“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

It recognizes its position as a part of the whole self. This is indeed a released, free consciousness. It does represent a giant step forward. It opens doors otherwise closed, and it automatically brings with it a state of excellent, buoyant physical health.

Identity is no longer limited to the outer ego alone. The outer ego is now familiar with the whole self, or the entire identity, and has available to it strength of which it was not previously aware. In periods of exuberance, when you are working well, and your health is extraordinarily good, when you are able to remember and manipulate your dreams, then such periods are signs of the emergence of this new consciousness.

In the beginning you will not retain it steadily. It will grow by leaps and bounds however. It’s growth has nothing to do with your physical time, but with inner value fulfillments of which you may not be consciously aware. This last is important. Contrary to usual opinion, periods of poor health are often the result of egotistic rather than subconscious manipulations. (Long pause.) You become overconcerned with the egotistical situations, and hamper the inner self.

You tie yourself in knots, so to speak. You think so rigidly of concerns that are primarily insignificant to you, as a whole self (long pause, eyes closed) and make a fetish of them. You identify, despite your knowledge, mainly with the ego. This cuts you off from the inner self. I am speaking generally here, to you, Joseph, applying no more to you than anyone else.