“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The following data are from Jane’s psychological time notebook: December 31, Thursday, 11:35: A rather amazing experience of “ecstasy,” the strongest I’ve experienced so far. No voices or visions, however. Now an hour later traces of lightness and suspension still linger. Also a small nagging feeling of rising. January 4, Monday, 11:30 AM: No results in particular.

(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.

Ruburt may feel betwixt and between, as indeed at times he is, but only occasionally. We must have some experiments to progress. It seems that we should supplement our lectures, at least now and then. Also, if Ruburt is experimenting as he is with the trance state in psychological time experiments, it is a good idea that some of this experimentation be carried on by him under our excellent supervision; and after consideration I think that you will agree.

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.

There are quite a number of your psychological time experiments that we will have to discuss. One of the reasons why we have not gone into them as yet is that you have tuned into other realities, and the realities must be explained before your experiments can be discussed.

(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.

(Break at 10:03. Once again Jane looked sleepy as her eyes opened. She was much more dissociated than when she paced about the room with her eyes open, she said, and also in a deeper state than when she was moving about with her eyes shut part of the time.

(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.

The overall pattern of organization in a physical sense must be maintained however, and always under the auspices of the inner self, which is not imprisoned by its construction, although like any good guardian it spends most of its time at home, in maintaining the structure.