“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now. You do not know each other, our guests, and you have come a long way. Therefore we will give what information or advice that we have without fear of embarrassment on your parts (to Dave and Estelle). For the two of you must grow together more, the husband and the wife.

He did not mean to stay within physical reality. He only came to show you what was possible, and to bring the both of you to an understanding of inner reality. He chose his illness, it was not thrust upon him. He did not want to be of the earth. He was done with it, and he only returned so that both of you could learn the truths and inner realities that you are now seeking.

The father however had a particularly unpleasant life in 14th Century France, and (to Dave) if you will refuse what you had learned in the past, he could not force you to remember. But he could give you a nudge and a push, gently, and in this existence he did so.

The child knew well what he was doing, and subconsciously you also knew. He is not an infant to be pitied, nor a child taken from you before his promise was achieved. He was a personality who left you when his own reincarnations were finished. (In here I missed a few words because of Seth’s faster pace. Copy added after receipt of Craigs’ copy on November 22, 1968. See also page 141.) He returned to help you and show you the way. He is at present resting. He will not return, but go to another reality where his abilities can be used to more advantage.

Now we will see what we can get further... My best regards to you both. We will let our friend Ruburt take a rest, and resume shortly with our session.

You are in control, you are not moved by other forces. You do not always understand nor comprehend, but you have already set your goals and you have chosen your circumstances. You are all working out problems, and you set the problems for yourselves. No one else gives them to you. You know what they are.

Now. Names and dates are important to you, and if we see you again you shall have them. I am interested in what you should know, and what you should know has little to do with names and dates.

I use the word acquaintanceship, for in this life, on a physical level and in physical terms only, you did not understand him for what he was, though you sensed what he was and to some extent reacted to what he was.

Again, in one night’s session I am giving you what I believe is the most important information, whether or not you can check it out...

... your inner selves will digest what I have said and what I will say... (and this is more important than) 10 pages of notes and dates that you cannot check, since the lives were so long ago. There were however some records ... not papers ... that exist along the way, and sometime if it will ease your mind we will endeavor to give them to you.

There was some alienation, not on the boy’s part but on your own—(to Estelle:) now look up so you will see who I am speaking of... with the boy, having to do with a past life.... You were afraid to accept him for what he was because of some references in your past lives together.

He knew this and was amused, and he had a game with you, for he knew you loved him, and he knew what you did not know: that because of a past life relationship you would find it difficult to realize who he was.

Now. No one can tell you (to Dave) what road to follow.

There will be contact in your dream states. You are to rely upon the inner knowledge that he has intuitively made clear to you. You are not to rely upon him, but upon what he gave you. You are to look within yourselves, and he has left you the strengths to do so. (Pause.

Now. He was ready to leave, and he took what doorways were open, and had you closed them he would have found others.

You have indeed been given a blessing. The son came to you out of love, for he did not need to come. His own problems here were solved, and he had met his challenges. All his abilities were fulfilled that could be fulfilled within this framework. He was ready for other fields of reality.

No. The information as I gave it I thought to be particularly clear. (Now Jane, as Seth, pointed to Dave and Estelle) And yes, here, for another child—one who needs to be cherished and guarded and has a fate to fulfill in physical reality, who will need you. You needed your son. The other child will need you.