SESSION 695

(On Saturday evening, May 4, Jane briefly came through with some trance information of her own. At least Seth wasn’t overtly present. The last time she’d done this had been early on March 4; her material then was on parallel man, alternate man, and probable man; Seth mentioned it that same evening in the 687th session, and it furnished the basis for Section 2 of this volume. [The material itself is presented as Appendix 6.]

(It isn’t necessary to quote Jane’s delivery of Saturday evening, however. It came about because we’d been discussing our deceased parents and probabilities, in connection with the first two sessions [679–80] of “Unknown” Reality. To launch his book Seth had used a childhood photograph of each of us. The night before last, then, I told Jane about my idea of asking Seth to comment upon early photographs of her parents, Marie and Delmer,¹ to see what would develop in the material.

(We discussed the data given above as we waited for tonight’s session to begin. “Seth’s book reminds me of an old-fashioned diary,” I remarked, “but with a new twist — that of probabilities.” I continued that I was somewhat concerned because the notes for Unknown” Reality were running considerably longer than they had for either Seth Speaks or Personal Reality. Yet I felt there were reasons for this, and had chosen to go along. Jane agreed. She said the notes were intended to furnish a mundane account of our lives that would “parallel” Seth’s more complicated data on probabilities and other concepts. She thought he would have more to say on the subject of notes later in the book.

(In a few moments Jane left her altered state of consciousness. “I don’t know where that came from,” she said, laughing, “but anything you want to know, just ask …” At this time we’re content to keep a record of such instances while “Unknown” Reality grows. Echoes of Saturday night’s experience do show up in tonight’s session, although it doesn’t appear that the material will have the long-range effects of Jane’s March 4 delivery.

(At 9:15 I read the last session to Jane from my notes, since I hadn’t started typing it yet. She was in a most relaxed state as she listened, yet intended to have a session. “I’m just waiting to get it clear …”)

(10:11. In trance, Jane abruptly fell silent for well over a minute. Her eyes remained closed as she gently rocked back and forth. Her delivery had been good since the start of the session.)

(11:23. Once again, Seth wound up the evening with some material on another subject. Lately Jane and I have taken to requesting that he finish each session this way, until we’re caught up on some projects we’ve been letting go. End at 11:33 P.M.)

NOTES: SESSION 695

1. Once again, see Note 4 for the 679th session.

2. The “officially accepted life” mentioned here reminded me that in the last (694th) session Seth used the phrase “your officially recognized idea of physical reality” in discussing the role probable events played in our world history. In the 686th session he referred to “official data” when he considered ancient man’s selection of certain mental and biological pulses as physical reality; later in the same session, he used the self-explanatory “official history.” In the 684th session he discussed our “official activity” when he compared our reaction to hunches and premonitions with our acceptance of normal psychological reality.

Then, in the 681st session, see what Seth has to say about individual biological history and the basic unpredictability of consciousness.