“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] In periods of spontaneity therefore he will sometimes be overly spontaneous, and in a times of rigidity will be overly rigid.

He tempers the bitterness with understanding more than he realizes however, and because of his particular sense of right and wrong, he overly blames himself for what bitterness he has. [...]

([Florence:] “I’m sorry, Seth, I was thinking that the last time I spoke to you I was in an airplane bouncing all over Utica. [...]

[...] Our friend over here (Sally), however, was quite correct. [...]

You (to Theodore) had better watch it over there! [...]

[...] There are decisions made in periods of time so brief you cannot imagine them—reactions that are almost over before they begin, reactions so fast you cannot perceive them as the body responds to its inner reality, and to all the stimuli from the exterior environment. [...]

[...] It was as though she’d acquired an infusion of energy from Seth—yet once the session was over she announced that she wanted to go to bed.)

[...] Even now, as I write about him over 16 years later, I feel a strong emotional pull toward him.

[...] I suggested long ago that it be changed over, but no one listened.

We tried many experiments with various results, over the next three years. [...]

[...] There was a wrench, almost painful, a click at the back of my neck and I found myself flying through a window at seemingly incredible speed, out of the house at second floor level, gaining altitude and heading over Water Street toward the mountains in the distance. [...]

[...] When the excursion is over, the return to the dream body is made with no strain, you see, for the ego is little concerned. [...]

[...] So I got out of bed and went into the bathroom where I sat on a chair to think things over. [...]

(My confusion over the name of my cousin Ruth stemmed from the fact that when Seth referred to “your town” I thought of Sayre, PA, where I grew up, instead of Elmira, 18 miles away, where Ruth grew up. [...]

[...] It is possible that the wife in question may work out well also, but the approach to her should not be overly impassioned, as this would be a mistake.

[...] She had, she said, an abrupt feeling as though she had been “hit over the head.” [...]

[...] While it was fairly unpleasant, it was also over instantly.

(By 9:55 we thought she was out of trance, but this proved to be an over-estimation. [...]

[...] He’s over to my right now,” and she reached out with her arm. [...]

[...] The last notes I gave you are extremely important, but he must not become overly concerned with results, but know that the new beliefs will bring results, as the old ones did, and as beautifully. [...]

If you take The Three Faces of Eve, in which actually four egos were involved, and imagine each of these egos taking over, so to speak, in completely separate existences, in your past, present and future, then you may come somewhat closer to the true nature of reincarnation.

But as the personalities alternated they took over the organic processes so completely that while the body appeared, generally speaking, to be the same, it was not the same.

[...] Even though one personality took over for an hour, still for that hour the physical organism itself was a different one.

[...] As a rule I make no attempt to take over the mechanism that Ruburt operates in any general manner.

[...] When the dominating ego relaxes its control for any reason or becomes weakened, then according to their concept any one of the subsidiary groups may take over.

[...] The next strongest takes over when the captain is down, so to speak, so that the whole can survive.

[...] It is also true that on occasion one potential ego will take over from another. [...]

[...] For if the authors say that oftentimes a subordinate or potential ego will take over control when necessary in order to insure the survival of the whole, then this implies a decision that has been made; and who has made it?

[...] She also missed a chance to meet the Weissenbuehlers from Big Flats, whom we saw last Friday night, since DJ was in Washington, DC over the weekend. [...]

(Jane wanted Seth to discuss her panic feelings tonight, although she didn’t seem overly enthusiastic about a session either. [...]

[...] The entire idea of responsibility has been over-stressed. [...]

(Jane said she had an image, an amusing but quite clear one, of a large arrow arching south over the continent toward Florida, so as to emphasize that location in relation to Uncle Ernie.

[...] For various reasons we will not discuss this evening the experiments being conducted now over a period of some weeks, and they will not be tried again until your autumn. [...]

[...] But read my suggestions over well, so that you are prepared.

When consciousness becomes overly exteriorized and no longer identifies strongly with nature, then it no longer properly identifies itself with the inner nature of its own actions. [...]

[...] The overly exteriorized consciousness has cut itself off so that it no longer perceives the inner order of events. [...]

[...] There were other religions in other times that held a sway over civilizations for far longer periods. [...]

[...] Certainly the weaknesses said that the material was not true – because when he emphasizes work over creativity he becomes overly conscientious, overly concerned with responsibility, and puts himself in a situation where old fears are indeed triggered.

Do not hit yourselves over the head because of this session, wondering how you could be so stupid, for example. [...]

[...] These challenges were chosen, and you are in the process of triumphing over them. [...]

Some night later when this is over, I will give you some important information that will catch up with you, so to speak. [...]

[...] Imagine the experience present in one moment of time over the globe, then try to appreciate the subjective experience of your own that exists in the moment and yet escapes it — and this multiplied by each living individual.

[...] “I can’t really believe it’s over, you know.”

[...] Therefore he handed over to the authorities a man known to be a self-styled messiah — to save, not destroy, the life of the historical Christ.

[...] Upon it he had summarized the data Seth had given him about his professional life over a period of several years, and the ways in which it had, or had not, worked out. [...]

[...] Some, for example, have wept over the corpse long after the mourners have left, not realizing that they themselves are completely whole — where, for example, the body may have been ill or the organs beyond repair.

[...] I am afraid I would put my friend to sleep over here. [...]

This might sound like a bit of overly optimistic, though maybe delightful, nonsense. [...]

[...] Partially, these are also victims of beliefs, for you believe that the natural body is the natural prey of viruses and diseases over which you have no personal control, except as it is medically provided. [...]

[...] The villains consisted of the following ideas: that the world is unsafe, and growing deadly; that the species itself is tainted by a deadly intent; that the individual has no power over his or her reality; that society or social conditions exist as things in themselves, and that their purposes run directly counter to the fulfillment of the individual; and lastly, that the end justifies the means, and that the action of any kind of god is powerless in the world.

[...] I always feel when I speak along these lines as if I must say over and over that I do not intend any shortening of your working hours, only that you have more energy than you realize and that associations, as certainly you must see with your landlord, are often practical. [...]

When you are overly concerned with physical matters, and even vital physical matters, you pull yourself in. [...]

[...] You would not have stayed at the advertising firm over eighteen months. [...]

[...] What set her off was not the disappointment over the teaching job, which fell through, but the sequence of events, such as Mr. Burrell’s advances and her subconscious knowledge of her father’s nature.

[...] The writer of the other letter, while praising our work, is caught up in questions of conventional religion: “I keep wondering over and over again whether Seth is a demon or a deception. [...]