“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

For that reason, science—after its first great adventurous era—had its own flaws built in, and so it must expand its definitions of reality or become a tin-can caricature of itself, a prostituted handmaiden to an outworn technology, and quite give up its early claims of investigating the nature of truth or reality. [...]

Now: Man needs the feeling that he is progressing, but technological progress alone represents a comparatively shallow level unless it is backed up by a growth of emotional understanding—a progression of man’s sense of being at one with himself and with the rest of the natural world.

[...] All species are interconnected, so, as I said earlier, when you think you think for yourselves, you also specialize in thinking for the rest of nature, which physically sustains you.

[...] I think that each person at that gathering shown on television was looking for news about man’s origin and nature—even if, in our opinions, it’s too simplistic to postulate the existence of a great council on one of the far planets of our solar system. [...]

[...] Measured work of that nature is very difficult for Ruburt—hence the typing, for example of manuscripts, such as mine, that he cannot change as he goes along, is very difficult. [...]

There is a level of understanding that you achieve now and then, and lose when you achieve it; you work wonders—and those wonders appear so ordinary to you, so natural, that they almost escape your notice. [...]

There is more in this session than you realize, if you put it together, for the creative abilities are themselves creative, spontaneous, exuberant, by their nature unpredictable.

[...] Ruburt needs solitude, as you do, but also a format of an informal nature, for the emotions of others stimulate his abilities.

(Long pause at 7:44.) Now, he more or less thinks that he must and should return to “work” immediately, where instead a more relaxed attitude would allow his natural feelings, his love of ideas and his interest in our work to naturally show their results again, with the most natural balance of recuperation. [...]

[...] I also tried to keep in mind Seth’s recent reference to her own natural rhythms, thinking that if she didn’t want sessions just now, that might actually be part of the healing process.

This leads me rather naturally to my next topic (which concerns our questions about evolution).

[...] The complex nature of other animal consciousness escapes you completely. [...]

I hesitate in many instances to say what I might, because it is so easy to misinterpret meanings; but when you ask what is the purpose of consciousness you take it for granted there must be one purpose — where the greater truth and creativity must be that consciousness itself cannot be aware of all of its own purposes, but ever discovers its own nature through its own manifestations.

(With amusement:) Naturally.

[...] Then these materializations of panic and pain play about the physical body, projected by the ego, and steal the powers of the subconscious mind from their natural constructive tasks.… In other words, the ego becomes a tool to disrupt rather than to create.

[...] This is, I’m sorry to say, a natural occurence often on your plane. [...]

[...] However, conscious fears cause the ego to tighten its grasp, and some effects of this nature were starting up. [...]

[...] The pain, while definite, unpleasant and sometimes agonizing, is not of an emotional nature in the same way that you experience pain. [...]

Lest I give an inaccurate picture of my wife, however, let me add that she combines instances of that seeming intransigence with a profound intuitive innocence before nature (and thus All That Is), and with a great literal acceptance of nature’s manifestations and of her own being and creations within that framework. [...] Whatever reservations she shows—her conscious inhibition of impulses, for example—are learned devices that are literally protective in nature. [...]

[...] And I began to read up on how many kinds of staphylococcus bacteria alone there are, and indeed how common infections are in hospitals, since by their very nature those institutions are far from being the cleanest in town….

(Pause at 8:05.) My 82 pounds of flesh were hauled, dragged, pulled, and stretched by good-natured but often impatient strangers—nurses and orderlies and aides—and the most private of my physical processes became a matter of public record. [...]

(8:21.) In this book, Seth does discuss to some degree the nature of certain illnesses as they apply to individual life and genetic survival. [...]

[...] She never understood the desire for freedom from worldly concerns that is part of your father’s nature, and of all your natures. [...]

[...] In that session Seth stated that it would become natural and easy for Jane to speak in that manner.)

[...] The actions and interactions form its characteristics and nature.

[...] They shared a love of nature. [...]

[...] The physical system would become too rigid, lose the power of its natural diversity, and eventually bring a dead-end to human survival.

Many deficient individuals in their way are as vital to the development of humanity as geniuses are, for both preserve the elastic nature of human consciousness, and promote its coping qualifications.

The bacteria is naturally found in every bladder — but when you collect it or isolate it, the doctors then call it infected.

It is, again, vital that you trust the body, particularity in the light of the medical profession’s suspicions of the body’s natural processes.

The teeth are gradually and gently and easily shifting with the release of jaw tension, for a better, more natural bite. [...]

[...] Do then remind him gently that he should not become impatient, while realizing that that is natural enough in its way. [...]

Form, shape and color—these at first delighted you as you tried to reproduce on paper what you saw in nature. [...]

[...] These caused you to probe into the nature of your own beings in most intimate fashion, and yet were meant to lead you into that inner world of events—because each of you wanted to take that chance, and make that journey.

“First, you must try to understand the nature of reality. [...]

[...] The first sense involves perception of a direct nature—instant cognition through what I can only describe as inner vibrational touch. [...]

[...] Naturally, she didn’t want anyone to know about the child, who had been put up for adoption (and it was none of my business anyway). [...]

Therefore his relationship with Tam Mossman was quite valuable to him, for it took a good deal of the unpredictable nature out of free-lance writing; particularly where projects like books were concerned rather than short stories, and particularly in an area that was itself controversial. [...]

(9:55.) Overall, being is its own reward—not that there are not others, but that being obviously makes all of your experiences possible, so you cannot tie being up in a package of work only, regardless of the nature of the work. [...]

His early writing, and his best later writing, spring alike from that realization, when he forgets ideas of our work’s responsibility, or how respectable he should appear, and simply does it because it is a natural expression of his being —one expression among others. [...]

[...] There is then a natural reaction at times, as those tendencies in the personality that adopted the symptoms actually struggle to retain them.

[...] The nature of his own individuality makes it impossible for him to accept such a solution. [...]

It is advisable that you not discuss Ruburt’s condition after a session of this nature, but turn your minds to some other interest before retiring.

Ruburt does not need to feel that he would naturally, left alone, go out into the world, into the arena, and convince the world of our ideas, or think that with his energy unimpeded that would be part of his natural mission. [...]

[...] But as private people, and as creatures, you must value your freedom of motion, and your connections with the natural world of the seasons.

[...] It is good to know where you are, and the nature of your reality. [...]

[...] There is every reason to explore inner reality, but this exploration should lead you to understand the nature of physical reality also. [...]

You may of course realize its nature, and this is a step forward. [...]

When you have out-of-body experiences, you can become aware of the nature of inner reality more directly.

[...] The sound was like a supervoice; maybe like Nature speaking, or something, not the way a person would speak.”)

[...] It is automatically experienced in whatever form is familiar and natural to the one who holds it. [...]

[...] In these terms the real environment will be that which was generally perceived by the natural inhabitants of the system.

[...] You find that natural alteration quite normal. [...]

[...] I know this refers to the belief in man’s sinful nature or deadly intent; when you believe that you end up with the assailant’s hand your own. [...]

[...] Even in this immature work, which she produced 11 years before she was to initiate the Seth material, her mystical nature was asserting its innate knowledge.)

[...] They become embarrassed in late boyhood when kissed by their mothers, as a rule — yet it is quite natural to be both independent and dependent, cooperative and competitive.

Such young men grow up with the desire to be independent, while at the same time they also experience the natural drive for cooperation and dependence upon others. [...]