“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Break again at 9:51. Jane said she realized of course that she enjoyed having a car, any kind of car, available. But she hadn’t particularly associated this with the reasons Seth ascribed to a need for mobility. Nor had she made any great connection with the idea of her father being a traveling man. My idea was that Seth had mentioned these things briefly in much earlier sessions.

(“Now this remark leads Ruburt to think of Lois.” This is a good example of the way personal associations can work. Our friend Lois took some photos of Jane recently, for use on the dust jacket of Jane’s ESP book. The photos my brother Loren took were also to be used in connection with publicity for the ESP book.

With many psychics, the ability is so automatic that you can learn nothing about the process as it occurs. Now I shall try to point out impressions that are incorrect when I am able to. You will be able to see how extrasensory perceptions merge with personal associations, and watch the mind as it actually learns to perceive the difference.

You will see when and how Ruburt’s personal associations help us, and when and how they do not help us. As result Ruburt will be able, finally, to screen out the incorrect data. This is difficult simply because the data is legitimate to important layers of the personality, and you can see extrasensory perceptions as they merge with other associations.

And this is precisely how dreams are formed, and why they appear so often so incomprehensible—for when you examine them you do so in the light of your personal associations only. You view them with only half an eye.