“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The session started much later than usual Saturday night, since we slept too late during our nap. Jane doesn’t like to go into trance too soon after eating. It had been a good day, though. When we came home from shopping this noon we found the first five copies of Volume l of “Unknown” Reality waiting for us. It looked good and we were pleased.

(He stayed until about 12:20 AM, then left, bound for where?.... Jane said the next day that we should have offered him shelter, but I didn’t feel any compulsion to do so. I did think that practically all of our unannounced visitors were young people because the Seth material attracted them much more easily than older generations. I thought it a good sign, actually, since these young people would one day be playing roles in society; at least, I thought, they’d have been exposed to what we thought were good ideas in their formative years.

Though the fanatic may make much noise in the world, he is actually isolated from all of the world’s ideas except his own. Anything else is seen as a threat. He does not allow the development of his concepts or beliefs, for example. They stop at one particular point—and at that point he wages his battle against reality.

I suggest that first of all you ask yourselves what you really want, and what you really believe. (Amused:) I will tell you what you want, my dear friend: you want the books to sell very well, and the message to go out clearly to all. As long as you are not bothered, as long as you do not have to mix with fools—the same fools who compose the various psychological, scientific, or medical societies—the same fools whom you sometimes say do not bother contacting you as long as the Enquirer, that rag, does not annoy you for interviews, and as long as people are not personally affected enough to bother you in any immediate fashion.

(But louder:)We will not have a minute Seth session by phone, for example. You are connected through spiritual, biological, natural webworks with all of your fellows through the reality of the natural world, regardless of cultural, political, or religious frameworks.

(To me:) For all of your complaints, if you will forgive me, you have exactly what you want from Prentice. They are distant from you. You do not want them breathing down your neck. You might find yourselves amazingly uncomfortable, despite what you think your reaction would be, if Prentice suddenly began initiating publicity campaigns, ad campaigns.

Psychics, loosely speaking, are expected to play the game, and with publishers. In a way, Prentice had the good sense to leave you alone. Their distribution, however, is excellent, and their name is good. They gave you a steady market, and that is what you wanted.

The feelings of safety will come as these sessions are followed. The James manuscript will also help. That progression will be what allows your feelings about the books to change, and not the other way around.