“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] You were at the same time determined to set yourself apart from the world to some extent, while still maintaining and developing an emotional contact with a mate that would be unlike any in your earlier experience.

There are reasons why he “relapsed,” but the point of power is in the present, and this material and its understanding by Ruburt is more important than “past” causes. [...]

[...] In the 350th Session for July 6, 1967, is a sentence which has stayed with me— when Seth said: “Ruburt has an unfortunate sense of unworthiness, without which the situation [Jane’s symptoms] could not have developed.” [...]

[...] The development of abilities and the ESP book represented an effort by the spontaneous self to express itself, for this other portion of the personality was ready then to take over, and it then retaliated with the beginning of symptoms.

With an understanding of this material, yes. [...]

[...] It realizes it is in jeopardy however, and the classes have served to open a wedge of understanding.

Had your abilities been developed sufficiently, you could have seen through these probable futures into the actual physical future event that would come to pass. [...] The development of your character and of Stephen’s would be drastically reduced.

This is simply a matter of time and development. [...] Your material will come in a slightly different manner, and the psychological framework that develops about you will be of a somewhat different nature than that which exists between Ruburt and myself.

[...] (Smile.) You will forgive me, for my slight amusement is also tinged with rather compassionate understanding. [...]

Ruburt has done very well in understanding these body changes, and has been aided by your support there. [...]

[...] They invest time and enthusiasm—and that kind of grassroot development is in the long run more apt to change the beliefs of a society than any authoritative dictums from the specialists, whatever their field. [...]

[...] They have inbuilt leanings, then, quite understandably if regrettably, that mitigate against their looking with clear eyes upon work that shows the gaps in their own understanding or systems.

Suggestion would of course play a part in the development of these abilities. It is difficult, even though we are so far into our sessions, to give you any full understanding yet of what is involved in the basic nature of suggestion, but as we go deeper into the subject there will be experiments that you both can try.

[...] I have been strict concerning our schedule, since conditioning must be set up, and while we always allowed for some spontaneity, it was necessary that Ruburt develop greater efficiency in his handling of the trance state.

It goes without saying that each newborn consciousness within your system carries within it the capsule comprehension of which I have previously spoken; and if you recall, each atom and molecule, each and every smallest particle that can by any stretch of the imagination be called physical matter, contains within it its own independent capsule comprehension—inherent suggestions in coded form, in not one but several codes, that give complete instructions for development and growth.

[...] Here suggestion constantly plays its part in the formation of the tissues, and in all other such areas of development and growth. [...]

[...] It must be remembered that at the start of this experiment neither of us knew what would develop.)

[...] Because I am attached to Ruburt now, his ideas of course color many of mine, so his fear of the passing years developed upon your fear of them ten years ago, projected now into your future, as ten years older than he. [...]

[...] I go along with the psychic development, as long as it adds to your work and influences it. [...]

[...] I released the creativity full force then in the beginning of Adventures and the new (Sumari) development.

[...] Also involved is the development of the consciousness itself, and its overall characteristic method of handling experience.

(10:26.) These people are particularly helpful because they are still involved with physical reality, and have a more immediate understanding of the feelings and emotions involved at your end. [...]

[...] Some will exist and develop their abilities in different systems of reality altogether, and so for a time will remain in this “intermediary” state.

[...] The opportunities for growth and development are very rich, however, and the learning methods at your disposal very effective.

[...] Our original understanding was that the eye condition would pass rather quickly once Jane began to loosen up—but now it appears to be another fixed state in the general scheme of our lives. [...] We planned for a session last night but it didn’t develop.

[...] Give me time to develop this in my own way.

[...] A true idealization involves loving thoughts of the development and fulfillment of your abilities to the best possible condition.

(Long pause.) I am trying to connect present and past here in a very important manner, so that Ruburt can understand his own psychic roots, for they are indeed the basic ones, and that understanding is as important to his development now as any other material that I might give. [...]

In other words, the psychic development is a part of his natural growth (long pause), a reaffirmation and restructuring of inner information that in one fashion or another was always available to him, but needed to find a conscious format, a conscious expression, a way to pierce the seemingly opaque habits of knowledge of the cultural world. [...]

[...] As adults they can form a kind of understanding parent in their own mind, until they learn how to be sympathetic to their own behavior, and until they realize that life itself is an expression—not a repression. [...]

