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(I have long been aware that the yoga exercises have a powerful effect on me personally, and that I evidently end up in a dissociated state at times after doing them. I have neither encouraged or discouraged this effect. I have had the experience of hearing voices before but have not asked Seth to comment. He did mention my hearing music recently. The last time I heard voices they chattered away at a great rate, like a tape played too fast.

(Our cat Willy had been eating in the kitchen. Ordinarily he pays no attention to the sessions, after his early displays when the sessions first began; at that time, according to Seth, he sensed Seth’s presence and reacted strongly. He has since grown used to this.

(Tonight Willy merely wanted to play. I would have preferred that Jane not be interrupted at this point, but Willy lost a toy in back of a bookcase. He made so much noise I had to lay my notes aside to take care of him. Jane waited, her eyes closed.)

Either one should be permanent. Your home situation will be much more stable for one thing, and such an arrangement is really necessary for Ruburt’s efficiency. It enables him to direct his energy where he wants it, when he wants it. The divider may only be a symbol but it is a necessary one. It is the symbol for a discipline on his part that will enable him to override the vicissitudes of mood, and temporary inclinations.

Now. What he saw was not an hallucination.

I have told you that many other systems coexist with your own, simultaneously. Other fields exist that you do not perceive with your physical senses. Ruburt was not perceiving with his own physical senses, nor was he asleep.

The image had no specific personal meaning for him at all. He simply perceived a woman, a survival personality if you prefer. She was standing motionless within her own system, and momentarily the two systems coincided, which is not at all unusual.

Now, both systems exist in actuality. Usually you only perceive your own. Ruburt turned off his usual focus of perception. He focused it differently, and so saw an image of which he would normally not be aware.

The woman left your own physical system not long ago, according to your terms. She had a connection with this house, though not with you. She was a friend of the woman above you. This is the first time that Ruburt has allowed himself such freedom of perception, and he shall have other such experiences.

A shell. A man’s hat on a table next to a shell, such as a seashell. A cluttered desk. I believe Dr. Instream is in his own office at the college, now. (Pause at 10:07.) He has had a male visitor within the hour.

Either he is dark-complected also, or slightly in need of a shave. The sides of his face appear not smooth, as if stubble, very slight, or poor complexion here. Longish ears. Perhaps the man is Jewish. Quite tall.

The other man is interested also in music. He has an unusual cigarette holder or lighter, which I believe Dr. Instream has noticed. There is a connection with this item and a dog’s head, or dog-shaped head. That is, an animal head either symbolized on the item, or in the shape of it. The man also has a dog.

This time your question led us astray. I did not want Ruburt to get away from the family group idea, you see, but he kept getting specific in the wrong direction. Still keeping however the family group image.

He knew he was off the track, however, and this prevented him from getting more valid information, for he was alarmed.

It would take too long to explain it. I will if you prefer. Ruburt realizes the connection and he will tell you later.

The large circle shape was vaguely connected. Ruburt noticed a large orange sun, drawn by a child, in the hallway of the school. Something else here: He equated the cube with a large pill, which would be round and difficult to swallow.

(I also hoped aloud that Seth would clear up the reference to the numbers given in “A connection with a family group, of one, five, three and two.” Unfortunately he did not do so. I didn’t catch the oversight until after the session.

A developed personality will perceive them as he would perceive new conditions in the physical environment. An undeveloped personality will keep his characteristic attitude and capabilities. There is some difference, naturally, but the degree of perception is determined by the personality itself.