“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] Who else do you speak with more than you speak to me?

[...] But contrariwise he doubted, always probed and then often doubted quite legitimate results, as indeed he sometimes continues to do so.

[...] There are distortions because of the limitations of the outer senses, but the inner senses do not distort. [...]

[...] Ruburt is doing well without one, but I am concerned with your fingers. [...]

The information that was given to you and which you did not understand had to do with this man, and his impression of you had much to do with what I am saying, insofar as the company, and Philip’s connection to it, is concerned.

[...] This is difficult for him to do; he has ulcers.

(I was somewhat dubious about Jane’s hypnosis attempts since we haven’t had time to do much work in this direction lately. [...]

[...] As soon as he mentioned Cleveland I asked him to say nothing more about it, in the event Seth chose to do so later. [...]

(I was now most interested in taking some measurements from both Jane and myself while our hands felt this way, as Bill Macdonnel had helped me do in the 47th session, when we found definite physical evidence of finger enlargement. Not being able to do this at the moment however, I did recall Seth’s very definite statements in the 49th session, page 63, concerning his most conservative attitude toward demonstrations.)

[...] Since the identity-consciousness is composed of the combined and cooperating generalized consciousness of all the body’s atoms and molecules, and the consciousness of the inner ego, these molecular consciousnesses that once or initially found expression in forming their physical construction, no longer do so; but are competent to do so again when the self-consciousness so demands.

[...] I do enjoy the blinds open also.

[...] Since consciousness to begin with does not exist in space, then there is no reason why the consciousness cannot so expand beyond its set limitations, and theoretically continue to do so. [...]

[...] Since we do not have a telephone last-minute verification is difficult, and we may have a phone installed.

[...] They are not equipped to handle other realities, nor should they be expected to do so.

A familiarity must be gained by an individual with the general nature of his own dreams first, as Ruburt now has some knowledge or intuition that enables him to distinguish between dreams that originate in areas having to do with past lives, and those which originate in other areas, though he is not yet able to further differentiate.

The basic and originating dream sequence occurred in that area of the subconscious having to do with past lives, and of course expanded into other areas. [...]

[...] They do not know about the sessions. [...] Also, although the room was well lighted the shades were closed, a practice Jane and I do not indulge in otherwise.

[...] The various aspects of the self communicate with each other, when they do, in a very sly fashion, for no such communication is direct. They are like relatives who do not speak to each other, yet each one knows what goes on in the other’s household.

[...] If you appear to hear voices out of the past, if you seem to see into the future, it is because the dream state is a more or less faithful approximation of a basic reality in which your time and space simply do not exist.

[...] Do not however strain yourself trying to figure out whether or not the suggestions are being followed. [...]

What we are going to have to do, then, is start over. It is indeed quite possible to do so, for you will be working with material with which you are intimately familiar: your own thoughts, emotions, and beliefs.

(Long pause.) Large numbers of the population do indeed live unsatisfactory lives, with many individuals seeking goals that are nearly unattainable because of the conglomeration of conflicting beliefs that all vie for their attention. [...]

[...] Why was she doing the sessions? [...]

Those feelings do indeed encourage expression of consciousness, and release intuitive information that may otherwise be buried beneath tensions and fears.

[...] You do not have to try and blot out the physical world, or your ordinary consciousness, in order to achieve the necessary knowledge that leads to vibrant health or experiences. [...]

[...] They do not necessarily make themselves known with great clamor or fanfare, but suddenly the most innocuous, innocent birdsong or the sight of a leaf might reveal knowledge of the profoundest nature. [...]

[...] All would-be suicides do not follow through, and many end up leading long and productive lives, so that even when negative ideas are present in their most severe forms, there is still hope for improvement and accomplishment.

[...] I do not want our sessions ever to become a chore. However I do prefer that their regularity be maintained and I am perfectly agreeable now and then to making them briefer, due to circumstances. [...]

[...] Sleep tight, but again I do look forward to our sessions, and dislike saying good-bye so soon.

You are doing well nevertheless, and I bid you a most fond good evening.

I will go into the reasons for his trouble during our next session, as I do not believe he can bear up to it this evening.

I am extremely sorry that Ruburt feels so badly, and I will do what I can to help. [...]

Incidentally, the book that Ruburt was reading did have something to do with bringing on his condition, and involved a morbid fascination on his part, bringing out many old resentments. [...]

If Ruburt’s mother had it to do over, she would not have had the child; and the child hidden within the adult still feels that the mother actually has the power, even now, to force the child back into the womb, and refuse to deliver it.

[...] This is far better than she could do even a couple of weeks ago, although I think it was back then that she first showed me a slight increase in knee motion. [...]

[...] I haven’t seen her do this in, perhaps, years. [...]

[...] but I’m going to try, because I do feel him in the distance....” [...]

[...] However, as you do not blame, as you do not morally blame the wind for the tumultuous hurricane, and as you do not punish the wind, so you must somehow manage to understand that a wrongdoer, in your eyes, is no more or less to blame than this. [...] Nevertheless, I tell you now that there is much you do not see or know.

[...] It is not too farfetched however to add that all, or many, medicines have unfortunately a foul taste, and that the child who sips such a medicine finds it difficult to believe that such a distasteful brew can do him good.

