“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

He was quite correct in assuming as he did that his upset had little to do with a lack of chairs, since he knew perfectly well that a sufficiency was available. Now, for another piece to our puzzle. The mayor is also to be present upon this occasion, and Ruburt thought subconsciously how pleased her friend, Edward Briscoe, would be in his simple way—in the old days—to be present, and how impressed he would be with the mayor.

I decided to mention this since he is at the point now—I am speaking of Ruburt—when he will not accept the superficial reasons given by the ego for many reactions, but seeks to discover deeper causes. There was also some other problem here, in that Ruburt feels, as you do, and quite rightly, that Mark is in over his head, psychologically speaking.

Such is not exactly the case. The child exists within the man, yes, but he is not the same child. The memories that he thinks are the child’s memories are not memories of a particular event that happened to the child. That is, they do not contain a precise picture of any particular incident that occurred. Each incident is recreated when the memory of it arises, but the memory is changed with each recreation, and subtly changed.

You merely skip along the surface, and this is all right. But do not regard this hopping from moment to moment, as from stone to stone, as the approximation of time as it actually exists. The nature of perceptions determines the experience of time.

(It was now time for the 32nd Dr. Instream test. As usual Jane sat quietly with her hands raised to her closed eyes. Her pace became quite slow, broken by many pauses of 15-30 seconds. She had been smoking earlier in the session but did not do so now. Resume at 10:10.)

A connection with a man as close to him as a brother, so to speak, with sandy hair, who is somehow connected with the object. (Pause of 50 seconds.) The object also had to do with an understanding that was reached between the owner and another man.

Do you have a test for me?

A disturbing event in the month of June, ’64. A connection with another car, not your own. The number 12. I do not know whether this refers to 12 people or not.

(“The number 12. I do not know whether this refers to 12 people or not.” Jane said she believed the “12” came from the address of Dr. Colucci’s office, 112 Walnut Street, around the corner from our address on W. Water Street, and that Seth speculated about people because of Dr. Colucci’s waiting room being a gathering place for people.

(“A long narrow road.” We thought there could be association here also in the manner of the previous data about a connection with another car, not our own. Dr. Colucci, as stated, lives atop a hill climbed by a long narrow road. So do the Gallaghers, in the same general area. Dr. Colucci had trouble climbing the road to his home, and we had trouble climbing the road to the Gallagher home.