“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The weather was very hot, humid and sticky. Often on such occasions Jane doesn’t feel much like having a session, being quite sensitive to weather changes. Tonight she not only did feel like a session, but shortly before it told me that she believed the larger Seth personality, the Seth entity as we call it, would speak.

(It seemed this might complicate matters, so I expressed the preference that Seth speak instead. This he proceeded to do, at a good pace and in a voice somewhat stronger than usual.)

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

Psychic identity does not need to set up barriers in order to recognize selfhoods. One personality can therefore be a portion of more than one entity, and still retain its own identity, its own individuality. Various groupings of experience exist. It is your concept of time that highly limits your idea of individuality.

It follows then that I am aware of the other Seth personality, and he of me. Because of your time misconceptions you make serious errors whenever you attempt any predictions into life after death, or life within other systems than your own. It is most difficult for you to conceive of an ego who experiences events not in serial form. When any contact is attempted in so-called mediumistic situations, then it is expected that the survival personality will “remember,” in quotes, events as you do; but events no longer exist in that way.

(The room was hot so the air cooler was turned on, Adding to the possible distractions. However when she resumed at 9:15 Jane’s voice, as Seth, easily took on enough volume to override the noise.)

An entity does not “remember” when a portion of it existed within your system. In its time that portion simply is. The time concept leads then to a limited idea, for you cannot conceive of an identity without memory of the past in your (underlined) terms.

This is also responsible for the fact that it is difficult to understand how one personality, while retaining its individuality, can be a portion of more than one entity, and we will have more to say on that subject as we continue with the time concept.

(We did not know whether the session was over now, so resumed our places after Emolene left. Seth then came through again at 10:00.)

(Seth’s remarks refer to some of mine made before the session began this evening.)

(“Good night, Seth.”