“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The 79th envelope object was a drawing made by me on Friday, November 25th, at work. It was a joke on Don Wilbur; Don and his wife, Marilyn, visited us that Friday evening and I showed them the sketch. I thought also that Jane saw the object that evening, but as it developed she did not. Thus, she had never seen the drawing until after the experiment. This evening I placed it between two pieces of Bristol, then sealed it in the usual double envelopes.

You are as a rule aware of one system only and not generally conscious of yourself as anything but a creature of that system. I refer here to humanity at this time. These psychological structures through value fulfillment, ever enlarge their abilities to form new realities and to act within them. It should not be forgotten that these environmental systems are directly created by those who dwell within them, and this includes your own.

This does not mean that the word indeed would have no meaning. Psychological frameworks and psychic gestalts form the basis for individual reality regardless of system. All of these do imply a whole, but the very term whole would again be meaningless if the whole, through self-conscious individual parts, were not conscious of itself.

Of itself (underlined), however, it will not carry you further than this. Of itself, it will not give you insight into past lives or future existences. Of itself it will not lift you out of the framework of the physical system, but merely allow you to see that system as it is. It will allow you to experience your relationship with the system, and the system’s relationship with the whole.

The ego indeed is a fiction, but a highly useful one. It is an artificial division, indeed ever changing, and yet the illusion of its existence must be maintained while you are in this existence. It need not be inflexible, with training. With training it will be willing to grant you much more freedom, and yet it will remain intact.

(Break at 9:54. Again Jane was well dissociated. Her delivery had again been forceful, the voice loud, the eyes open often, but the pace had slackened somewhat near the end. Resume in about the same manner at 10:00.)

These will also be sifted of course through the layers of personal subconscious. The experience will still be meaningful without the ego, but it will not be as meaningful, and you will not be able to utilize in efficient manners. It must become a part of the organization of the whole present identity, you see.

(See page 203 for a copy of the object. As stated, it is a mock postage stamp I drew on Friday, November 25, 1966, at work. It is a spoof on Don Wilbur—"Young Donny"—and I showed it to Don and his wife, Marilyn, when they visited us that evening. The Gallaghers were also present. I thought the drawing had been passed around that evening and that Jane had seen it, but she said tonight that she had not. At any rate she had no recollection of seeing it before, to my surprise.

(“A string of numbers. Either four numbers, the number four many times, or four separate indications on the item or object.” The only connection we see with the object here is that a number on it is repeated—1 cent is shown twice. See page 203. There is a string of symbols across the bottom of the object, but mainly of letters, rather than numbers.

(“A rectangle and a square. Perhaps the square within the rectangle.” This we think very good data. See page 203. As indicated by the pencil line on the object, the object was assembled from two pieces of white paper, with the inside piece pasted in position. The larger piece is obviously a rectangle. Actually the smaller piece is also, but inclines in proportion toward the square to a much greater degree. And this piece is within the rectangle.

(“The object—an envelope or letter, and some reference to a third party.” The object is not an envelope or letter; see page 203. But being a drawing of a postage stamp, it is closely related to both such data. We are not sure about Seth’s reference to a third party; there could be several possibilities.