“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

You should be able to tune in, so to speak, on some future probable events, I believe in image form, after a few attempts. Do this as if you were starting out to paint a picture, requesting to see the images of certain persons at a given time or situation in the future, and let your abilities then fill in on the imaginative pattern. This procedure should suit you well.

Make sure you do not force the images. Imagine a blank canvas or board, or blank framed picture if you prefer. I will give you an example. This is not a specific suggestion but an example of what I mean.

Say that you are going to try to see Prentice-Hall’s reaction—will they accept the manuscript or not? Then imagine the blank picture as if you were going to paint it in your mind. Either see Ruburt painted in with the expression on his face as he reads the significant letter, and instead of the title the date of the letter.

Another method: pretend you are painting Ruburt with a picture of the book in his hand, then the details as to the publisher and so forth would be painted in for you. I suggest in your case therefore an approach using imagery, although there will be several ways of trying to get given information, as you see.

If a different picture entirely presents itself then by all means note it. In your case (underlined) the relative position of objects within the imaginary painting may possibly be important also, objects in the foreground perhaps being more immediate. Again in your case you may find a road symbol. That is you will quite possibly use perspective in these things, relating to time. The length of a road in such a painting, with you, may be connected to the period of time between you and the event you seek information about.

If you saw anything of a rich and bright color it would have good meaning, regardless of its placement in the imaginary picture. Much mist would represent the fact that probabilities had not yet cohered enough so that any certain answer could be given.

A trick you may use, though you do not need it, when you want an idea for a new painting, is as follows. Pick a day in your future and simply request that you see that painting you will be working on at that time. Now we are involved with something rather tricky here, and I will explain the mechanics of it but not this evening. The picture of the painting should be available to you however. You can then use it in this present. If you are looking for a refreshing change, a lighthearted experiment, then imagine what painting you would paint if you were a particular other person, gifted with your own abilities.