“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

There is no particular reason why others could not hear me, but practically speaking the ego is usually on guard to prevent such communications. The ego regards anything but itself as an alien, even the portions of the individual’s own subconscious. Since these are so often denied by the ego, it is no wonder that voices such as mine only infrequently break through.

Philip was not consciously thinking of me, and his ego was not on guard. [...]

[...] Now your own system is relatively (underlined) closed, in that within it as a rule only one ego predominates, and you think of yourself as that ego.

[...] In these the inner self is aware of itself as more than one ego. [...]

The spontaneous self is learning to manipulate and maneuver within the somewhat rigid ego limitations. Yet the ego has also expanded, and has allowed channels to open. [...]

[...] This Inner Sense, like all others, is being used constantly by the inner self, but very little of the data received is sifted through to the subconscious or ego. [...]

This data must be interpreted in such a way that the conscious mind then can give a prediction, say, but also in such a way that its reality exits simultaneously with consciousness, but never so replacing consciousness that the ego grows alarmed. [...] Then it is too late for the ego to close its gates against them. [...]

[...] The subconscious can be trained to do so, but usually it is necessarily hampered in that it cannot use those ranges of intensity which make up meanings to the ego. [...]

Your ego is now focused within this reality. You have other egos focused in other realities. [...]

Now some of those within your reality are having their first experience with an ego as you think of it. [...]

It was invented by the ego to protect the ego, because of the mistaken conception of dual existence; that is, because man felt that a predictable, conscious self did the thinking and manipulating, and an unpredictable self did the breathing and dreaming. [...]

[...] The inner senses are not accustomed to operating so freely, and this sometimes upsets the all-present ego. [...]

[...] In prehistoric times, mankind evolved the ego to help him deal with camouflage patterns that he had, himself, created. [...]

[...] It is, after all, a method of acquainting the ego, through effects, with the abilities of the whole self of which it is a part.

The inner self and the deeper layers of the subconscious are relatively free however from the ego’s false gods, and it is for this reason that precognitions are at all possible. For these layers of the self are simply able to perceive a larger portion of action than the ego is able or willing to perceive. As a rule, the ego will not even accept the information that is derived in such a manner, for to do so would be to deny those artificial precepts of continuity upon which it feels its dominance rests.

[...] Much of this is the result of the limitations of the physical organism, but much more is the effect of the development of the ego, which attempts to set itself up and apart from action.

The ego however is quite secure. [...]

Now this sense, like all other inner senses, is being used by the inner self-conscious ego, but the outer ego is not permitted awareness along these lines. A minimum amount of information from these inner senses is given to the outer ego after it is sifted through the subconscious. [...]

[...] Without this sixth sense, and without its constant use by the inner self-conscious ego, you could not even construct the physical camouflage universe of your own plane. This sense, again, is used constantly beneath the outer ego’s awareness, and forms the basis for camouflage constructions on every plane.

[...] Methods will be given that will allow the present ego, to some extent, to become aware of its own greater reality. And a man or a woman who is aware of only one of his or her own egos will be considered an idiot, indeed. [...]

[...] For when you momentarily leave aside your ego, as I have told you before, there is not chaos, there is not darkness, there is not a maze of subjectivity. [...]

[...] Your dream life is continuous, only your waking ego closes out the inner stimuli and does not see it, for it must concentrate upon physical daily reality. [...]

The ego, as a rule, is frightfully leery of such action, since to it an out-of-body experience always symbolizes physical death. At the same time the ego becomes more assured after successful projections, since it discovers itself not only intact but immeasurably enriched. Indeed, the ego both fights, fears and desires any creative act. Any creative act, including the production of any art, necessitates a momentary release from the ego, an escape from it, which the ego fears.

Yet again, the ego is enriched and therefore allows the self more freedom. [...]

The results are then checked by the inner ego against the action that was chosen for actuality within the physical system. These results are then sent to certain portions of the subconscious, where through this information knowledgeis gained as to whether or not the ego and the subconscious made the best decision under the circumstances.

[...] Often the ego is even made aware of dream events. [...]

[...] The results of the other two actions are perceived by the inner ego.

If you must think in layers to make this clearer, then this probable self would exist on the other side of the subconscious from the ego.

[...] And in all cases, the ego that you know develops and learns, and this alters the nature of the self that you are now, and it changes the characteristics of the ego as you presently think of it. [...]

Now, when you change the character of the ego as you think of it, you change it not only for yourselves, but for the species of which you are a part. [...]

[...] Such reactions are carefully screened out, away from conscious awareness, by the ego. The ego finds such occurrences extremely distracting and annoying, and when forced to admit their validity will resort to the most far-fetched rationalizations to explain them.

[...] It is not, and never was, imprisoned by ego time. Its perceptions of other times are merely inhibited by the ego. [...]

A point here: It is not understood at all that the uppermost or personal layer of the subconscious is concerned with maintaining the autocratic control and position of the conscious ego. Its inhibitions always are intended to protect the ego.

[...] For the record, you realize that when I speak of consciousnesses I do not refer to that conscious ego, but rather to inner consciousness, that then helps form the material image.

There is no point in giving you a superficial analysis, since dreams usually impart knowledge that can be utilized by several levels of the personality; though consciously the information perceived and brought into meaningful context by the subconscious may not be at all comprehensible to the ego, it is nevertheless utilized by the whole personality.

He has been reading various sections of the material, including portions having to do with the ego, personality and action, and you see attempted to set himself aside from the action in which his whole personality was intimately involved. As impossible [to do] as the ego’s general attempt to insist upon some sort of permanent, unchanging, stable identity, since it is composed of action.

[...] (Long pause.) Whenever the ego gains overcontrol, or sets itself up to oppose deep and basic action within the whole personality, then in doing so it also blocks to some considerable extent the passage or use of the whole personality’s vital energy.

[...] It is impossible for the ego to block off specific connections with the whole personality, therefore any barriers effectively impede whole blocks of active and necessary vitality. [...]

[...] As simply as possible the self, the inner self with which the ego is only vaguely familiar, that self which is the inner strength, continuity and identity, that gives the ego its vital meaning, that inner self, dear friend, is constantly being born.

[...] Even the uppermost or surface elements of the self with which you are familiar, the ego and the uppermost layers of the subconscious, even these cannot be said to be born at any given time, in time as you conceive it.

[...] One of the more interesting points the spokesman made was that much instruction was passed on to our plane of existence through dreams; this when the ego was more relaxed.

[...] Although some instruction was given to personalities on this plane through dreams, it was difficult because of the ever-guarding ego. [...]

[...] Now your ego, your exterior self, focuses outward into physical reality. [...]

Now this inner drama cannot be understood by the ego, and so it is projected outward into external reality. [...]

([Mark D.:] “My ego will not step aside and let me communicate with this vitality. [...]

Be kind to your ego. [...]

[...] The spider has no intellect or ego, and its activities are pure spontaneous uses of the Inner Senses, unhampered and uncamouflaged to a great extent. [...]

[...] Gap between (t no) ego and subconscious, vital forces escape. [...]

[...] Fragment ego not strong. [...]