[...] Your consciousness must be focused at one particular range of frequencies before it can even perceive matter, much less solidity. In sleep your consciousness fluctuates between ranges of intensities, literally flowing into and out of the physical-matter grouping, and forming from more plastic “pre-matter” (with a hyphen) stages, the final shape that matter will take in your world. [...]

[...] Seth states therein: “But the fact is that physical matter is not solid except when you believe that it is….”)

[...] It appears that there is living matter and nonliving matter, leading to such questions as: “How does nonliving matter become living?”

In those terms there was a point where consciousness impressed itself into matter through intent, or formed itself into matter. [...]

[...] Seth’s presentations clearly illuminate the subject matter of both Jane’s dream and our questions about evolution. [...]

There is no such thing, in your terms, as nonliving matter. [...]

[...] It is a matter of taking advantage of the opportunity and good conditions.

[...] (Pause.) Now we are able to speak much more clearly than we could in the past on these matters. [...]

[...] Now it is a matter of allowing it its freedom.

I am mentioning these matters this evening because the time is ripe, and proper handling now is important. [...]

I cannot impress upon you too strongly that imagination is another such basically nonphysical reality, with a basis however, and interrelationship, in both dream and matter. Again, its effects may appear within matter but it is of itself not composed of matter.

This will serve as a further connective to our discussion of the dream universe, and its interaction with the world of physical matter. [...]

[...] Secondary effects of such realities may appear in material form, but the original reality of such experiences cannot be captured within physical matter.

[...] Not being a physical reality, it influenced the world of physical matter in a way that no purely physical reality ever could.

[...] I get, Theodore, that anything involving Syracuse would, with you directly up there I guess, be definitely more confining than down here no matter what it looked like ahead of time. And something about—anything involving Syracuse would involve you as a figurehead only—no matter what you have been told ahead of time. [...]

HOW THOUGHTS FORM MATTER —
COORDINATION POINTS

[...] For that matter, you do not know how you think.

It is only from this viewpoint that the true nature of physical matter can be understood. [...]

[...] He had the idea for this chapter very clearly in mind, she said; and, with extraordinary vividness, he was “impressing” her with his idea of matter being used as a means of communication. [...]

Now: I call the building blocks of matter CU’s—units of consciousness. They form physical matter as it exists in your understanding and experience. Units of consciousness also form other kinds of matter that you do not perceive.¹

[...] Basically the units move faster than light,² slowing down, in your terms, to form matter. [...] Scientifically, again, the units can be thought of as building blocks of matter. [...]

Physical matter by itself could never produce consciousness.

One mind alone could not come into being from chance alone; one thought could not leap from an infinite number of nerve ends, if matter itself was not initially alive with consciousness, packed with the intent to be. [...]

“… you are a part of nature, and that is your saving grace—that no matter how you try to leave that framework you exist within it, so that you communicate with earth at other levels, even if you refuse to be aware of that communication. You help the earth survive, no matter how you might at times deny that heritage.”

[...] No—no form of matter, however potent, will be self-evolved into consciousness no matter what other bits of matter are added to it, but without the consciousness, the matter would not be there in the universe floating around waiting for another component to give it reality, consciousness, existence or song. [...]

(To Wally.) I thank you for bringing up the matter. There are many ways of bringing up matter. [...]

[...] Consciousness did not arrive because inert matter suddenly sparked into activity and song. [...]

([Arnold:] “Every bit of matter already has consciousness?”)

I have often mentioned that the divisions in our subject matter are often arbitrary, and for practical purposes of discussion only. The word suggestion is in itself so bound in your minds with other matters that even I find it difficult not to let the subject matter become suggestive of matters that do not really belong under discussion.

The innate comprehension of which we have spoken is a basic portion of all atoms and molecules, about which the physical matter is formed, and without which the formation of physical matter would be impossible.

It goes without saying that each newborn consciousness within your system carries within it the capsule comprehension of which I have previously spoken; and if you recall, each atom and molecule, each and every smallest particle that can by any stretch of the imagination be called physical matter, contains within it its own independent capsule comprehension—inherent suggestions in coded form, in not one but several codes, that give complete instructions for development and growth.

[...] She had not been aware of traffic, or any other distractions for that matter, since the first delivery of the evening.)

[...] It does not matter whether or not Ruburt gets a job because you are both simply unable to wait. It does matter if you worry too much.

[...] You know that you create physical matter. [...]

These simple remarks will themselves be the basis for further rather involved discussions, as the mechanisms that are set into motion in such mental or psychic manipulation of matter have never really been explained. Remember however that such psychic manipulation of matter is the normal occurrence.

If this is the case then the seemingly desired end is not really either desired or expected, and subsequent manipulation of matter will fall short of success. When Ruburt heard from you that the servicemen seemed not to know what was the matter with the car, he instantly remembered what I had said about expectation. [...]

[...] I will mention however two incidents in which the two of you showed success in the psychic manipulation of the world of matter.

I am insistent that Ruburt have a vacation, at least to some degree, and will not go deeply into these matters until our next session. [...]

[...] For Darwin and his followers — even those of today, then — nature’s effects gave the appearance of design or plan in the universe without necessitating a belief in a designer or a god; although, as I wrote in Note 7, from the scientific standpoint this belief leaves untouched the question of design in nonliving matter, which is vastly more abundant in the “objective” universe than is living matter, and had to precede that living matter.

