“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Ruburt is experiencing the first (pause) glimpses of his natural energy. [...]

[...] His eyes “have caught up to themselves”—that is, while certain improvements begin it takes a while for a stability to exist again, so that the new improvements become the natural, habitual condition. [...]

[...] 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. [...]

[...] The perceiving mechanisms themselves change and are changed by that which they perceive, and I am speaking now of your physical system, and the physical nature of any perception.

[...] Even the quality of that action is of a different nature.

[...] (Long pause.) I fail to see, however, that the most precise mathematical data will enhance the spiritual, psychic, creative condition of mankind (smile), unless it deals with issues that throw light upon the nature of existence, in basic terms. [...]

We will have more to say concerning the nature of perception, and the ways in which such information is perceived and used.

[...] The fault is that the ego has refused to accept the action from the subconscious, therefore impeding the natural flow of energy. Naturally, all actions are not recognized by the ego, nor is it necessary in any case.

I would like to continue with our discussion concerning the nature of the human personality in its relationship to action, and in connection with the matter of illness and health in general.

The very nature of the ego and of the personality is formed by the ability to choose between actions or stimuli; but life as it is not connected to a highly differentiated ego, rejoices in all stimuli, as sensation, whether it is pleasurable or painful, for these distinctions do not exist in your terms. [...]

To begin with, not enough is understood about the biological structure, for the nature of the atoms and molecules that form the biological structure is still largely misunderstood, and very little has been done in this field.

[...] Did do suggestions and try to return to the natural moment—though did forget that a few times. [...]

[...] On awakening could feel my eyes were bugging out and vision blurred some; Pat and Carroll came; I’m embarrassed to be seen walking as I do—worse Carroll comments on my eyes—throat—I’m mad at me and at her; instant poor mood, worry about eyes again—think worse things—make an effort to trust the physician within; tell myself to ignore negative suggestions—then return to natural data. [...]

[...] It is not a natural psychological construct, so when it is allowed to it naturally seeks its own release also, when it is denied communication that is most difficult. [...]

(Now the noise in the fireplace was fluctuating.) There you run into problems involved with Catholic or Christian devotion, the natural feedback needed in the development of creative work, and the striking originality of creative ventures that strike out on their own, forming their own paths. [...]

[...] Again, the material should be read and discussed now, and let him mention specifically any events that come to mind naturally as you read or discuss the sessions. [...]

[...] The main issue, again, is to reassure that one important portion of Ruburt’s personality that the self is not sinful, not bad or evil, and to show it the limited nature of the framework that so defined it. [...]

[...] A closed system is, in other words, the result of the limitations of the outward senses, whose nature it is to distinguish as a meaningful reality only one portion of an open infinite system.

[...] When conceptual thought develops far enough, then it is imagined that all energy originates from what seems to be a closed system; and this misconception then colors all deductions made concerning the nature of energy itself.

[...] An emotional acceptance, distasteful as this may seem to Ruburt, is the answer here, and again a sensual immersion in the spacious present and in nature will refresh you here.

[...] Contemplation of an abstract nature often leads further into valid psychic experience. [...]

It is not just that the people related more to the land—though they did—but that they had a different kind of psychological extension, not only with nature, but in and with time itself. [...]

[...] The peasants of course worked closely with the land and seasons, with earth’s natural timing, and even though such work seemed to make time go faster, in the overall the sense of present time included a rich dimension from both present and past, so that in your terms it would seem longer by contrast —richer—when people went to bed earlier, lacking the night’s electricity. [...]

[...] The balances of nature, culture, communication, transportation, had altered to such a degree that a real poverty had resulted, not simply simple basic but adequate living conditions. [...]

Hellfire, for example, hardly presents any desirable extension, but there was before hell always the hope that the sinner would repent, and even if hell became the feared future existence, it still preserved the nature of the human consciousness involved. [...]

[...] Curse your ignorance, and search for evidence of man’s sinful nature. And many who do not believe in religion per se certainly believe in man’s sinful nature—though perhaps giving it a more scientific name. So your culture believes that by publicizing crimes of whatever nature, you will somehow eradicate them.

(9:42.) Now: I can’t—nor would I want to—turn you into children again, but you have a natural optimism, both of you—a creature optimism, with which all are innately equipped. That natural optimism is a power in the individual and in the world. [...]

[...] Since many of the building plans involved the construction of various kinds of temples, the personality has always been interested in acquiring knowledge concerning the nature of reality. [...] There is a need on the present personality’s part to understand its own nature, and to use its abilities constructively. [...]

[...] There are such natural things as apples, you see. There are no natural things such as minutes or hours. [...]

[...] There is no boundary line between for example experience and time, nor any natural separation. [...]

[...] In his solitary nature he came close to being a mystic but he was unable to relate his personality as Joseph Burdo with the social world at large, or even to the other members of his family. [...] He felt strongly his connection with the universe as a whole and with nature as he understood it. But to him nature did not include his fellow human beings. [...]

[...] Only after such relation is isolation of that nature of benefit. Jane sensed her grandfather’s feeling of identification with the rest of nature however, and since she had not yet developed a strong ego personality as a young child she felt no sense of rejection as did, for example, the other members of the family. [...]

[...] The psychic nature grew in an oddly distorted manner in some aspects and yet remained stubbornly shrunken in others. From early age however Jane drank in his feeling of completeness with nature, and it had much to do with her later development. [...]

[...] Yet he related his own body, at least until the very end, very well with nature. [...]

