“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Smile.) You would have been consciously aware of the painting whether or not you were consciously aware of the vision. It is you who think of the painting in terms of time, and who perceive it in this manner. (Sitting up as she spoke, Jane began to take off her sweater and shoes.) The painting exists and in one reality you have already completed it. In your present framework however you seem to be waiting for the developments to occur.

Now. You are already the self who will paint that portrait. The insights that will lead to it already exist. You could refuse, but the lines of probability so far are against this. The book you are reading puts things simply enough to be immediately practical. You will discover a rather powerful impact upon your lives, both of you, as a result of it.

The natural development of your abilities in other words already exists. You must merely be ready, intuitively alive, prepared and assured, and these developments will appear to you. (Pause.) Great artists are those who materialize physically the paintings already created by the whole self in potential form.

This is what makes a painting great, the validity of the inner ground of being within them, interpreted in highly individual ways. The individuality itself, if it is intuitively valid, will lead to a universal inner recognition on the part of all who perceive such a painting.