“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

You know that a star may light a dark universe, a dark landscape, and help a wayfarer on his way. It will serve a purpose and be a reality in your time. In a like manner can personality structures be of assistance and be realities to you within your time, although they have long since entered other dimensions.

There is one difference of course. The star does not know upon whom its light falls. It is blind to the landscape that it brightens. It cannot see that which it illuminates. In the case of these psychological structures however, because of the multidimensional aspects, there is understanding and purpose. A portion of that kind of personality structure knows well that while its main focus of consciousness has gone into other dimensions, it will nevertheless be perceived by others at any given point.

Now because the spacious present exists, in other terms, these selves are actually in all places at one time. As you seem to approach different dimensions however, then you seem to approach a personality who exists at the time of your perception of him.

They come to understand then their basic oneness, while still retaining their own identity, since change is never still. In quotes: “By the time” this realization comes, inner value fulfillment has already created new realities. The answer, as closely as I can approximate it for you, is this: the purpose is being. This is something different than your idea (underlined) of brute survival.

You must realize, again, that nothing is static, psychological activity least of all.

The girl worked in a shoe store in 1938. Your mother, I believe, was aware of this or mentioned it to you at the time. (Pause.) The fox is a strong connection here. An address, perhaps 428. This may be a Fox Street, to the outside area of town...

We will see. First of all, in a dream he saw that the book would be published. The impressions were misplaced. He leaped ahead into the future out of desire for it to occur. In other words the impressions were entirely misplaced in time.

(Seth repeated the name, which surprised me again. I believe this is one of the very few times when my question seemed to catch him unprepared, or off guard, or what have you.)