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Now. I would like to give you some further data concerning probabilities and the inverted time system.

Now when I first spoke of the inverted time system, I spoke of it as if it were apart from your own time system, to enable you to see it with some objectivity. However as you know by now, this system operates within your own. It simply is not the time system recognized by the ego.

There are many implications here, and now perhaps you can understand why I gave you the information on the nature of action before I introduced you to the inverted time system. For action is action whether or not you perceive it, and probable events are events whether or not you perceive them as such.

We will imagine then these various one and two, Mono One and Mono Two, multiplied, literally, an endless amount of times. Now on your recorder I believe you have a setting for stereo. This enables you to unite and combine harmoniously the elements on the various channels simultaneously. I am taking my time here so that we get this clearly, for I do not often come through with the pure clarity of stereophonic.

Now. Your stereophonic setting can be compared to what we have termed the inner ego. Now each of these selves experience time in their own manner, and as you should see by now this only means that they build their own realities according to the nature of their own perceptions. But the nature of their own perceptions is not chaotic. The portions of the self are so constructed, so to speak, that when the stereophonic channel is turned on the selves then know their unity. Their various realities merge in the overall perceptions of the whole self.

There is communication between them but they are not aware of it. The tape is the element common to all the channels. Now. The inner ego is the director as you know, but the whole self must know itself simultaneously. It is not enough that the inner ego knows what is going on. Ultimately therefore the inner ego must itself bring about comprehension on the parts of the various portions.

Now. Take for example probable event X. This so-called probable event or action will be experienced by the various portions of the self in their own way. When it is experienced by the ego you call it an actual physical event. When the event is perceived or experienced by other layers of the self, the ego does not know of it.

The time sequence varies also as you have seen. That is, events are experienced in different sequences. However past, present and future has reality only to the ego. Now there is some bleed-through. The ego is certainly aware to some extent of the subconscious. The subconscious is certainly aware of the ego. The portion of the self, or rather the portions of the self, that experience action in terms of what the ego would term probability, is further divorced from the ego, however, and this probability reality appears to the ego very rarely, and only very occasionally.

Now, the time in which the inner ego exists is, as you know, the spacious present. The spacious present is the basic time in which the whole self has its existence, but the various portions of that self have their experience in their own time systems, which are the results of their characteristic methods of perception.

Now. It should be obvious that the psychological framework must be different when the time system of experience is different. You can see easily for yourself the individual psychological variations that exist simply between the ego and the subconscious, but these portions of the self are very close. Other portions of the self, that deal in what you would call probable realities, are very different in their psychological makeup.

(Jane now took a long pause. Her pace had again become very slow. although her eyes were opening rather often.)

The ego maintains much of its stability by looking backwards, so to speak, into its experience of its past, and finding something of itself there. Now the past may be an illusion, but it is not illusion to the ego. The portions of the self that deal in probabilities do not have such an experience with a past, to give them their feeling of identity or continuity.

(It was now time for the 37th Dr. Instream experiment. Jane’s pace remained broken by many rather short pauses. She sat with her head down, her hands raised to her closed eyes. She did not smoke. Resume at 10:12.)

Now. Give us a moment, please. (Pause.)

Now, generally. (Pause.) Some kind of misrepresentation. Dr. Instream feels that something has been misrepresented to him professionally, I believe, on the part of the university or in connection with his work there. (Pause.)

Near him now, a miscellany of objects, small ones, some of them white, that look like marble. Perhaps figurines, but they are not marble. (Pause.) A knock on the door. (Pause at 10:20.) This is at his home, and a caller, a male, younger than he, a fairly young male, perhaps a student. (Pause.)

Now, do you have a test for me? I will from here on in ask if you have an envelope instead.

(It was 10:21. As usual Jane took the experimental envelope, the 31st, from me without opening her eyes. We had decided to call these studies envelope experimentsinstead of tests. Now Jane sat quietly for a moment; she held the envelope to her forehead as she spoke briefly, then lowered it to her lap.)

Now I will continue with the session if you request me to do so, or I will close it to give you a rest.

(Seth now refers to the unscheduled 230th session of February 6, in which Jane gave the predictions for the ages of death for herself, the Gallaghers, and me.)

Now, Ruburt’s subconscious simply got in our way at last evening’s session. Now and then it is to be expected, but I regret the particular circumstances deeply. He was subconsciously but never consciously aware that next month marked the time of his grandfather’s death, and subconsciously he knew his grandfather’s age at death.

I would apologize to Ruburt, but the distortion was not my own. I do deeply regret it however. I also think that you will find his attitude from now on an improvement over his past attitude, as far as our experiments are concerned, and this will be of benefit to all of us.

(End at 10:47. Jane was dissociated as usual. The last line of the session sums up pretty well Jane’s new attitude concerning the sessions, experiments, etc. Actually the attitude is not new; both of us have been aware of the point made for a long time. The recent difference seems to be that Jane is evidently able to put the realization into effect more efficiently now.)