5. According to my interpretation of this sentence, Seth stops short of telling us that in our reality all species — man, animals, and plant life (and viruses and bacteria too, for that matter) — developed from a single primordial living source. Evolutionary theory maintains that such a source spontaneously came into being, riding upon various protein molecules (or certain other kinds of molecules) that had themselves chemically — and miraculously — evolved out of nonliving matter, then demonstrated the ability to duplicate themselves. [...] They exist in great variety in all animal and vegetable matter; in the body each protein supports a very definite function.) But the view that all life had a common origin, that by pure chance it originated on the earth — just once — without the aid of God, or any sort of designer, is today accepted by most scientists in biology and related disciplines. [...]

[...] No matter how beautifully man works out a hypothesis or theory, he still does so without any thought of consciousness coming first. [...] I’m only half joking (is there a gene for humor?) when I protest that DNA, for example, doesn’t deserve to be regarded in such a fashion, no matter how much we push it around through recombinant techniques.¹⁵

[...] As I wrote near the beginning of this appendix, to go very far into religious history would lead away from the subject matter I planned to cover; but to us science is as far away from Seth’s philosophy in one direction as religion is in the opposite direction. The species’ religious drives have been around a lot longer than its scientific ones, however, so I found myself looking for broad correlations between the two, in that under each value system the individual carries a very conscious sense of personal vulnerability. Before Darwinism, to use that concept as an example, man at least felt that God had put him on earth for certain purposes, no matter how much man distorted those purposes through ignorance and war. [...]

[...] It is the subject matter of the book that intrigued both publishers, plus Ruburt’s belief in the book. But it was also the subject matter, to some degree, that made Mr. Fell cautious, and that finally caused the earlier publisher to turn it down.

[...] At this point however, it will be to his advantage to leave matters as they are.

[...] Also a lively concern shown by Ruburt in his letters as to publicity matters and promotion, with mention later of other books in the field that he plans.

I wanted this evening to discuss these matters, since you have both been concerned with them. [...]

[...] That is the lust for killing is also a matter that brings dire consequences regardless of, in many cases, the particular living thing or things that is killed. [...] However I am glad you brought the matter up, as I will use it to carry you into realms that we have not begun to cover.

[...] The old idea of spirits pervading all physical matter actually represents an intuitive glimpse into reality that your sciences will finally arrive at in a long labored manner.

[...] Nevertheless I will state a few matters now and you will understand them more fully in later sessions.

Since all entities had a hand in when the first particle of matter came into physical materialization, then the inference is plain that entities not yet born upon your planet somehow existed then, and this is the case. [...]

[...] In the terms of your earthly experience, it is a metaphysical, a scientific, and a creative error to separate matter from consciousness, for consciousness materializes itself as matter in physical life.

[...] She’s progressed with the subject matter for it to the point where Seth could remark on November 21: “The book of love poetry is an excellent idea.” [...]

The universe is the natural extension of divine creativity and intent, lovingly formed from the inside out (underlined)—so there was consciousness before there was matter, and not the other way around.

[...] Matter was not yet permanent, in your terms, for consciousness was not yet as stable there. [...]

Dictation: It may seem to some readers that the subject matter of this book (pause) is far divorced from any discussion of the specific development of psychic abilities.

[...] Most of you understand that All That Is is within you, that God is within creation, within physical matter, and that “He” does not simply operate as some cosmic director on the outside of reality. [...]

[...] Their vitality was strong enough to form differentiation and cooperation within the framework of matter.

[...] You are not just dealing with a one-line development of matter, but of an unimaginable creativity, in which all versions of your physical world exist, each one quite convinced of its physical nature. [...]

Instead, consciousness formed matter. [...] Consciousness and matter and energy are one, but consciousness initiates the transformation of energy into matter. [...]

[...] Either God “made it,” or physical matter, in some unexplained manner, was formed after an initial explosion of energy, and consciousness emerged from that initially dead matter in a way yet to be explained.

[...] Established science is quite certain that no energy can now be created or destroyed, but only transformed (as stated in the first law of thermodynamics). Science sees energy and matter as being basically the same thing, appearing differently under varying circumstances.

“In a magazine on parapsychology I recently read an article containing ideas that I think are at least a little more reasonable than those of creationism or evolutionism: Though the writer did take evolution for granted, he also put consciousness within matter.”

I am speaking again of quite practical connections here, for as energy forms matter, matter and energy are inseparable and objects obtain their character from their owners, and from the circumstances surrounding them.

(Jane has now settled all matters pertaining to her ESP book with her publisher. [...]

[...] You were consciously concerned over financial matters. [...]

[...] There is no reason for you to worry about financial matters. [...]

(Notes: Today Jane called Tam about the continuing hassles over the disclaimer for Mass Events, and learned several important things—among them that the legal department is now “drafting” a letter to us, explaining their position in the matter. [...]

[...] My best guess at the moment is that the disclaimer matters not at all, but the idea of it doesn’t bode well for the future, I’m afraid, and there may be the real rub. [...]

(Pause.) The body is composed of organs, physical parts, living matter—but the body is also composed of processes, relationships that exist on all levels between various portions of the body and between the body and its environment. [...]

[...] What you read, however, is in one way or another translated into other terms, so that for example your stomach reacts in its way to your reading matter, as the visual information is translated into other terms. [...]