“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane felt quite lethargic and sleepy as the day wore on, but did not believe this state had anything to do with our active weekend. She worked well at her writing this morning, but grew increasingly drowsy as the day wore on. She has been reading the book The Self in Transformation, by Herbert Fingarette, Basic Books, 1963, NY and London. She considers it excellent.

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 inner senses therefore should also be used as fully as the outer senses. Experience within both realities lets the inner or whole self know more fully its own potentialities and its own selfness.

(End at 9:48. Jane was dissociated as usual. She was surprised at the quick ending to the session; she had hoped Seth would discuss other material also. She now felt much better, but did not care about going for a walk. However we went for one together, and before the evening was through she was her old self.)