“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

It must, of course, succeed to some extent, or the physically oriented personality as you know it would not exist. The ego is of course a part of action. There are endless levels of action however, which the ego does not perceive. It is possible for the inner and outer egos to merge to some extent, and this merging when it occurs does indeed represent the formation of a new kind of consciousness.

This concept is hardly a new one. It is not a generally accepted theory, but it has ancient roots. When you carry the waking I into the dream state, this is one approach to this different consciousness. There is also an opening up that can occur in the waking condition. When this occurs the inner and outer egos merge. The outer ego recognizes its own duties, but it is aware that more is involved.

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.

I am however directing this particular discussion toward Ruburt. As far as his overall personality structure is concerned, creativity is a must. Without it he does not feel secure. His identity is strongly connected with his creativity. The financial success of his book is extremely important to you both, incidentally, on a conscious egotistical level.

This newer type of consciousness would automatically allow you to understand, at a glance so to speak, the inner workings of your own personalities.

It was aware, and conscious. However it was simply frightened to find what seemed like the body in a position normally impossible for it. The next time it will go further. In the same way however you will both find the inner ego inserting itself into periods of waking consciousness, and there may or may not be a momentary disorientation.

(I picked the card deliberately because it had an emotional attachment to Jane, versus such a neutral object as a leaf, a clipping from a magazine, etc. In these experiments we try to show that an original emotional attachment can lead to valid clairvoyant/telepathic data. However Jane had not seen the object since we received it in July, and consciously had forgotten its existence.

(Regarding “Two children”, interpreted on page 22. This data is more accurate than we had supposed. Consciously Jane had no way of knowing this, and Barbara had not told us the circumstances surrounding the incident after her return from the trip to Ft. Belvoir.