“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] His consciousness would expand to contain the experience of what it is to be a tree—any or all of the trees. He would feel the experience of being anything he chose within his field of notice: people, insects, blades of grass. [...]

[...] Seth answered for me—his way. [...]

[...] I will list them as he did, and give a few excerpts from his descriptions.

[...] Polly identified the people as a former husband and his mother, but denied having a child, though she said that a girl friend delivered an illegitimate daughter that same year.

(At the end of the last session, which was held the day before yesterday, Jane told me that Seth had the rest of Chapter Ten planned; tonight, now, she said she didn’t have the slightest idea of how Seth would continue his work on the chapter.

[...] By now the storm was so noisy that Seth increased the volume of his voice.)

[...] Mankind has had various conceptions of his own reality but he has purposely, it seems, turned away from it in the last century. [...]

[...] You may use the same elements, as a painter might use his colors.

[...] Seth now looked at Tom.) And his initial reaction, his initial ideas to this issue, will give way to a more reasoning attitude. His initial idea therefore will not be the best one.

[...] It concerned his job in banking, about which Jane and I knew very little. [...] “Except for the last two bits of data,” Tom said, meaning the opportunity to change his own position, and another, unseen opening.

[...] They are not listed here, being rather complicated, but Tom has stated his willingness to explain them. Some of the material reaches back for years, Tom said, and involves his ideas re a “finance clinic,” etc.

[...] During break also, Tom expressed concern for his son in Vietnam. [...]

[...] And his discomfort will only be a memory in a few days.

[...] His references to my own material being valid concerned my insights that many of the heads I paint represent my own psychic searches, or efforts, to obtain understanding of the dimensions of the psyche through reincarnation and counterpart depictions of those various personalities.)

You have a sense of rhythm, and more conventional musical knowledge than Ruburt, yet rhythmic patterns are very strongly in his makeup, and appeared earlier, silently so to speak in his poetry. [...]

Impulses therefore will be allowed a more natural expression, as the daily stretching of the muscles adds to his trust of them and of his body.

[...] The resolution of his being is behind him now. [...]

(Seth smiled at his own pun.) “I get it,” I said.

(Seth announced his presence as the four of us sat quietly talking, at approximately 11:45 PM. [...] Bill dislikes seeing it go, since he uses it as a base for his skin-diving expeditions in the lake, which is one of New York State’s famous Finger Lakes.

(Seth promised to keep his voice quiet, which he did throughout the session. [...]

[...] Jane and I had heard him mention this rather casually, but knew nothing of the extent of his explorations or deep interest. [...]

(“Has Bill ever been near any of these locations on his swims?”)

[...] Afterward Jane and I agreed that his visit was hardly accidental. His positive approach to the tape-business deal with Steve and Tracy answered some of our own questions, as well as those concerning possible conflicts over tape ownership. I told Jane his decision to visit might save us a lot of time later. [...]

[...] (Pause.) Even his “mistakes” in dealing with nature are a part of nature’s own processes, and are taken into consideration in the entire picture. [...]

[...] All of us certainly were more than happy with some of his contributions—simply those revolving around camping, for example—while misunderstanding or missing out upon many other facets of his life, and our own individual lives as they functioned within the family framework. [...]

A certain Mr. Butts, I believe, spoke earlier today about his parents, and mentioned the accomplishments that were present but not appreciated. [...]

[...] It will vastly increase the effects of his exercises and walking. [...]

(9:56.) A note: Ruburt has felt oddly, since his body has been creatively changing, both the head and eye areas, neck and knees. [...] The steps he has taken without putting his full weight on the table, for example, are highly important. [...]

[...] I plan to write the editor-in-chief at Pocket Books as soon as I find out his name and address, asking him for sales figures; we haven’t had a royalty report from Fell in a year. [...]

(Day before yesterday we received from Tam a copy of his memo to J. Nelson, P. Grenquist, and A. Freemyer; he’s checked the Dutch contract for Seth Speaks, and learned that it contained a clause prohibiting cutting. [...]

As yourself, you were the observer of the conflict, which took place at the table where Ruburt’s conversations with you took place, and his conversations with Tam over the telephone. [...]

(Jim H. told of finding a man asleep at his work. Jim explained his ideas and emotions concerning the incident, and wanted to know how he could change them.)

[...] You wanted to wring his neck but you said, “God bless you, my fine young fellow. [...]

[...] Our poor ignorant workman again falls asleep at his chores. [...]

In the meantime, his muscles have contracted ten times because they could not be put into activity, as the thought behind them was denied. [...]

[...] Despite the different lights in which Seth may be regarded, despite the varying degrees of reality his existence may be granted by others, there can be no doubt of his individuality or productivity as it’s displayed in his books.

(In the 82nd session, which was held on the evening of August 27, 1964, Seth said: “When man realizes that he, himself, creates his personal and universal environment in concrete terms, then he can begin to create a private and universal environment much superior to the [present] one, that is the result of haphazard and unenlightened constructions.

In one way or another all of Seth’s books are elaborations of that basic message, stated nine months after his sessions with us began in December 1963. [...]

As far as we can see, Seth’s reincarnational, counterpart, and probable selves, and his families of consciousness, suggest the varied, complicated structure of human personality — and hint of the invisible psychological thickness that fills out the physical event of the self in time.

[...] While the experiences which form this framework and compose this individual’s identity are obtained through his interaction with the physical system, his electromagnetic identity is not dependent upon the physical field.

During his life within the physical system attractions with it are of course maintained. [...]

When Ruburt learns a few lessons, he will be able to tell when his impressions are correct. [...]

[...] His wife may be allergic to dogs or hair. [...]

Ruburt did indeed pick up some material for his own writing today, and the complete break from his normal activities was very beneficial.

[...] Jane did receive a letter then from his secretary, but not a definitive one. [...]

[...] In his letter of October 22, the publisher certainly did write a cosmopolitan letter, in our opinion.

Ruburt did well in regenerating his energies these past few days. [...]

[...] He can then determine to change his behavior while still saving his self-respect.

[...] Jane remembered the name of the retired newspaperman who’d written about us in his history of Chemung County — “Burs.”And this triggered my own memory: Tom Byrne.

[...] Bill had lost a shoe during his act, and had stopped performing out of frustration, his rhythm interrupted. [...] I believe that before this scene, he’d had another similar episode, where an accident had halted his performance and he’d ended up frustrated and confused, but I don’t remember it clearly enough to describe.)

First, Seth’s headings for the six chapters of Volume 1 give a broad outline of his material in that book:

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[...] I thank each reader for his or her patience in accepting the publication of Dreams in two volumes.”

Ruburt was in such a state during his experience last evening. It was indeed a healing one, when he was dealing with the plasticity of events, and bringing those he wanted into better focus, by consciously drawing upon his own larger creative abilities. [...]

[...] His voice says he’s busy.... and just then, as I’m irritably aware of his reply, I realize I’m in bed and so is he. [...]

[...] The statements of the Sinful Self show him clearly the reasons why he was afraid of pursuing the unknown, and afraid therefore of using his own natural abilities freely and safely. [...]

Those statements should not go underground, again, but he should sympathetically address his doubts and the various points of their contentions can then be quite adequately settled—or at least resolved, reconciled. [...]

[...] His impatience is meant to remind him forcibly that he is indeed serious about his recovery, and assures him that he will not “fall back.” [...]