“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

When Ruburt on the couch sensed himself in the chair giving a session, to himself on the couch, this was symbolic of a new kind of relationship between the two of us. At the same time it illustrated part of our relationship as it happens in sessions, in which Ruburt allows a portion of himself to step aside. He was that portion as the normal waking self, the focus personality.

(9:40.) Give us a moment.... It was the feeling of such projection that was important, the subjective awareness of the inner and outer conditions. It is true —the psyche is not restrained by time, yet there are rhythms in which each psyche is involved. They are highly unique and personal, and yet interwoven with historical events which are themselves caused by the psyche’s action. This awareness of projection then represents an important element. These were learning exercises of a kind Ruburt would not allow himself before.

In a society in which individuals were encouraged to work with the psyche and with specialists who understood it, illnesses would be seen as physical symptoms of inner imbalances. The symptoms would be used as exterior reference points while the other conditions at which they hinted were studied. The natural healing that would then result would be a sure-fire indication of the personality’s growth, maturity and overall health. Health obviously does not apply to the body alone, nor even to the mind. That is, I am not speaking of mental ill health, meaning neurotic conditions. The healthy person is one who is balanced at any given time in your terms, as far as his or her relationship with the psyche is concerned; with the world and its relationships.

In other ways the same kind of mechanism operates in the growing popularity of the books. You did not want the little ESP book to do any better than it did in the beginning. That does not mean that you are stupid. It meant that you understood yourselves and the temper of the times, and understood the rhythms of your own growth, even if consciously you may have railed against the conditions and poor sales.