Children’s play is extremely important to a child’s development—and when they play children use those exquisite powers of imagination, confidence, and expectation that provide the wellspring for growth and fulfillment. [...]

[...] “The development in the last session was latent from our first session, but it was a development that could or could not have occurred. Had it not, then many important future developments would have been blocked. The points where the [Seth] voice was loudest and most powerful—these points often represented openings through which the development could occur. [...]

[...] The information already given to you regarding the nature of personality gestalts should make this development seem a fitting one. [...] Seth is, however, independent, and continues to develop as I do. [...]

[...] There was a lot I didn’t understand—there still is—so I hoped to develop my abilities more fully and to learn more. [...]

[...] This will be a different kind of in-depth learning, a rather unique and original development that will be as devoid as possible of stereotyped symbols, which are usually almost automatically superimposed on such experiences. [...]

(Pause at 8:48.) Then a lack of communication developed, so that various portions of the personality “hardened” their own positions, sometimes holding quite different sets of beliefs. [...] They are also held together by a sense of earnestness and duty (with a mock-severe frown)—quite misapplied, but still characteristics hardly foreign to the personality as a whole—so these are misunderstandings to be addressed and understood, and the main issue should be an understanding of those issues specifically mentioned, so that the issues are met in the open and aired on the part of the entire personality (all often with emphasis). [...]

(9:10.) A concentration upon painting, or developments about the home, with as many diversions as possible will also help, again, so that the entire personality can activate the entire system for healing processes. [...]

[...] Not only that, but those “magical” sessions had naturally developed into another series, this time on a portion of the personality Seth called “the sinful self”—mine as well as that of others—and those sessions had in turn led me to produce many pages of material directly from my own sinful self. [...]

[...] If our words could not convince him, or his own understanding grasp the truth, then you had the “truth” uttered with all of the medical profession’s authority. [...]

[...] Those two developments could leave her body free to heal itself. [...]

[...] I’d grown very angry as the material unfolded—angry at that portion of Jane’s psyche for clinging so tenaciously to such a set of beliefs, for whatever reasons, and angry at myself for not understanding any better than she did their extent and depth, and just how damaging they could be in ordinary terms. [...]

The same kind of development can occur in almost any physical category. [...] (Pause.) On the other hand you may believe that wisdom grows with age, that self-understanding brings a peace of mind not earlier known, that the keen mind is actually far better able to assess the environment, and that the physical senses are much more appreciative of all stimuli. [...]

Those changes automatically, again, and quite effortlessly, reach out into those other areas of your lives, for fear does not then hold back beneficial developments.

[...] I am aware of his emotional ideas, of course, and to an important degree I am free of his prejudices, but more than that, in certain terms, my consciousness is not limited, so that I can take from Ruburt’s understanding his good comprehension of where science is, and then tell you where an enlightened science might go.

[...] He is thinking in terms of improvements now, though, and this is an important development. [...]

[...] In that system, as he developed it, there was no time for leisurely meals, showers, shopping trips or mundane enjoyments—only the work was important. [...]

[...] Have him continue the practice as he began it—it aids in understanding beliefs, and it does alter the past and therefore the present.

The energy generated by some such experiences is enough to change a life in a matter of moments, and to affect the understanding and behavior of others. [...]

[...] Contained within it is the condensed energy from which all other developments come.

Again, those who are so certain of their answers will lack that need to know that can lead them into still greater dimensions of understanding. [...]

You may finally come to a half-understanding of the nature of reality and wail, “I believe that I have caused these ill effects, but I find myself unable to reverse them.”

[...] It developed that she was partially correct. [...]

The authors instead tell you to be positive, compassionate, strong, optimistic, filled with joy and enthusiasm, without telling you what to do to get out of the predicament you may be in, and without understanding the vicious circle that may seem to entrap you. [...]

[...] Such expansion reacquaints the known self with the great energy that supports it, therefore bringing an individual to a point of understanding in which the concept of a safe universe makes sense. [...]

There are developments in the offing, then Ruburt will know what to do. [...]

[...] This will affect Politics, and initiate new developments on Ruburt’s part. [...]

[...] So you are at such a springboard when your understanding does propel you into a quantum leap of understanding. [...]

[...] You chose problems, each of you, challenges, that would lead to such a development. [...]