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SESSION 209

(No envelope test was held during the session.

(The session was held in our back room. Jane spoke while sitting down and with her eyes closed for the most part during the first half of the session. Her pace was good for the most part, her voice average.)

And now, if Ruburt worries that he does not carry his share of the work load, because you spend so much time typing our sessions, then the work of typing the dream experiences, both his and your own, shall be his. These dream records shall be kept continually throughout the years, and will yield valuable information. Information, incidentally, that can stand quite on its own regardless of my connection with it, and it shall be added to your life’s work.

(Her eyes began to open at times now as the session progressed. First they were narrowly open, then later opened quite wide. Her pace was a bit slower, and she was smoking as she resumed at 9:20.)

(Jane’s eyes had been wide open during much of the last two pages of material. As in the last session her delivery had been quite enthusiastic and definite. Much of the time she had been smiling.)

I am giving you a brief session because of our last long one.

On some occasion however I do want to discuss this matter of our sessions, as to when they should and should not be held; and I repeat: in no way do I ever attempt to influence Ruburt’s subconscious mind.

The particular unscheduled session which bothered you both apparently was the one which was requested subconsciously by you both; and it benefited those for whom we gave it to a rather considerable degree.

(This would be the unscheduled session held on the evening of Friday, November 5, for our four young friends. See my brief notes on this prefacing the 206th session.)

There is conscious discipline which can be used by Ruburt, that can negate the subconscious permission, if you so determine, and this with practice will come very easily. As entireties—I use the phrase purposely—however, you respond to many influences that may or may not result in a session.

(Jane and I tried an experiment involving one of the young couples that witnessed the unscheduled session of November 5. We saw them the next Friday evening also, November 12. We answered many of their questions during the evening. During the evening Jane felt that Seth could have easily come through, but in the interests of our experiment she did not allow him to. Seth accepted her decision, she told me at the time, gracefully and did not make any effort to go against her wishes.)

In any case, there are simply certain circumstances that I have set up myself as a system of balances, so that the number of sessions will stay within reason, within your idea of reason. You are perfectly capable, and Ruburt is perfectly capable, ideally speaking, of holding five sessions a week without ill effects. I do realize that this is highly impractical, so you have no worries in this regard.

You may do as you prefer now. I will end the session or continue along these lines.