“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(1. Does Jane’s inherently mystical nature give rise to conflicts with the non-mystical world she finds herself in this time around? She may be so different in basic ways from most of her fellow human beings that conflicts may be almost inevitable—at least until later in life, when the personality has learned what the situation is and can make adjustments. Jane said that she never thinks of mysticism, herself, yet I think such factors could operate easily enough in our world. My question is based upon the environment and situations she found herself in as she grew—not upon any questions about why she chose such circumstances in this life to begin with.

(2. I found myself wondering if my own attitudes might have strongly influenced Jane’s early psychic behavior in ways neither of us suspected—that she may have inhibited certain elements of her abilities because she feared my own ideas about distractions, time, failure, etc. Perhaps, Jane had wanted more physical and psychic activity all along, I thought—more tours, TV, publicity, fame, money, whatever—but all those things she held back on because of my own negative attitudes. I speculated about whether her sitting on such desires, not daring to admit them, say, might have surfaced as fear of scorn and criticism, and so forth. If such factors operated, they’d be the opposite of those we usually hold accountable. I do know that Jane has the abilities to perform all of those activities, and this almost idle realization recently may have triggered the more concrete question.

In your society, work has many connotations. It usually involves spending a certain amount of time at a job, for which you receive financial payment. Most work involves consecutive thinking, in terms of time. If you do not have a job you are lazy—so that work becomes of course a virtue, as well as, usually, a necessity.

I simply wanted to get the material started—get an early start for our next session. Continue your program, and when the suggestions have been pared down into a clearer kind of statement, then Ruburt should indeed—alone this time—read that material after lunch.

One note: your encounter with your mother was, as you know, quite valid. It was closer on her part to you than on your part. That is, she was more aware of you than you were of her. Speaking to her mentally at times could be quite helpful, particularly during, say, your naptime. End of session.