“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Those who perceive this set of data in such a way that agreement is reached are called sane. But none of you perceives the same reality. Those whose ideas and perceptions of reality are completely out of line with the general agreement are called insane. The terms only show that reality as you know it is the result of private perceptions. Reality is built up as a result of these private perceptions.

The emotional impact behind them determines their strength. They are passed on telepathically. You recall however that individuals receive in certain electromagnetic patterns, or pattern ranges, far better than they do in others. Some individuals therefore will simply not telepathically receive the dominating reality assumptions, but will be tuned to different ranges, highly unsatisfactory to them. It becomes quickly apparent that their view of reality is entirely different from their neighbors’.

A disciplined but intuitive ego then becomes a necessity in order that such new experience may be brought under useful control, in your (underlined) terms. The ego become more necessary you see, not less, for it must learn to synthesize the gained experience in recognizable terms within your system. Otherwise if the ego is pushed aside it will rise up in arms and in opposition, and can be highly dangerous.

It goes without saying that in our methods the ego is changed rather completely but gradually in many cases, and only through its own willingness to do so. It recognizes its identity as a part of, underlined, the inner self. Therefore basically it has no need to fight the inner self, since it knows its survival is dependent upon this inner framework.

The ego to some large extent, you see, has extended its functions and performance. Since our sessions began, for example, it has expanded in both of your cases. It has expanded not because it has grown more egotistic but because it has accepted as a part of itself, intuitional realizations and inner psychic responsibilities in a way that it did not consider before.

Again, this is an important point. The ego has accepted the goals of the inner self. Its identity has already changed, so that its main concern, underline main, is no longer primarily with physical manipulation, but with inner growth and development.

This does not mean that it ignores its earlier functions. In true expansion of consciousness then, you become more and more aware, more conscious, underlined, of inner realities that were previously never realized on a conscious level. Since the ego is presently your main vehicle of consciousness, it will not be obliterated. It will indeed be resurrected. It simply changes not only its form, but its inner core, accepting as a part of itself realities which it previously ignored out of fear, ignorance and insecurity.

There are other methods that also alter it, but our methods are the most advantageous from many standpoints.

Paper, but with a fabric feel.

Some we have mentioned. Dark. Like a photograph; in shadow, but for this fabricky connection. Then if you have no more questions, I suggest your break.

(I found the object in my jacket pocket on December 1, without knowing how it got there. I decided to use it as an object, then forgot about it. That evening when we did the wash the jacket was included in the load. Jane emptied the jacket’s pockets, and so handled the object; but it was folded and she did not recognize it. To the best of her recall she hadn’t seen the object, or needed it, since shortly after November 8,1966.

(Seth did not return after 10:25, so Jane and I made our own connections. Jane said she had images while giving the data, but as usual could not pinpoint them until we began going over the data item by item.

(“Green.” Jane said that strange as it seems, green reminds her of lettuce, and lettuce in turn reminds her of Gladys Austin, whose name appears on the object. Jane doesn’t know why, but when she met Gladys for the first time she thought of lettuce. Jane considered the possibilities in rhyme, since she is a poet: Gladys, lettuce, etc., as perhaps calling up such an association.

(At this time Jane cannot recall if Gladys Austin’s memo pad is part of such a calendar arrangement. She remembers a lot of papers on Gladys Austin’s desk, with the memo pad among them, but paid no particular attention to it.

(“Stringy or to do with string.” Possibly, according to Jane, a reference to her borrowing string from Gladys Austin one class day at the JCC. The class members were to string Cheerios to make necklaces, etc., but the string was too flimsy and deteriorated too easily; knots couldn’t be tied in it, etc.

(4th Question: What material is the object made of? “Paper, but with a fabric feel.” The object is of paper. See page 216. It is a smooth paper however, and we don’t know where the fabric idea came from.

(5th Question: How about color? “Some we have mentioned. Dark. Like a photograph; in shadow but for this fabricky connection.” No connections. The chocolate brown ink printed on the object is dark; perhaps this gave rise to the dark photo data.