“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

He was bound and determined to explore the nature of reality. He wanted to protect himself against self-delusion, of going too fast too soon, until he had enough knowledge to know what he was doing. He trusted most of my material, but he could not entirely trust me because I was part of the trip.

Give us a moment.... He fears for the gullibility of people, and is rightly appalled at their superstitions, as indeed you are, Joseph. In his case, however, much of this had to do with quite normal reactions—not voiced or expressed. When in the beginning you were cautious, and worried about his overdoing it, or going into trance at the drop of a hat, he relied upon you in that way. When your enthusiasm grew, and your trust in his abilities, then he felt that to voice any fears at all in your eyes meant that he did not trust his abilities himself.

There was a middle ground that he would have to make for himself. To do this he felt he needed to exert caution, to emphasize his own doubts in order to make a bridge to those intellectuals who doubted, and yet maintain some freedom and spontaneity in order to reach those at the other end.

You yourself were also not willing to face consciously certain possible consequences directly, for example—of television appearances; possibilities of fame, etc., and you were ambiguous in that regard. That ambiguity gave silent consent in many instances. The same applies to the telephone. It represents the world, outside influences. You do not want to be bothered. Neither does Ruburt. If you handle a call, he thinks you are doing him a favor. But in your contacts on the phone, as with your contacts with the world, that is considered Ruburt’s area, his thing.

There is nothing for him to fear. The impediment with reincarnation has nothing to do with his intuitive understanding of it, which was always reflected in his writing. It is instead a reaction against the ways in which reincarnation is interpreted by others with less wisdom and understanding.