“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

When you maintain that identity is dependent upon the duration of the physical body, you are taking it for granted that the physical body is one complete thing, more or less rigid in form, and permanent within a certain perspective. You know however that the physical body is not one thing in those terms, and that the stuff of which it is composed is forever coming and going, arriving and departing, and yet identity is maintained.

Also, for reasons that I will for now withhold, the psychic patterns within your physical universe are not maintained, as you know, indefinitely. As far as I know, no gestalt of any kind remains the same. But psychic gestalts develop in terms of value fulfillment, and it is known at the first appearance of a physical pattern how long the particular to-be-built-up gestalt will be maintained.

(Just before the session began she did feel nervous. She began dictating in a normal voice however, and maintained it through the session. Her delivery was not characterized by the exaggerated slowness of the last two or three sessions. She paced at her usual moderate rate; her eyes darkened as usual.)

I can state this in no stronger terms. Communications must always be maintained clearly. I suggest, but merely suggest, that Ruburt hold even; again, patience is not one of his characteristics. I will not dwell upon this matter any longer. Your cocktail party, however, I found immensely amusing, and at a later date I may give you some reasons for its rather explosive nature.

[...] When it most vigorously maintains its sense of individuality, it is no longer aware of unity-with.

The individual inner self, then, through constant massive effort of great creative intensity, cooperates with all other inner selves to form and maintain the physical reality that you know, so that physical reality is an offshoot or by-product of the highly conscious inner self.

[...] They are actually oscillating, ever-moving, highly charged gestalts of EE units (“beneath,” say, any atomic particles), organized and maintained by the collective efforts on the part of inner selves. [...]

Having determined upon physical reality as a dimension in which it will express itself, the inner self, first of all, takes care to form and maintain the physical basis upon which all else must depend—the properties of earth that can be called natural ones. [...]

Now in the same way that consciousness originated the physical dimension, you as portions of consciousness continue to maintain and create it anew. [...] You also then know and develop yourselves through your own creations, and you automatically create and maintain your physical environment in the same manner that you breathe. [...]

There is obviously a cooperative element here, for each living consciousness has its part to play in maintaining the environment, which in turn gives its nourishment.

Thoughts and emotions directly activate the mechanics of physical matter, alter and transform it, maintain it, and also destroy it.

Consciousness therefore continually creates and maintains itself, and this includes the physical materialization, the properties of the dimension, and yet basically there is no difference between the creator in these terms and the created. [...]

[...] When it most vigorously maintains its sense of individuality it is no longer aware of unity-with.

An individual inner self, then, through constant massive effort of great creative intensity, cooperates with all other inner selves to form and maintain the physical reality that you know, so that physical reality is an offshoot or by-product of (pause), the highly conscious creative inner self. [...]

[...] They are actually oscillating, ever-moving, highly charged gestalts of EE units (pause), organized and maintained by collective efforts on the part of inner selves. [...]

Having determined upon physical reality as a dimension in which it will project itself, the inner self therefore first of all takes care to form and maintain the physical basis upon which all else must depend—those physical properties of earth that can be called natural ones.

[...] As stated, overall balance must be maintained, and is being maintained, overall, while the body still goes through many changes in stance that go unnoticed as muscles strengthen themselves in precise order, and circulation is increased. [...]

[...] You could not have maintained his health for many long years in any case. I would like to make clear, of course, that animals certainly do have energy to maintain their own health, but this is strongly reinforced as a rule by the vitality of human beings to whom the animals are emotionally attached. [...]

The body maintains its vitality not only through the physical motion and agility that you perceive, but by microscopic agility, and actions within microseconds, that you do not perceive. [...]

[...] In the case of the first cat, you were able to reinforce its strength and maintain its health for quite a while, and then you needed your energies for yourselves. [...]

Now, I have maintained psychological stability for centuries so I find it not too much to ask that our friend Ruburt maintain it for a mere 40 years. And we expect you to maintain it. We expect you(CW) to maintain it ... [...]

[...] I needed a personality who would be able to maintain psychological stability. [...]

Now, this constant creation of the physical universe is not maintained through some localized subconscious that exists somewhere between two ears, behind the forehead. [...] It is a gestalt, maintained and formed by the cooperating, generalized consciousness of each atom and molecule of which the physical body is composed.

[...] It goes without saying that mankind is not alone in maintaining the physical universe, and in giving it continuity as he projects and constructs his own physical image; and as this image is the direct result of his own inner psychic climate, and as it reflects most faithfully his own inner joy and illness, and as this joy and illness shows itself physically in his image, so also do all living things construct their own images, and help to maintain the physical properties of your universe.

[...] Jane began dictating in a voice a bit heavier than usual, and maintained it throughout the session. [...]

