“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(It had been snowing all evening and I had some trouble driving in from Pine City. Besides that, my recording of the Sumari personality was poor and I had to stop at Fred and Pete’s [class members] to get their tape, and I didn’t arrive at Jane & Rob’s until 9 PM. We played the two tapes—Jane was especially interested in the chant that preceded the Sumari’s short speech—until 9:20. Jane had written this chant down during an Alpha experiment in class; when she started to read it to us, she suddenly wailed the words as loudly as I have ever heard even Seth’s voice go:

(Here she had gone into an extended trance state that lasted, for all purposes, for the rest of the evening.

(I thought that Jane was uneasy about the whole experience last night, but as soon as she felt Seth around, we all seemed to relax more. Rob poured us beers and the session started at 9:35.)

You began the physiological procedure at approximately four o’clock yesterday afternoon. Now, Ruburt also knew what was going to happen and that you would be involved, simply because the eye effect frightens him and he is always aware ahead of time of such activities on your part. You are all Sumari.

(Rob & I laughed. “All right,” he agreed, “but you’ll have to explain it to us.”)

Now. Give us a moment. (Pause.) There are alliances in all levels of reality—there are attractions that reach even bright space and time, groupings of consciousness, associations, psychic attractions that hold and mold various kinds of consciousness in a loose organization. There are personalities who come together for certain reasons, varying reasons, whose individual inclinations are somewhat the same, and purposes. You may think of the guilds in the Middle Ages, for example. These groups of consciousness range throughout history as you know it. In their own way, and according to their capacity and purpose, they change and alter the nature of the universe, sometimes by being born within your historical time, and sometimes by trying to reach those who are within your historical time. They are far closer in your terms because of their natural affinity than they are, for example, sometimes even to other portions of their own entity, as you might be closer to a strong friend than you are to certain members of your own family, though they may be of your own blood. It is a membership of choice, in other words, of attraction and respect, and usually this is bound by like purpose and endeavor. These are true families.

In this case, you would have received the information now or later; it was yours, you would receive it. Because of the circumstances, however, and the two family deaths, the information was available, and used to remind all the class members of the different kind of familyship, a different kind of endeavor, and to offer a different kind of assurance and bonds that are not destroyed in your terms by any amount of reincarnation or any amount of time you use them.

(Long pause.) I am trying to find words that will not offend our friend, and sometimes it is difficult. This group, therefore, has always been involved in the kind of work in which you are now involved, and on a grand scale. They never forget their members. There are indeed initiates, but all of you passed that stage in another layer of reality, in your terms, some time ago. Their main activities take place in other levels of consciousness. You are on missions, in certain terms. You do attend meetings, when you are in the sleep state, between lives. You work through many layers of reality at the same time. Now, these are the people, for example, that you (me) were speaking of, the strangers that you see in your dreams. You are affecting each others’ realities, but you have always done this to some degree.

(“All right,” Rob pursued, “say some speakers are Sumari, but might another group of speakers be of another family?”)

Initiate and nourish, in his particular case. The Sumari, however—and they all initiate—initiate the birth of systems. They constantly carry communications between systems, and they deal with the initiation and communication of ideas, from one system to another. Because they are initiators therefore, they are creators. They are, however, comparatively speaking, like those who create and then are satisfied to go on to other creations. They want someone else to take care of what they have created. They do not want to hang around to now the grass, in other words. But those who mow the grass could not create it.

Now, there are some things that I will have to explain to you slowly. And the true answer to your question will take time. One Sumari is all Sumari. There are gradations, in those terms, within the Sumari alliances; therefore, everyone is not at the same level, if you follow me: it is an organization of affection, loyalty, and abilities; and there will be varying grades within their alliance. Now, everyone who was here last night was Sumari, and many who come to class, even for one time, are Sumari.

The time, simply, was right for the information to come through because two members had lost members of their own—family. They were ready, therefore, to learn of their greater family; and for various reasons, personal reasons, having to do with both class members. This was also to be a reassurance to our friend Ruburt. There is a family who loves him after all! And you can only be involved in this work so long, you see, before you become acquainted with your true associates. Your acquaintanceship grows, and you discover old friendships.

Now, all of you communicate in the dream state, and they had me there often also, discussing work in which they had been involved in the past.

(“That’s the kind of thing we talked about in break,” Rob said. “For instance, you go into a supermarket and out of all the people you encounter casually—I’m sure that we’d like some guidance on how we can pick out Sumari.”)

Now. We are not going to get into a discussion of all the guilds or brotherhoods this evening, because I want to do a good job when we do it now. The chant, however, the vowels and syllables used in pronouncing the chant, are highly important and evocative. The sounds themselves are keys that tune you in, so to speak, with certain frequencies. In other words, the chant is a tool in that regard, a translation in completely different terms, of something far different.