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SESSION 118

(Because of the holidays we did not hold sessions for Monday, December 28, and Wednesday, December 30.

(As session time approached Jane became increasingly nervous. She felt this way because of our rather long rest, and the recent developments in the presentation of the sessions themselves. She had no idea of the subject matter for the session, nor did she know whether she would sit with her eyes closed or pace about as usual.

I will indeed vary the procedure. We will benefit greatly through various experiments within our sessions however, and some of these should be quite important to our overall progress.

He has fought me a good deal of the time. However this is also to his benefit and to yours. We do not want any willy-nilly trance states, spontaneous or undisciplined. He knows what he is doing. You have been negligent this past week, and yet this also adds to your confidence, in that you know that it is up to you both ultimately, and not ultimately up to me, whether or not these sessions are held.

We have left many loose ends since our last session. I have told you that it is possible to tune in on the dream universe. You know this is done during sleep. It can also be done in the so-called waking state.

(Part of the time her eyes were fully closed as she paced about the room, Jane said, but she could not give me a percentage estimate. The rest of the time her eyes were “cracked open” just enough for her to see. Jane thought Seth intended that she begin the session sitting down; instead she got up, and we think it reasonable that as compensation Seth introduced the nearly-closed-eye experiment.

(Jane said she had the idea that Seth got her to sit down by letting her smoke. Just before she sat down she was beginning to feel “strained,” as though she had to reach for what she was saying. As soon as she sat down the feeling of strain vanished. As soon as she did sit down, Jane began to take longer pauses between phrases at times, as she had done in the last session. But as before her diction remained clear, her voice normal.

This has been a fruitful session, and I am pleased to find us back on schedule. You will discover that this evening’s material on the physical organism in particular will be most helpful, particularly in future sessions. We will sometime or other deal with the maintenance of the organism, and then you will need this material. I hope it explains the comparative (underline comparative) rigidity of pattern which composes the body, which allows it to maintain apparent constancy; and one of the prices it must pay for this is a stabilization of a kind that the inner self is not bound by.

I will now end our session. My most fond wishes to you both, particularly since this is the beginning of your new year. May it be a fruitful one.