“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

The emotional basis does not limit the quality or extent of the. material, but adds to it. The information is carried along in the emotional stream. If there are small side-streams now and then, they always return to the larger one. If a few bits of debris go sailing merrily down the stream (humorously), the answer is not to cut off the stream but to recognize the difference between what the stream carries.

(Humorous.) The stream flows down from high inaccessible mountains, but it will all pass by if you are patient.

This allows you to take full advantage of knowledge you did not have when the sessions began. Let him, whenever possible, include along with the material on any given topic, my personal comments. It should be obvious in the book that the material is not disembodied but sifted through the personality that is mine. For this is part of the message.

The personality characteristics therefore will in themselves be adequate proof to all but nincompoops, that a fully independent and highly articulate personality is behind it. If I may say so myself my personality does much (amused) to lift any pseudospiritualistic elements from this affair.

It does not matter that I am a part of more. What I am as you have known me is legitimate. I go beyond the apparent boundaries of that self by which you have known me, but it is that self that could communicate with you before you could know anymore about my reality or understand that I might be more. (Pause.)

My personality is what makes the material unique, for it is information sifted through an individual that is unique from all others. Ruburt therefore should not attempt to disentangle the material from my personal characteristics. It is perfectly proper, beneficial and legitimate for him to make any intellectual investigations he chooses, concerning differences in perception in our sessions, and when he is psychically involved on his own, and all other, intuitive or intellectual studies of this sort he has in mind. But he should not present my ideas as if they come from thin air, for this is to rob the material.

I say this out of no misguided egotism, but because the essence of personality is the only meaningful basis behind idea. Any other approach would rob the material of rich dimensions, for I am the proof in my own pudding, you see. This is not the Cayce material, with information seemingly coming from some vast storehouse of knowledge. In those terms no such storehouse exists.

Knowledge does not exist independently of the one who knows. Someone gave Cayce the material. It did not come out of thin air. It came from an excellent source, a pyramid gestalt personality, with definite characteristics, but the alien nature of the personality was too startling to Cayce, and he could not perceive it. (Pause.) I am giving you the material through a personality that you can understand; one that is mine, one of my favorite selves. (Smile.) In this way the point is made so that it is clear.

(To me:) Because you are so drawn to Ruburt, there is the struggle to actualize your emotions toward him in daily life. This of course superimposed on your early fear of emotionalism in this life. Part of your artistic impetus does come from this inhibited emotion, but fresh impetus is received when the emotion is allowed to go outward toward Ruburt; and through Ruburt, acting as a symbol to you, to the world at large.

If the emotional actualization and refreshment is withdrawn for too long, he obviously will show the first signs of difficulty. You will also feel them, but he will be instantly aware of them, and show them.

One other point. (To me:) Now, you sought solitude. You wanted to be alone, amid your family. (Still in trance, Jane got up and walked into the kitchen, looking for a cigarette. Long pause.) The family had its severe disadvantages, but you were certain of its framework, which was to some extent at least, supportive.

Ruburt in this life also was alone, without that supportive framework. (Pause.) The framework about him as a child was not supportive, but threatening. Therefore he is very aware of your partnership with him.

(But Jane did not receive, or did not retain, any data about the content of any message from Prentice-Hall.)