“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

I have said that the mind cannot be detected by your instruments at present. The mind does not take up space, and yet the mind is the value that gives power to the brain. The mind expands continuously, both in individual terms and in terms of the species as a whole, and yet (with amusement) the mind takes up neither more nor less space, whether it be the mind of a flea or a man.

If the dream world, the mind, and the inner universe do exist, but not in space, and if they do not exist basically in time, though they may be glimpsed through time, then your question will be: In what medium or in what manner do they exist, and without time, how can they be said to exist in duration? I am telling you that the basic universe exists behind all camouflage universes in the same manner, and taking up no space, that the mind exists behind the brain. [...] It exists in time, but the mind takes up no space and does not have its basic existence in time. [...]

[...] I merely want to remind the reader that in ordinary terms naïve realism, or some mind-brain idea very much like it, is habitually used whether we’re considering evolution within a time-oriented camouflage universe, painting a picture, or running a household. And after many centuries, the debate over the relationship between mind and brain continues, if first the existence of the mind is even agreed upon!

Nevertheless the dream world, the mind, and the basic inner universe do exist … in what we will call the value climate of psychological reality. [...]

To parallel these sessions, it would be nice if the two of you kept Framework 2 in mind, and utilized it with a bit more confidence, and became alert again to those “coincidences” that always appear in current experience.

The uncertainty principle, or the principle of indeterminacy (advanced by Heisenberg in 1927, and part of the theory of quantum mechanics), sets definite limits to the accuracy possible in measuring both the motion and position of atoms and elementary particles simultaneously; more importantly to my mind, for the purposes of this note, the uncertainty principle maintains that there is an interaction between the observer (with his instruments) and the object or quality being measured.

(Long pause, eyes closed.) Any mental message is also received, in an electromagnetic code, and directly transferred, bypassing the conscious mind, into movement of the new temporary force field.

[...] Seth then came through, and in no uncertain terms told us to mind our own business. [...]

[...] The state of your own mind will have something to do with the type of personalities that you contact, the behavior of the tables and the messages that you receive. [...]

There is no separation between body and mind, so that the body has emotional considerations to take into consideration also. It has mental reasons for its actions, then, as the mind has physical ones. [...]

[...] Your life is dependent upon that intimate relationship between body and mind. [...]

[...] As you make lists of your beliefs you will find some of these pictures coming into your mind. [...] If you do not like what you see then quite consciously change the picture in your mind.

[...] Now and then you see it quite clearly in your mind. [...]

[...] Play could also be used even in old peoples’ homes, for it could revive feelings of spontaneity and give the conscious mind a rest from worrying.

[...] By such mental games, however, stressing the desirable solution, children can learn at an early age to utilize their imaginations and their minds in a far more beneficial manner.

[...] Card-playing and family games such as Monopoly are actually excellent practices, and play in any form encourages spontaneity and promotes healing and peace of mind.

(4:29.) Some playful behavior on Ruburt’s part would be of considerable benefit — and this would be even better if the two of you could possibly indulge in some kind of play together, even if only mind games were involved — games with no particular purpose, except fun.

[...] Almost immediately after your chair suggestion, and with the work you are both doing, Ruburt’s mind and body began to respond. [...]

(10:15.) To him, it seems like the kitchen is suddenly a room, because he has opened a room up in his mind. [...]

[...] The fact is that you decided to use your minds in certain ways that you felt were not approved of in your society—and that pattern goes way back for both of you; when you, for example, decided to bow out of a career in commercial art.

The increased activity and the release of impulses with these sessions, and your pendulum work, are once again arousing Ruburt’s body and mind, and your own, so that you have an excellent chance now for Ruburt to recover. [...]

As your cells have their own memories, so the conscious mind has a more overt kind of memory. [...]

[...] The cells within your hand contain within themselves memories your conscious mind would be dazzled to behold. [...]

[...] Past events do not intrude in this manner unless they are beckoned by the conscious expectations and thoughts that exist within your mind. [...]

[...] In such a case you are not being honest with the contents of your conscious mind. [...]

[...] I want you to keep the difference between the two frameworks in mind, however, in line with what I am saying.

[...] I want you to keep all of this in mind, beginning the new year perhaps on better footing.

