first time John had mentioned his friend, since her experience with witnesses had been very limited. We have had several witnesses since then however, so she told John his friend would be welcome now; John may make arrangements as to the date by mail.)

(While trying psychological time I had the following experiences.

(After my sensation episode [see page 81] I made a second try at psychological time. As I lay on my back I felt residues of the sensation on the tops of my legs and feet. Then I saw myself wheeling a tire alongside our blue car. The car was parked at the side of the road. It was a bright sunny day, and I was wearing a cap and sports clothing. I was on the left side of the car, pointing toward the front. This was interrupted by Jane calling me, since I had set a time limit. Very brief sighting.

(Sunday, May 10, 9:15 PM: I feel this is one of my best experiences to date. I heard many snatches of a conversation between my mother and father, and I had one clear very brief glimpse of the back of my father’s head and shoulders as he pushed through a screen doorway. I understood them clearly at the time, and after each sentence made a definite effort to remember what they said, then promptly forgot it while concentrating on the next sentence. I did not think to try to speak to them. I never saw Mother. The first time, I heard Father’s voice outside my field of vision, to my left and behind me. The voices were very clear and definite, and what they said was sensible. But I was unable to retain it.

(Each time now upon lying down, I tell myself I feel relaxed and light, and unworried. With this comes an internal feeling, momentary to be sure, of actual lightening. Also, I tell myself that I may visit Ed Robbins and his wife, or some other friend. In the above episode, although I did not visit Ed and Ella, I did visit somebody. These experiments are most interesting.

(I feel that Sunday’s experience is quite significant. It might also be noted that later that evening, when Jane tried psychological time, she too tuned in on Mother and Father. She did not see either one of them; and like me, while the experience had some duration, Jane could not retain the gist of their conversation.)