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The ego considers itself the self, and considers anything outside of its self as being either nonself or another such separate identity, and so the individual man is led to believe that telepathy is basically a communication between two or more basically alone, separate and aloof selves. Telepathy does not operate at the level of the ego, although its actions may protrude into the domain of the ego. Telepathy operates within the inner self, within various levels, different levels of the subconscious, where the ideas of separation and limitations of self are not nearly so limiting.

In the most simple of living structures telepathy is a necessity for communication, particularly before the inside energy is concentrated sufficiently to form any sort of more complicated pattern or nerve structure. Even when such nerve structures and physical complications are evolved telepathy operates, still a necessity as a communications system within the physical structure, and still handling data which cannot be carried through any physical medium, simply because it is untranslatable by its nature into physical materialization.

As inner energy forms more complicated gestalts through the processes that I have earlier explained, then inner energy continues its communication with the physical matter that it creates about it. When inner energy desires to construct a more complicated gestalt, then it must telepathically communicate this intent and purpose through the matter which it collects about itself, forming a more complicated inner telepathic pattern first, that can then be filled in with physical matter. The manners in which telepathy operates are difficult to explain because of the divergence of definition held by the ego and by the inner self of any given individual. To the human being it must appear that telepathy is a mental or psychic communication occurring between two or more entirely separate selves. The ego, you see, has one definition for the self, and its own idea of the limitations of itself.

What I am trying to get across here is that, because of the superficial studies done so far, it seems that telepathy operates with separateness because of the limitations set by the ego on the definition of self. It is the similarity, or sympathy, of those in telepathic communication that makes telepathy possible. The limited idea of the self held by the ego clouds and distorts the main issue, for the ego is not conscious of the underlying bonds of sympathy that serve to merge, momentarily, the identities involved.

[...] It goes without saying that telepathy operates within the dreaming state quite as effectively as it operates while the individual is awake. In the waking state it operates subconsciously. [...]

[...] As you know, telepathy operates constantly beneath the dictates of the ego, and so is your intellectual climate formed.

[...] Telepathy is indeed affected by chemical reactions, as dreams are.

If physical laws were the only basis for actuality, then telepathy would be impossible. [...]

[...] Current feelings regarding personality, however, do not take into consideration the existence of telepathy or clairvoyance, nor the fact of reincarnation. [...] You need a multi-dimensional psychology for identity operates in many dimensions beside a physical one. [...]

[...] I have helped him in that his personality operates more effectively. [...]

[...] Jane was very surprised when Miss C, apparently quite upset, told her that she had just learned from her doctor that she needed operations on both of her eyes, for the removal of cataracts. But Miss C had to wait for some weeks or months yet, until the cataracts progressed to a certain point before the operations could be done. [...]

[...] You see, the slight but still rather remarkable evidence of telepathy I gave you with Philip had two purposes, or one large one.

I wanted to show you that telepathy did exist, and I wanted to show Ruburt that more than his own subconscious was involved. [...]

The planes represent the various levels upon which the personalities operate. [...]

[...] You must be able to let it operate and yet perceive beneath its surface the other conditions, the projection conditions, that are also operating.

[...] Telepathy may or may not, according to the circumstances. [...]

[...] You are bringing into operation, and exercising a higher faculty, and through these exercises this faculty matures.

[...] “I’m quite willing to admit that telepathy might exist,” I said. [...]

There is nothing like a witness to convince our darling Ruburt that I am I, and not her, [meaning Jane] or like a good evening of telepathy, as in the case of this evening.

Why then do you [mankind in general] insist that an inner experience such as telepathy or premonition does not exist because you cannot hold it in both hands? [...]

[...] But even though I think telepathy is possible … I can’t quite believe that in a trance state, through me, another personality read someone else’s mind — that’s it!” I said. [...]

[...] Telepathy accounts for the usefulness of spoken language. Without telepathy no language would be intelligible. [...]

[...] This indeed has actually been proven, in so far as telepathy is recognized as a fact, at least by some, and soon by all.

This is extremely important, since the dream world operates within the dimensions of your own psychic field, but utterly divorced from both space-time continuum and physical construction. [...]

[...] It operates to form as complicated a gestalt as possible, following the law of value fulfillment, and yet in so doing it does not either invade, deny or negate other individual consciousness. [...]

It is true that telepathy has nothing to do with distance in space as you know it. Nevertheless, telepathy represents but one sphere of influence.

[...] Now, I have told you that there are many factors involved in the construction of matter, and I have explained that telepathy and many other factors which I have listed are important.

[...] Now even though individuals only see their own constructions, as a rule, with the other factors in operation you will appear to see others’ constructions because there will be such a similarity in the various constructions of what appears to be one physical object.

