“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane said she had experienced another “concept feeling” while speaking, as she had in the 149th, 151st and 153rd sessions. Unlike the others however this involved more of a feeling rather than any visual images, and made describing it difficult. It involved, Jane said, some kind of inner comprehension that she was learning something in a new way, as though some kind of undifferentiated sense was operating and soaking up information. The feeling of being inside a concept, she said finally, was as good a description as any. As she has mentioned before, she believes she becomes aware of such concepts when Seth is dealing with material that is difficult to put into words.

The peculiar nature of the impeding action or illness has much to do with its persistence. The whole focus of the personality can shift from constructive areas to a concentration of main energies in the area of the impeding action or illness. In such a case the illness actually represents a new unifying system. Now, if the old unifying system of the personality has broken down, the illness, serving as a makeshift, temporary emergency measure, may hold the integrity of the personality intact until a new constructive unifying principle replaces the original.

In this case the illness could not be called an impeding action, unless it persisted long after its purpose was served. Even then, without knowing all the facts surrounding the personality, you could make no judgment, for the illness could still serve by giving the personality a sense of security, being kept on hand, so to speak, as an ever-present emergency device in case the new unifying principle should fail.