“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Yesterday afternoon and evening, May 20, we had as guests Reverend James Crosson and his wife; they visited us at the end of a lecture tour that had taken them from their new home in Florida to their summer camp in the Berkshires. Reverend Crosson has read Jane’s ESP book, helping her publicize it in various ways, contact editors, etc., and we were pleased to meet.

(Yesterday was ESP class night, so the Reverend attended class; a session was held during class, which was recorded; when received a copy will be added to these records. Part of it was addressed to the Reverend and his wife, and was quite successful. Jane also gave impressions on her own for the Crossons, and again these were also successful. The Crossons stayed until about 1:30 AM.

(Reverend Crosson has met many of the leading figures in parapsychology, including Eileen Garrett, Arthur Ford, Martin Ebon, etc. He had many questions for Seth, which that gentleman answered with his usual aplomb.)

Your good reverend was far more impressed after his visit, and he will speak about our work to many others.

The idea of which you were speaking earlier this evening is a good one, and shows already that you have begun to change habits of thought. Such a venture would also help Ruburt feel that he was holding his own financially in the universe. This would be good for his confidence as well as for the bank account.

Now certain changes have occurred within him. If he now uses psycho-cybernetics as applied to his work and to the (Seth) book, and makes a definite effort with those methods to focus all of his energy into the book, the symptoms will simply fall away, and quickly. They will dry up. Somewhat earlier his energies were so depleted that it would have been more difficult for him to do this in a rather sweeping manner, and this is what I suggest.

The venture that you spoke of earlier can begin in your minds now. It can be an exciting venture, when this book is finished, and now mental preparations can begin for it. It will be good for Ruburt to throw himself into this. I cannot stress the importance of the suggestions I am giving this evening. He is quite capable now of throwing himself wholeheartedly, with his full passion, into the book, and doing so will automatically release him from the remaining symptoms.

It is fortunate that his most creative periods come in late spring and through into autumn. Have him read this and tell him I said to put it in practice. Your present life is like a book that you are writing. You write it. Your ideas are the words and the chapters. Intelligent use of the imagination, focused use as suggested in psycho-cybernetics and other such methods, provide excellent training. They straighten out the first draft (humorously) so that you do not have to do so many revisions.

Let him remember that when he is entirely engrossed in discussing our work or explaining it, he hardly knows he has any symptoms at all—this even when his attitudes may not be of the best at any given time.

They will have powerful effects if followed. They are useless if they are not followed. Ruburt has said this to his students often. Let me remind him to give himself the same advice. (Long pause.)

Continue your combined prayer periods. During the time have Ruburt concentrate upon all those other functions of body, organ and mind, that are in excellent condition, quite obviously filled with vitality. This automatically concentrates his attention upon health, which is what you want.