“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

That effect is something else entirely and happens only on certain occasions, and it is caused by something quite different. [...]

[...] Now in your position, you of all people, should recognize feelings within yourself, the effects of others upon you and be even more vigilant of the effect of what you say upon others. [...]

[...] Religion has been the cause of much prejudice and cruelty, but the bomb over Hiroshima was not caused by the Catholic Saint Theresa showering down any roses. [...]

[...] Many such apparent effects on your plane are also but manifestations.

[...] On your plane mental enzymes cause many chemical reactions. [...]

[...] From Ruburt’s viewpoint he receives the visual image with auditory effects. [...]

The physical effects in Saratoga at your last trip (summer 1970) were caused by guilt, Ruburt feeling that he was so close and would not visit his mother. [...]

[...] Each one definitely has an effect physically upon any of the thousands of muscles, and usually the same fear affects the same area of the body. [...]

The apathy was caused when he simply decided to bring things to an end. [...]

The effect of any thought is a quite precise and definite one, that is set into motion specifically because of the nature of its own electromagnetic identity. [...] These effects change the actual molecular structure of the physical cells of the organism, for better or for worse, and because of certain laws of attraction a habitual pattern will operate. [...]

Poor health is indeed caused mainly by habitual destructive thought patterns which directly affect the physical system, because of the particular range within the electromagnetic system in which they fall; and despite any objections I will stick by this statement. [...]

For these thoughts set up charges that oftentimes cannot be used effectively by the physical organism, and when excesses of such charges occur an illness develops. [...]

[...] To my knowledge nothing is known about the healing effect that often occurs in dreams themselves. [...]

[...] It may not be so obvious that many of your present actions are caused by a belief in guilt. [...]

(I now described an effect that had started to bother me after the session had begun; it’s a good little example of the way beliefs can work. [...]

(I told Jane I’d thought of using the pendulum after the session to get at the cause of the hand phenomenon, since I didn’t want to interrupt book dictation by asking Seth about it. [...]

The conflicting beliefs, then, cause the difficulty in the method. [...]

Remember again that the intellect can see only so far, and that it uses the cause-and-effect kind of logic, while magical events leapfrog that kind of orientation. [...]

[...] It is a fact that fears were hidden, that caused body beliefs to operate.

His symptoms have been a fear of growth on the one hand, and on the other a way of effecting growth with safety, according to his beliefs. [...]

[...] You then become aware in whatever way you choose of the physical effects within your body. [...] With great sensitivity you are able to see what physical effect the decision will have — whether the state of the body remains the same, whether there is a great sense of health within it, or the incipient beginning of great difficulties.

[...] It is adjacent to your normal consciousness, separated from it very slightly; and yet in it very definite effects can appear that are not present in your usual state.

[...] Suggestions given are much more effective. [...]

[...] When requested to, she has been able to enter the bodies of others with this miniature self, to check on various maladies, their causes, etc. [...]

Since any materialization is in effect a mediation between what we may call an ideal which is, by nature, of itself not materialized, and a practical working perceivable symbol of the ideal, each materialization must be composed of some camouflage elements. [...]

[...] There is no separate force that causes action. [...]

[...] But is effects upon camouflage can often be perceived.

The result is an effect of more rather than less time, and in many cases the deepening of perspectives. [...]

[...] And muscles can cause a sinking sensation that is quite natural, and a beneficial sign that should be psychologically interpreted as such.

You have not thought it would have an effect. [...]

[...] The question I asked at its end—about what effects my opinions of Prentice-Hall might have had on Jane over the years—has been on my mind ever since I asked it, and Seth replied that it was “too big a subject” to go into at once. [...]

(Now I explained to Jane what I considered to be “a gorgeous little illustration” of how unconscious hassles can go on in the psyche quite unsuspected by the conscious mind as the cause for physical difficulties: As stated, when I woke up this afternoon my stomach hurt. [...]

[...] This may cause temporary disorientation, but that will also pass, as you can see. [...]

[...] I do not want to lay stress upon any negative effects, but to explain differences of opinion and behavior. [...]

And may I also say that if voice effects are necessary in order that you read my material, then my dear doctor voice effects galore shall you receive. (Very loud.) For I am above all things, once again, an educator, and as such like all educators I am sly, and you shall receive whatever effects you require in my good time. [...]

