“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

A part of the whole self is quite aware of the probabilities. Now. This is a portion of the self that exists as a perceiving participator, in the dimension which we discussed in our last session. This is fairly difficult material, and so I am giving it to you carefully.

(This is the first time in many sessions that Willy has paid any attention to Jane during a session. In the early sessions he exhibited some drastic behavior at Seth’s presence and/or arrival. At times he would attempt to entangle himself in Jane’s legs as she paced about the room while speaking for Seth. At other times he seemed to exhibit plain panic, running to hide just before session time. Seth told us this was because the cat’s very acute senses detected his arrival on our plane. Willy, he said, would get used to his presence eventually and show no reaction; this has been the case now for well over a year.)

Now this event X is only one of a literally numberless amount of probable events which the conscious self could experience. For its purposes however the conscious self chooses this particular event X. But again, this event X, until the conscious self experiences it, is only one of many other probable events, different in no basic manner from the others. It becomes real, actual and different from those other probable events, only when it is experienced by our conscious self, or by this conscious self.

This is not as far-fetched as it might seem, for again, you perceive now more than you realize; although you may not be consciously aware of this, it still falls within the framework of your associated experience. The mere shaking of a hand may be perceived by you as a simple action. You are not consciously aware of the million small actions which make up this seemingly insignificant act.

These actions exist nevertheless. It does not take you time to perceive them one by one. You perceive them in their completed fashion. Now this other portion of the self experiences these probable events, consciously, with as much rapidity as you subconsciously perceive the million small actions that make up the handshake.

Now. These various portions of the self of which I speak are just that—portions of the whole self that simply operate in different dimensions of reality, and within different fields of activity.

(It was now time for the 34th Dr. Instream test. Jane sat quietly with her head down and her hands raised to her closed eyes. She spoke now with many rather short pauses. She was not smoking. Resume at 10:05.)

Now. Give us a moment, please.

Now I told you that this would be a relaxed session, and I shall here bring it to a close, unless there are any matters in particular about which you have questions. We got through a bit of difficult material this evening very well.