“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane has been reading Jung for the last few days. This afternoon she told me she thought Seth might talk about the self-conscious inner ego. As session time approached she had no idea of what her procedure would be—whether she would sit, stand, pace, open or close her eyes, etc. She was still worried also about the time element when her eyes were closed, and we agreed that I would ask for breaks if it seemed the monologues might carry past the customary half-hour limit.

(Break at 9:30. Jane’s eyelids were heavy, and she had trouble keeping her eyes open for some few minutes. She had been well dissociated, she said, going into a deep trance after the first sentence or two. Her pauses were not overly long, and she knew what she was saying as she gave voice to it, but then forgot it.

Scientists have glimpsed the complications of the human body. They have scarcely glimpsed the complicated realities of the mind. If it were understood that the areas of the subconscious are indeed populated by many and various subpersonalities, then they would not wonder that the human body is sometimes so besieged with ailments, or that the dominant personality so often appears in contradictory terms.

The inner ego knows when to apply safety valves, and is aware of the danger before the outer ego is alerted. The inner ego is concerned with maintaining the foundations and balance, which is very important, of the whole self, and it is open to messages from the overall entity. The inner ego receives messages through the inner senses, and is aware of realities which the outer ego cannot afford to recognize because of its specialization. In some important aspects the outer ego is supposed to represent to some degree the subdominant personalities who still dwell in the subconscious. When the outer ego is narrow, and poorly represents these subdominant personalities then they rise up in arms, and when conditions are favorable attempt to express themselves through a momentary weakness on the part of the dominant ego. But without even doing this they may momentarily take over or express themselves through a single function, such as speech or motion, while the outer ego is blissfully unaware.

(Break at 10:06. Jane’s eyes opened slowly. She said she was so well dissociated that she could not remember what she said. She vaguely recalled hearing her voice. She was not bothered by any conception of time while speaking; yet she still wanted to be sure she “came out” on time.