“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

What we are looking for here, and indeed one of the purposes of our sessions, is efficient use of various portions of the self in the perceptions of their own realities, and of an overall perception of each of the various portions of the self by the whole self, which transcends the others even while it is composed of them.

This involves efficient, complete use of the outer senses in their perception of camouflage reality, and of joyful, effective behavior and manipulation within that field of camouflage in which you spend a certain level of your existence. When you operate within it you should indeed experience it completely, in as many phases as possible, and be it to a much greater degree than is usually achieved, the conscious mind using itself then in experience, and thus knowing itself. And then the switch to use of the inner senses. The great contrast then refreshes the whole self. (Pause.)

The outer senses are dulled, but the inner senses have not yet been turned on. The state is an unhappy one, where sharpness of perception is extremely limited. I am speaking at length about it because its lethargy could be harmful under certain circumstances. All the more so since the obvious, more noticeable symptoms of the trance state itself are absent; and therefore the state could pass unnoticed for some time.