“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] Now you are a good matter-maker since you made the matter of the image that now sits before me. You are all matter-makers and I bet none of you have been called that before. [...]

[...] It also shows that you are deeply considering matters and that you are more open. [...]

[...] There are other feelings about the same matter that did not enter into this particular drama. [...]

[...] As there is a spectrum of light, so there is a spectrum of matter but you are not tuned in to the entire spectrum. [...]

[...] Almost always she joins me in a snack after the session, no matter how late it is.

[...] It is only because you are so busily concerned with daily matters that you do not realize that there is a portion of you who knows that its own powers are far superior to those shown by the ordinary self.

[...] It is not just a simple matter of having this woman speak for me. [...]

[...] I am an energy personality essence, no longer focused in physical matter. [...]

Your mistake is in judging existence by its protrusion into matter as you are familiar with matter, and this attitude indeed will persist into any foreseeable future without basic change. [...]

[...] She had no idea of the subject matter for the session, nor did she know whether she would sit with her eyes closed or pace about as usual.

[...] Others to you would appear physically lopsided, with all of their matter concentrated, so to speak, in one place. [...]

[...] Were it not however for the basic independence of the inner self from matter, human life as you know it would also be impossible.

(In our reality, the first law of thermodynamics tells us that energy [matter] can be changed from one form to another but that it can’t be created or destroyed. Although a chemical change results in a new substance the total weight of the ingredients involved remains practically the same; in such ordinary reactions the amount of matter converted into heat is infinitesimal. [...]

[...] Although we had a few shorter sessions on different matters during the holiday season, this is the first material Seth has given on his book since December 18 — and as he resumed dictation on Chapter Seven so easily, we were reminded that he’s impervious to our ideas of time.

[...] All I remember is that matter can’t be created or destroyed. [...]

(We’ve been especially interested in such material since Seth referred to the “deaths” of atoms and molecules in the 625th session in Chapter Five, but we haven’t asked for more detail because the subject matter is somewhat outside the scope of this book. [...]

I would not like the matter of the sessions in general, and the subconscious influence question, to go by the board however, and in one way or another we must find time for those matters.

[...] I have had several matters to discuss with you.

Our sessions in general, the matter of spontaneity and discipline, your own fears, rather natural enough, concerning any subconscious effect I might have on Ruburt.

These are rather important matters that should be discussed. [...]

All you can perceive of them, you see, is matter, because you automatically transform all data into matter patterns because of the nature of your own perceptions. Since you observe matter, it obviously has a reality. [...]

[...] It appears as matter within your system, from your viewpoint, and exists as matter within your system. [...]

[...] As they are projected into your system however, they are only perceived in terms of matter.

It is easier then to say that they appear as matter when they are projected into your system, but this is not precisely correct. [...]

I am saying, of course, that there is no such thing as dead matter. [...] You cannot understand what you are unless you understand such matters.

You are not a forsaken offshoot of physical matter, nor is your consciousness meant to vanish like a puff of smoke. [...]

Since we are addressing individuals who do identify with the “normally conscious self,” I bring such matters up in this first chapter because I will be using the terms later in the book, and because I want to state the fact of multidimensional personality as soon as possible.

[...] Your physical senses permit you to perceive the exterior forms to which you then react, but your physical senses to some extent force you to perceive reality in this manner, and the inside vitality within matter and form is not so apparent.

[...] You have been so faithful, and indeed so studious in our discussion of matter, on matters that matter, that I will let you off, if Ruburt and you would like to accompany your down-in-the-mouth Philip on his trip from bar to bar.

[...] We will therefore momentarily suspend our discussion on the properties of matter, although we will shortly continue along the lines of primary and secondary constructions.

[...] If they sense that you will compromise, not in small matters but in basic principles, then you lose this club that you now hold over their heads.

We will indeed have a time; and I do intend, in a moment, to discuss a few other matters in which Philip is unfortunately involved.

[...] It is not a matter of a session taking something out of Ruburt. It is a matter of tuning into the kind of energy that he does in our sessions, and simply because of present circumstances and development, three times a week is sufficient.

[...] We talked about this now — without expecting Seth to discuss it — and agreed that she’d have to slack off on such extracurricular adventures, no matter how interesting the “provocation.”

[...] Now it may seem to you that it is merely a matter of my not being available if I think Ruburt should not have an extra session. [...]

(Session 757 was devoted to other matters that Jane and I were interested in.)

For that matter, the body is naturally well-equipped to handle “projection of consciousness,” or out-of-body travel, whatever you prefer to call it. [...]

[...] To be ostracized is no laughing matter. [...]

[...] To make matters more confusing you may automatically try to interpret the dream events according to your usual picture of reality, and switch channels, so to speak, as you waken.

[...] Since dreams are a by-product of any consciousness involved with matter, then trees have their dreams. All physical matter, being formed about individualized units of consciousness of varying degrees, also participates in the involuntary construction of the dream world.

[...] You can refer to our previous discussions on the nature of matter to help you understand, but the dream world is not a formless, haphazard semi-construction.