[...] Here it is the purpose of this mental genetic code system to maintain such purpose and data. [...]

[...] The ego, in other words, the “exterior” self that you think of as your self — that portion of you maintains its safety and its seeming command precisely because inner layers of your own personality constantly uphold it, keep the physical body operating, and maintain communications with the multitudinous stimuli that come both from outside conditions and inside conditions. [...]

[...] You do this when you imagine that your present self is your entire personality, or insist that your identity be maintained unchanged through an endless eternity.

[...] She maintained this heavy voice for most of the session.)

[...] Jane maintained this reduced characteristic as she began dictating again, at a good rate, at 9:42.)

[...] Jane was dissociated as usual for this delivery, and although her voice had maintained its rather deep monotone she had no particular feelings about it now.

[...] Spontaneity of feeling will almost automatically allow you greater freedom, increased mental and physical health; and balance will then be very well maintained.

[...] Note here I maintain more awareness than most mediums I believe—therefore necessity of learning how to protect myself, in such involvement. [...]

[...] It might be added that the letter referred to above was one received from the regional office of the Veterans Administration, in N.Y.C.: The letter characterized the dirt road leading up to the property as a “trail,” and stated the request for a loan was denied unless the veteran, meaning myself, could be assured that the road would be maintained by either city or county at no additional expense to the veteran. This could not be done, since at this time the road is classed as private, and must be maintained by whoever lives on the property.)

–nevertheless, you could have maintained that road mentally with little difficulty.

[...] Still sitting across the table from me, she remarked that if Seth had promised, earlier, to maintain the road to the house for us, she would have gone through with the deal. [...]

The rather slap-happy, haphazard attitude of the other residents on that road is actually more effective in maintaining it, since they do not dwell upon its disadvantages but simply and purely expect the road to be passable.

[...] Individual focus cannot be intensely maintained indefinitely. [...]

[...] The strong focus of psychic energy needed to maintain the splendid physical image-organization is no longer given. [...]

There is not only a physical survival at stake, but also a highly delicate balance to be maintained. [...]

Nor have we yet discussed those dream elements which have sufficient energy propulsion to maintain existence in the plane upon which they were created. [...]

[...] As he said once, he does not walk on his arms, so the improvement in the legs takes place in such a way that balance can be maintained. [...]

There will be definite, rather immediate changes apparent in walking, but a balanced stance must be maintained, and the entire lower region of the body is being activated. [...]

[...] Of course [a species] must survive to do so, but it will, however, purposefully avoid survival if the conditions are not practically favorable to maintain the quality of life or existence that is considered basic.

[...] All of these, however, strain the individual’s biological sense of integrity, reinforce ideas of danger, and shrink the area of psychological safety that is necessary to maintain the quality possible in life. [...]

[...] Each exists to some extent where the other is, and yet the camouflage structures make it necessary for those within any given system to recognize the certain characteristics, only, of the one in which focus is to be maintained.

The personality does indeed turn its focus into another field of reality, and does desert the camouflage image that it maintained. [...]

(The new voice had maintained its characteristics this evening while perhaps showing a little more animation than usual; becoming a little stronger as the session progressed. [...]

[...] They can mix and merge, move through each other while still maintaining their own focus. [...]

[...] Languages also have accents, each somewhat different while still maintaining the original integrity of any given language. [...]

You can read the world in a different way, while still maintaining your own identity, or you can move into a different country of yourself that speaks your native language but with a different slant. [...]

[...] The ego in this case, as in many cases, attempts to maintain stability and permanence at all costs.

[...] The ego considers that therefore it must maintain stability and permanence. [...]

[...] And this sham allows the ego to continue denying those inner emotions in an effort to maintain its permanence.

When you see that the ulcer does not belong to you in these terms, then indeed you will have no purpose in using your energies to maintain it. [...]

(Nor of course does the question involving the downward thrust explain other peculiar table motions, such as pirouetting, vaulting into the air, dancing, etc, since with these motions no great hand pressure is maintained. In fact, it is often extremely difficult to maintain fingertip contact with the table, so rapid can its movements be.

(One must exert the downward pressure in a manner directed away from the body while experimenting, in order to maintain the balance and center of gravity, and at least when experimenting this necessity to push down and away from oneself is quite noticeable. [...]

[...] We want to keep the table to maintain this contact, even if casually, and for further study on pressure angles, etc. [...]

You say: “I must maintain my individuality after death,” as if after the play the actor playing Hamlet stayed in that role, refused to study other parts or go on in his career, and said: “I am Hamlet, forever bound to follow the dilemmas and the challenges of my way. I insist upon maintaining my individuality.”

In such ways each individual maintains a picture of the everchanging physical and psychological mass environment. [...]