“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

As each species of flower has its place in the natural world, so, in terms of this analogy at least, the fool and the scholar, the fanatic, the timid, the weary and the exuberant, the greedy—all of these also have their place.

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.

He fears that the admission of one defeat or error of judgment will bring his world crumbling about him.

Before you send out such messages, then, see if you want to accept the consequences. Work such as ours is a different matter than a novel. A novelist may indeed maintain seclusion from the world—and while the world may not like it, it doesn’t care enough, except for a few publicity seekers, to track him down.

I am in my way rather pragmatic about the world. I do not expect all people to be wise. I do expect all people to be different, to display abilities and characteristics of a highly diverse nature, and to be highly creative. They try to be creative.

I mention this so often because, again, I do not want either of you to become self-righteous, for such an attitude narrows any road. The fanatic becomes engrossed in one overall issue. To a lesser degree those who become too concerned with the world’s shortcomings can begin to see nothing but a one-sided one.

Your need for defense exists in direct proportion to your feelings about the world, and your feelings about your own strength or power. For reasons given, involving sexuality, unconventional abilities, and so forth, Ruburt felt more vulnerable than you.

As-yet-sometimes-unsynchronized new motion has been responsible for the eye “difficulties.” One eye moves faster. James explained some issues of greatest importance. You are dealing, however, from your perspective with ideas that have the potential of reorganizing the society, yet your backgrounds have been those of your world. I am aware of your efforts to put these sessions into practice.

Give us a moment.... You were correct: the people that are most affected are the young people. Many of them, beginning professions in a few years, will start with far better beliefs than in the past. It does little good in certain terms to affect the current power structure (somewhat humorously)—but instead to anticipate the future makers of the world.

(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.

Give us a moment.... Your feelings about the books will only change as your joint feelings about the world and your fellows change—so then there will be no problem. Do you follow me?