“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now, my dear friend Joseph: Reincarnation and projection, you see, are one and the same thing.

The journey itself is as instantaneous as a projection from here to, say, Puerto Rico. You are simply delving more deeply into the moment point in the reincarnational instance. In your (underlined) terms you are staying there longer.

When you are attached to the physical organism your projections are not as complete—the difference between a reincarnational instance and a simple projection from the physical state. Obviously the sense data appears the same. In both instances you appear to be physically perceiving, and so you are. In a projection you are still within the physical system as a rule, though there are definite exceptions here.

Now this distortion may possibly be a hangover from a previous existence, but it is a distortion. Projections in fact should give you an excellent idea of the reality of reincarnations. In an excellent projection you forget the self on the bed. You are in an entirely new environment, but you are still beset by certain personality tendencies that are yours.

In reincarnations also you carry along many of these tendencies. In the middle of a projection you may suddenly remember the self on the bed, and in the middle of a given existence you may suddenly remember a previous self. I have also told you that the term previous in this connection is used only for your convenience.

I have given it a whacking many times. Nevertheless I have always maintained its beauty and necessity. I will tell you that in the most important respects, that woman’s book is legitimate. This is her last reincarnation in your terms, and she is making her final contribution in your system. But there are many who will need a more intellectual approach, and I hope we shall supply it.

I will tell you the book, in what Ruburt thinks of as its somewhat inane simplicity, is very profound. Nevertheless for others there are steps that must be followed through, and following these steps through brings the whole personality, including the intellect, to a more balanced understanding, which is my goal. The author, while basically correct, ignores for example the reality of reincarnation; and Ruburt’s protests to the contrary, reincarnation belongs both with metaphysics and psychology, and cannot be ignored.

There are points in that book which we have not yet discussed, for the ground has not been prepared sufficiently. Reincarnation and projection are as real and as difficult for the ego to grasp, as the nature of dreams. You can begin to understand the effect of dreams at least upon your daily life. Reincarnations and projections of which you are not consciously aware have an equal effect, a stronger effect, upon your daily existence.