“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(This afternoon Jane and I took my parents to the hospital in Sayre; mother for an ear examination, father to be admitted to the psychiatric ward. Tonight Jane assumed I would want Seth to talk about my parents, but I told her Seth could discuss anything he wanted to. I planned only a couple of questions to ask.

The man that is left, your father, will be agitated, but then he will feel peaceful. It is almost like a reflex habit, a mechanical one, that keeps him now connected with your mother. (Pause.)

Now, and no distortion here from our friend (Jane), your mother was from the beginning a fragment, an offshoot actually, from the personality that she was in her last existence. The offshoot of fragment had to, and chose to, deal with the relationship that then took place between this fragment and your father.

The whole personality will be much more free to progress. The characteristics were allowed to run their course. It had been agreed between the mother and the father beforehand. The whole personality of the father did not need to be involved after a certain point however, and withdrew. (Long pause; one of many.)

There has been a certain release given on the part of the mother, who has taken joy from lack of restraint. There are of course reasons why the three sons were born within the family. The vitality of the mother was of great benefit in many ways to the sons.

You are being of strong practical help now, though it may not appear so, by refusing to accept at this point the role that your mother wants you to take. I am not saying of course that you should not be as kind and considerate as possible, but that you not try to take your father’s place at your mother’s demands.

It could have been a trap, you see. Psychologically speaking, and in these terms only, on certain levels the son desires to replace the father. When the father is vigorous the son is fearful of retaliation. If the son does not understand himself, then when fear of retaliation is removed, particularly if the mother beckons, then a trap is set.

Still however out of pity, the trap is still a probable one. It is a probable one simply because it does exist. For your mother it would represent nevertheless a betrayal on your part, for she would immediately realize that she had failed in the bitterest of terms, and to her the most ignoble of terms. This applying to her specifically, for she would win you when she was an old woman.

Now. First of all, in the line concerning your emotions, the meaning is this; that you turned the basic emotional feelings from the mother, as is necessary, transferring them to your wife successfully.

If this is not done then the desire to replace the father is a strong inner problem. It exists for you, now, not on your part because of the successful transference, but on the part of your mother. The three sons, incidentally, agreed as to their parents, and with full inner knowledge of the circumstances that would be involved. This is also true in Ruburt’s case, and in all cases.

Now. We cannot cover all of this in one evening. Your brother Dick has been connected with your mother in the past, as you know. He and she are part of the same entity. His characteristics are a part of those of that entity. He is strongly a part of her, and was born from her for that reason.

In some respects he is a slightly future version of your mother, already having gained from her experiences. He is a larger dimension of her, a different expression, a more adequate and productive one. Now there are twins in time as you experience it. Twins also appears in different times. Do you see?

This son is basically a psychological twin of the mother, but developing a more spacious personality, and a more giving nature. This one has progressed so well, with indeed little experience comparatively, that he most probably will become an entity of his own eventually.