“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Do not attempt to force it to follow preconceived patterns, or insist that it be presented in any given manner. To do so is to lessen possibilities, and to limit the good that can come from it, and the number of people that it can reach. [...]

(“Do you mean changes in the atom such as the number of electrons and/or other particles, literally; or are you referring to the nonphysical content of energy within, or carried by, each atom? [...]

Do not insist that it be published in chronological order, in other words. [...]

[...] To begin with, atoms do not just move within themselves because they move because they are atoms.

One has to do with a cluster of things, and a group or a group like a nest, for example. One to do with green.

[...] (Pause.) La Rue (my interpretation), I do not know, a street, or does she rue having entered the shop, you see. The street having to do with flowers, this particular street. [...]

[...] I suggested she demand plenty of energy, as Seth said she could do in the last session. [...]

[...] I do not know. [...]

Overall, whether or not you are conscious of it — for some of you are, and some of you are not — your lives do have a certain psychological shape. [...] You make decisions as the result of feeling impulses to do this or that, to perform in one manner or another, in response to both private considerations and in regard to demands seemingly placed upon you by others. In the vast arena of those numberless probabilities open to you, you do of course have some guidelines. [...] Your personal impulses provide those guidelines by showing you how best to use probabilities so that you fulfill your own potential to greatest advantage — and [in] so doing, provide constructive help to the society at large.

[...] Such a correspondent might lament, for example: “I do not know what to do, or what direction to follow. [...]

[...] And in terms that you do not understand, even those atoms and molecules made their own decisions as the result of recognizing and following those impulsive sparks toward action that are inherent in all consciousness, whatever their statuses in your terms (all with intensity and feeling).

[...] When and how do your impulses affect the world? [...]

[...] Now your class reflects what you are doing, so always look beneath the surface, and examine your class reactions as you examine your dream reactions. All actions are valid—and I do not want to hurt anyone’s feelings—but some dream actions are far more intelligent than some waking ones; and I will close Ruburt’s eyes so that no one knows to whom I am speaking. [...]

Now all of this correlates ever since we began the experiment, and you do indeed have a purpose this evening. [...]

I would do this by whispering, but it is more fun this way. [...]

Now, our regular members will find themselves having more group class dreams, and when you do not have group class dreams, there is a reason for it. [...]

[...] When you look up and recognize, you will accept that which you do not now recognize as yourself, as yourself. [...] It is a self you do not as yet know in your terms.

[...] For you the seminars are run by a self belonging to you that you do not yet know or recognize. For others the seminars are run by selves they do not yet recognize and yet the seminar is run by one and not many.

[...] You need not say who you are, when you know who you are; and if you say who you are, you do not know who you are. [...] If you know who you are, you do not need these words.

[...] I am coming in very quietly indeed, so that I do not startle or frighten Ruburt. [...]

You perceive portions of such actions consciously, some subconsciously, some with the inner senses, but you do not perceive the whole action. [...] Since you do not perceive whole action that occurs within your own system, you do not understand it. So it should not surprise you that you misinterpret projections of other actions from different systems, when they appear as they sometimes do within your own.

[...] Now whether this is spelled g-r-o-a-n, or g-r-o-w-n, I do not know. Nor do I know to what it refers.

Our friend is not at his best this evening, but we shall see what we can do.

[...] They do not conform to the camouflage patterns within any system outside of their own. [...]

You are not putting your full powers into this however, and may as well do so for you will regret it if you do not. This is the field in which you have decided to test your own capabilities and strength, so do so. [...] If I thought you might do otherwise then I would not give you this particular advice, but you have made your decision so you may as well throw all of your energy into it. [...]

[...] There is a man in your own acquaintance who will be somewhat instrumental, and yet you do not regard him as a close friend, and to some extent you distrust him. Again, do not jump the gun, you are not sure whose hand may be on the trigger.

[...] Do not spend your energy in idle hobby pursuits. They do not fool you. [...]

Now you must be on your toes then, and you will be if you do not move ahead of time. For to do so would put you in an unfortunate line of competition for the vacant spot (on the triangle). It will be yours by right when you take it, while others are bickering, and you will be beyond it before they have ceased bickering.

[...] What information do you have, for example, presently unknown to yourself? [...] Do not put any great stake in your predictions, for if you do you will be very disappointed if they do not work out, and end the entire procedure.

[...] You must do this exercise, however, for simply reading about it will not give you the experience that comes from the actual exercise. Do it many times.

(9:20.) First of all, these other organizations do not deal primarily with time at all, but with the emotions and associative processes. [...]

The next time you find yourself in the middle of a like experience, with associations flowing freely, then become more aware of what you are doing. [...]

(Through the day Jane herself received periodic insights from Seth about the condition, mostly having to do with her fears that she wasn’t walking enough, and not trusting the body to do its own thing in the recovery process. [...]

[...] I am going to suggest a program, and regardless of what you think of it, the two of you, I would like you to try it, and urge you to do so. I do not expect that you will approve of it entirely, but I can assure you that it will be beneficial if you try to place trust in what I am saying.

[...] Only in dealing with Ruburt’s body do you both become so literal, so determined. [...] Whenever the two of you manage to free your creative abilities, and set them to work on the physical situation, you do see some results.

