“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

12. When Jane began speaking for Seth we checked out the definitions for concepts like dissociation, trance, and so forth, without being particularly influenced by what we found. We merely thought the meanings given were quite incomplete, so we decided to go our own collective way. As the sessions progressed we came to understand that for Jane dissociation simply meant her ability to direct an intense concentration toward certain highly creative goals — Seth and the sessions — so that we could learn from them.

“The entity itself does not have to keep constant check on its personalities, because in each one there is an inner self-conscious part that knows its origin. I have mentioned before that some part of you knows exactly how much oxygen the lungs breathe, and how much energy it takes to pace a floor, and this is the part of you of which I spoke. It is the self-conscious part that receives all inner data.

38. Apropos of his quotations from Seth Speaks, here’s what Seth had to say in a later personal session: “There are rhythms that exist over a period of time, as I have mentioned before, and had you the leisure to check your records you would see that overall we have about the same number of sessions each year. There are many cycles involved — some connected with the two of you, with myself, or with other conditions quite apart.