“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(As suggested by Seth in the last regular session for April 11, Monday, Jane decided to skip Wednesday’s session for April 13, and possibly the following Monday’s for April 18. She felt a rather light sense of strain from the weekly routine, she said, and thought the change would be revitalizing. We thought it would be possible also to recoup on the Instream objects.

(During the long break I felt that people’s attention wandered. Jane later confirmed that she was aware of this, and was upset by it. I am personally not much enthused about such informal sessions, although Seth has said at various times that they can be beneficial in ways that regular sessions are not. But it is not easy to maintain the unflagging attention of a group of people on a weekend night, especially when they gather to eat and drink.

(Jane later said that she was sure she hadn’t had too much to drink, and that she had become very upset over company behavior while the tape was being played, etc. This was complicated by her self-questioning over the matter of control, and whether we should have nothing but regular sessions. I lean toward the latter view, yet do not want to be too strict; according to Seth spontaneous expression is very important. And of course by and large Jane is interested in regular sessions. She is concerned that unscheduled sessions can be construed as exhibitionism; we think that this plays some part in certain unscheduled sessions. All sessions however have been productive in a variety of ways.