“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

This of course highly falsifies such data. The inner senses are not bound by those root assumptions however. This is why many psychic or subjective experiences seem to contradict physical laws. Inner experience often seems chaotic or meaningless because you attempt to interpret it according to the root assumptions of physical reality. You must learn the laws that apply to other systems.

The root assumptions that govern physical reality are indeed valid, but within physical reality alone. They do not apply elsewhere. There is a natural tendency to continue judging inner experience against these root assumptions however. The tendency, with further experience, will fade. This interpretation of inner reality into physical terms is at first automatic, and far beneath conscious levels. Inner experience, you see, must to some extent be colored by the physical system while you exist within it.

The fact that this does occur does show that the systems of perception are not basically biologically a form of overall structure however, but learned secondary responses. It is disturbing to the whole physical system however to break up the strong pattern of perception. Inner stability of response is suddenly swept away. Changes that are not yet known occur within the nervous system under such circumstances, both electromagnetic and chemical.

The inner senses alone are equipped and able to process and perceive other reality systems. Even the distortions can be kept at a minimum with training. Indiscriminate use of the psychedelic drugs can severely shake up learned patterns of response, that are necessary for effective manipulation within physical reality, break subtle connections and disturb electromagnetic functions.

Ego failure may result. Development of the inner senses is a much more effective method of perceiving other realities, and followed correctly, the ego is not only stronger but more flexible, and consciousness even of physical reality is increased. Such development becomes an unfolding and a natural expansion of the whole personality.

The root assumptions upon which physical reality is formed represent secure ground to the ego. We always operate with the ego’s consent. It consents to step aside momentarily. It interprets the inner knowledge gained in its own way, true, but it is immeasurably enriched by so doing. Other layers of the self interpret the same inner experiences quite differently.

Objects are indeed symbols to represent inner realities that could not otherwise be perceived by physical organisms. You manipulate these symbols.