“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

In the dream world, you do and perform more than you realize. [...]

[...] I want you to become acquainted with the process by which you accomplish this unknowingly, so that you can then perform the same feats with your own awareness.

[...] I will not give you signs, nor will I perform tricks in order to convince anyone. [...]

[...] It is true, however, that the reason that you exercise is actually more important than the exercises that you do perform. [...]

[...] I thought that anything less than a perfect performance cast doubts on Seth’s independent nature.

Our own tests gave me a standard against which to measure my performance and Seth’s, providing an immediate check of accuracy and teaching me to sharpen my subjective focus to go from the general to the specific. [...]

[...] So physically, and on his physical attributes alone, a man cannot use his free will to fly like a bird, or to perform physical acts for which the human body is not equipped.

The body is equipped to perform far better, in a variety of ways, than you give it credit for, however—but the fact remains that the genetic structure focuses volition. [...]

First of all, a note to Ruburt: tell him not to put off free association in regard to his fear about his body’s performance, but to discuss this as openly as possible with you.

[...] This gives an uneven performance. [...]

[...] I want him to list his physical activities, so see how many new ones he can perform in a playful manner. [...]

(We were discussing the evening’s material when I happened to remark that it seemed as though a performer on television, for example, when viewed by others, might be created by millions of viewers, many of whom would be independent of each other as far as our conception of distance is concerned; yet all the images so created would overlap enough to be identifiable as the one performer.

The material did not come through clearly because the man who sought to come through has not been trained enough to perform the particular task which he set himself.

[...] I asked Bill to make a drawing of any materialization Seth might perform for him on his trip.

(This performance was as good as the first one. [...]

[...] This time the performance was about like the second one, already recorded. [...]

The task upon which Ruburt will embark will be performed with zest, for the physical system will be replenished and adequately supplied. [...]

[...] At our last session, with the greater efficiency and the development on Ruburt’s part (pause), the material was more direct, and the translation at his end automatic and smoothly performed.

There is an old suggestion I gave him once: My body can perform better now. [...]

[...] We estimated that at the proper time I’d just quit painting for the morning and was washing my brushes at the bathroom sink—a routine task I perform each day, and one that could leave a portion of my psyche free to engage in other adventures. [...]

(Pause.) If you take this information to heart, you should intuitively realize that by giving birth to the child (pause), you performed a kindly gesture, and opened a door. [...]

Latently, your consciousness is capable of performing these feats, but the work cannot be done with the part of your consciousness that is strongly attached to the space-time relationship. [...]

[...] You were turned off physically often, or he was not able to perform when you were not turned off.

That statement, therefore, must be the basis for any new scientific theories that hope to accomplish any performances at all leading to an acquisition of knowledge.

[...] Its transference is automatic and instantaneous on Ruburt’s part, and is performed through the inner workings of the mind, the inner senses and the brain.

[...] If these functions seem so automatic as to be performed by someone completely divorced from himself, it is because he has done the divorcing.

[...] What I am getting at is the introduction of the concepts of a different kind of work — very valuable, vital work that is performed at another level and in a different fashion.

“At the same time, it’s Rob’s usual self, learning from the creature-magical self, who then ‘gets the evidence,’ enlarges the magical hole in the glass; signifying two things — that the so-called usual consciousness can learn from the magical part, follow its lead and therefore catch itself ‘performing miracles.’

All in all he surprised himself by his performance with your parents. Such a performance would have been impossible for him early in your marriage. [...]

[...] There have been numberless village festivals, or intimate family gatherings, and church services performed on Easter Sundays now forgotten. [...]

[...] You cannot expect yourselves to act rationally or altruistically in any consistent manner if you believe that you are automatically degraded, or that your nature is so flawed that such performance is uncharacteristic.