“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane has been practicing psychological time regularly. She reports that she attains her usual good “state,” with little else happening. The only suggestions she gives herself now are to the effect that she is completely relaxed, and free of space and time. She used to use many more suggestions.

(It will be remembered that in the 140th session Seth suggested Jane avoid psychological time for a while, after she had unwittingly gone too far, too fast. A week later Jane resumed psy-time on a reduced time basis. Now, even though she is back up to her regular half-hour, she has had no experiences to speak of since then. She has however had some rather startling clairvoyant experiences outside of psy-time.

He is doing very well in our sessions. However in his psychological time experiments he is trying too hard. This leads to a constriction. We want an expansion.

There will be a period of relaxation following the completion of his book, and during this time there will be a release of psychic energy that he will use most beneficially. He forgets to open up when he becomes overly concerned about his abilities. However, in the dream state he has been teaching himself to achieve greater freedom, and the results will show.

He must avoid a do-or-die attitude. He does best when he allows his mind to wander, and not when he hems it in. In his psychological time experiments lately, he has concentrated with his will, though he did not realize he was doing so. Again, this leads to a constriction.

(The above passage refers to tests Jane uses on herself. Sometimes these involve Dr. Rhine’s Zener cards, sometimes objects sealed in envelopes, etc. Jane has not really extended herself in such tests, mostly due to a lack of time. She is interested in learning what other abilities she may have, however, outside of these sessions.)

There are many details here that we shall discuss most thoroughly. He must remember however in his psychological time experiments that to focus outward, within and through the universe, is to expand and focus inward simultaneously. He must seek the expansion before he seeks the results or effects of the expansion.

(She had used many pauses, some of them close to a minute long. Her “brogue” had also been apparent at times. She resumed at a somewhat faster rate, again with her eyes closed, at 9:30.)

(It might be interesting to digress a moment to discuss the point raised by Seth in the last paragraph. I believe he is referring here to an experience of mine. As far as I can recall, this was the first time I became consciously aware that a dream could influence waking action.

(On Tuesday night, June 22, I had five dreams which I wrote in my dream notebook the next morning. Dream number five was a very short one, in color. In it I found myself approaching a certain traffic light in my car. I was on a side street, two blocks from the printing plant where I work. In the dream I sat waiting for some little time for the light to turn green, giving me access to the main highway, Lake Street. I seldom take this route in actuality, since this particular light is set to favor the heavy flow of traffic on Lake Street. Anyone approaching it as I did in my dream can wait for up to a couple of minutes for it to change.

(Break at 9:48. Jane was dissociated as usual. Her eyes had remained closed, her voice had been a bit stronger, her pace had picked up quite a bit during the delivery. Her brogue had again been apparent at times.

For the personality in such circumstances will shrivel up, and ultimately the physical self will die ahead of its time, and despite all emergency efforts made by the ego, unless it makes the necessary effort. Survival within the physical universe, as within all others, is determined by the full development of potential.

I will now close our session. And Ruburt should reread particularly the first portion of the session several times.