“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

The earliest poets were probably half shaman, half prophet, speaking for the forces of nature, for the “spirits” of the living and the dead, voicing their visions of man’s unity with the universe. [...]

[...] Just the same, my spirits rose. [...]

If you have been told, again, that the spirit is good, in fact perfect, and that you must then be perfect in all of your ways, while at the same time you believe in the imperfection of the body, you will always be in conflict with yourself.

[...] It is a good responder, and its spirit, A A, seemed quite pleased to communicate with us, in a most forceful manner. [...]

[...] They were taken from her journals and edited as little as possible to preserve her original spirit. [...]

[...] Their reality cannot be probed by scientific devices, for dreams in this respect are as nebulous as the spirit, or soul, or inner self. [...]

You set yourself against all of this, against the gist of life and joy and vitality, and turn your back upon it with the paltry excuse: “If one person does not love me in a male-female relationship in this life, then I threaten to destroy myself, and shatter the form that holds the spirit, and shatter the form like a glass thrown upon the floor, like a child in a tantrum.” [...]

[...] Indeed, I feel in rather good spirits, if you will again forgive the phrase. [...]

[...] He now understands that retreat denies the responsiveness natural to the body, mind, and spirit.

[...] For one thing the activity engages body, mind and spirit in joyful pursuit. [...]

[...] Doing violence to the spirit of another is a violation — but again, because you are conscious beings the interpretations are yours. [...]

[...] But Seth suggests the following exercise as a dream therapy: before sleep, suggest to yourself that you will have a pleasant or joyful dream that will completely restore your good spirits and vitality. [...]

[...] The dreams I’ve recalled during such instances have been inspirational: strong enough not only to conquer a period of the blues but to restore me to exceptionally good spirits.

[...] Many individuals die young, for example, because they believe so strongly that old age represents a degradation of the spirit and an insult to the body. [...]

[...] It is a highly simplified version of the truth to say that I am a spirit, in those terms, though in those terms I am indeed. [...]

[...] With all due regards (amused), I speak to your fellow men and women in a certain democracy of spirit. [...]

[...] Affirmation then is the acquiescence to your ability, as a spirit within flesh, to form the physical reality of your creaturehood.

1. Jane made her remark while we were talking about the “daemons,” or guardian spirits, of Socrates. [...]

[...] For it will not flower if you pretend that the spirit is elsewhere and you are here. [...]

I do it for several reasons because that is the way I am, in the guise that I choose to use in my communication and also to get everyone over the idea that so-called spirits must be sweet-faced, quiet, sober and dignified. [...]

They are the form your spirit takes when combined with flesh. [...]