“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(I had asked: “Please redefine the ego, briefly, as a part of consciousness in our terms.”

Obviously then ego is a part of identity, rather than the other way around, and it is only a part of consciousness. It is when ego attempts to confuse itself with identity that difficulties begin.

Now you project in your sleep whether or not you know it. But this feeling of jealousy prevents you from using consciously what you have gained. Unconsciously of course the experience does sift through, and like any other experience you use it in your work. But you could use more.

(Sometimes when I make notes I don’t have enough time to consider the material being received. Now is a case in point. I somewhat misinterpreted what Seth had said concerning projections. I commented aloud to Jane about how I thought that I had been using my psychic abilities in my paintings, quite consciously and deliberately as a most welcome aid.

He has freed the book also from the negative ideas that he had earlier projected upon it, ideas which were picked up by those who read it. (Pause.) We will see if we can get around him. Now. (Pause.)