“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane said she was a little tired this evening. She began in trance while seated in our rocking chair, using a quiet voice and pauses, eyes open at times.)

Maltz is quite correct, in that an overly conscious (underlined) attempt is harmful. There has been improvement in his attitude since Wednesday’s session (385th, December 6), and with you I recommend that he reread it several times a week for a while.

The man who threw in his burden ahead of time was your father. (Smile.) He did this years ago in effect, hence you passed him by, while recognizing his gesture and deciding against it. The packs represented abilities as well as burdens, you see. He was afraid of his abilities and his burdens. He could not go along with them on his back. He was afraid they would drown him. He leaped into life, denying himself the use of his abilities because of the responsibilities they entailed, hence the separation.

You saw that she still carried, as Jane, the abilities and responsibilities while in the middle of the stream. Had the dream not ended you would have made your way across to him, in time (smile), to help him up when he fell—this symbolic of his difficulties in the past year. The others were individuals that you have known.

(10:10. Jane was dissociated as usual. I believe the dream discussed above might have been interrupted by the alarm clock. As Jane spoke I became aware that I had felt quite sleepy at times. She resumed at 10:22.)

In the same way that he has lately caught himself tensing his jaw, so has he tensed his neck and shoulder muscles for some time. We want him to be able to recognize tension in the shoulders, as he can now, but could not earlier, recognize the tension in the jaw.

(10:36. Jane was out as usual. During the delivery I had become increasingly sleepy— so much so that at times I had to struggle to keep my eyes open; at times I let them close briefly in relief. I felt as though a trance state might be trying to intrude, rather than being aware of any general weariness. As I wrote, I looked about the room in hopes I might see something unusual— Seth etc., but noticed nothing.

Now. The paintings have come from other portions of your personality, who know better than you what you can do. (Long pause, eyes closed.) These will be, I believe, a series of visions, extending over some time. You will see various ways in which your abilities can be used, various possibilities. Progressions along various lines.

I will now close. Now you (Jane pointed to me as Seth), for a very brief time, close your eyes and see if you experience anything. My best wishes to you.

(I closed my eyes again after visioning the sculp, hoping to see more. This was just before 11:07, and the session’s end. This time, before I realized it, I was “far away” in a fashion I cannot really put into words. Suffice it to say I was seemingly miles from my physical body, briefly, without being aware of any sensation of seeing anything else— no location, etc.