(I joked with Seth about the great voice effects, and Seth agreed that he had not yet reached the peak in voice effects, at least as far as volume went. Whereupon Jane rose to her feet again and treated us to a voice display that in my opinion exceeded to some small degree the voice effects we had taped this evening. [...]

[...] There are indeed as I have said, effects that I can show you, and I will. Effects that will at least be of some import; but you must remember the table in our analogy of the man in the trance state.

[...] When these effects came on, Jane usually stood upright, with her head back to some degree; this made me think of a trumpet. [...] And of course during these effects she displayed no evidence of strain. [...]

The interior self causes the physical challenges that then seem to spurt further bodily activity. [...]

[...] An idiocy of a kind, and a complete blockage, a denial of experience along certain lines that is far more detrimental than a specific problem, for there is an inability of the personality to express itself to any effective degree in that area.

[...] They limit his effective area of psychic and creative activity. [...]

[...] Until these emerged physically he was not aware of them sufficiently enough to handle them effectively. [...]

[...] When she returned home she used the pendulum to learn that she had been repressing reactions to a statement of mine of the other day, to the effect that I didn’t think she’d be able to get around well enough to go on tour for Seth Speaks, if Prentice-Hall asked us to. [...]

[...] Ruburt feels emotions deeply, hence the repression of them causes such difficulties. [...]

[...] This is an accomplishment being made now, even though the physical effects have not caught up with you.

[...] Since we learned their cause they have slackened a good deal, but I asked that Seth discuss them in case there was more to be learned here.

[...] If this is the wife’s death, then it is caused by something other than this long lingering illness of hers. [...]

[...] Except for vacations and a few rest periods, sessions should be regular for overall effectiveness. [...]

(“Were we correct about his symptoms for the last couple of days?” Jane’s annoying head manifestations, said by her pendulum to be caused by the Pitre session.)

The world in those terms (pause) is as much the result of unpredictable behavior, unforeseen events, unexpected benefits, unforeseeable conditions, as it is the result of predictable actions, usual cause-and-effect phenomena (pause), and a close inspection of public and private life would show quite clearly that both are magnificently touched by significant coincidences. [...]

The Sinful-Self concept causes you to expect the worst in any given situation. [...]

[...] The two attitudes, while they may seem similar, are really quite opposite in their intent and effect. [...] The self-disapproval causes the condition, however, and not the other way around. [...]

[...] Not only of nature’s power and its effects upon civilization, but it also provides you with a very small hint of the other side of the picture, for man despite himself has not lost entirely that identification with the elements. [...]

[...] It can be used most effectively and in the past at times Ruburt used it well, particularly with your help—largely because he believed it necessary. [...]

This may cause bewilderment and disorientation to such a transforming personality. [...]

In his reading he came across a statement to the effect that imaginary two-dimensional people could not comprehend a three-dimensional system. [...]

[...] These emotional equations however form effects that oftentimes react within your system. [...]

There are chemical as well as psychic reasons for these effects, and at some times of course he operates more efficiently than others. [...]

[...] But what about cause and effect, then? [...] Seth’s attitude toward cause and effect will become clear enough in his later explanations of the true nature of “time,” but when Rob first asked the question, Seth answered:

“Since all events occur at once in actuality, there is little to be gained by saying that a past event causes a present one. Past experience does not cause present experience. [...]

[...] Time as you experience it is an illusion caused by your own physical senses. [...]

“When it is said that certain characteristics from a past life influence or cause present patterns of behavior, such statements—and I have made some of them—are highly simplified to make certain points clear.

(But with a new insight growing out of this month’s series of private sessions, I explained, I now felt that one could more directly get at the heart of one’s challenges, instead of trying to cajole the body into behaving differently—after all, the body’s condition was the result of certain ways of thinking, not the cause of the trouble. [...] The cause of Jane’s symptoms is her fear of the spontaneous self—that is the area that needs treatment. [...]

(As we began to reread Monday’s session this morning, Jane said something that triggered a reaction on my part that I felt was based on material Seth gave in that session: “I tell my body every day that I trust it, that it can bear my weight when I go to the john, for example,” or words closely to that effect. [...]

They do present difficulties, however, and are the cause of the panicky emotions he feels at times. [...]

[...] (Pause.) Anything that I may say in a session is relatively agreeable to him, though its publication in book form may at times cause difficulty as he wonders how the material will be interpreted by others. [...]