“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Sometimes you read me correctly. Mark was one of your children in the existence of which I have spoken. One of Mark’s present brothers was a son of Mark’s when he was a woman in Iowa.

Mark, when he realized who you were, damn near strangled you. But there is a postscript. You went back into the house, weeping at your old man’s fate. Mark grabbed the girl for one revengeful embrace. Ruburt came across the same fields with his horse, led the horse into the barn, and found Mark and his mistress.

The discipline, for Mark or for anyone else, is difficult to achieve, in that what is necessary is a passive discipline rather than an aggressive discipline. The passive discipline allows for a fuller perception. It also helps prevent the conscious ego from snapping too quickly back, as is what happens often in Mark’s case.

Mark’s present family is composed of a peculiarly vivid meshwork of previous complications. The involvement has been beneficial as far as Mark is concerned thus far. However the situation should now be altered.

There is the Mark which Mark has created, an actual physical construction. There is another Mark does not see, and this Mark is an actual physical construction created by you. There are at this time still two more physical Marks, one created by Ruburt, and one created by your cat.

You and Ruburt perceive Mark, and yet neither of you sees Mark’s Mark. [...]

[...] And I wish to thank Mark. When I said that Mark would join me in a demonstration, I meant that Mark would join me in a demonstration.

Mark, Mark. Mark will of course go to the seaside. [...]

“You and Ruburt perceive Mark, and yet neither of you sees Mark’s Mark. [...] So far we have here, then, one Mark, constructed by himself, and before the evening is out you will be amazed at how many Marks we end up with.

“There is the Mark which Mark has created, an actual physical construction. [...] There are two more physical Marks, one created by Ruburt, and one by your cat. If another person entered the room, there would be still another physical Mark.

“Now, Mark, you cannot see Joseph’s glass, nor can he see yours,” Seth said. [...] Now there is an infinitesimal point where Mark’s perspective and Ruburt’s overlap. [...]

[...] And mark my words, Mark: You are more than you know. [...]

(As we sat speaking with Mark, Jane finally told me that Seth wanted to have a session since we had missed last night’s regular one. Seth also wanted Mark to stay. [...] Mark offered to leave after I explained as best I could what was happening, but I said that we’d rather wait for the next regular scheduled session night.)

Mark sat there, considerably startled. [...] When Rob explained briefly about Seth before the session, he’d asked Mark questions he’d like answered. Mark said that he was interested in the connection between consciousness and evolution. [...]

But that night, Mark insisted that Seth had read his mind and listened spellbound as Seth told him about the inner senses. None of us suspected that Seth would give Mark detailed information about the inner organization for which he worked, or help him understand personal problems, or delight in telling him what had gone on at sales conferences that Mark had already attended — or with a great rush of humor tell him the exact amount of a new raise he had just been given. [...]

[...] Mark sat there fascinated, Rob told me later, his salesman’s smile replaced by bewilderment and determination. [...] Some excellent evidential material was to be obtained through sessions with Mark several years later. [...]

Later, when he returned home, he learned that he must toe the mark again, or Welfare would put him in another home. [...] His food, clothing, and survival depended on toeing the mark. [...]

[...] He was a high-spirited child, and was taught there that he must toe the mark and do what the others did, or he would be punished.

His survival in college, since he had a scholarship, was dependent upon toeing the mark, and even then he refused to do so; and was quite unceremoniously kicked out on his independent ass.

He refused several marriage proposals, having determined he would not toe the mark at all in a conventional marriage. [...]

[...] I then cut narrow strips of paper and had Bill measure and mark the circumference of each finger, planning to check these measurements when the sensation had passed. [...]

[...] In past lives he never enjoyed the fleshy nature with which you Joseph, and Ruburt, and Mark were so outlandishly endowed. [...]

[...] Mark can forget it. [...]

(It will be recalled that Mark is the name Seth has given to Bill’s entity.)

[...] Or marks like earthquake marks on a graph. [...]

[...] Or marks like earthquake marks on a graph. [...]

[...] Like roads with white markings, and with fairly large areas between, and with darkness around or outside also.

[...] (Envelope lowered to lap.) And with music, or marks that suggest notes. [...]

My welcome to Mark, who is with us again, and I repeat: The boat was the first boat in vision from the inside of the large room in which the men met.

[...] Perhaps Mark was not aware of seeing it.

