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(From the 83rd session for August 31, 1964:) Man sees not even half of the whole entity which is himself. It is true that on this journey [with the sessions] discipline, some caution and understanding, and much courage, is demanded. This is as it should be. I am helping you in this … You are both (meaning Jane and me) peculiarly suited for such a pursuit, with a combination of intuitiveness, basic psychic facility, and yet integrated inner identities … I also want to add that I am not a control, as mediums speak of controls. I am not, as I believe I have mentioned, a secondary or split personality of Ruburt’s. For example, I am not a conglomeration of male tendencies that have collected themselves into a subsidiary personality that struggles for recognition or release. I say that I am an energy personality essence, since that is what I am … My name for him is Ruburt,¹⁵ which happens to be a male name simply because it is the closest translation, in your terms, for the name of the whole self or entity of which he is now a self-conscious part.

Now and then with Ruburt, when I am allowed to manifest myself to a smaller or lesser degree, my own habits therefore show through, for I manipulate his muscles in a different way than he does. But, scientifically, this would not be proof of my existence as an independent personality who has survived physical death. Not that this concerns me, for it does not … Or, if you are thinking in terms of secondary personalities,²⁰ you can prove nothing one way or another. A secondary personality could indeed use gestures that are different [from Ruburt’s]. Either way, this would be no proof as to my independent nature. (With humor:) I am glad to see that it has been bothering you. You have had a good think session!

20. In this appendix, the presentations from sessions 28 and 83 contain Seth’s comments as to whether he’s “a secondary or split personality of Ruburt’s” (to quote him from the latter). On her own, Jane expressed concern about secondary personalities in Chapter 6 of The Seth Material; see her account of our meetings with Dr. Instream. Additional, related material can be found in Chapter 2 of The Coming of Seth, and in the sessions dealing with “Augustus” in Chapter 6 of Personal Reality.

Here are a few insights from Seth’s material in the 241st session: “This psychological framework is in itself capable of growth. It represents on Ruburt’s part an expansion, and indeed on my own part also. It is formed partially by abilities inherent within all personalities — psychic abilities — and it is composed of energy. It is not a secondary personality, for it exists in quite a different dimension than do secondary personalities….