“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] But these are to be carried on but once daily, and if he tries any other sort of experiment, such as he tried with the Father Trainor poetry session last week, then he is not to attempt his regular psychological time experiment for that day.

You were quite correct, Joseph, in cautioning Ruburt against the poetry session the other evening. [...]

[...] The experience concerning the poetry was a legitimate one. [...]

[...] The short story work is a very good balance actually, for both his poetry and the book of mine that he is working on. [...]

There will be an uneven display, a gyration you see back and forth as you turn your attention to his poetry, and then to his books. In the poetry you have seen for some time now an indication of acceptance and of belief. This has not shown itself however in anything but the poetry.

[...] The acceptance, the intuitional developments, will always appear initially in the poetry. Therefore any large and overall hedging, any significant difference in commitment between the poetry and the nonfiction, can be taken as a sign that the whole personality is divided to that extent.

10 AM—11: Poetry. [...]

Then I will speak briefly concerning Ruburt’s book of poetry, for this is an excellent example of how suggestion can be used to utilize energy for conscious purposes.

[...] You notice that Ruburt did not specifically request that a book of poetry be produced, nor was a book even mentioned.

(See page 241 of the last session, the 227th, for the data on the time schedule by which Jane produced the book of poetry. [...]

[...] In giving me the first set of figures Jane counted the pages in the book of poetry, forgetting that there were two poems on some pages.

[...] I saw at once that if valid they also meant Jane must shelve her projected book, Adventures in Consciousness, and concentrate on things like Rich Bed, the Dialogues (poetry), and, perhaps, let Seth do his own thing in sessions. [...]

[...] Before all of this, as the very first symptoms began, before the ESP book, he was already deeply frightened by the novel rejections, the Playboy rejections after they raised his hopes, the poetry book acceptance that fell through with Continental, and what he felt to be your joint deteriorating relationship.

As a writer for example, alone, he does not feel a responsibility (underlined) to write every kind of book possible: gothics, mysteries, science fiction, poetry, essays, straight novels. [...]

[...] The creative energy splashed over psychically in some poetry and in Sumari. [...]

(It was very interesting to watch Jane produce the above-mentioned book of poetry. [...] It is difficult to publish poetry in hard-cover.

Ruburt will find incidentally that his book of poetry, the new and rather swiftly written one, will be published. [...]

[...] When she got the burst of energy on the poetry book idea however, she took advantage of it, and felt certain the material would be published. [...]

I began writing more and more poetry, quite caught up with many of the ideas that Seth was discussing. Actually I did a lot of scribbled poetry notes sitting on the side of the bed with the windows open and the fan full blast, trying to take my mind off the nearly steady 90-degree or higher temperature. [...]

[...] She’d written poetry today, besides doing a little housework. [...]

[...] The word “high” is important, for art, his art—writing, poetry—was his version of, say, the high mass of his childhood, where he and not the priest was in connection with the universe. [...]

[...] And that is reflected through his poetry as well as our specific work. So that expression would come through poetry also with its “psychedelic” experience, regardless of our specific sessions.

Even in his poetry, before our work, it always led him at certain times way beyond “himself.” [...]

[...] An excellent example presents itself in the manner that Ruburt utilizes intellectual and intuitional knowledge in his poetry. [...]

[...] As Ruburt thrusts ahead, trusting his ability in his poetry, so he should in his psychic work, and now in vigorous physical activity. [...]

The ego found poetry acceptable and never challenged it. [...]

[...] He was able to see the quality of his poetry today for his book. The poetry adds to the world simply by its being. [...]

Ruburt’s nature leads to periods of painting and poetry and subjective exploration of unconventional thought. [...]

[...] Jane can write, speak, and sing in Sumari — rapid, seemingly-nonsense words that she unhesitatingly translates into English prose and poetry of great beauty. [...]

(For the record: In the 227th and 228th sessions Seth discussed the book of poetry Jane produced so quickly by using suggestions for abundant energy, and told us the book would be published. [...]

[...] Jane had not been aware that he would consider poetry. [...]

[...] The tape, the poetry book, and the Seth material will be mailed Thursday. [...]

The book of poetry which Ruburt has just completed can also be taken as tangible proof that he is in the process of learning how to use energy in such a way that it can be most beneficially used psychically, but also with very practical results. [...]

In the Preface for Dreams I mentioned Jane’s idea for a second book of poetry. She’s progressed with the subject matter for it to the point where Seth could remark on November 21: “The book of love poetry is an excellent idea.” For now Jane wants the volume to contain some of the poetry she’s dedicated to me over the years since we met in February 1954. [...]

[...] Ida was afraid to see the psychologist again, for fear that therapy would throw up evidence of this feared evil thing, and Dick is afraid of writing poetry again lest the intuitions upset his life. [...] Ruburt’s impulses gave birth to his poetry, to his writing, and to the freedom of his intellect and the heavy-handed discipline has always been impeding.

(Pause at 10:06.) He squashed what intuitive abilities he had, and finally considered, for example, poetry unmanly. [...]

[...] In one I write Sumari poetry and in another I translate what I’ve written. [...]

As Seth continued dictating The Nature of Personal Reality, I wrote a complete poetry manuscript, Dialogues of the Soul and Mortal Self in Time, in which I worked out many of my own beliefs as per suggestions Seth was giving in his book. [...]

Dialogues of the Soul and Mortal Self in Time, The Speakers, and some Sumari poetry are being combined into a book that will be published soon by Prentice-Hall. [...]

[...] That is reflected through his poetry as well as our specific work. So that expression would come through poetry also with its “psychedelic” experience, regardless of specific sessions….

Even in his poetry, before our work, Ruburt’s energy led him way beyond “himself” at certain times. [...]

[...] It was obvious to her in her youth that none of her friends wrote poetry, or talked about the subject matter of much of her own poetry.³ Jane intuitively felt her own nature, without trying to define it. [...]

[...] It had started in mid-afternoon after she had received an OK from Tam Mossman re the publication of her book of poetry, Dialogues — at least as far as Tam is concerned. [...]

As long as he trusts the body’s improvement, he is better off to concentrate upon his poetry, Aspects, and other areas of his life, and to enjoy increasing physical activity. [...]

He wrote poetry as a child because he is a poet. [...] As he grew older it did put him in the papers, as he won poetry awards, but it was not a thing that others understood.

[...] Writing poetry is hardly extremist behavior. [...]

[...] This offends your sense of privacy while reading poetry to others does not. [...]