“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Last night Jane had several revelatory dreams, but on awakening could remember no details. She thought projection was involved, along with other kinds of information, and was quite vexed at her failure to recall them. She definitely wanted Seth to discuss these dreams tonight.)

Now. Ruburt was definitely given information in several projections from the dream state early this morning.

He did not alert his critical faculties however, and is consciously unaware of the experiences and the information. There were three projections involved. I was his guide. We shall have to discuss this information, in our own way, so that you can be consciously aware of it.

There are many portions of the self, as you know. They do assume a form that is visible within their own dimension. These portions of the self are all simultaneous; in various stages of consciousness you become aware of other portions of the self, and an I identifies itself with one or another of these.

One form may indeed serve, and then consciousness may project out of it into a new form that is familiar with other dimensions. In Ruburt’s experience three different forms were used. He spoke, incidentally to his Father Trainor, and Lizzie Roohan together, while he was in the second form. He was then led by me into a further dimension of reality in which his third form was used. You must remember that all of these portions of the self exist at once, and that the whole inner self knows them as a part of its own identity. (Lizzie and her mother shared the two-family Saratoga, NY home with Jane and her mother.)

In the first stage, Ruburt projected through physical reality and saw personalities who had very recently died in physical terms. Now, it is very difficult to tell you simply what happens at physical death, for the conditions vary considerably, according to the individual; his abilities and beliefs will largely determine what happens in those terms.

Under usual conditions it will not be perceived by those still in physical form. This form is much like the form in which you project, but the form which you project is not truly complete, for there must be some (underlined) division of vitality so that physical existence is maintained during out-of-body episodes.

Since these selves exist simultaneously, it is then possible for consciousness to enter, or really form, such an image, undergo experiences within the characteristic pattern of reality, and then project to another image. In all cases consciousness forms the image. When consciousness changes, or travels at certain frequencies, it automatically changes its form. It is indeed possible to be involved with more than one form at once as in usual projection.

You can enter a trance state in any form, you see. The time element is important when you project from the physical image. It becomes less important the further away you get from the physical form. Since all of these selves are simultaneous, it is also possible to project yourself into one of your own previous identities.

Any real psychology must take all these levels of the self into consideration, for the physically-oriented self that you know is largely formed by the subjective self of which you know so little.

Survival personalities can recognize an earthly projectionist, for the form is not fully materialized in their terms. Many of you do, while projecting, council and help those who are newly dead in physical terms.

The conscious self is not aware of this. I instructed Ruburt in the procedure last evening. A man from Kentucky, and woman from Vermont, and an Indian from Quebec were involved.

He is bolder in his projections than you, Joseph.

Practically speaking, three other forms are available to you in projections beside the physical, though others are theoretically available. It goes without saying that the consciousness works as hard at night as in the daytime, and always the experiences become part of the whole inner self.

These various seemingly separate projecting selves are of course portions of the one. Now there are classes indeed where the newly dead are instructed. I used to teach some of these. We attended such a class last evening. The physical self as you know it, for physical purposes hardly needs to be concerned with these issues.

Projection can occur then in those terms or directions also. This is however much more difficult, and of a different nature entirely. The consciousness that ordinarily projects in an out-of-body experience could not practically project into one atom. The realities are too different.

A kind of projection can occur, but never a full projection of this type. A fragment may project, you see, but one atom could not contain the full projecting consciousness of an adult human mind.

Your physical personalities as you know them are projecting personalities from the whole inner self. But the projecting fragments themselves, you see, do not come and leave unaffected, but grow and mature and develop, really, other portions of the self in continuing extensions. There are no dead-end projections.

The physical personality, a projection from a whole inner self, develops into more than it was, and has experiences that the inner self could not have under any but those particular circumstances.

Your nightly projections work to your credit. Most of you are better than you know, doing good in other dimensions even though you may do poorly within physical reality. Much of this was explained to Ruburt last evening.

Now in projections you meet individuals as you do in physical life, and make friends who are interested in your welfare. Perhaps later you will become more aware of some of these.