“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

The self then, unknown to the ego, perceives itself in a vast variety of experiences, and in, indeed, a vast number of realities. Each of these so-called realities, for one blends into the other, could be termed, or viewed as, a separate field. Each is therefore composed of the characteristic perception patterns that happen to lie within it, and these so-called minor fields could then be termed other selves, or minor selves, from the standpoint of the self that we are considering.

From the standpoint of these seemingly minor selves, however, the viewpoint would be entirely different. If we take for example a particular range of various perception patterns, for convenience’s sake, and label them one self, then the various patterns within would appear to be minor selves forming the whole.

If however we changed our arbitrary boundary points, then the minor selves at either end would now seem to be portions of other selves. For practical purposes it may be said that a self is composed of a gestalt of perception patterns, within which a fairly constant efficiency is maintained. This is the best definition I can give you at this time.

[...] You were wanderers and traveled also through Asia Minor.

You traveled through Asia Minor in a time of great turmoil, and wherever you went you spoke — which means you gave utterance to the ethics. [...]

[...] In Asia Minor, and fragments of a past civilization were then there. [...]

[...] Suppose the worst, that in this life you have the following background: You are poor, you are of a minority race, you are not intellectual, you are a woman, you have a severe physical defect and you are no beauty. [...]

(Jim H.: “Didn’t you say earlier, referring to the woman who was born in a minority race, that her challenges had been set up by a previous personality, in our terms?”)

[...] At the same “time,” so to speak, that this personality is born into a minority race, in a completely different era it may be born rich, secure and aristocratic. [...]

[...] Eve represented the nighttime as well as a name, and this led to a future possibility, a minor accident involving Mr. Mossman’s Eve. [...]

[...] It would be a minor accident, but in the Bill Macdonnel accident someone, not Bill, was severely injured.

[...] The accident, again, would be comparatively minor unless the older woman’s inner existence drastically changes for the worse. [...]

[...] “Turnabout with the child, a complete change of plan or a turnabout” refers to the fact that she wanted to keep the baby but its father refused to marry her and pushed her into having it adopted; she was a minor also at the time. [...]

[...] The Torimba tribe in Africa ended up after many centuries in Asia Minor carrying with them remnants of their past civilization. And you were known as a minor god, something that you have never forgotten. [...]

[...] Suppose the worst, that in this life you have the following background—you are poor, you are of a minority race, you are not intellectual, you are a woman, you have a severe physical defect and you are no beauty. [...]

([Joel:] “Didn’t you say earlier, referring to the woman who was born in a minority race, that her challenges had been set up by a previous personality in our terms?”)

Now you must realize again, that we are speaking of division for convenience sake when none exists, so at the same time, so to speak, that this personality is born in a minority race, poor, etc., in a completely different era it may be born rich, secure and aristocratic. [...]

[...] Ruburt may make minor corrections if he feels them necessary, but the I in the book will be my own so interpretation will not be needed.

They feel isolated and alone, unappreciated, filled with rage which is being constantly expressed — in many cases, though not all — through a steady series of minor social crimes. [...]

[...] These can be compared in this context, you see, to minor gods, and your mythologies are full of these. [...]

Take the minor god connection lightly as the term is a poor one but brings out the idea I want to portray, though it is somewhat distorted. [...]

If you are having a dream as yourself from your own perspective, another reincarnational self may be having the same dream from its perspective—in which, of course, you play a minor role. In your dream, that reincarnational self may appear as a minor character, quite on the periphery of your attention, and if the dream were to include an idea, say, for a play or an invention, then that play or invention might appear as a physical event in both historic times, to whatever degree it would be possible for the two individuals living in time to interpret that information. [...]

[...] Maybe I should have figured something like that was going on — but on the other hand, how can I be responsible, except possibly in a minor way?

Because he has not built up the good trust of his body, however, any new discomfort, regardless of origin, alarms him—an alarm that causes him to tense his muscles, withhold his weight, become hesitant—actions that of course themselves bring about stress, and prolong what should be a fairly minor adjustment. [...]

[...] But I’d say that the most important thing in the whole business is that I now have a free mind about the affliction: I can forget it, by and large, and know that the benefits, the minor healing, will naturally flow. [...]

[...] If no major rearrangement is possible, minor changes should be made.

[...] Otherwise you could have lingering, though far minor ones, while these habitual objects lost their associative powers, you see.

[...] A lingering group of minor symptoms over a period of years would represent instances that could cause difficulty, given the proper circumstances, or rather, the improper circumstances. [...]

[...] If you belong to a minority or if you are black, then you may be caught in a conflict of beliefs.

[...] Some existed in Asia Minor. [...] (Pause.) There were three basic groups: the one generally thought of, an offshoot in Africa, and the Asia Minor group mentioned earlier. [...]

(Jane did do a few minor motions after the session, and before I turned her—wriggling her toes. [...]

[...] She did not realize this had any effect on the child…a difficulty, minor enough, in the lumbar region and fourth vertebra. [...]