“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

([Joel:] “Was I right then about the aura changing because of the intensity of Jane’s own mental focus?”)

Some carried on following the same pattern taken by Christ, performed psychic feats and healings, had groups of followers, and yet were not capable of holding that powerful focus of psychic attention that was so necessary.

[...] “You” are simply focused within this picture of reality.

[...] I here suggest most strongly that until the following Monday at the earliest, he does not work at his writing or his records, that he does not consciously brood over them, and that he divert himself by changing the focus of his conscious awareness.

A peculiar set of circumstances was needed to fire his being, to focus his attention, and that was our job. [...]

[...] It cannot afford to, generally, since all its focused energy must be used in the maintenance and manipulation of physical actuality.

[...] It takes me a moment to change focus.

[...] By taking notice of seemingly unpredictable events, by changing your focus, you can indeed begin to sense the larger patterns of such a reality. [...]

[...] This involves definitely a change of focus, and willingness to momentarily detach the abilities of both the intellect and the intuitions from familiar camouflage reference points.

[...] The advanced consciousness can focus within one in quotes “life” while already sending portions of itself into the next quote “life,” as for example you might in school take advanced calculus while still remaining in an elementary philosophy class. [...]

You are each making some excellent and vital readjustments, and our last session in particular should help clear your focuses. [...]

[...] Yet each time I wanted to try something, Jane was having difficulty focusing. [...]

[...] Your psychic state of nervousness, fear, lack of confidence and lack of focus as far as utilizing your artistic abilities were concerned, began to build up like many encircling walls. [...]

[...] The ego enables you to use or focus your artistic ability along the lines necessary to make it effective on your plane. [...]

If energy is imprisoned or focused into the physical construction to the extent that a construction appears on your plane, while still not fully constructed, left incomplete in some aspects, to that extent the idea behind the construction is not bound by physical laws.

[...] There is almost hypnotic focus of energy for a particular time for a particular reason.

[...] At this writing, I think that I am living my only one hundred percent life now, with the privilege of occasionally being able to focus upon scattered portions of those other existences emanating from my whole self, which has its basic reality outside of our space-time concepts.¹⁰

10. I note with some amusement that my rather vehement statement may simply reflect the natural, protective attitude of my currently focused consciousness: Even though I find them fascinating, I may be quite reluctant to embrace other equally valid portions of what I conveniently call my whole self. [...]

[...] These accomplishments still operate through the focus of your present, since you are physically aware of but one line of probable events, so the meaning of many dream events escapes you. [...]

As you know, at one time it was necessary for the ego to focus exclusively upon outer data, but the channels never closed between the inner self and the ego. [...]

[...] It does mean that his overall identity will not stand for a protracted period when concentration is not primarily focused within this work framework.

(Interesting, that we’re not supposed to focus now on the problem, but yet are to study and discuss the old material.... [...]

The only other times there is any such difficulty also involve responsibility when he concentrates upon his responsibility to hold the sessions—that is, when he focuses upon need, function, or utility as separate from other issues involved. [...]

[...] In the light of those concepts, artistic expression has been channeled, focused, directed along certain lines. [...]