“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Tonight at session time the small television set on its swivel arm was on, opposite Jane’s left knee. Her broken right leg [just above the knee] leaned against her left leg. The television picture was on but the sound was off. Jane had just finished a cigarette. Actually, I thought, this was almost an ideal time to try for a session in the hospital, for after supper she wasn’t apt to be bothered by staff people for some little time.

(Almost as soon as she said she’d try to have a short session, she started right in. I just had time to write the time on my pad. Her Seth voice was deeper than her usual voice to some extent, but it wasn’t loud, and I was sure no one would notice anything unusual sound-wise from the hall outside the closed door of room 330. Jane’s eyes remained open, but she took few long pauses.)

I will discuss deeper matters with you at another time, but hopefully we will hold a session before too much time has passed.

(Pause at 7:03.) I do not imagine we will go so long a time between sessions again, and I am speaking therefore to reassure you that I am still present. Let Ruburt take a cigarette break, and then I may speak again for a short time—but if not, do not be discouraged, for in any case this session marks a new beginning.

(“I like it fine,” I said. “Although it’s no fun being there alone.” It developed that Jane wouldn’t mind moving—a thought she’s mentioned before, and some time ago. I said any place was okay with me, as long as we were together, working the way we wanted to. Even 1730 Pinnacle Road in Elmira, New York. She agreed with that.

(“Well, that sure must mean something,” each of us said more than once. It was too much: Peg and Bill dropping in like that during a break in the first Seth session we’d held in almost a year. At the same time, I was afraid the excitement of the visit would interfere with Jane resuming the session. We waited to see if Seth would return—and he did, in less than a minute.

I leave you for this evening—and though the session is over, it is not over at the same time. It will continue in its own way, and I hope to have another session at your convenience.

(A note added the next morning: I was especially pleased to hear Seth talk of redemption, for that’s one of the main themes I tried to explore in the essays for Dreams—redemption on many levels, even though we may not grasp what’s transpiring on a number of those levels. But more and more, ever since he gave that session, some time ago now, on redemption, I’ve come to believe that the very idea or theme of redemption may be the major path we follow in physical life.)