I have nothing else to add, beside what was given in the previous session regarding Mark’s journeys.

[...] It will be recalled also that Mark is Bill’s entity name.)

[...] And here you see this: Because Mark has seen what Mark has seen, our Ruburt is dubious. [...] Because Mark has seen what Mark has seen!

(It will be remembered that Philip is John’s entity name, and that Bill Macdonnel’s entity name is Mark.)

Mark’s abilities, while untrained, are excellent. [...]

(Jane finished the session in good humor, particularly the comments on physical effects, Mark, and the like. [...]

[...] It will be recalled that Bill Macdonnel’s entity name is Mark, and Lorraine’s is Marleno.

[...] This marked the first time she had switched focus so easily, repeatedly. [...]

[...] First however, I wish to give particular greetings to our friend Mark, who has consented to visit our circle. [...]

I am indeed aware, in a general manner, of the main events in your life and in Mark’s. But unless for some reason these are brought forcibly to my attention they remain as a part of my generalized knowledge.

[...] First of all Ruburt was worried, somewhat, concerning your own reactions when you found that you now had a new engagement for Friday evening, after already planning to cancel a previous one, in order to have some free time for yourself, and he felt to blame since he had already made a commitment to Mark—rather unwillingly, by the way. But it will harm him in no way to help Mark in his endeavor.

Mark, in attempting to help this other young man, may indeed end up helping himself, for it will turn him outward. [...] Because of Mark’s background, subconsciously he fears Negroes; and the fear is so great, unfortunately, that it becomes a fascination. [...]

There were several causes for them, and these reactions were triggered by the visit of your friend Mark last evening.

(Mark is Bill Macdonnel’s entity name. [...]

Good evening to our friend, Mark. (Mark is Bill’s entity name.)

Difficulty in the third and seventh vertebrae with our friend, Mark, causing pressure. [...]

[...] Mark has been wanting to attend a session, and Ruburt did not encourage him. [...]

The apparition, therefore, was constructed by Mark. You did not see it, Ruburt did not see it, because an individual only sees his own constructions; and in this case the idea data was only given to Mark.

[...] The idea behind it came from me, and was received by Mark; and then Mark constructed the apparition, which did in fact physically exist.

[...] I told you I would use Mark for a demonstration concerning the nature of matter, and so I did.

[...] The construction was then formed, more or less in faithful replica to the inner data received by Mark.

[...] This means that housekeeping and life’s daily chores are a mark of the living vitality of the moment—a mark of physical life as you know it. [...]

(“Mark the mark; Mark has arrived.” [...]

[...] In other words, the entity, using its own— mark the Mark: Mark has arrived. [...]

[...] Recovering my wits by now and realizing that the name Mark referred to Bill’s entity name, given to us by Seth at our seance, I went to the door and opened it. [...]

[...] Mark my words.

(Since these “try” or trial references are included on the object itself, we see a similarity in the above impressions and the “markings and dates” data Seth gives in the 257th session. [...]

(This would tie in with two impressions Seth gave last session: “The month of April,” and “A connection with markings and dates.”

[...] “A selection…” “A connection with markings and dates,” “and perhaps yellow connected here.” [...]

(If the date impression above refers to the object itself, this recalls the “markings and dates,” data on page 149 of the last session. [...]

Exuberance seems to be a quality belonging only to childhood or early youth—yet exuberance is instead the mark of healthy vitality. The mark of nature unimpeded, and it is the heritage of all living creatures. [...]

[...] I thought it marked a significant advance actually for it showed that she’d reached a point in her progress where she felt she could afford to devote some time to creative work that wasn’t just for herself. [...]

[...] You may go to your opening if you prefer, visit Mark’s studio, or merely take a walk. [...]

(It will be remembered that Mark is the entity name for Bill Macdonnel, who has witnessed a number of sessions. [...]

[...] All of your forces are relatively scattered this evening, Mark’s in particular. [...]

(It will be remembered that Mark is Bill Macdonnel’s entity name.

(To Mark.) Now spontaneity knows its own order. [...]

(Sumari came through and connected Lawrence, Ron and Mark. [...]

Now in the 14th century in what is now called Spain there was a family unit and this was the father (Lawrence) and this was the wife (Ron) and this was the child (Mark) and they have met, in your terms, after many years. [...]

([Chet:] “Is there any connection between the two of us [Mark and himself]?”)