“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

A too-rigid rendition can frighten the subject by imprisoning him within the moment, from which it seems he cannot escape. Obviously the technique can be as realistic as you like, however. It is that the lines, seeming so realistic, also symbolically suggest what the viewer himself cannot see in his own face, but knows is there. And so the landscape, not one but many landscapes in one, for while it is unique in a given moment, still it is a composite in your terms of the pasts that have formed it, and the futures that act upon it even now.

(See the last two sessions.) There are various ways in which Ruburt’s abilities can be used, and various purposes they can serve, according to circumstances and conditions. As I told you, I was present, though in the background; Ruburt’s tutor—and it was I—who showed him how to return when he felt it desirable. (Very humorously, eyes open:) He needs a guide. Often when he supposes he is out by himself, or working alone, I am there to keep an eye on him.

He is learning to use his abilities now in various ways,, though you have only begun to learn what they are. Ruburt is just beginning to learn how to handle different conditions. Experience is the one teacher. And I am the next. (Smiling, but serious.)

I am showing him (Ruburt) how to open and close doors, how to answer knocks without letting the whole world in. (Pause.) I am letting him do a good bit of his own work, however, rather than doing this for him. The ability is his, and it is he who will use it. I will always help him in such endeavors.

Though he does not understand what he does, he is learning control at other layers of consciousness, and he will be able to utilize his abilities far better in our sessions and in other experiments. In other words, various types of such experiences, within reason, are highly beneficial, for he learns from them.

They are also in the nature of little tests on my part, for I can tell by his performance where his strong and weak points lie, and in what direction he needs my support.

In the episode with the Craigs, (see the 447th session) he was freely roaming the fields of their experience, and did quite well. I commend him. Such episodes add to his confidence, and give him an inner subjective touch. Later this will grow so that he will be able to tell when he is hot or cold.

These abilities have their counterparts to some extent in any creative endeavor. You know when you are on to a painting. Ruburt knows when he is on to a poem. The same psychic directional sense can be perfected, so that as he roams over fields of experience Ruburt will know when he is on to the proper signals.

The saying, on the beam, applies. (Smile.) Sometimes I give him a nudge in the proper direction, when he thinks he is on his own. Then I let him alone, and see if he can tell by himself when he makes an error, for it is this inner manipulation that we are interested in perfecting. It is somewhat like teaching a child to walk, except in this case (smile) you cannot see the surface.

I was following Ruburt’s performance, knowing full well that the person who gave the information would not be willing to stay in the background. I wondered how well my student would follow my direction, and he did well.

In the past, you see, it would have been highly improbable that Ruburt could have received that kind of information. He would not have allowed himself the highly focused sort of trance necessary, for rather specialized data. Now, some of it may not make sense to mathematicians as yet in any case, but portions will.

I was here to help Ruburt handle the mechanics of the affair, and to see how well he could do with such a highly focused trance. It can be used for many purposes, and was as I told you a demonstration on several layers.

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.

There is a subjective feel to such a state that he is beginning to recognize. It is like a strong beam, and he must learn how to use it, and how to change its direction. In this case he must learn to be in command of it. It is like a tool of perception. It turns on brightly and intensely, and has a boring quality. In many ways it is an aggressive tool that the consciousness uses to pierce through time and space as you know it.

If you meet your father in your dreams, he will be quite transformed from the person that you know, so you need not fear remembering your dreams on that account.

(10:26. Jane left trance easily. As Seth left, Jane said, she got from him that the particular trance he was discussing tonight could, or would, be used in sessions; it would let Seth come through “stronger,” though Jane then questioned the use of this word, and said “immediate” might be a better one.