“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] We permit distorted versions of those attributes to surface as magic, as entertainment — which thus relieves us of the need to take them seriously. [...]

[...] Slayers and victims will change roles as reincarnational memories rise to the surface of consciousness. [...]

[...] Even the uppermost or surface elements of the self with which you are familiar, the ego and the uppermost layers of the subconscious, even these cannot be said to be born at any given time, in time as you conceive it.

To return to just Jane and Marie, then, I think that their long-range cyclical behavior and interaction, no matter how painful it may seem on the surface, represented deep challenges set up by mother and daughter for certain overall purposes that they wanted to experience, separately and jointly. [...]

[...] And this is a personality that you have set up for yourself because behind it all in the French court you glorified in the use of words, in the high play of intellect in what now to you would seem to be surface, artificial qualities of stereotyped verbal behavior. [...]

[...] The single line [representing physical experience] is merely the surface thread along which you seem to travel. [...]

[...] And this is indeed only the surface. [...]

[...] While focused within that living scene you can learn to travel through it, leaving the “surface” picture intact and whole. [...]

“However, more questions arise from the fact that over three years ago, long before any of my Roman experiences surfaced, I’d obtained vivid information on another life I’d known in the same part of the first century. [...]

[...] The interesting thing about Seth’s statement is that with counterpart theory in mind one can gain a fresh appreciation of how underlying emotions and motives flow among certain individuals, sometimes surfacing in feelings of dislike, for instance, to whatever degree. [...]

(Pause.) If you are a “reformer,” a “reformer by nature,” then the Sumari characteristics, brought to the surface, could help you temper your seriousness with play and humor, and actually assist you in achieving your reforms far easier than otherwise. [...]

[...] This is also good data, and refers to the surface characteristics of the illustration board upon which the job is executed. [...]

[...] The ego at any given time in this life is simply the part of us that “surfaces”; a group of characteristics that the inner self uses to solve various problems. [...]

[...] We kick to the wall and push through up the fireplace, one by one, to surface. [...]

“So what about acid rain, say, to name but one human creation that’s having a strong effect upon the earth’s surface and aerial environments? [...]

So the psychic families, or the families of consciousness, can be thought of as natives of inner countries of the mind, sharing heritages, purposes, and intents that may have little to do with the physical countries in which you live your surface lives. [...]

(The yellow or sun references may come from the design of the letters A, but perhaps also from the shiny surface foil texture of the seal itself. [...]

[...] You let the relationship stand at a surface level. [...]

The ego skims the topmost surface of reality and awareness. [...]

[...] Next comes the finished work for publication, which I’ll produce by placing a sheet of clear acetate over each guide, then rendering on that untouched surface the final version in “line,” or pen and ink. [...]