“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] Otherwise, it was because he did not want to type up my book. Creatively, now, he is always interested in the new book—the current creative act, and he resented feeling that he had to type Psyche while not having current sessions. [...]

[...] I suggest two sessions a week—one on thematic material, the book, or questions you might have in areas of your interest. [...]

There are “evolutions” in our work and in your own work that are in the offing, and a new book for Ruburt if he remembers the playful attitude.

[...] When I write my own book, you will read it word by word...and so shall you all, ...and then, there will be tests. I will give you a quiz on every chapter, for my book will soon be written. [...]

This book will be written from the inside out. And when I write the book, I will be thinking of the members of this class. [...]

[...] One such instance is described in Appendix 7 for Volume 1: her reception of the material for a book called The Way Toward Health. At that time she tuned in to a different “neurological speed,” a faster one, so that much of the book was available to her at once. Jane’s pleasure at having the ability was strongly tempered, though — for while she “could feel the bulk and immediacy of the book,” as I quoted her in Appendix 7, she was “also frustrated that what I’ve got down is so little and sketchy — WHEN IT’S ALREADY HERE … If I could have immediately spoken the whole thing, it would have been done at once … I can’t tell you how frustrated — how blocked — this made me feel at the time.”

(From the 119th session for January 6, 1965:) Ruburt should learn much of advantage from the book by Jung¹⁶ which he is reading. [...]

[...] More often than not I wasn’t present when Seth produced his material, and in all cases it was recorded by students; Jane meets with them on Tuesday evening, when I’m usually occupied typing Monday night’s private session [or book material, often] from my own notes.

(In July 1971 Jane began a book to be called Adventures in Consciousness, based on the experiences of her students in ESP class. [...]

[...] There was stuff I’ve also forgotten though that made me waken at once, furious; some connection between the two books, also whole bunches of feelings rise to my mind about the disclaimer being like a sign or statement that I’m a liar or that my work isn’t truthful or like, hell, the letter A for adulteress they used to pin on wicked women.... [...]

(As mentioned in other Seth books, Jane has her own physical hassles. [...]

Pretend that your life’s experience is a page of a book that you write, read, and experience from top to bottom, left to right, sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph. [...]

[...] In the “entire book of life,” however, just physically speaking, there are interrelationships on adjacent levels that you do not perceive, as other portions of your own biological consciousness or biological language relate to the entire living fabric of the world. [...]

(Today I finished typing final copy for Session 733 of “Unknown” Reality—leaving just 11 to go to finish the book. [...]

Some of the reasons for such activities are sketched in our new book. [...]

[...] It appears that intuitively at least Jane has made the right decision, to concentrate upon the books; at least they offer something the way she wants it to be. [...]

[...] Seth often did this — whether we asked him to or not — closing out book and/or general sessions with comments of varying length for Jane and me.

The man of letters is not understood either, and you feel that your brothers cannot understand what you do, since their minds seem relatively closed —relatively closed—to the books themselves, which would automatically offer an explanation. [...]

[...] But you also told him that the money for books, that came in a check, was just as good, and that there was more of it. [...]

[...] When you paint, you feel you cannot justify your art, and in our books you wonder what percentage your notes and contributions might make in the overall royalties, say. [...]

[...] These ideas to some extent even inhibit natural plans rising in your mind, notes of your own that would automatically lead to a book of your own—because you pursue yourself. [...]

With you, Nebene checked the details of the book. [...] You made some remark that the book was marred because of the great gaps in sessions, Ruburt’s attitude, and so forth. Ruburt therefore felt that you were accusing him again of a poor performance, and for other reasons also felt that in your eyes these faults took precedence over the book’s obvious merit. [...]

The Nebene characteristics came particularly to the fore in the transcription of my book of course, and with the encounter with your friend Sue. [...]

[...] At the same time he also felt guilty and the book, Seven, is filled with purpose regardless.

(At 8:30 tonight Jane and I discussed Seth’s progress on his book. [...] She wasn’t reading the book now, but she realized Seth wasn’t following, literally, the outline he’d given for it before he began dictating it chapter by chapter. [...]

