“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

When you ask: “How are events formed?” you more or less expect an answer couched in those terms. [...]

[...] They expect their leader to act for them. [...]

“You create your reality according to your beliefs and expectations, therefore it behooves you to examine them carefully. If you do not like your world, then examine your own expectations. [...]

[...] I thought that the whole subject was fascinating when he began, but I didn’t expect a demonstration in the middle of our living room, which is exactly what happened in the 68th session (July 6, 1964). Seth was describing the intimate connection between expectation and perception—what we see and observe—to Bill Macdonnel, when the incident took place. [...]

The ideas I have just mentioned are all prominent in your society, and now and then they return to darken your senses of joy and expectation.

[...] Where he felt he was expected to behave in an almost supersaintly fashion—for you have of course two completely different versions of the self there, each unreasonable. [...]

I shall expect you then, dear Jesuit, down on your knees to pray.

You cannot consistently ignore your own rhythms and expect your best performance. [...]

[...] I expect that sessions like this evening’s will themselves help you understand the nature of Frameworks 1 and 2, and the importance of your mental activity in bringing about physical events.

A smaller point I thought I would throw in: My energy is often with you both in ways that you do not expect. [...]

[...] I told Jane that I hadn’t really expected him to.

[...] We expected to pay more, of course. [...]

[...] After working one day, Ruburt expects instant results. [...]

[...] Do not, in your case, over-remind him of what he is “supposed” to do, for he takes this to mean that you do not expect him to do it. [...]

I bid you a fond good evening, and I expect my suggestions to be followed. [...]

[...] You project your thoughts, feelings, and expectations outward, then you perceive them as the outside reality. [...]

[...] There’s much discussion now of the additional stresses and frustrations encountered by those in the medical disciplines, aside from personality traits or conflicts that can lead an individual to take his or her own life; the suicide of a doctor, for instance, may be triggered by his inability to fulfill the role society expects of him.

[...] However, I confessed to Jane, I couldn’t say that I really expected her to produce both the book itself; through Seth, and then do all the work involved in writing the notes too — yet as it turned out, to some extent she did help me annotate this work.

Your beliefs about dreams color your memory and interpretation of them, so that at the point of waking, with magnificent psychological duplicity, you often make last-minute adjustments that bring your dreams more in line with your conscious expectations. [...]

People expect conventional behavior, so his spontaneity was then more apparent, and often frowned upon. [...]