“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] More is involved, however, and we’ve obtained considerable insights in recent sessions. [...]

[...] All of this, you see, must be considered in the light of our last session, for it involves varying degrees of self-disapproval and polarities of thought, so that the contradictions occurred in your experience—though there were more, of course, in basic terms.

These ideas, with the last session, have to do with Ruburt’s partitioning of his spontaneity, for he also felt that you had to choose one way or the other, and that to protect your subjective freedom you had to inhibit the externally oriented spontaneity that was sanctioned by most of the society, because you could not do both. [...]

The 1973 session book Ruburt is reading has helped him, simply because it rearouses the feelings of psychic, creative and physical improvement he did achieve, and because it contains in capsule form all—most all—of the important material I have given, though some of it no longer applies.

(After holding the first session for this chapter, Jane wrote intently on Oversoul 7 and did some work on a long-range project that she tentatively calls Aspect Psychology. [...]

(In August Jane held one session on the flood — in which Seth had time to just touch upon the reasons behind our personal involvement in it — and late that month and in September we had several house guests in connection with psychic work. [...]

Now: The book will enable others to help themselves, and will reach a far greater audience and help more people than Ruburt could meet alone, or than I could help through individual sessions. [...]

Ruburt does not need to feel he must have individual sessions, then, for people who must work this through alone. [...]

(Now Seth came through with some personal material for Jane, then ended the session at 11:59 P.M. Jane was ready for still more work, and even thought of using our recorder. I told her I was willing to take more notes, also, but she finally decided against prolonging the session.)

[...] In fact, Seth had much more to present on the subject this evening, so even though he didn’t say so Jane and I take it for granted that this session belongs in Psyche.)

(In this session Jane’s delivery was often faster and more intent than usual, with many loud intervals, a few of which are indicated. [...]

[...] My writing hand was tired — one of the few times this has happened in the sessions. [...]

[...] Seth answered several in a class session held several days after Sue’s last dream. [...]

(Session 232)

[...] It has been glimpsed but not recognized as a separate part of the self — in dream recordings and analytic sessions.

(Excerpts from Session 235, February 23, 1966)

(Perhaps ten minutes before the session began, I showed Jane an article I found in the New York Times for October 3,1966. [...]

(Neither Jane nor I had expected any such quick response to the article, nor had we asked for such before the session.)

[...] Read the session over well.

[...] It doesn’t matter, either, whether Jane has ever seen the object before; or whether she saw it ten minutes before the session, or five years ago.

(The following material is from the 917th session.)

SESSION 917 (DELETED PORTION)

[...] See the 618th session in Chapter Three.)

[...] Seth came through with five additional pages of material for Jane and me, however, and the session ended at 11:45 p.m.)

SESSION 620, OCTOBER 11, 1972
10:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY

[...] Now she became rather upset as we both voiced our opinions just before the session, and this probably contributed to the later start of the session. [...]

(Attached to this session [see page 76] is the carbon of the suggestions I wrote up recently about reaching Framework 2 through suggestion and faith.

I will end the session, or take a break as you prefer.

End of session, except that you can also suggest that you become acquainted with, or visit, Framework 2 while in the dream state, and remember the event. [...]

[...] I would, however, not suggest that, except for our friends here, you have any witnesses for sessions for some time. [...] A session or so is all right but I do not want you placing yourself in a position where you are trying to prove the legitimate nature of such communication to others. [...]

(To Florence.) And there is no reason for you to fear the session you have in mind. [...]

[...] The effort involved in recording these sessions and the stretching of the psyche that is involved has automatically helped you progress. [...]

(Brad remarked it had also helped him while he was taping and typing the sessions.)

(Jane played a tape of the Sumari session she and Rob had during the week. [...]

[...] She  also explained a drawing Phil had made while listening to Jane and Rob’s session. [...]

When you get the session, read what I have said and it will come to you. [...]

So that each board session is not so critical. [...]

As usual, Rob methodically records each session in his own version of shorthand and then types it. This is much easier and faster than taping each session, replaying it, and then typing. [...]

[...] Seth’s personality is quite observable in our sessions, for example, but the source of that personality isn’t. For that matter, the origin of any personality is mysterious and not apparent in the objective world. [...]

Seth first mentioned The Nature of Personal Reality in Session 608, April 5, 1972, only shortly after Rob and I had finished reading proofs for his previous book, Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul. He actually began dictation on April 10, 1972, but our personal reality was suddenly disturbed when we were caught in the flood caused by Tropical Storm Agnes. [...]

Since the early days of our sessions, which began in late 1963, Seth has consistently called me Ruburt, and Rob, Joseph, saying that these names refer to the greater selves from which our present identities spring. [...]

(Note that the words EASTERN and ROADS appear twice, and that they tally with an answer given us by Frank Watts during the second session, December 4/63. [...]

(Here Jane and I had the feeling the session might be over. [...]

(Jane had remarked that several times during the session, she appeared to know what the answer to my questions would be, before the board spelled them out.

[...] First session ended at 12:40 AM.)

(This session was witnessed by Carl and Sue Watkins and their infant son Sean. [...]

[...] She said she’d been exhausted before the session. [...]

Now I will end our session. [...]

SESSION 514, FEBRUARY 9, 1970,
9:35 P.M. MONDAY

[...] I am going to keep our session brief for this evening, however. [...]

(9:16.) Watch your television, or otherwise divert your minds for the rest of the evening, and when you have another question I will end the session. [...]

[...] Note that she also needed much less time to go into the session. [...]

DELETED SESSION

(See page 266 of the last session, concerning Jane seeing Seth’s apparition. [...]

[...] Now you may end the session or take a break as you prefer.

Unless you have questions I will end the session.

SESSION 469

(Jane suggested this session abruptly, after 9:40 or so; I thought it would deal with what we had talked about today.)

Now you can take a break, end the session, or continue at our next one.

[...] Both of us were getting tired so we ended the session.)

DELETED SESSION

[...] At times Jane’s delivery had approached the speed of the last session. [...]

[...] As in the last session, Seth closed the evening’s work by delivering a page of personal material for Jane and me. [...]

[...] After listening to my description of this session, however, she asked me to give her a copy of a couple of pages after I typed them. [...]

SESSION 528, MAY 13, 1970,
9:03 P.M. WEDNESDAY

(Ever since she began dictating Mass Events for Seth, Jane has felt like having book sessions but once a week — on Monday nights — and doing other things in between. So she’s been working on her own James, writing poetry, painting, and helping me out with Seth’s Psyche by doing some of the work I usually do when he’s finished a book: typing sessions for the manuscript, checking my rough notes, rewriting some of them and making suggestions about others. [...]

(As he had during the 801st session, our cat, Billy, roused himself from a snooze and walked over to Jane. [...]

[...] End of session unless you have questions.

NOTES: SESSION 803

(I suggested to Jane that she could have a session before I left. [...]

End of session.

[...] For the first time in a session, Seth remarked last night that Jane has been able to open herself up to healing energy from you and the people you have asked for help on Jane’s behalf. The session was very short, but very encouraging. [...]