“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now. My thanks to your cat lover. (Peggy G.) Our friend Ruburt learned something from that article, in that a simple presentation works very well.

The sense of work, dedication and commitment has finally been given on Ruburt’s part, and the energy and vitality that has always been available to him can now be practically used to both of your advantages.

Now give me a moment. (Pause at 9:26.)

Any perception of any kind instantly alters the electromagnetic and neurological systems of the perceiver. In your terms, physically, that is what perception is—an alteration of neurological structure. The perceiving mechanisms themselves change and are changed by that which they perceive, and I am speaking now of your physical system, and the physical nature of any perception.

Now. I am on my way to answering one of your questions—

Now. (Pause.) Any perception immediately blends, then, with the entire system of the individual. Any perception is action, and it changes that upon which it acts, and in so doing it is itself changed (underlined.) This applies to any perception.

Now with this background, give me a moment. (Pause.) I simply want you to see where we start from.

(Pause.) Some individuals always see the worst side of things, and interpret any given perception in the most pessimistic light. In a low mood any individual is much more likely to react to pessimistic suggestions, and to interpret data in the same manner. Now this applies to any data, whether it be physical in the usual sense of the word, telepathic, clairvoyant or otherwise.

Now in any ordinary clairvoyant event, in a low mood, Ruburt or any individual may, according to time and circumstance, overemphasize or misinterpret information, overstating say, pessimistic elements. (Pause.) Personalities strongly (underlined) given to the need for self-punishment will consistently misinterpret such information, or any information.

Now all of this is not meant to apply to specific incidents mentioned by you earlier, but only to clear several matters that we have not discussed thoroughly enough, involving the normal psychological aspects involved in clairvoyant information. Most of the remarks I will make can be applied to any perception, however.

Now. (Pause.) Information does not exist as I have told you independently of consciousness. There is not therefore any particular event, say an automobile accident, that exists independently of the consciousnesses of those involved in it, for a given perceiver to perceive.

It is more than a simple matter. It is more a simple matter of having a clear channel through which neutral information can flow. Now you will I am sure have further questions concerning that last remark—

—for it has all kinds of implications that we cannot cover in an evening, but it will be more than worthwhile for us to pursue them. Now whether or not a medium is in a trance that is as deep as the Atlantic Ocean, the medium will not be a pure channel. The ego will simply be bypassed, but the other layers of the self, the neurological structures particularly, will continue to operate as always. They will be altered by the perceptions that flow through them.

Now. It is true that much of our work is done outside of session time. Session time often represents the end result of our work. In projections other portions of Ruburt’s personality leave your system. They are not portions needed for physical manipulation. The ego is not even aware of them. There is nothing particularly unusual in this. The unusual aspect, comparatively speaking, is that the information gained can be translated and used within your system.

In your terms therefore I can be in many places at once, and conscious of so being. It does not mean that I am less in one place than another. (Pause.) Now in some way that you are not ready, or should I say able, to understand as yet, I help Ruburt to perceive clairvoyant information more clearly, in that I help to direct the kinds of alterations that occur within his neurological structure.

Now the California data was fairly correct, and in one session I gave you a possible description of what it represented. (Pause. See the 435th and 436th sessions.)

Ruburt could not have cared less, and tried simply as a favor. A strong emotional basis did not exist therefore, and under the circumstances the results were surprisingly good, and they will make sense, if not now then later.

Now I tell you that while the perceiver is changed by what he perceives, he also changes that which is perceived. Perceiver and perception, in a basic manner, are one and the same. Here we come close to the meaning of value fulfillment and moment points.

Now I will not keep you much longer.

(See the notes re the article, on page 231.) It insures its own success, and contains its own vitality. Now, I have endowed it with this. (Pause.) The other books you see already exist, and wait only to be given physical form. (Pause.) Your own masterpieces exist, and only wait for you to find them and give them physical form.

Now, if you have no further questions—