“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now. A few more remarks concerning the center of the self, before I continue with a longer discussion.

You will find evidence of the center of your self in your paintings, of course. There is a continuity that follows through all existences, and shows itself in the endeavors and creations of the individuals involved.

There will be a core within your own paintings, from which the whole composition springs, and it is here that you can find rapport with the center of your self. The center contains condensed knowledge, not only of seemingly past lives, but also of the future. Of this, in your work, you create a new dimension.

In one way you are the steps leading up to yourself, or the spirals leading in to yourself. The painting spirals outward from your inner reality, and it brings forth energy and previous connections and interpretations. You form these anew, however, adding to them the knowledge and vitality of your present self.

It is somewhat easier for the artist or poet to find this center of the self. The intuitive symbols can be better recognized. Now you can grab a hold of the original inspiration for a painting, and ride it outward, or you can look at your own completed painting and ride it inward to its source. Do you follow me?

In that respect the landscape has its center. Your own thoughts are like the outward spokes of a wheel. They are not at the center of yourself, but have traveled a long way from the center of yourself. You may therefore follow them backward. We have been dealing so with the diversity of the self that I want to assure you that within all this diversity the center can be found and recognized.

It is after all the you from which you spring, and the impetus within the present self. You may take your break and we shall continue.

As he almost discovered, such a trance is highly effective for projections. There is a more intense focus of concentration, high use of energy, a merging of capabilities, intent, direction, directly from the center of the self, that can be compared, properly used, to a laser.