(Seth suspended dictation on his book at my request, but during a brief interlude suggested that I have Jane turn on the rest of the lights in the room when she came out of trance. [...]

Now I am ending this chapter, and with it I am ending Part One of my book. [...]

(But Seth wasn’t through work on his book yet. [...]

You may, for example, have read books numbering the “inner realms,” and telling you what you can expect to encounter in each. [...] In a strange way these books do provide a service, for at certain levels you will find your own ideas materialized; and if you believe in demons then in those terms you will encounter them. [...]

[...] If you asked someone else, this individual might say instead: “New York City has the finest of museums, open-air concerts in some of the parks, fine sculpture, theater, and probably the greatest collection of books outside of the Vatican. [...]

Now if you read such books you may often program your activity along those lines, in the same way that a visitor to New York City might program experience of the city in terms of what he or she had been told existed there.

[...] In each of her books she tries to more clearly communicate the details and developments of her journey. [...]

[...] Trying to finish that book makes me feel like my feet are in quicksand up to my knees. [...]

(One thing I’ve learned above all else: I’ll never again create a situation like this, where years pass before a book is delivered to the publisher. [...]

Now: distorted as it is, and it is distorted, the science of mind book, coming from outside of himself, in those terms, is valuable, for it reminded him of his own power. [...]

The workings of consciousness, however, may seem mysterious to you both, but the decision to continue the book means that Ruburt is ready to accept the power of his being, this will indeed materialize with his health. [...]

[...] (Amused; meaning Seth had already given material on Cézanne and on his own book.)

[...] My heartiest regards—and I will tell you, though you have not asked me, you are doing an excellent job on my book. [...]

(Long pause.)I hope to finish our book regardless of your publishing plans and so forth, and at this general point that will be beneficial to our friend as he sees some daily accomplishment made in that area. [...]

[...] He does not have to publish a book every year on the button. [...]

(11:24 P.M. Seth’s production of his book had come to be a natural part of the framework by now. [...] Many people knew about his book by now.

[...] There are observers, as you will see later in our book. [...]

(A note, added later: Except for one instance, Seth was to give many more chapters after this session before Jane looked at the book again….)

[...] Our editor at Prentice-Hall, Tam Mossman, insisted that Ankh-Hermes publish another, full-length edition of Jane’s book in the Dutch language. [...]

Tonight, Seth suggested that “portions of this session can be appended to the book,” meaning Dreams, but I found it easier to offer most of his generalized material verbatim while eliminating his information on one of my dreams.)

[...] In man’s very early history, however, and in your terms for centuries after the “awakening,” as described in our book, people lived in good health for much longer periods of time—and in certain cases they lived for several centuries.¹ No one had yet told them that this was impossible, for one thing. [...]

(10:02.) Now, portions of this session can be appended to the book.

[...] [In Chapter Eighteen of Jane’s own book, The Seth Material, Seth gave as members of this entity Christ, of course, and John the Baptist.] I told Jane now that I thought Seth intended to go into this whole matter much more thoroughly later in this book.

[...] If you are lost in a book and unaware momentarily of your immediate environment, you are not afraid that it will be gone when you want to turn your attention back to it. [...]

[...] In this realm of consciousness an entire book may be written, or one’s life plans thoroughly scrutinized. [...]

(“I hope you’ll cover for your book the question Jane and I were discussing at the supper table this evening, about what you actually see when you’re speaking to a group of people — focusing upon each of us as individuals in this time and place.”)

[...] My perceptions were dealt with in the earlier chapters of the book, but not in just that way….

[...] Ever since then I’ve wanted to ask him to say more about this in his own book. [...]

I am sure you will like my book when you read it.

Part One of the book is to be called: “Where You and the World Meet.” The heading that you asked about is for Part Two of the book (“Your Body as Your Own Unique Living Sculpture,” etc., given in the 637th session in Chapter Nine). [...]

[...] As I have mentioned in other books, the soul cannot affirm itself fully through bodily experience at any given “time,” so in those terms there are always portions of you that are unexpressed.

Ruburt has been working on a book of poems called The Dialogues, and in it recently he wrote of the double worlds. [...]

[...] Jane’s trance had been really deep, her pace as fast as it’s been since Seth began this book. [...]