“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane had given this answer spontaneously, when Bill had asked the question some days ago.

[...] You have forgotten how to be spontaneous! [...]

[...] And I shall call up and make an appointment as an artist—but I shall be free in whatever I do—and spontaneous. [...]

[...] It is instead a spontaneous happening in which overall themes are accepted beforehand. [...]

(Then, in the 44th session for April 15, 1964, Seth explained that in the inner universe, “Energy transformation and value fulfillment, both existing within the spacious present [or at once], add up to a durability that is at the same time spontaneous … and simultaneous.” [...]

[...] She’d picked up the idea of discipline from me, in a most unfortunate way, I thought, considering her most spontaneous nature. [...]

(Today Jane said she’d talked it over with Debbie Harris, and that the latter would be coming in three nights a week while Jane tries some spontaneous dictation. [...]

[...] I am telling this to you because you may find that you are performing this exercise spontaneously. [...]

[...] The control will serve us well, and allow the spontaneous self more freedom in sessions.

[...] It just came out in yesterday’s session, spontaneously—I didn’t plan it that way.” [...]

[...] Behind that door lies spontaneity and joy and understanding, and from these you have nothing to fear. [...]

[...] It is she who provides the warm spontaneity that allows you to develop. [...]

[...] The spontaneous desires to go for a walk for example this evening (to Ruth Klebert’s) are a mark of progress.

(Still shouting) I want you to feel the energy that is yourself rise up from the depths of your being and merge with the consciousness that you know; (quietly) and when my voice ceases its words, then I expect a spontaneous encounter with yourself and those portions of yourself that you do not recognize, and with others in the room. [...]

[...] He was not sure enough of his new world; he was still enough a part of the old one so that he often saw his life and abilities through the eyes of the “old world inhabitants” — the others who might scorn him, or set him up for ridicule.¹³ They represented portions of his own psyche still at that level of consciousness, not having quite assimilated the greater knowledge or experience, so he felt he needed protection — the protection that would … cleverly … serve all of his purposes, allowing him to go ahead as he wanted to … that would keep him at home working, and yet also serve as a control against too much inner spontaneity until he learned that he could indeed trust the new world of experience.

At the beginning of Appendix 12, see the longer presentation from the 44th session for Seth’s discussion of “the value climate of psychological reality” — the “medium” that spontaneously contains within it all of our camouflage constructions of space, time, growth, and durability. [...]

[...] I seldom take notes in class or use a tape recorder, preferring to be free to engage in the class’s spontaneous development. [...]

(During the holiday break two spontaneous sessions were held. [...]

[...] It is a spontaneous coming together. [...]

[...] Once that goal was reached, your beliefs about time and creativity became pertinent, as did the issues concerned with spontaneity and discipline.

No chores for either of you—lawn, shoveling, dishes, laundry, whatever, unless you spontaneously feel like a break. [...]

[...] I hesitated to interrupt, remembering Seth’s comments about the value of spontaneity. [...]

[...] The spontaneity of the whole night’s adventure, including the Father Trainor episode, was advantageous. [...]

[...] We need still now and then a touch of spontaneity in our sessions, now that the routine is assured, and I hope that we will achieve it.

(I thought of recording this evening’s session earlier, as stated, but did not do so in the interests of spontaneity, a quality to which Seth attaches great value. [...]

[...] In the very early episode, Ruburt experienced the healthy and joyful child’s body, with its innocent spontaneity. [...]

[...] It worked well, and came about spontaneously when I dropped my notebook on the bed when Jane asked me to get her water. [...]

[...] I lean toward the latter view, yet do not want to be too strict; according to Seth spontaneous expression is very important. [...]

[...] So much more evidence is available to you: the order of nature; the creative drama of your dreams, that project your consciousness into other times and places; the very precision with which you spontaneously grow, without knowing how, from a fetus into an adult; the existence of heroic themes and quests and ideals that pervade the life of even the worst scoundrel — these all give evidence of the greater context in which you have your being.