“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(On Friday evening, September 5, we had as visitors Dick and Carol Crossed; Edward Gassner, 3664 Culver Road [14622], and Bernard Houlihan, 25 Ewer Avenue [14622]—all of Rochester, New York. No session was held. Ed Gassner offered to do work with Jane and Seth; he is a biologist, Ph.D.

Now. Ruburt is obviously afraid that he will have not only his own negative tendencies to contend with, but yours as well.

This applies to both of you, although Ruburt would be more open about initial encounters if he had your support. In this you do identify to some degree with your father’s attitude. I am sure you know this.

I suggest that under the circumstances, this time Ruburt step aside and let Jim Crosson have his day. He needs it badly, and I have a note for Miss Taylor: it will hurt Jim Crosson badly if he does not have a part in the program. He needs to feel, particularly after retirement, that he is looked up to and needed, and can hold his own and attract an audience.

Ruburt will address the group in any case (pause), and many times in the future. Jim Crosson does not have that much time. (Pause.) Ruburt should make no future hard decisions as to what he will and will not do, but give the intuitive self freedom in such cases.

He will not make a practice of contacting the departed for their relatives. It is not his forte. Otherwise he should leave himself open. If probabilities continue as they are now, there will be some considerable relationship with the group Miss Taylor represents through the years. It will work to Ruburt’s benefit as he meets other psychics with excellent abilities. He can also learn from the experience.

Ruburt will do much better on his own in a program, but should definitely not shunt Jim Crosson aside, for he is very vulnerable to slights. He will also do very well, lecturing on that occasion of the 20th. Better in fact than usual, and he, at least, will consider it one of the high points of his career.

Ruburt should make it clear that he will accept another engagement however. You may take your break and we will continue.

Crosson will outdo himself. He is using the invitation to prove to himself that he is sought after as a lecturer. (Long pause.)There are some family problems on his mind. His wife is anxious for him, and the engagement will give him new impetus that would carry him for several years. Without it he will deflate like a balloon; but he is up to the challenge. He will do a good job.

I was the guide he was searching for, and they were looking for me, though they did not know my name. This was a clearing place for personalities leaving the physical plane. In their astral forms they adopted their normal dress, hence the varying costumes. They realized that Ruburt was still physical. This is why he was told he could travel no further. He was afraid momentarily there would be no physical world to return to—simply his personal reaction.

The colors, brilliant and mobile, represented the overall healthy state of his psyche. The image of the woman was indeed himself in future years, signifying to the others that he was a wanderer and should go back. This is why they laughed, since he did not recognize himself. He was therefore sent back to the woman in the first office.

The dream was significant because for the first time he was actively seeking me as a guide, and met with those who were leaving physical reality in a group. In the next such dream he will find me of course, or I will find him.

The last episode merely represented his return to physical reality. He saw the two of you as Italian because this was the most earthy type he could think of. (Humorously.) Your image however was as you will be at one time in your future. The beard was legitimate—you were simply older.

(Humorously again:) I do not know why you will grow a beard. It was not a long one. This is why he had you pretending to be Italian. Do you follow me?

The new and important development therefore was that he went out to seek me. He asked the woman if she knew me, but she did not. They were sending someone to find me. (Pause.) Their state is not one where they can instantaneously communicate with me, or I with them.

Give us a moment. Your own interpretation is not quite correct. Your father is waiting, but not for you. The images were somewhat distorted. He will wake up in another bed in another room, where he will be led to understand his true condition.

The dream was symbolic. Your brother Dick was invisible in one episode, and he is psychically very aware of your father’s condition. He fears, your father, far more than your brother or you, and he will be free, or feel free, of many issues with your father’s death.