“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

4. The English naturalist, Charles Darwin (1809–1882), maintained in his theory of organic evolution that all plants and animals develop from their own previous forms by inheriting minute variations through succeeding generations, with those forms best fitted to the environment being the ones most likely to survive.

[...] They represent what you would call an evolution of energy, so far advanced as to be unrecognizable as life to you.

I will have to go into what we will call for now evolution at some time to explain the influence of the inner world upon the outer world, because the species to which you have the honor of belonging is now moving in the direction of breakthrough discoveries, as far as inner reality is concerned. [...]

[...] The species of mankind, and all other species in your universe on your particular horizontal plane, follow this law under the auspices of evolution. [...]

Evolution is energy’s movement toward conscious expression in the physical universe, but it is basically nonphysical. [...]

There are of course therefore obvious variations in life within one generalized plane, and many various sorts of evolution occurring. [...]

Aside from whatever difficulties I may have about resolving the internal beauties of our physical construction with our external behavior, I hope my deep skepticism about this little “official” scenario on evolution is apparent here. [...]

[...] I want to arrange my approach to Seth’s latest book, Dreams, “Evolution,” and Value Fulfillment, so that I can quote part of this session in a note.)

In Dreams, “Evolution,” and Value Fulfillment Seth outlines the great cosmic and private energies that in our terms once brought into existence the reality of the universe and the birth of those private, cohesive realities in which our own individual daily lives are couched.

[...] However this technological development will come first; unfortunately the corresponding ethical evolution will follow after.

Nor does the evolution of either an idea or a species involve time. [...]

[...] What about the spacious present and its connection with evolution? [...]

At another time we will have sessions dealing with evolution, and in these sessions we will cover the advent of clock time and its many ramifications. [...]

[...] Evolution began on your plane to begin with.

In the systems in which evolution of consciousness has worked in that fashion, all faculties of body and mind in one “lifetime” are beautifully utilized. [...]

Two things were involved: a certain evolution of your abilities, using the eye phenomena. [...]

[...] If the worst was bound to happen, as the scientists certainly think, even evolution, in their terms, would have been impossible, of course — a nice point to put somewhere (all intently).

[...] The reflection of this law is seen in reincarnation, evolution, and physical growth.

[...] Such inner knowledge is inherent in the cells, and in ordinary terms of evolution is quite possible as a “future” development.

[...] The entire drama would involve the “evolution” of an emotion or belief. [...]