The book should cover your version of our joint experience — your own philosophical explanation of it, the questions it arouses within your own mind, your observations of Ruburt as Jane and in our trance states. [...]

I had several things in mind this evening. [...]

[...] Yet there will always be a veil between the waking and sleeping consciousness, for while you are physical, the waking mind can only deal with so much information. [...]

Much information does not even reach the brain (the mind is aware of such data, however). [...]

Now these previews are played out not only for the mind but for the body as well. [...]

“The model for them and your notes already exists within your mind. Scan any paragraph of your notes, then turn your mind gently a half notch aside. As you do so you will be able to sense your own completed version, and any word that does not fit will be instantly sensed, while another will at once slip to mind.

[...] Finally, the disparity between the time Seth-Jane had spent producing Volume 1 alone (around 45 hours), and my own commitment in ordinary time, became so great in my mind as to be almost overwhelming.

[...] (However, the decision to publish in two volumes, made when “Unknown” Reality was almost finished, caused me to rewrite most of my original notes for it with that new presentation in mind.)

[...] I could feel my mind and abilities, using either words or pictures, stretch as a result.

[...] The body, however, exists with the mind to contend with — and the mind produces an inner environment of concepts. [...]

[...] It presupposes a mouth and a tongue, the kind of physical organization necessary; a mind; a certain kind of world in which sounds have meaning; and a very precise, quite practical knowledge of the nature of sounds, the combination of their patterns, the use of repetition, and a knowledge of the nervous system. [...]

[...] Your conscious mind, however, directs your temporal perception and interprets that perception, organizing it into mental patterns. [...]

The mind then signals threat — but a threat that is nowhere physically present, so that the body cannot clearly respond. [...]

New paragraph: In somewhat the same manner, your physical brain is a doorway that triggers activity in your mind. Your beliefs then are largely responsible for the areas of the brain that you activate, and for the resulting nonphysical action of the mind.

[...] In dreaming, the conscious mind itself is far more lenient and playful. [...]

[...] I hope that your mind is set somewhat at rest. [...]

That question, with its implications, for I have simply taken one example of your fears, is to some extent in each of your minds. [...]

[...] Your biology, your abilities, your mind and your emotions, are not conflicting elements, one battling the others so that you must fight to attain your goals. [...]

[...] It may not seem so, but only your ideas of time, and not time itself, relatively closes your mind to the idea of a book of your own. [...]

[...] He may not be relaxed enough of mind so that that particular nap yields what it is supposed to; then he becomes angry for the lost time. [...]

Its suggestions will give you a good framework within which to grow and develop, and a yardstick so that your progress is always kept before your mind’s eye.

[...] Your hand symptom will disappear entirely as your accomplishment grows in your mind, and later grows practically in your work.

[...] Keep this in mind when there is such physical contact. [...]

[...] He is overly concerned with them now, and this holds the image of them in his mind. [...]

[...] All of this goes on before any event appears in physical terms, in the same way that much creative activity goes on hidden in your mind, behind each movement of your hand as you apply paint with a brush to a painting. [...]

Now you give yourself conscious direction by taking it for granted that you paint well, by trying to see the completed painting in your mind. [...]

[...] If your conscious mind is to be a foreman he must be one who is easy to get along with, and not so authoritative that he is yelling demands all the time. [...]

It is your contact with All That Is, but it is up to the conscious mind of the present individual as to how much its abilities will be used and in what manner. [...]

We will cover some of the points that you have in mind.

[...] I have in mind some experiments that can be done in the future, but I do not suggest them now as you are busy enough. [...]

[...] Actually this caused an interruption of action, in order to make the source of the communication stand out in his mind. [...]

I do not mind speaking to your young friends under good conditions; perhaps the recorder can be utilized at such times, and Ruburt can be put to work typing up any additional notes. [...]

[...] The mind as opposed to the brain, perceives time in terms of the spacious present. It is true that the mind works on associative principles. [...]

[...] The mind is hardly shut off when you dream. [...]

[...] There is room in this system for a rather complete explanation of the mind’s associative processes.

[...] For the mind does not divide time into a series of moments. [...]

[...] His state of mind during the day then varies, so that with his files (of poetry) today he was in a highly relaxed, creative, productive, mental level, one that served to cushion his mind from the critical reproaches he can often give himself, and therefore bodily relaxation could continue. [...]