“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(In spite of the fact that we are all good friends, Jane grew somewhat nervous as the day wore on, because the Spazianis had never witnessed a session, although both of them are interested in ESP, and Jim has read a great many books on the subject.

[...] You would do far better, however, to think of painting rather than a simple job, which would certainly seem like cutting off your nose to spite your face. [...]

[...] Jane reports that she was dissociated during this delivery also, in spite of being so tired.)

For in the very quiet and discipline required to follow the problem, those reactions on the part of the personality will set up actions which will of themselves solve the problem; and we will find that also there will be suggestions given, and very important suggestions, whereby a systematic effort will be made on the part of the personality to enlarge the scope of his action, in spite of the ego’s anxiety to limit them, and this itself will seem to work a miracle.

[...] But other tests and X-rays revealed that I had sound lungs—in spite of my smoking—a good heart and stomach and other organs. [...]

[...] She was somewhat nervous because of the break in dictation, in spite of my reassurances. [...]

(In spite of her nervousness Jane began dictating on time in a rather husky voice that was somewhat stronger than normal; her pace was average, her eyes dark as usual. [...]

[...] I achieved a state close to waking only, in spite of my momentary panic. [...]

[...] We had gathered a good amount of material in just 37 minutes, and this in spite of the fact that Jane spoke at a slower rate than usual. [...]

(And again, I was aware that in spite of all the writing I had done for the session, my hand did not feel cramped or too tired.)

[...] In spite of all this, we’ve found that any one group of questions amplifies or adds to those related to the other two categories — i.e., like energy regenerating itself, the questions automatically proliferate. [...]

(We searched the glove compartment of the car for paper and a pencil or pen, so that Jane could make notes about some of her perceptual changes — but to my amazement we could find nothing to use in spite of our efforts to keep writing tools in that very place. [...]

[...] It was in full color; and in spite of its clarity and duration, was gone before I fully realized what had happened.

[...] In spite of the many brief pauses her pace had been good. [...]

The affair is also a lesson to you when you think negatively, showing you the results of such negative thoughts, followed without letup — and, in fact, followed in spite of redeeming actions that would change events. [...]

I hoped this was the end of the session, but it was obvious that Jane wanted to continue, or at least was willing to continue, in spite of the unsettling experience. [...]

[...] He considered that he aged as a tree will age, but perversely he felt that others aged to spite him.

[...] Surprisingly enough, in spite of all my writing my hand felt little fatigue.

[...] And the government of Iran, in spite of its great hatred for our [...]

And yet, Seth told us, in spite of everything Jane’s sinful self could begin to change once it was reached. [...]

[...] (But at the same time, I reminded myself, her great creativity had also found its modes of expression in spite of everything.) If, as Seth said on April 15, conflicts like Jane’s often stem from the gifted individual’s unrequited search for value fulfillment—even resulting in an early death—then that premise is at least consciously understandable. [...]