[...] For many practical reasons at this point, and please underline at this point, it is necessary that man fight against what he considers evil, for he strengthens himself immeasurably by so doing.

[...] It will do neither of you harm, and might do you both good, to discuss our sessions personally with some other persons whom you have mentioned.

[...] A daily routine involving a half-hour’s work with the pendulum will do you good.

What you have been in danger of doing is using too much energy oriented toward the past, and this will also show itself in your physical reactions. [...]

[...] You will find that your condition is now improving and will continue to do so. [...]

[...] I’ve deleted certain portions of his material about us while leaving other parts for presentation here, since they do extend his recent work for “Unknown” Reality.)

[...] The area has brought together diverse kinds of people, united by love of nature, some airy spaces, and some privacy … The people are also achievers of one kind or another, and while [your goals may be different] you appreciate the fact that they are trying to do something with their lives. [...]

[...] You are not moving into a closed psychic area, then, where everyone sees the world as you do, even generally speaking. [...]

[...] Simply put, the cells respond to firelight in somewhat the same manner that flowers do to sunlight. [...]

(After finishing the library material, Jane called The Village Voice on impulse, but ended up feeling she didn’t do well: She didn’t get to speak to Jim Poett, who was not there, or to his editor. [...] Jane also gave the reporter our phone number, which she regretted doing later. [...]

[...] So do not have Ruburt knock himself too badly, and do not feel hangdog in your attitudes about his condition, when you think of it in relationship to our work. [...]

[...] They seem to be factual only in periods when the goals of a society do not fully include the arts or philosophies in the larger organizational structure of the community.

[...] What you do is not as important as your attitudes toward your decisions. [...]

Academic people do like structures, and to some extent mass learning experiences of course require them. [...] You expect more of them than you do others, because you are still blinded by the ideas of authority.

[...] Jane actually reacted better to some of the things he said than I did, to her credit, but I’m sure we can do much better. [...]

[...] Do not expect too much. [...]

[...] Many individuals come into a world for the purpose of changing it for the better, and there is no more efficient way of doing that than by the promotion of ideas—for no exterior altered circumstances can ever be applied from without unless the inner foundations have been laid.

[...] Scientists do not know how many species exist on earth—only that they total in the billions.) If you read it sideways, so to speak, you would still end up with an orderly universe, but one in which the nature of identity would be read completely differently, stressing adjacent subjective communications of a conscious kind that form other kinds or patterns of subjectivity and psychological continuity. These result in the formation of “personalities” or entities who are aware of their own identities by following different pathways than your own, while also in their way contributing to the formation of your universe even as you do.

[...] There are psychological patterns, therefore, that completely escape your notice because they do not follow the conventions that you have established. [...]

[...] These do exist along with the kinds of consciousness that you recognize within the structure of physical life. [...]

[...] At one time, in those terms, you did not draw the lines as finely as you do now. [...]

Animals, then, do not think of illness in terms of good or bad. [...] Mankind feels its own mortality even more than the beasts do.

Do you want to take a break and listen to your geese?

When an animal is sick it immediately begins to remedy the situation, and unconsciously it knows what to do. [...]

[...] It had to do with shock treatment, she said wonderingly. [...]

[...] What did you do when faced with absolutes? “But what are you going to do?”

[...] I really don’t feel like doing it, though....” [...]

[...] I couldn’t believe what was happening, and was already wondering what to do to get out of the situation. [...]

[...] When I asked him again what he would do if he didn’t get into our place, he said, “Why, I think Fred will die. [...]

In a way, however, Seth may do Jane and me something of an injustice when he remarks, for instance, that the Sumari “don’t hang around to cut the grass….” (Again, see Note 10 for Session 732.) Jane and I may be involved with the arts, and impatient at times, but we’re also extremely tenacious when we decide to do something we consider worthwhile. [...]

[...] When they do so appear, their work may set a spark that brings about changes, but they seldom take joint political action. [...]

[...] They are not interested in government, yet they do rely upon it to that extent. [...]

(2. And based upon my comments at the end of Session 732: How do animals, and other life or “nonlife” forms, fit into the counterpart and family-of-consciousness ideas?

Yet American specialists on Iran do not believe that even those two severe decimations of its leadership will result in the collapse of the Iranian government. [...] the government [at least so far], just as the armed forces do. [...]

[...] Even though we could hardly be called impartial, we knew that in her long account of much that had taken place in Jane’s ESP classes, Sue had produced superior work both for herself and for us, through her viewpoint offering new dimensions and insights concerning what all three of us—four, counting Seth!—had been, and still are, trying to do. [...] Seeing it cheered Jane—yet my wife continued to hassle [as she put it] her efforts on Magical Approach, asking herself again and again whether she really wanted to do that book. [...]

[...] We had the fireplace cleaned a couple of years ago, however, and with that break in routine I gave up using it: By then my time had become so taken up each day with what seemed like an endless list of things to do—with trying to help Jane, with working, with running the house, with answering the mail and so forth—that I just stopped making fires.

[...] Colon: You would not get by for one day if the conserving principles and the unexpected did not exist exactly as they do. [...]