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

The Crucifixion was one of the gigantic realities that transformed and enriched both the universe of dreams and the universe of matter, and it originated in the world of dreams. [...]

[...] For that matter, insects, birds, fish, and all kinds of life play. [...] Their sociability is not just a matter of constant work within a hive or an ant mound. [...]

[...] Comments such as these: “You look tired,” or: “What’s the matter, don’t you feel well?” and other such remarks often simply reinforce the individual’s earlier sense of dejection, until finally this same kind of give-and-take leads to a situation in which the individual and his fellows begin to intermix in a negative rather than a positive manner.

Once more, action is not a force outside that acts upon matter. [...] This was also discussed briefly in sessions dealing with the first appearance of matter within the physical field.

(Jane has been studying psy-time regularly, and reports that almost as a matter of routine now she attains what she calls an “excellent state”, involving a feeling of much lightness and separation from her physical self. [...]

[...] The reasons for its inability to completely materialize have been given in a previous session, and I will discuss the matter again at a later date.

I will shortly comment upon Ruburt’s inside experience which you have just noted, as it is directly connected with the material now under discussion, and indeed is an example of the matter of which I have been speaking.

[...] You may say that in sleeping you focus your energies to form a different reality than the reality of waking physical matter.

[...] The dream universe, while composed of molecules, is not composed of matter as you know it. [...]

[...] But structure is not dependent upon matter as in the physical universe, and the motion of molecules is more spontaneous, and an almost unbelievable depth of experience is possible within what would seem to you a fraction of a moment.

In this way you may be able to perceive the manners in which it is transformed into other fields that do not involve matter as you know it.

I will indeed mention the Frank Watts material, and a few other matters that are at hand.

[...] I do intend to go into this matter thoroughly, since it involves various stages of consciousness through which we must journey.

During fall and the winter we will continue long sessions on the inner senses, the nature of matter, time, and also discuss other means by which you may personally experiment.

[...] Nevertheless I will defer to what I believe is your wish in this matter. [...]

[...] These constructions are those which most closely approximate inner reality, in that they are not as completely imprisoned in form or matter, but in themselves change form or matter.

[...] As particular portions of matter are transformed, as the inner self, through the inner senses creates a simple material object that is picked up by the outer senses clearly as, say, a table, so are these other constructions that closely mirror inner reality that are perceived by the outer senses as effects.

[...] But the seasons are automatic constructions along the lines of alterations, happening to matter already constructed.

You cannot for example see autumn, but only its effects upon matter already constructed. [...]

[...] For example: No matter what information or data you receive as the result of animal experimentation or dissection for scientific purposes, and no matter how valuable the results appear to be, the consequences of such methods are so distorted that you comprehend less of life than you did before.

For that matter, an athlete may have a great zest for motion and an impatience with reading, caring not what within the body makes it move as long as its performance is superb — while an invalid with great book knowledge about all of the body’s parts is quite unable to physically perform in a normal manner.

[...] After delivering a couple of pages on other matters, Seth closed out the session at 11:40 P.M.

[...] Since dreams are a by-product of any consciousness involved with matter, this leads us to the correct conclusion—that trees have their dreams, that all physical matter, being formed about individualized units of consciousness of varying degrees, also participates in the involuntary construction of the dream universe.

It is ridiculous for him to so punish himself, and does not help matters, as his joyous spontaneity is so important in his working habits.

[...] This follows certain laws inherent in the field of nature as far as matter is concerned. [...]

[...] He remembers his early lack of discipline in working matters, but he is well disciplined now. [...]

A note here, pertaining to a different matter. Ruburt read that electrons spring from pure energy, and after our discussions on the nature of matter this should come as no surprise.

[...] Emanations from this field continue, traveling further, projecting energy that is transformed as you know into matter; and in a simplified version of your universe perceived in terms of such force fields, you would have seemingly endless atoms and molecules spinning about the nucleus, or an endless variety of such patterns that would appear on first appraisal random to an observer from another field.

[...] The deficiency is not in the matter itself, but is projected upon it.

[...] When it is understood that man creates not only matter but his own physical image as well, greater attention will be given so that early fear patterns of such extent will not develop.

[...] Its inner mysteries—which are indeed the mysteries of consciousness, not matter—cannot be explained, and must remain incomprehensible, if you try to study them from the viewpoint of your objective experience alone. [...]

[...] (Pause.) Your beliefs have directed who should go to war and who should not, who should live and who should die, who should be educated and who should not, who should be isolated from society and who should not—all matters directly touching upon the survival of certain families throughout history, and therefore affecting the species as a whole.

I am not here specifically blaming Christianity, for far before its emergence, your ideas (underlined) and beliefs about good and evil [were] far more important in all matters regarding the species than any simple questions of genetic variances, natural selection, or environmental influence. [...]

“And that, though Seth spoke about some matters being almost impossible to explain, he enjoyed the challenge, and felt a sense of achievement rather than frustration….”