“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

The effect of any thought is a quite precise and definite one, that is set into motion specifically because of the nature of its own electromagnetic identity. The physical system operates best within certain electromagnetic patterns, and is adversely affected by others. These effects change the actual molecular structure of the physical cells of the organism, for better or for worse, and because of certain laws of attraction a habitual pattern will operate. A destructive type of thought, then, is dangerous not only for the present state of the organism, but dangerous in terms of the future.

For such habits operate not only in the waking state but in the sleeping state also, where the personality is even more open to suggestion. A vicious circle is therefore formed. It is often broken however, and in many ways.

(More inner-sense delineations are to come, according to Seth. With a list of the above categories in mind however, it is clear which senses and laws apply to the material in the sessions following, up until now. I have often meant to remind Seth to mention the specific senses along with the material under discussion but have not done so.

Now we come to see one of the main points of this discussion. These therapeutic dreams, with practice, can be brought about through self-suggestion. To some extent this is not unknown. Various old cults have used this method, but it can be quite practical in modern life.

Such inner therapeutics also occur however at various levels of consciousness where they may be sparked by exterior stimuli of an esthetic or pleasing nature. Other exterior conditions have also their effect. To involve oneself in large groups, for example, is beneficial often, not simply to take attention away from the self, but because a larger range of electromagnetic realities are easily available.

Dreams are indeed symptomatic of the personality’s overall condition at any given time, but they also help form that condition. The connections here are extremely complicated, and yet use of suggestion in bringing about constructive changes through dreams can be of great benefit.

Dr. Instream understands, I am sure, that we are not only involved here with inner perceptions, and with translations that must be made as data is given by me to Ruburt, but we are also working within human limitations, and of course with human potentialities.

This is all fairly new to Ruburt, and he is doing very well. We shall make an effort to be more specific. But one must always read large print as a training before small print can be read with care or precision.

Ruburt is extremely cautious. This will not work to our disadvantage however, for his cautiousness in these matters acts as a strong balancing mechanism, so that he learns to deal with inner perceptions stage by stage. His personality is not overwhelmed therefore. We have taken his ego into consideration at all times, so that he can consciously assimilate what he has learned, as is preferable. At times this may mean that we progress slowly, but the progression is steady and firm.

(As she delivered the first phrase below, I had the rather strong impression that it referred to the Dr. Instream test material, but I cannot say why I felt this.)

(The test object is a photograph, but with the standard white border.

(Jane tells me that “a mistake of sorts connected here somewhere” could refer to a mix-up concerning the room we had rented at the motel, but I do not recall this personally. It was nothing serious, Jane said, but a bookkeeping error on the part of the motel room clerk, to the effect that our room had been reserved for someone else, in advance; we were to be moved to another room, she said, but the transfer never took place. There was no unpleasantness involved.

(While she was giving Seth’s data, Jane said she had images of a childhood playground in Saratoga Springs, NY, with houses nearby, but recognized this as her own data and did not give it as Seth’s. She felt sure the test object had a northern, as versus a southern, background, but did not say so because Seth did not say so.