“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Projections continue in the waking state, beneath it, as they continue beneath the dreaming state, you see. Now you have learned the methods at least that allow you to become aware of some projections that occur during the dream state. You realize that knowledge alone is not enough, that practice and ability play a considerable part. There are methods that will allow you to catch yourself in the middle of projections embarked upon from the waking state. This is considerably more difficult.

It can only be achieved as a rule after some proficiency has been gained with recalling dream projections. Here you are dealing with the waking consciousness in its normally strong and dominant condition. You must be able to let it operate and yet perceive beneath its surface the other conditions, the projection conditions, that are also operating.

You must allow the normal waking consciousness to become transparent, so to speak, without however disturbing its flow. When this is accomplished you can also become aware of the projection conditions. This is almost like working backward, for directly beneath the thoughts and impressions of waking consciousness, you will glimpse dream images like those that appear just as you fall to sleep.

Obviously the self that engages upon this study is not the waking normal consciousness, which becomes instead part of that which is studied, so another portion of the self is brought into activity. All of these exercises provide training that helps you in all your other work. This particular exercise however definitely requires some success in the recognition of dream projections.

It matures as far as the normal you is concerned, you see. You are able to use more and more of its abilities. I am telling this to you because you may find that you are performing this exercise spontaneously. You are about ripe for it. This other self, or portion of the self, can be utilized also in dream projections and in deliberate projections. it is the part of Ruburt with which I normally work.