[...] He has been studying the nature of his consciousness — using it as if it were apart from the rest of nature, and therefore seeing nature and the world in a particular light.⁶ That light has finally made him feel isolated, alone, and to some extent relatively powerless (intently).

(Pause at 9:34.) Now, certain individuals glimpse this great natural healing ability of the body, and use it. [...] “Miraculous” healings are simply instances of nature unhampered. Complete physicians, as mentioned earlier,⁹ would be persons who understood the true nature of the body and its own potentials — persons who would therefore transmit such ideas to others and encourage them to trust the validity of the body. [...]

(In the meantime, on Saturday morning, July 27, Jane received her first copy of The Nature of Personal Reality: A Seth Book, from her publisher. [...]

[...] The cellular comprehension⁸ provides all kinds of inner therapeutics that operate quite naturally. [...]

The term, woo back to health, is an excellent one, quite apropos to a large extent in all such conditions, and operating beneath most symptoms despite their nature.

Now part of this was quite unrealistic, based on old ideas of his, part of it from the interaction of your natures. [...]

[...] These were a natural extension.

[...] You had received the cover, and the writing self was facing its own conflicts also: was the psychic work its natural fulfillment, or a disastrous side trip? [...]

This is a difficult procedure, and in all cases and in all developments of this nature, there must be no attempt made to browbeat the ego, for in this way lies schizophrenia and disorientation. [...]

[...] I have promised you that I would explain more clearly the nature both of your abilities and their part in our venture, and so I will.

[...] It can however be arranged, according to the circumstances; for I do not laugh unless there is something worth laughing at, and we can arrange a good-natured harmless but amusing joke, at no one’s expense.

[...] Our venture represents gestalts of energy coming together in quite natural manners. [...]

[...] (Pause.) Anytime you use instruments to probe into the nature of reality, you are looking at a kind of secondary evidence, no matter how excellent the instruments may be. [...] Although instruments can indeed be most advantageous in many ways, they still present you with secondary rather than primary tools of investigation—and they distort the nature of reality far more than the subjective attributes of thoughts, feelings, and intuitions do.

[...] The very utilization of those senses, however, is dependent upon the nature of your consciousness itself, and that consciousness is aware of its power and action through the exercise of its own properties.

(9:21.) The human consciousness has not, therefore, developed the best and most proper “tool” with which to examine the nature of reality. [...]

[...] Overall the phenomena follows quite natural psychic laws. [...]

There will be a foundation of sorts, and investments, for that is a part of Ruburt’s particular nature, but this will come in time as you want it. [...]

There is a significance in your dancing dilemma that neither of you have come to grips with—having to do with each of your natures and characteristics and ways of looking at a situation. [...]

We prefer instead Seth’s — as well as our own — concepts of the inviolate nature of the individual consciousness, before, during, and after physical existence, in ordinary terms, and whether or not any theory of reincarnation is involved. It may be natural enough for us in the West not to enjoy the idea of surrendering our individual natures upon physical death, even if intellectually we can understand, for instance, the Buddhist teaching that “perfect” joy can be found in the eventual, blissful surrender of the self to a supreme spirit — although I note with some humor that personally I’ve yet to determine how the self who surrenders knows it’s done so if it’s been so thoroughly absorbed.

[...] And we object to the notion that “nature,” in those terms of linear time, has so arranged things that the individual has to pay a karmic debt in one life as the result of actions in a previous one. Why should nature punish anyone if it doesn’t punish anything? The realities of nirvana and karma are not ones that Jane and I want to create.

[...] In the beginning we anticipated another intriguing Seth book, the successor to Seth Speaks and The Nature of Personal Reality. [...]

[...] I’ll note a little more about this natural point of separation in the Epilogue of this book.

By nature he deals directly with people or events. [...]

He felt it unfair to keep at you for emotional expression of love through verbalization and touch when it was not natural to you. [...]

[...] Your way of life has been more natural to you than to Ruburt. [...]

[...] If his “downness” depresses you, as is natural, imagine how much more it depresses him, and try then to find your own footing.

[...] Through me, he is producing the Seth Material, a continuing manuscript dealing with the nature of reality, consciousness and identity that now totals over fifty notebooks. [...] In fact, he seems to operate more efficiently in his contacts with physical reality than I do in my journeys into dimensions more naturally considered his.

[...] Whoever or whatever he is, he is well equipped to discuss the nature of nonphysical existence and to serve as a guide through the other side of consciousness, for it is his natural environment. [...]

[...] I always tried to behave very sensibly to show that a trance was not a strange but a very natural phenomenon, and so my momentary stagger caught me by surprise. [...]

[...] Though my eyes are wide open, it is Seth who looks out and smiles at Rob; Seth who speaks through my lips, discussing the nature of reality and existence from the viewpoint of someone not confined to the three-dimensional world.

[...] It is quite natural for him at times to become discouraged. [...]

[...] Discouragement is natural, and is no problem once it is acknowledged and expressed. [...]

In helping Ruburt do so you will also find your own emotional nature released and enriched. [...]

It was his emotional nature however and spontaneity that opened your eyes to the necessity for emotional expression. [...]

I do activate those coordinates that quicken your individual and joint understanding, and the natural healing processes that do indeed promote a resurgence of natural exuberance and pleasure.

The free association is indeed then operating as it should, and that expression will clear the mental and emotional roads, so that Ruburt’s natural, innate high spirits can begin to show their faces again. [...]