“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

You are not alone in physical reality, so obviously your picture of the world is also affected by the world views of others, and you play a part in their experiences. [...]

The play of sunlight or shadow upon any given rock may utterly escape you.⁵ You will simply pass it by under the category of “rock.” [...]

[...] Children often play by constructing their own languages; and speaking with tongues (glossolalia) is a beautiful example of the attempt to express a reality that escapes the tyranny of overly structured words.

Often playful, rambunctious children are told not to be showoffs, or not to express their normal exuberance. [...]

[...] There is also the overall picture, for each family member plays a certain part in the reality of every other member.

[...] To some extent or another each of you has played this role for the other at various times, in this life and in others. [...]

[...] Instead you display whatever mask you feel is required, which is after all another part of the social game that you always play. [...]

[...] On both occasions Jane and I were on our way to York Beach, Maine, on vacation; both visits to York Beach played a part in these sessions, and exact dates can be found in appropriate sessions. [...]

[...] There can be a connection with the black color of the suit of spades in a deck of playing cards, and the black of the object.

[...] A living peoplescape in which each person who plays a part in that book’s production now joins the creative act at this secondary level as far as you are concerned. [...]

They do not then move as faithfully as your fingers, following your own intent, not theirs, but everyone involved cooperatively agrees to aid that creative venture—not only because you want it, you see, but because for their own reasons they are involved in book publishing and want to play a part in that kind of activity. [...]

[...] I had watched this particular musician often during the evening, admiring his playing. The band plays until 1 AM each evening, when the establishment closes. Since I had my experience at 12:30 AM, when presumably the band would still be playing, did I perhaps tune in on it there?”

(There follows the account from my notebook describing my adventure in hearing music while almost asleep: “February 27, Sunday night, actually 12:30 AM: As I lay in bed half asleep I heard very clearly music in chords, played by an electric guitar. [...]

[...] Within the experience of your race as you know it lie all the patterns that would point to some fully developed human being, in which all inherent tendencies were given full play and came to fruition.

I told you that dreams played an important part in what you think of (underlined) as evolution. [...]

[...] There is indeed a kind of communal dream life, then, in which each individual contributes—a dream life in which both living and dead play a part, in your terms. [...]

(Mitzi was still playing on the stairs.)

[...] He played one of his own songs on camera. [...]

[...] I thought it a good sign, actually, since these young people would one day be playing roles in society; at least, I thought, they’d have been exposed to what we thought were good ideas in their formative years.

Psychics, loosely speaking, are expected to play the game, and with publishers. [...]

[...] In the downstairs playroom at the JCC, Jane and Nancy play a record player for their young charges, which is similar to the Musak recorded sound system. On a Friday afternoon Jane and Nancy took the class to an upstairs room at the JCC, where Nancy played the piano. [...]

[...] Subconscious memory evidently plays a part here. [...]

[...] To insist upon evidence in terms of outside sensual data is as ridiculous a notion as to expect a camera to play music.

Music exists and can be played on a phonograph. [...]

[...] I did not have anything of that nature to play around with, and I doubt that Frank Watts even knew recorders existed. [...]

Instead, such people will indeed perform a kind of artistry of relationships, composing, say, symphonic, emotional compositions that indeed play as masterfully upon the emotions as the pianist upon the keys. [...]

[...] I replied that we’d better forget that and try to focus on the future — yet such guilt feelings could be playing a significant role in her daily life, and we should find out if this is so.

(Loud rock music was playing in the apartments above and below us as we sat for the session in our living room. [...]

2. The “officially accepted life” mentioned here reminded me that in the last (694th) session Seth used the phrase “your officially recognized idea of physical reality” in discussing the role probable events played in our world history. [...]

“I am — again in my way — more rambunctious and playful. [...]

[...] Both of you try—try (whispering) to disconnect your creative work from the practical considerations of contracts, and have Ruburt play with his own book. He will find the results of such play excellent. [...]