“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Seth was quite emphatic here, and half humorous. In spite of our seriousness I had to laugh. I found myself doing this in many spots through the session, though half of it, I believe, was in frustration. Jane’s delivery throughout was fairly rapid.)

(“I’m afraid that Jane’s symptoms lead her to concentrate too much upon them. They overshadow her other accomplishments. I also get irritated at them. Then we try different things in an effort to get rid of them, etc.”)

(“I know it, we know it. But he [meaning Jane] doesn’t.”)

(Seth-Jane looked at me, pausing, with a half-comical, half at-last expression that again made me laugh.)

Now, in your good intentions you told Ruburt lately that he was using only a tenth of his abilities, meaning that most people only used a portion of their capabilities. (I also explained this meaning to Jane at the time.) He took this as an accusation, however, and further concentrated upon his lacks. Neither of you should expect perfect performance in your work, and I say this to you as well as to Ruburt. To some extent there has been a weaving in and out, so that at times Ruburt’s symptoms were personal, and at times they were symbols for both of your attitudes.

([Jane:] “I don’t feel this way. I’m eager for you to do the book. I know it will be a fine thing, should you decide to do it.” RB.)

(Already I am at work on Jane to disabuse her of any ideas like these. I could only be hurt by her feeling this way any longer.)

(This last statement came through from Seth during next break, just this one emphatic sentence, when Jane and I were discussing the material given.)

(11:00. Jane could remember none of this data except for the reference to parsley. Resume at 11:12.)

(This is very important. Seth is right. Jane didn’t see the humor, at first, and was still questioning me about this several days after this session was held. But we are making progress now.)

(Seth’s delivery was very friendly here. I’ve told Jane before that typing up this material has always been a job I do gladly, since I believe in it and regard it as having a vital part of a work that is both highly creative and original. It also gives me an opportunity to do some writing on my own in conjunction with Seth’s own data and this I enjoy greatly.

(If Jane cares to, she can excerpt Seth’s book from these sessions, typing up her own copy for personal use; but I think also that the book should be included in the body of the regular sessions, whenever it pops up—part of the regular record, as always.)

(“Is this material tonight related to all those earlier sessions you gave us, on Jane’s early background, etc?”)

(Jane didn’t know I was going to ask this question. Nor had I planned upon doing so; the idea came to me a few minutes ago.)

(“No. I’d like to read over the material about Jane and me first.”)

(11:36. Jane was slow coming out of trance; it had been deep. She remembered little of the material after last break, except that I’d asked a question about Peg.