“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

They are aware of your egotistical self, but very dimly. You are their environment, so to speak, and they are aware of your health and vitality as it affects them and their own well being. Some are stronger than others. Some are intrusive. Your whole physical system contains these generic patterns and images. They are held together and unified by the higher organizations of the self.

In dreams, when you expect none, none appear. Out of body experiences indeed can be a health boon. Your system is automatically relaxed and free of pressure. Also, incidentally, free of time. It does not age during a projection; that is, the body does not age. It is in suspension. Any interpretations that are made are made by consciousness itself. The physical senses are not, underline not, utilized. At the moment of perception the traveling consciousness perceives through the inner senses, and by itself automatically makes the necessary adjustments so that the ego can perceive the data in its accustomed way.