“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] Myth-making is a natural psychic characteristic, a psychic element that combines with other such elements to form a mythical representation of inner reality. [...]

[...] Others will be willing enough to see science in its mythical characteristics, but will be most reluctant to see religion as you know it in the same light. [...]

[...] You interpret the phenomena of your world according to the mythic characteristics that you have accepted. [...]

Each person alive is embarked upon the same kind of adventure, dealing with it, however, according to his or her own characteristics and situation. [...]

[...] It is already blessed by All That Is before its birth, and its desires, impulses, and characteristics are also inherently good, meant to insure its own fulfillment, to bring out its best characteristics, and to help the rest of the world as well—all very important issues. [...]

There are certain characteristics inherent in energy itself, quite aside from any that you ascribe to it, since of course to date you do not consider energy conscious.

[...] Instead, your human traits are the result of energy’s characteristics—a rather important difference. [...]

[...] That characteristic of value fulfillment is perhaps the most important element in the being of All That Is, and it is a part of the heritage of all species.

Now because All That Is contains within itself such omnipotent, fertile, divine creative characteristics, all portions of its subjective experience attained dimensions of actuality impossible to describe. [...]

[...] You are amused by the very human characteristics I show. [...] But remember: The characteristics that I show to you, as I have told you often, are only a small portion of my reality. [...] and when you are ready to listen, and when you can accept what I have to say without these characteristics, which you find so familiar and assuring, then your education may begin and Ruburt’s also. [...]

[Seth II:] Let the human characteristics by which you know me, fade into their proper perspective. [...]

[...] Through the characteristics of the brain, events that are of nonphysical origin become physically valid. [...]

[...] In your present existence however you will utilize only those psychological characteristics that you believe you possess. [...]

[...] This is often a time of deep unconscious activity, when new latent probable characteristics are biding their time, so to speak, waiting for emergence.

There is no human being alive who does not have creative abilities in his or her own way, achievements and excellent characteristics, so if you follow these instructions you will find out that you are indeed a worthy individual.

(10:01.) Any help that you give to others will come through the creative utilization of your own characteristics and no one else’s. Do not get upset with yourself when you find yourself dwelling on negative issues in your life. [...]

[...] Yet in material terms they must all realize, sooner or later, not only the challenges but the other peculiar characteristics of creaturehood, in which basically no such generalized beliefs make sense.

(I especially think Seth’s remarks in the last deleted session—for January 1, 1979, to be apropos: “You question your own characteristics, and so your accomplishments fade in your eyes.” I suppose what I want to know is why we must question those characteristics—or at least why we, meaning anyone, cannot live in harmony with them. [...]

[...] They are challenges, highly characteristic of all living matter.

The physical body itself however has much more to do with the maintenance of environment than is realized, for you use it so that your environment becomes almost like a second body, extending outward from the first, through which you express your inclinations and characteristics. [...] You can see here the formation of nationalistic characteristics on a mass level.

[...] (Long pause.) In human beings the genetic structure largely determines physical characteristics such as height, color of eyes, color of hair, color of skin—and, of course, more importantly, the number of fingers and toes, and the other specific physical attributes of your specieshood. [...]

[...] This provides an overall reservoir of psychic characteristics, leanings, abilities, knowledge, that is as much a part of the individual’s heritage as the genetic structure is a part of the physical heritage.

—with great technical facility, regardless of family background, genetically speaking, and again, the reincarnational bank of characteristics accounts for such events. [...]

[...] Art is above all a natural characteristic. [...]

The Nebene characteristics, now creatively used, then also mitigated against Ruburt’s easy expression of such feelings, and he did tie up some characteristics of Nebene with his mother’s scorn. [...]

[...] The urge to learn, perhaps overdone, may be one of the Nebene characteristics, [and as an aside I thoroughly wish the Nebene character did not exist.] But regardless of that, I didn’t think my wish to excel in my chosen field necessarily a poor one. [...]

Put more simply from another viewpoint, each of you as you know yourselves has certain abilities and characteristics of your own. You experience reality through the cast of those abilities and characteristics, but you also stamp the universe with that particular imprint of individuality that is your own, and you attract those events that are suited to your nature and no other.

[...] By its very nature each consciousness is a particular, peculiar, and unique focus of awareness which will experience any possible realities through its own characteristics.

Our ego must have its feet upon the solid earth, it is out of its element, naked and in an unfamiliar environment, outside of the normal characteristics of physical existence. [...]

We will be involved with a study of the characteristics of the dream world in general, and attempt to isolate it as a separate reality simply for the purposes of examination. [...]

[...] Humanity therefore has its own characteristics, and no (in quotes) “outside influence” can go counter to these, but must work with them.

Basically—in your terms now—there is no such thing as an isolated, independent earth stock, in that consciousness did not suddenly erupt from the physical behavior or characteristics of your planet, or in any other.

[...] Those consciousnesses who picked physical materialization choose to operate under certain conditions that then appear as the natural characteristics of a species to you.

They accept certain characteristics, and while experiencing existence within them must follow along the roads they’ve chosen. [...]

[...] Her vanity, however, was not a characteristic woman’s vanity. Her vanity was perhaps the one characteristic that she shared with other members of the family. [...]

[...] The actions and interactions form its characteristics and nature.

She was gentle, and yet displayed a characteristic hauteur, in that she felt that the world was soiled, and so she would come in contact with it as little as possible.

This desire for freedom from worldly concerns is a characteristic in your family on your father’s side. [...]

I want to mention that while form is not a characteristic of matter, it is one of the characteristics of consciousness. [...]

[...] But an individual’s environment will nevertheless be seen to have a consistency of elements, a pattern of appearances, that can be called characteristic of him.

This sense of continuity in individual environment is a result of the individual’s characteristic way of constructing basic psychological structures into physical structures.

I would not have spoken in this way, for this work requires a certain specific rapport, and definite characteristics on the part of the personality involved. [...]

The characteristics needed for “mediumship” are much like those needed by any strongly creative person. [...]

Twice a day for 15 minutes at a time, to take the place of psycho-cybernetics, I want him to dwell upon these positive activities and characteristics. [...]

[...] If you hold them you will feel that those characteristics are given by God. [...]

[...] You may have one, two or three preferred characteristics that correlate with your ideas, for example, but your concepts about age leave you no such freedom; for at one time or another all of you, “if you are lucky” in your terms, will approach old age.

[...] The old are not granted characteristics of wisdom, but feared as evil, bad, undesirable or frightening. [...]

One: I will approve of myself, my characteristics, my abilities, my likes and my dislikes, my inclinations and disinclinations, realizing that these form my unique individuality. [...]

You question your own characteristics, and so your accomplishments fade in your eyes. [...]