“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(This afternoon Jane wrote a letter to a spiritual healer, Harry Edwards, in England, but has yet to mail it. She wondered what Seth would say about it. At about 8:30 this evening she got a flash from Seth, commenting on her asking for help in an amused but not sarcastic way.

For simplicity’s sake, let us say that there is a process of change. Those alive in your terms rely at least outwardly on the spoken word. Those who have left and survive, use thoughtwords but do not need to speak, though they may (underlined). As proficiency grows and as the inner senses are more fully used, the necessity for even thoughtwords vanishes.

Several other methods of communication occur. They do not spring from nowhere. You use them beneath conscious level to some degree now. They grow into prominence. Images are widely used, but these images would be fourth-dimensional to your way of thinking. They are far from flat. They have a reality, and these are, what you have read, referred to as thoughtforms.

This does not imply that I am unsympathetic. He correctly but imperfectly recalled a dream during your vacation, in which I was helping him with his health problems.

The following morning his condition was worse than it was during your entire vacation. From then on, however, it improved. He would not have been able to take your mountain jaunts at all, earlier. I was having a heart-to-heart talk with him. I have had others, but this was the first time he barely remembered.

Now. Nothing is ever really done alone (smile), and nothing is ever done unless it is done alone. I should end the session here, and leave you with that one, but I will explain what I mean.

When you say “I will do this myself,” you are speaking with a limited idea of identity. You are more than you know. The you that paints your paintings is far more than the Bob Butts you call yourself, though you are that Bob Butts. There is a matter of terms. Now Ruburt, you may say, has done all the hard work leading to a recovery alone; but he has had help. The recovery itself was utterly dependent upon his belief in it, however. (Pause.) This was his primary battle, for he understood finally what the illness represented. Every personality is different. The prerequisites for recovery are therefore different in each case.

(9:50. The trance had been a deep one but Jane emerged easily. During break she still felt partially “under.” Resume at 10:01.)

In his daily life however, as I have told him in the past, the yoga exercises should be continued. He agrees with me but then he lets them slide. They are psychic, spiritual and physical exercises that will let him handle energy more effectively, and release his abilities smoothly. As a part of his daily life they will facilitate the development of his abilities, and therefore help in our sessions.

Spontaneity will rise up during the hours given to work, and outside those hours, but he must continue those habits upon which his well-being depends. The energy that will be released will show itself most beneficially, being directed into your other affairs. Our sessions will now be held with normal regularity, and very shortly I will begin my own book. I have been working on it, you see. (Amused and confidential.)

I hope I received it correctly. I was sure of the color but was not positive as to whether you were using it too heavily or not heavily enough. It was simply meant as friendly advice. Give us a moment.

(This effect appeared shortly before vacation, on an experimental head in oil I was working on. Brown was one of the colors used, and could have contributed to the undesirable purplish undertone in the flesh. The effect cropped up before I was aware of it. I cannot be positive the sepia caused the effect without trying some deliberate experiments to see, but certainly it contributed.

We seem to have in answer to your question, strong A sounds... Acqua—but this is not right—Acramont? (Jane looked at me.