“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Now Jane smiled broadly as she paced about.)

We are equipping ourselves with the necessary background and knowledge. This does not mean that a stiff restraint should be used on either of your parts. Ruburt now can allow himself some additional freedom. The ego however is a necessary protector, and its barriers should not be lowered by force or pressure. It must first feel secure and become flexible while still retaining the integrity of its nature.

This is one of the main reasons why I advised Ruburt at one time to discontinue certain particular experiments, which I believe he can now handle.

I am tempted to give you some new material this evening, although I had decided to hold a brief session, merely because of certain rhythms and crests of activity, that ebb and flow. I had intended this to be an informal, generalized discussion, and definitely mean to mention again that the general setup of this room is now excellent, regardless of what additions or so forth you might choose to make.

(Jane now began to take some rather lengthy pauses as she delivered this more personal material. I did not feel that she was worrying about its accuracy particularly, merely that such information is evidently more carefully presented by Seth lest it arouse such outer ego fears; hence it “comes out” at a slower rate. See page 88 for information on the thermostat cover.)

(Jimmy’s youngest son, J.J., is six years old. The first time Jane and I saw the two of them, over four years ago, we were struck by the unmistakable similarity between them, not only in physical appearance but in manner. If anything this likeness between father and son has grown with the passing years, until now it is a standard topic of conversation when the Spazianis and the Buttses get together. As Jimmy’s wife Marian said to us this evening at supper: “Well, there must be a few drops of my blood in J.J. somewhere...” Jimmy of course is Italian. Marian is Irish and French.

(Jane now smiled.)

(His mother’s home was dark, of course, and not wanting to disturb her merely to leave the tomatoes, Jimmy left them on the back porch. His father had died a few months ago, and while he stood in the backyard, a place he knew and had loved since childhood, Jimmy thought to himself: “Now, if I could see my father’s apparition, then I could tell Ma, and she’d feel a lot better,” or words to that effect. Jimmy waited beside the dark and quiet house, staring out into the backyard, but he saw and heard nothing unusual. He is well acquainted with the literature on psychic phenomena.

(Jane now resumed in a somewhat faster and louder manner, at 10:14.)

Now. The experience involving your landlord, his wife and his deceased father, was a legitimate one; but one that I should like to use as an example for a rather long discussion of questions directly resulting from some recent sessions. That is, the question as to the survival of the physical image after the point of so-called death, and the lingering about the physical plane of portions of the personality.

(Jane and I now wonder if it is coincidence that we were discussing this same matter a few days ago, and wondering when Seth would begin to cover the subject.)

The man represents, now, an example of a personality highly endowed with intuition, and inner senses that are highly developed. There are some rather unusual circumstances here, in family and past family situations.

(This reference to J.J., Jimmy’s youngest son, reminds Jane and me that Jimmy has often mentioned to us that as soon as he began to talk, J.J. started to tell his father about the “playmates” who kept him company through the day. At the time Jimmy was quite intrigued because the only playmates J.J. had were his older brothers and sisters, and these were not the people he was describing. Jimmy states that J.J. related such stories to him up until he was about four years old. J.J. is now six.)

You must understand that to me now, mankind’s insistence upon recognizing as alive only those personalities with which he deals in the physical field, is a most limiting concept.

(End at 10:42. Jane was dissociated as usual. She was now quite tired, as she had been at the end of the last session.

(I then saw something, an item that I now forget. I heard someone say, “That’s Lizzie’s. She was the one who used to buy them.” The voice was a mental one.

(Now, at 1:20 PM, Rob tells me: This morning a newly married couple visited him at the office. They were there from about 11:25 until noon. There was talk and kidding about marriage, etc. But he does not recall any specific mention of a marriage license as such.)