“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now, our friend seldom attempts to block during a session as he did in the past. After a session in which he has been in a deep trance, a portion of him becomes leery, however. This is why we did not have our last session. (Pause.)

It is possible (pause, long) that the changes of which Philip has been told will not occur and were furthermore not intended to occur: that he has been told so for other reasons.

(John Bradley is called Philip by Seth. Recently he told us that his territory might be changed, effectively cutting out Elmira and including instead an area of small towns in Pennsylvania. Since Seth goes into something else shortly, I will note here that John Bradley and Bill Gallagher engaged in lively argument here the evening before this session, on the subject of war.)

Now we can do no more with our friend this evening. It is all right. He is all right. One small note. The episode last evening was aggressively disrupting to some extent. Mainly because of the inner attitudes of those involved. Symbolically, you see, and beneath it all, both men showed characteristics that under different circumstances could have led them into violence for the sake of their beliefs.

Now, H at the paper is not doing all of this on his own entirely. Through poor habits he attracts negative influences from others, and actually amplifies them, projecting them outward in a highly magnified manner. This takes much of his energy.

Our friend is finally learning to take his concentration away from his symptoms, and he is losing them. Attention prolongs them. Intense concentration even upon an object is useful whenever he is bothered. Concentration, an imagined journey, any exercise that is intense and diverting is beneficial. Now, to show our friend that I can also make concessions, we will close the session.