“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now Van Over, in answer to your question, was telepathically aware of Bernard’s letter, and understood it. He does have abilities. He is aware of them to some degree. However he does not utilize them, and does not realize their import.

Now to return to our discussion. The matter of time is highly important if you have any hopes of understanding the self in its entirety, or other personalities that do not operate within your system. The psychological frameworks are so different. The apparent cause and effect sequence is absent, and identity knows itself as itself through other means than continuity, in your terms.

The point is that as something that comes and goes and passes, that brings into existence and destroys, has no such reality outside of your own system. Now your own system includes not only your physical universe as you know it, but also any personalities, living or dead in your terms, who are physically oriented.

It is very difficult for them to understand your ideas of past, present and future. Now give us a moment. (No real pause.) In other dimensions, or if you prefer at other stages of development, the multidimensional personality is aware of its prime identity, and is also aware simultaneously of personality offshoots that it has sent into many realities, into probable systems, as it pursues all of the probable acts and creations inherent in its nature.

Now. Ruburt’s dream was a legitimate experience. He has helped Miss Callahan in the past in the same manner, but was not able to recall the experience.

Now he knows what I know, though some experiences that are uniquely mine, he can never know as I know them. When I know all he knows, then symbolically speaking I will be where he is—but then also symbolically speaking, he will be gone.

Now the time sequence, while followed physically by your animals, is psychologically experienced far differently. They are much freer. Your past, present and future does not concern them. They also have memory of the past and future, but always experienced within the context of the present; and this is quite at variance with your own experience.

Some systems are built entirely along these lines. Always there is the expansion of consciousness, though the lines of these progressions may be quite alien to your own. There are far too many complicated discussions along this particular line, so we will not attempt the matter now, but merely note it as one we will develop in the future.

Now give us a moment. (Pause.

(Seth now discusses my dream of July 30, 1968; I described it to Jane before the session. )

The historical context was simply meant to represent the past in this particular life however, and Ruburt was your ally. The emotional freedom that you have recently shown with Ruburt also results from mastery in larger terms of that conflict. That freedom called for Ruburt’s spontaneity even as Ruburt’s now-releasing spontaneity helped you in the conflict.

(Now re my dream of July 27, 1968, involving my father and me.)

Ruburt’s interpretation of the other dream was correct, and represented intuitional knowledge. You knew this. The emotional warmth sparking now between you is of great therapeutic value physically on Ruburt’s part, psychically and spiritually on both of your parts, and even for you supportive in a physical manner. It is also tied up with the fact that you are now beginning to remember your dreams once again.

Now you have also been helping others adjust after the death, but you have not remembered. You should be able to if you make the effort.

The idleness, if prolonged, is not idleness. Concentration upon physical data takes the conscious mind off for a trip, and it gives the inner self greater freedom to initiate new developments and intuitional creations. These, incidentally, can help you understand the true nature of time. Now take your break.

We will now indeed end our session. One note: Ruburt now believes that I can influence and help your Boston friend. This gives us added energy with which to work, for I can also use Ruburt’s emotional connections with the young woman, and this is to our advantage.

We will also have other remarks to make dealing generally with the sort of help I can give, and others like me can give—information to which Ruburt is now more receptive. The emotional warmth between you is of course the sign of rebirth, nourishing, for it will show in all your endeavors.

I now wish you a hearty good evening. I am glad you are back on a regular schedule; and if you do not get your typing done, then I shall see to it that Ruburt assists you. (Smile.