“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The session was witnessed by Virginia and Tom Milligan, both of whom are members of Jane’s ESP class. They had no questions for Seth prior to the session; Tom said he had been giving Seth questions mentally earlier today, and also earlier in the week. The Milligans have known for some days now that they would witness the session tonight.

The psychological understanding of yourself is hidden within the reincarnational data that you have. You must still however learn to interpret that material, and look behind for its implications. Now much of the stability in your endeavor is also being provided by our other friend here (Virginia), for without the bedrock you would not find it as easy to lift one spiritual toe from the barren ground. You did not trust the ground, seeing that it was not always so fruitful, but at last you felt you could trust it.

Now. (To Tom:) You have a tendency at times to water down certain ideas because they would suggest alterations in your attitude that you are not as yet willing to accept. And when you are willing to accept them, then you will allow your material more freedom.

(To Virginia:) There seems to be on your part a relationship with another woman, either an older woman or a woman you feel to be older. A relationship that can stand some clarification, and further application on your part. I would say an aunt, but I am not certain here, and that does not seem to be correct. Yet a relationship that has a family connotation certainly; an overexertion on your part that can lead to tensions. (Pause.)

(Pause. Then to Tom, who laughed:) Now. Another point. Do not expect windfalls. The point is, the information in your own material is meant as constructive suggestion, to get you in the habit of thinking in terms of abundance, and such attitudes can indeed be highly successful. Within your own material you will find reasons if you look hard enough for them, intuitive reasons for some (underlined) information that would seem highly distorted or influenced by the subconscious. A particular fact may be entirely wrong or distorted for example, but there may be also highly valid reasons for the distortion, and truths within it that are more valid than physical fact.

Now. The three-into-one has one inherent weakness, and strong organization would be needed or the venture could be severely weakened. The weakening element would be largely concentrated in the choice of one individual within the organization as a focal point.

That person’s ability to handle public relations would be highly important. Either there is an individual already in mind for that position, or the individual that would be chosen for it would not have the capabilities that it seems he would have. An overestimation of abilities, therefore. You seem to be the third man in this particular setup that I am now trying to describe.

However there could be a complete turnabout, I believe in procedure; and if so oddly enough in the light of present circumstances, you would be the man to whom they would turn. There is something it seems that you should follow up. A conference with three men, perhaps in April, is involved.

(To Tom:) Neither Ruburt nor I are bankers, so you must let us sort out this material. I would make a fine bank president, if I do say so myself, even if I do not know banking. (Humorously.) These jovial remarks are simply to take up some time while we look into these matters.

Two mergers would seem to represent your best opportunity, two rather than three, and you could maintain excellent control here. One element therefore would be dropped, and it would prove in the overall not as effective as it would seem—one could be a liability, and might need to be discarded even if at first included. Two mergers would be much more effective.

You could also serve more brilliantly (humorously) in that capacity. The third aspect could end up draining your energies. This second possibility therefore is a good one and would work highly to your advantage. The third is a one- man show. A department initiated by you, and a relatively new service in this area—I believe it has been adopted and sometimes discarded in other areas—but it is not an ordinary issue, and it is something that you have considered yourself in the past, though not seriously.

It is a new service, and would take place generally speaking within the same framework within which you now operate. In one way it could be called an offshoot from another department, but it is too novel to be so described. It would set you up, and would be not so much a merger as a completely new development of your own initiation.

(Later Tom agreed the intent of the above statement was correct. Interest rates for such monies as discussed above were not, or would not, be tripled, Tom said, but such money was expensive, and instead of the usual six percent would cost eight or nine percent.

(The merger material also applied, and Tom explained how he had been thinking of the second possibility suggested by Seth, the merging of two rather than three. Elmira and Syracuse banking facilities would be merged, with the Utica branch left out; according to Tom this would be a better arrangement, etc.

Such a service could be born within your framework, and become an important part of other banks. You would have your finger on the economic pulse-beat of the area, and you could diagnose business ills before they occurred —banking preventative medicine, you see, and you could have the preventive medicine at your fingertips and be ready to apply it.

Not only would you be helping individual businessmen but you would also be protecting the economic health of the area. You were quite correct in thinking of small business and the informal atmosphere. A thorough knowledge of the tax structures would be invaluable.

Now I am almost giving you the advertising that would be effective, for the imagery is important. And as a doctor guides the growth of a child, so you could begin at scratch to guide the growth of new companies, and even you see to consult with them before. You could also consult there and aid those who intend to go into business, have capital, and do not know precisely how to proceed. This would automatically bring new funds and fresh blood into the economic structure, and into your particular bank.

We will have a session some evening for our friend here. (Virginia.) There is no particular benefit to your moving at this time, and the venture of which I have spoken would do best if begun here; and if it is begun here it would spread, but this would be its focal point and the point of overall management. It would need you see an informal hand, and every effort should be made not to intimidate the small businessmen who would be coming for help and service.

The overall commitment would be high indeed, and the general structure would be diversified and secure. The security itself, because of the diversity.