[...] She took aspirin, sat up often, and even called me to rub her legs and backside when those areas bothered her much more than usual. [...]

(Seth either didn’t hear me, or chose to ignore the question.)

[...] This does not mean that I do not sense you emotionally, that you do not impress me in that manner. [...]

[...] It seemed to me to be a clear refusal to project.)

Your feeling (underlined) of need was picked up by those others who follow your work and career, and feel that they know you both, particularly through your(to me) notes. [...]

[...] Do you follow me now? [...]

[...] Do you follow me?

[...] Do you follow me there?

You cannot say, “The poor are poor simply because they chose poverty, and therefore there is no need for me to help them.” [...]

[...] Once more I put him in the closet while Jane gave me an “oh, well” look. [...]

[...] Then, no sooner had we sat for the session than Jane asked me to write down what she was about to say, since she had the material available whether or not Seth got to it: “A new part, or chapter heading: ‘People Who Are Afraid of Themselves. [...]

(We’re presenting his material for me because it has good general application: If Seth deals with my own painted images without even mentioning the words reincarnation or counterparts, still he does reveal how such “residents of the mind” make up part of each person’s innate knowledge of his or her own greater — or larger — self.

(It’s almost as though there’s an unspoken agreement among Jane, Seth and me — but starting with the 846th session, which was held over a month ago [on April 4], Seth has been dictating material for Mass Events on Wednesday evenings only.)

[...] Now Seth came through with a little information for Jane and me, then ended the session at 10:45 P.M. “When the session started I had no idea at all that he was going to talk about Hitler and Germany,” Jane said. [...]

Our reluctant soothsayer did not greet me too enthusiastically this evening.

[...] Jane was walking on the other side of a long black shiny car hood; she looked at me, smiled and waved a greeting.

[...] After this came something new for me: while they felt elevated, my hands also felt quite strongly drawn toward each other, as through some kind of attraction. [...]

[...] Jane grew very relaxed as she sat there at that quiet hour—yet she wanted to hold the session anyhow; she called me early; she felt Seth around….)

While I admit that many people will not agree with me (smile), I know from experience that most individuals do not choose one “happy” life after another, always ensconced in a capable body, endowed by nature or heritage with all of the gifts most people seem to think they desire.

[...] Seth stared at me for a long moment.)

(This thought appeals to me considerably, and seems obvious, of course, once stated. [...]

(Seth’s material earlier this evening, about responsiveness to the world, in whatever form one chose, reminded me of an idea I’d mentioned to Jane last week. [...]

Now: let me clarify your positions for you.

(Jane had no specific questions, except that “I hope he goes into stuff for me. [...]

Even Chestnut Beads, written so long ago, published in an obscure-enough—forgive me (humorously)—pulp magazine, reaches out into time, and affects a woman’s movement that then did not exist in your terms: Ruburt’s imaginative act in writing Chestnut Beads was that concentrated.

(A note: When Seth remarked about the pendant Nebene wore being an unorthodox procedure for those times, it reminded me that I’d had the same thought while doing the drawing. [...]

[...] Finally, the humor of the whole situation got through to me: As some have very clearly noted, in the biological and earth sciences especially, circular reasoning often predominates: The theory of evolution is used to prove the theory of evolution.

(This presentation from the 44th session shows clearly just how much of his philosophy Seth had given Jane and me by then. [...]

[...] It seems to me that he combines certain aspects of naïve realism with some of the objections to it; see the 625th session for November 1, 1972.)

Science Convinces Me of Magic

(Peggy Gallagher visited briefly during the session, to tell me that a camera I wanted to buy was on sale at a certain store.

MY WORK AND THOSE DIMENSIONS OF
REALITY INTO WHICH IT TAKES ME

[...] The stability of the pupil’s personality must be correctly gauged by me. [...]

First of all, let me make it plain that while I speak of separate fields and systems, you must remember that they are all one. [...]

[...] Sometime, who knows, you may see me too; and that will give Ruburt something to brood over.

[...] To some extent Ruburt equates me with a more knowledgeable Father Traynor.

[...] At another level he feared that his relationship with me was the result of unconscious fraud, and trickery, that he had indeed become the false prophet, and conned you and everyone else, including himself.

[...] The very fact that you have me here is the result of past experience and development

[...] You are therefore challenges to me. [...]

[...] She wanted me to ask Seth if she had distorted this data while delivering it.

(Jane’s attitude about biblical history is in keeping with her feelings about some other facets of her abilities: she has often told me she felt much freer giving a reading for a person when she wasn’t acquainted with him. [...]

3. Seth’s material here reminded me of what Jane had told me last week about her own objectified perception of information; see her quoted notes prefacing the 694th session for May 1.

Timothy Mossman was subconsciously aware that he would meet me when he read Ruburt’s manuscript. [...]

[...] In telling me this Jane said Callista had foreseen events concerning James’s death. [...]