[...] Do I trust the world or inspiration or whatever?—but your questions themselves are now loaded with built-in negative suggestions. [...]

[...] I had yesterday’s session typed, and she tried several times to read it without success — even after I’d given her eyedrops, she just couldn’t do it today. [...]

[...] I said if it was dyed, as she used to do, that she’d look fine, just like her old self. [...]

(Finally, Jane got tired of waiting for people to do her vitals, and decided to start the session.

(Karina was hollering out in the hall, around the corner, and had been doing so steadily ever since I got there.)

[...] Or maybe I’ll do a little more,” Jane said. [...] Maybe if you can’t do it, you can get some help.”

[...] “Whatever I’m going to do, I’m going to do.”

(Jane ate a little of several things for supper — about as she’s been doing the last few days. [...] She’s lost a great deal of weight; her arms look skeletal — so do her legs to a lesser degree.

[...] But I told Jane that I couldn’t ask her to do something she didn’t want to do. [...]

[...] Do you receive it? Do you accept it or reject it, or does it do you good on certain levels? [...] If you get the messages we sent you, do they do any good at all?” The questions would apply in any dream exchange among people, of course.

[...] “What good does it do for Seth to go into me? [...]

[...] Sometimes that picture is a fairly faithful representation, and sometimes people make artificial portraits of themselves, and instead of speaking for themselves to others, they let their artificial portraits do it for them. [...]

[...] To do so he must change his own reality, alter his feeling of relationship with himself, and between himself and others. [...]

[...] Do they bring a loaf of bread to their room? Something they intended to do today and did not do. [...]

They do not seem to have much unity, though they are all closely connected. (Long pause.) I do not understand. [...] I do not know to what it refers. [...]

Illness in many ways is a learned response, and it follows patterns set up in the system having to do with memory banks, though we shall find a better word here.

I am not denying at all that physical changes do occur, for this is all the more the pity. [...]

[...] (Pause.) The connection he did not get had to do with the television commercials on the Carson show; the pressure applied by the medical profession, telling you not to trust the body, and the man, Doc [Severinsen], who is the master of ceremonies in a big show—signifying nothing as per your joint overall interpretation of the show in particular. Do you have other questions?

You do not have the responsibility to change the world for the better. [...]

I do want to emphasize, however, the existence of people like the young man who came today. [...]

[...] Greg simply wanted to say thanks for the work Jane is doing, with my help. [...]

[...] “The insides of my eyes do things—I don’t know what, when I do them.” [...]

[...] Such as, “Don’t do this,” or “Don’t do that.” [...]

(Long pause.) They end up actually threatening their children, though usually they do not of course understand what they are doing. [...]

[...] Jane was doing well, and had slept well last night. [...]

[...] I am very pleased with your progress, and if I do not come through with a voice as light as a butterfly, that does not mean that I am a lightweight. [...] It is simply that you must do your studying. [...]

[...] Though I am hardly spectacular, I will have to do. [...] But you do not as yet know your other selves and you will meet them. [...]

You must, you should realize, that your own personalities exist in realities of which you do not know, and yet a portion of you is so aware of these existences. You find me impersonal as Ruburt does, and yet it is simply because you do not understand the gestalt of personality and action and the meaning of identity. [...]

Your friend (Anne H., speaking to Florence) is doing well and you should not worry. [...]

[...] Doing this work and having the session made us both feel much better. [...] Jane got up at 5 AM to do some work, and also went for a walk around the block before calling me for breakfast at 8.)

[...] Because you would stand out, because it was not the thing to do, and he felt and believed that those were precisely the reasons why you did not want him to do so.

[...] In a way Ruburt was doing precisely what you would do on one level—not leaving the house, avoiding tours, simply working, cutting out all distractions, and again you approved—not of methods, but of everything else.

[...] Ruburt was doing what you wanted to do, without the mountaintop. [...]

[...] If you really do not want to get well, then no doctor or chiropractor can help you, for you will substitute symptoms. The treatments do serve as an aid however, but he should not expect (underlined) the retracing effects, for there is no reason why they should operate in his case.

[...] I do not want positive suggestions just slipped on like bandages, leaving the fears unreleased or unrecognized. [...] Do you have questions?

If you do not have any questions, do you have any remarks?

[...] The repression of fears was latched onto for the reasons given in a recent session—the habitual syndrome—do you recall?

You must want to do this however. Often you do not want to see the body by itself, so to speak, and so you choose methods that make this more difficult. [...]

(Tonight Jane was asked to do some mailing work at the gallery where she used to work.)

He may now, if he wants, visit his Piper friend, giving himself constructive suggestions when doing so.

If you keep this in mind, generally speaking, then you will find yourself able to do so within a brief time. [...]

[...] You know its effects, you breathe it constantly, but consciously you do not realize what you are doing. You do not know how air tastes unless you really think hard about it. [...]

For example had you left your last job when you were first very strongly tempted to do so, and when Ruburt urged you to do so, you would not have become sick in the way that you were. [...]

Your so-called mediums are simply people who know more about what they are doing. [...] You can use these abilities in a practical manner and you have already begun to do so to some extent. [...]

Mental enzymes have much to do with psychic phenomena naturally, as they have to do with the transformation of energy on any level and of any kind. [...]