“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

The jump from a local condition to a statement like “I am a mess,” should be avoided. [...]

Ask him to take this for granted, to accept my statement as true. [...]

[...] Your consciousness as you know it, your particular present kind of consciousness, is a statement of awareness brought about by a particular kind of tension, a specific kind of focus arising from the true unconscious of the whole self.

(Her comments fit in well with Seth’s closing statement about the difficulty of translation; otherwise, we couldn’t find a reason for her reactions in the session material itself. [...]

The whole area of work, time, inspiration and protection should be explored, and kept in the open, and Ruburt should write some kind of statement that expresses his understanding of the matter thus far, and states his questions. [...]

[...] Continue your program, and when the suggestions have been pared down into a clearer kind of statement, then Ruburt should indeed—alone this time—read that material after lunch.

[...] This is not a statement of passivity in conventional terms, but a creative releasing of the basic personality from the restraints of hampering beliefs.

[...] Nor have I forgotten Seth’s statement a few months ago that basically neither of us have done anything wrong.

[...] I said this seemed like a symbolic statement, the dream, that old beliefs meant she had no hope of extricating herself from a foregone conclusion. [...]

(Later we thought that this last statement had extremely provocative implications for cases in which visions of religious figures are reported. [...]

[...] Following this statement Seth gave details from an Irish life of Jean’s in 1524. [...]

“When it is said that certain characteristics from a past life influence or cause present patterns of behavior, such statements—and I have made some of them—are highly simplified to make certain points clear.

[...] I must add, however, that these three statements represent great simplifications of very complex psychological phenomena.

Statement of the Sinful Self

[...] For by this time in our experience, yours and mine, the creative self was rambunctiously rushing forward, despite all the cautionary statements of many ancient and modern documents, and our books were being read by millions.

[...] We have wondered before about Seth making statements concerning something that might be in the presence of the subject for the test, only to have the subject fail to notice it. [...]

[...] I am leading up to the statement that Peggy detected a very clear example of bleeding through of data in the 214th session. [...]

[...] Visiting us the next day, Sunday, he confirmed Seth’s statements in almost all instances.

(Regarding Seth’s statement about a string of shells, the only association with shells that Bill recalls is that shell ashtrays were used at the party. [...]

[...] “I wasn’t going to ask this tonight, but earlier today I found myself wondering how much of Jane’s symptoms result from my own attitudes and statements about Prentice. [...]

[...] I would like to elaborate, however, on these statements.

It might be a good idea to examine that statement, for in the truest sense of human motivation, the fact is that despite all appearances to the contrary, the imagination and the will are never in conflict.

([Ron:] “Since we are talking about nonconceptual things, you made a statement several sessions ago which I didn’t understand.” [...]

[...] What would you think if I gave you a legitimate statement about the activities of your lives until your deaths, in your terms. [...]

[...] A copy of his signed statement follows.)

(Copy of statement by John Bradley.

(Seth continues to describe the ways in which various kinds of consciousness react to painful stimuli, ending up with a statement that at deepest cellular levels, all sensations and stimuli are instantly, automatically and joyfully accepted, regardless of their nature. [...]

Let’s consider Sue’s symptoms, caused by explosive and repressed aggression, in relation to Seth’s statements. [...]

[...] If aggressiveness is the problem, for example, then the preliminary suggestion should include a statement that in the dream, the aggression will be harmlessly acted out and not directed against a particular individual. [...]

[...] His statements just before break that he did so are distortions on Jane’s part, I would say, while speaking for him tonight; even in trance, her memory could have been in error — or she could have been touching upon another probable reality. [...]

3. It would seem that a computerized study could be rather easily organized to investigate statements of Seth’s like this one. [...]

[...] A couple of weeks later I felt considerable humor upon rereading Seth’s statement here: See the notes about the hill house, inserted at the beginning of the 736th session.