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SESSION 163

(Shortly after the mass began, I became aware of what seemed to be solid but invisible waves that beat against both ears externally. An analogy would be cupped hands clapping against my ears. An extremely rich thrilling suffused my head, then quickly spread to various parts of my body, not evenly by any means. I tried to increase the sensation by concentrating, for instance, on hearing the sound with my left knee when the sensation was strong there, but did not succeed especially. I was reminded of this by the 154th session, dealing with the body’s generalized ability to receive stimuli.

(In Volume 1 of The Early Sessions this sensation, as I call it, is dealt with following Session 23, in Session 24, and following Session 25, among others. I have experienced it frequently during psychological time since then. It is much richer and more varied than the more usual thrilling one notes upon a moving occasion. In the above instance, the initial source of the sensation appeared to stem from outside the body, and the waves against my ears had a tangible, solid quality that is difficult to describe.

(Joe Masters is the husband of Dee, who was director of the art gallery where Jane worked for several years. The Masters are discussed by Seth in the 63rd session among occasional others. See Volume 2.

(Last Saturday, June 19, Jane received a brief communication from Seth while going about her household chores. Her thoughts had touched upon the sessions dealing recently with Bill Gallagher’s ulcer. Jane thought, idly, that some foods would not be practical for Bill to eat. She then received the brief message from Seth, to the effect that our ideas of practicality are often hardly practical.

(Last Wednesday’s session, scheduled for June 16, was not held. This was Seth’s idea to compensate for the longer recent sessions and the extra typing involved.

(Tonight’s session was again held in our living room. It was an extremely hot and humid evening. Traffic noise was more audible than usual but Jane appeared unaffected. She spoke while sitting down and with her eyes closed, in a voice strong enough to penetrate the background noise, and at a good rate with very few pauses. As she has done often lately, she spoke a good deal of the time while sitting forward in her rocker, her elbows resting on her knees, her head tipped down to some degree.)

I see that we will have a private session once again. This is to our advantage; and it is also to our advantage, when witnesses are present, when those witnesses have the peculiar qualities which are of benefit.

The dreams that you are accumulating therefore will be of great benefit to us, and I have not discussed them in our regular sessions because I prefer to use them as the basis for another body of material.

(Jane’s notebook now contains over 300 dreams, and mine somewhat less. The above information may explain why Seth did not discuss my recent clairvoyant dream, which I mentioned in the 160th session.)

Again, we will have many sessions indeed, dealing with the gestalt that is the human personality, and at that time much of this material will fall into place.

There are certain manners that are more advantageous than others in the giving of such suggestions, and we will go into these at another session. We may also, indeed, begin at least a partial study of the framework of the personality as it is related to action, for such a discussion will follow along well with our material on suggestion.

This has been a most constructive session, and its flow has been unimpeded. I wish you both a fond good evening, and as always I enjoy our sessions. I feel quite benign this evening, and enjoy our solitude. There are, however, other important elements. I bid you good evening.

(End at 10:40. Jane was more dissociated for this last delivery, she said. Her eyes were closed for the whole session, her delivery fast for the most part, her voice strong.)