[...] They formed themselves at Mark’s instigation into a gestalt of physical construction; but the gestalt could not operate consistently or endure for any amount of physical time, in your field, because of the absence here of the greater data which is the property of the whole self, in its construction of a completed human form. [...]

Now: you must understand, for one thing, that telepathy operates constantly at a subconscious level. [...]

[...] You can observe these laws in operation where you work and also, privately, when you are alone. [...]

It goes without saying then that the soul does not require a physical body for purposes of perception; that perception is not dependent upon physical senses; that experience continues whether or not you are in this life or another; and also that the soul’s basic methods of perception are also operating within you now even as you read this book. [...]

At certain depths of sleep, however, the soul’s perception operates relatively unhampered. [...]

[...] If you had a more thorough understanding of the nature of identity you would not, for example, fear telepathy, for behind this concern is the worry that your identity will be swept away by the suggestions or thoughts of others.

[...] Jane and I read that it will take up to four years and many millions of dollars to decontaminate, overhaul, and place the crippled reactor back in operation; the cost is given in incalculable estimates ranging from $40 million to $400 million. [...] 1.] A current fear is that if and when cleanup operations are begun, the small and supposedly harmless amounts of radiation still seeping into the atmosphere may intensify. [...]

Granting that, however, cults interact, and so there is quite a relationship between the state of religion, when it operates as a cult, and the state of science when it operates as a cult. [...]

[...] As a group the scientists rigorously oppose the existence of telepathy or clairvoyance, or of any philosophy that brings these into focus. [...]

[...] To the best of my ability, I explained what telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition were, and what experiments might be conducted to show them in operation. [...]

[...] Current theories regarding the nature of personality do not take into consideration the existence of telepathy or clairvoyance or the fact of reincarnation. [...] Identity operates in many dimensions, however. [...]

“I have helped him, in that his own personality operates more effectively. [...]

[...] Smiling, Seth said, “One other point: These sessions are scheduled, and therefore operate under certain controlled conditions. [...]

I myself operate well in that way. In many instances however data can be received in either manner, and telepathy may well be involved in other tests. [...]

They will end up providing proofs that your scientists require, but they will serve a purpose closer to my heart, in that they will display the operating procedure of the human personality as it manipulates inner perceptions.

(“Was there any element of telepathy involved between you and me, in the test this evening?”)

[...] Telepathy operates.

As a unit you operate in certain ways. As individuals you operate in certain ways. [...]

[...] Now as a unit your separate realities obviously form a larger combined unit in which you operate. Two of you working together can do seven times more than one operating alone. [...]

If you reread much of the material you will again discover truths that escaped you; for I tell you precisely how the ideas in your book operate. [...]

[...] Naturally, I had no idea whether telepathy was involved, but had attempted during the first call to explain our ideas of such possibilities. [...]

[...] I did downplay the telepathy ideas, however, thinking it was much better that he solve the puzzle through ordinary channels and approaches. [...]

[...] Many deaths must be directly attributable to these kinds of mechanisms operating, and I would imagine that psychologically it’s an old story.)

[...] There is a growth principle operating in the realm of ideas and in the construction of these ideas into camouflage patterns.

(Seth’s following answer, through Jane, tallied so closely with the words forming in my own mind that once again, as in the 28th session, I wondered if telepathy might be involved, as in the case of John Bradley.)

The inner senses operate on all planes and under all circumstances. [...]

[...] In order to check a bit on whether any telepathy was involved between us, I told Jane I had a question I wanted to ask Seth, but was not going to voice it, at least not yet.

In other words, I may teach the same lesson in many different ways, according to the abilities and assumptions that are inherent in any given system in which I must operate. [...]

[...] We communicate telepathically, but then again, telepathy is the basis for your languages, without which their symbolism would be meaningless.

[...] Checking with the pendulum, she got the answer that she had received random telepathy.

[...] And that reality then continues to operate, forming like realities of the sort that can exist within the given conditions already set up by the original distortion.

[...] Here the material that I have given you on telepathy should be considered.

[...] Telepathy operates without distortion in this after-death period, so you must deal with the true relationships that exist between yourself and all relatives and friends who await you.

You will simply be learning to operate in a new environment in which different laws apply, and the laws are far less limiting than the physical ones with which you now operate. [...]

(Jane called Leonard Yaudes this morning while I was painting [I thought she was talking to Peg G.], and said later that she was picking up from Seth a good deal of excellent material on the body consciousness, our social mores re illness, and my own recent panicky hassles after Leonard’s operation a couple of weeks ago. [...]

(According to this material, I told her, if one paid attention to this sort of thing, good evidence for telepathy could be achieved. [...]