“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

There will be advantages for you connected with this evening’s phone call (from Dr. F.) But do not immediately offer to go off willy-nilly. State the difficulties involved and the circumstances.

The third man will fall off the triangle. He will lose his position as far as bargaining power is concerned, or he will let it go. But for some reason he will lose within the organization what strength he now has.

This is the man who is now in the weaker position. He will lose even that strength that he now has. He will seem to dangle for a while, but his hold will lessen.

Now I have seen, and see, the image of the triangle, and have presumed Philip that you were one of the men involved. These three men however may instead be closely connected with your own prospects, but if so the position of the third man, given up to now as you, is as I have given it; and if he is not you then his position parallels your own strongly.

There is a change of territory involved here, but more than this a change of method. The change of method involves argument over basic philosophies. These men now below the main structure, attempt to influence those of whom I have spoken, but here we have a wheel rather than a pyramid or triangle, for there is little agreement even among those directly involved.

All probabilities taken into consideration, it seems now that the man at the apex of the triangle will topple, but if so he will not understand why. There is a man in your own acquaintance who will be somewhat instrumental, and yet you do not regard him as a close friend, and to some extent you distrust him. Again, do not jump the gun, you are not sure whose hand may be on the trigger.

Your own advantage will come when the weak man falls off, for another will match you in strength, and together you will change the balance. The man you have been thinking of this evening will not betray you. He may forget you. Your position within the company will be assured, and has been, as long as you continue your bulldog tactics. You aggravate them, and yet you make them think. They dislike you for the aggravation, but they admire you because you make them think, and they now are beginning to believe that your thoughts can save them money and time.

There seems to be a messenger through whom you are sending your own attitudes and setting your terms, and he can only be trusted so far. The 13th of next month is somehow significant in this regard. You are seeing some issues very clearly, but some you are ignoring. There is a short man. It is difficult to describe him here, because of Ruburt’s associations. The image is of one dapper, given to pinstripe suits, slippery.

This is Ruburt’s interpretation of a crook. But the point is that you are not paying enough attention to this type of man. He is physically short, and I believe either dark-haired now, or he was dark-haired. He is separated from you by two positions, and he knows your messenger.

He is an acquaintance of the messenger and he is superficially friendly with the messenger, and he may (underlined) have warned you against him in the past. If he has not, he has been personally suspicious but did not consider the man that important, though the term is relative.

(Speculating about a triangle in which he was involved, John said he could see where the weak point would be his immediate superior, his district manager in Rochester, and the strong point would be the regional manager in Long Island. John told us his district manager was offered the job of regional manager recently, but turned it down for various reasons; more money would have been involved also.

You will end up in a position of dominance in the company if you persist, but this is not today or tomorrow, and the company will have changed. Its methods will have changed.

But there is also another triangle, and this is the meaning of the symbol. I am seeing movement and shifts of power. In your present there is the immediate triangle of which I have spoken. In your present there is also a triangle symbolizing those now at the top of the structure, and there is movement there also, and a man will fall. But both of these triangles lead to a future triangle in which you will be intimately involved if you continue your bulldog tactics.

You have decided that you are a part of it, but you will not accept it as it is, and if you are a part of it then you must inculcate it with those goals and ideals in which you yourself believe.

You will also be unseated, but then you will not care for the time will be late.

You are not putting your full powers into this however, and may as well do so for you will regret it if you do not. This is the field in which you have decided to test your own capabilities and strength, so do so. The company is plastic. If I thought you might do otherwise then I would not give you this particular advice, but you have made your decision so you may as well throw all of your energy into it. You are an old feudal lord, and the company is your territory. (Humorous.)

When the triangle is changed, when the weak man falls and the stronger man comes, then is the time to move. (Jane pointed to John for emphasis.) Now this is your game. You will be changing the rules, but you had better be sure that you play the game for all that it is worth, and use your best abilities, for it is your vehicle for self-expression and creativity.

Now. Directed correctly, this company can become far more than it has been. It can highly benefit mankind through new developments, if these developments in the future are not quenched, and if the administration is forward looking, if it looks for new products and new services that it can fill. Drugs will play no small role within the next fifty years, but those who will progress will be daring. Daring both in the choice of men, those who will represent the company to the public, and in the choice of men who will develop products, and this is an area with which you should become more familiar, for it is this upon which the company depends.

It is the choosing of the right men not only in the organization as salesmen and in public relations, but also in using judgment and intuition as to those men in another field entirely who will come up with new products, new drug inventions, new ideas, and it is here that the company suffers severely, depending on the tried and true.

You should be close to this sort of thing. You should pay more attention to the basis on which the company ultimately rests, or the company will be outstripped. Your judgment of people will stand you in good stead here, but you must join all your forces and tell yourself that you have made up your mind, for this is your one chance now, as you have lived your life, to shape a strong area of reality.

You cannot use your daring in pirate ships any longer. (Humorous.) But use it you must or it could destroy the foundations of your vitality. Do not spend your energy in idle hobby pursuits. They do not fool you. But make sure that when you try to breathe vitality into your company, and form it, that you form it for the good. You have an opportunity—use it.

Now my friend Ruburt will not like this, and will object on general principles, but I am speaking on personalities and not necessarily on sexes. Your wife will feel insecure only when she feels that your own confidence is threatened. When you cease giving orders she will feel insecure. For entirely different purposes, you see, you will be both committed to the same projects.

The other man will be strong but his strength and yours will reinforce each other. But he will want different things so your conflicts will be minimized. There will be two men jockeying for the weak man’s position, each from different areas... The one man will not make it. Someone who is immediately behind him, seemingly with no power, will nevertheless prevent his movement.

(Jane was speaking quite rapidly in here, and I missed a few words, but got down the gist of the data.

He may (underlined) have freckles, but of the sort of complexion given to freckles. The hair crew cut. He is not stationed in this area but more to the west.

Now, I am prepared to go on, Joseph, but suggest that if necessary you help Ruburt out of the trance state. My heartiest wishes to you all, and best good luck to our friend Philip in his most earnest endeavors.

(Humorously:) Your project may not be the good ship Lollypop, but I find it a diversion, and for you it can be more than a diversion—quite more indeed. It will be what you make of it, so be clear in your mind as to what you want to make of it.