“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

I have said I have no human rancor. I understand that fanatics, for example, have their place. And it would help if you tried to look at human behavior sometimes from a slightly more expansive view (chiding).

By going to extremes fanatics point out to others the virtue of more moderate ways, and their actions actually make others with the same kind of persuasion evaluate their own beliefs. I realize the impracticality of asking anyone in physical life to bear no human rancor. It is futile. On the other hand, when you look at your fellows, try to see them as they are in all respects—as you would, say, a group of individual animals. Do not always compare them against any ideals—ideals superimposed by you, or anyone, upon others.

(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.

(We laughed about it. At the same time I was thinking over Seth’s material in this session so far. I remarked to Jane that if we paid attention to that material, then instead of turning away the people who would be influenced by the newspaper notice, we might be able to influence some of them to buy Seth/Jane’s books.

(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.

(10:40.) They have done you one important service that should not be overlooked: they understood you to be reticent. They did not try to turn you into performers. They are not, indeed, a greedy house. They are not really the greatest business-oriented house, either—but houses who are would have exerted pressures upon you that would far outstrip or outweigh any disadvantages coming from Prentice.

I am not saying there is not room for improvement, but I would like the picture to be seen in a more realistic light.

(“Well, supposing we did concentrate upon increased sales, and did more publicity work on radio and television, for instance: wouldn’t these things increase Jane’s feeling of vulnerability? Here she has the symptoms as a kind of protection, so I’m wondering about our reactions if we took steps that would put us more in the public eye—left us open to more criticism—as well as praise—for instance. How might she react under the new circumstances”)