“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(An impromptu unscheduled session was held last Friday evening, November 5, for a group of young people. No notes were taken, nor were they intended according to Seth, but I want to note a few points.

(The group of four, exclusive of myself, makes the largest gathering Seth has yet addressed. Jane and I knew they were interested in psychology and ESP in general and had encouraged their reading on the subjects. They did not know about Seth but were somewhat familiar with our work in ESP, and of course would learn of Seth’s existence when Jane’s ESP book is published. Probably we would have preferred that our friends, two young men and two young ladies, do more background reading before meeting Seth; on the other hand, with the coming publication of Jane’s book we have been somewhat curious as to the reaction of interested friends to Seth. Conditions were good last Friday evening so Seth spoke at some length in a general way.

There is however something else that I would like to take up immediately. It had not entered my mind to explain it to you earlier. In most instances, or at least in many instances, I do not see the particular physical image of a witness to a session; but indeed as you described it, I see what you may call a composite image, an energy reality that is composed of past personalities, and in many cases also of future personalities that will be adopted by the inner self.

I can, it is true, focus exclusively upon the present individual. This merely involves a change of focus on my part, and a narrowing of focus and concentration. There is much more that can be said here, but we shall save it for another occasion. The matter was in your mind, and I am giving you a simple and direct answer.

Of course telepathy within dreams also occurs, as you know. I am sure you realize the difference between these, but basically such dreams are the same. The distinctions are you own. All attempt also should be made through correspondence to check such details.

(Break at 9:20. Jane was dissociated as usual for a first delivery. Her voice had been quiet, her pace fast enough. Her eyes had been open slightly for some of the time. She resumed in the same manner, but with her eyes closed, at 9:38.)

Now the second alternative wording would be the same as the one I have just given you, but the “wake up” could be omitted. That is, it is possible you see, for you to record these dreams, speaking into the microphone without awakening, in your terms.

This is definitely not only possible but certainly the most convenient. You should however try both methods, and discover which works the best for you. By all means, if at all possible, the recorder, Joseph, should be in your bedroom. It is the immediate dream recall we are after. We want you to record the dream at the instant of awakening, or at the instant that the dream is about to dissolve.

Now mankind uses but a portion of his capabilities, and when you are along in these experiments, properly set up, you will find that you handle them very well, with no draining of energies or difficulties. Your sleeping hours are already productive. We shall also use them to give you training in the utilization of various stages of consciousness, that will result in time with excellent control over various aspects and stages of your own awareness.

First here a small note. Much later there will be other suggestions for you, in which you will direct your sleeping self to perform various activities in sleep, visit certain locations, bring back information and so forth. This is obviously still very much in the future, but it is well within the abilities of human personality, and within the realms of your own abilities.

Give us a moment, and you may relax a moment longer while we try to pick up Dr. Instream... who sits at a desk or table that has a lamp on it. Not a table lamp type of thing, but a desk lamp variety, perhaps of brown metal. (Pause.)

This may be the sheet of paper to which I referred. It may well be a letter that you have written him, and he concentrates on my name; and thinks (pause) of a picture in a frame, of his wife I believe, but not one just taken.

There is no particular reason why others could not hear me, but practically speaking the ego is usually on guard to prevent such communications. The ego regards anything but itself as an alien, even the portions of the individual’s own subconscious. Since these are so often denied by the ego, it is no wonder that voices such as mine only infrequently break through.

(Once again, Philip is John Bradley’s entity name. In a general way, we believe contact between John and Seth took place between four and five weeks ago. We did not quiz John about this when he witnessed the 204th session, but will do so next time we see him.