“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] Since I personally have begun working with it, new applications for its use seem to pop up from everywhere—natural enough, I suppose, yet I feel an impetus there as though I’ve finally found something that will be of immense use in daily life. [...] After all, I told Jane, getting the books distributed is our main goal; now it would be great to see that happen without the impediments we’ve put in the way all this time.

(We’ve already had hints of this.)

[...] I’ve been curious about it ever since it was published —last year, I believe—for from the reviews printed of it I believe it contains some material that may be a distorted version of Seth’s “sleepwalker” material in Volume 2 of “Unknown” Reality.

[...] As far as I know, we’ve not heard from this particular fan before.

[...] She’s mentioned trying to have a session for the last two days, after I’ve been mentioning it briefly to her recently, as per our agreement to see if she could have Seth sessions while in the hospital. [...]

(“I’ve had a lot of doubts.”)

[...] But more and more, ever since he gave that session, some time ago now, on redemption, I’ve come to believe that the very idea or theme of redemption may be the major path we follow in physical life.)

[...] I told her I’ve tried Seth’s suggestions about enhancing my close-up vision, given in a recent session, and that they’ve worked very well. [...]

[...] I’ve also dealt with its implications in Dreams.

[...] I’ve recalled portions of some very vivid dreams, also involving my parents, but haven’t spontaneously remembered them in full detail as I usually do. [...]

[...] We plan to make some comments on costs when next we see Dr. K., or whomever, anyhow, now that we’ve been burned a few times. [...]

[...] We’ve been on that schedule for a couple of weeks already, actually, and it appears to be enough. [...]

[...] In this appendix I’ve put together some material on mysticism from Jane, Seth, and myself. [...]

(Since Jane began delivering the Seth material, I’ve become more and more interested in questions about the origins of creative [meaning artistic] endeavors. [...]

[...] I’ve slightly rearranged excerpts from that session for presentation here:)

[...] I guess I’ve always felt that way.

(In recent days we’ve had several conversations about Frameworks 1 and 2, and these have apparently begun to show results. I think the suggestions about the two frameworks that we’ve worked out are very close to the suggestions that Seth implied we should use in the hypnosis experiments.

(“Well, I’ve got questions, but I don’t know whether he wants to continue or not. [...]

[...] Lately I’ve been suggesting to Jane that when she finds herself hassling something she reminds herself that she has “a simple, profound faith that whatever needs to be done for an improvement in my health can take place in Framework 2. There are no impediments in Framework 2. Its creative workings there can show themselves in Framework 1, in my improved physical condition. [...]

[...] She said the type has been “as good as any I’ve ever seen — it cleared up amazingly at times.” [...]

[...] “I’ve got another question.”)

(“I hadn’t planned on asking about this this afternoon — but lately I’ve noticed that my close-up vision without glasses isn’t as sharp as it used to be. [...]

Having this set published for the record is something I’ve long wanted to see take place, and Rick’s dedicated interest and time make it possible. [...]

[...] My wife was—and is, I know, for I’m sure that she still lives—the most creative person I’ve ever met, and through her extraordinary abilities she’s left a body of work that I regard as a legacy of inquiry about our understanding of ourselves and our reality. [...]

[...] I’ve saved them all from the beginning. [...]

(My own physical condition has improved considerably, so in some way I’ve managed to learn something. [...] I’ve been painting a lot more lately. [...]

[...] I’ve begun a small painting of this last subject. [...]

[...] [I’ve also had others in which Jane was okay physically – walking well, and so forth.] “But what happens,” I asked, as we waited for the session to begin, “after I have the dream about you, for example? [...]

(I’ve spent perhaps one of the most uncomfortable weeks of my life, since I had the two back teeth extracted last Thursday, as noted in last week’s deleted session. I’ve learned some more about the whole situation through the pendulum, and asked Jane if Seth could comment in what I expected would be tonight’s regular session.

[...] We’ve learned that Jane doesn’t take to justifying each line of her work, so we’ll see what this means for future books with Delacorte, if any. [...]

[...] I’ve begun keeping my mouth shut, and the throat difficulty has lessened, although not disappeared yet.

[...] Jane told me about Toni, a large woman who often takes care of her at night, and whom I’ve never met. [...]

[...] “Now I’ve got that electric feeling in my toes—the one on my right foot next to the little toe prickles like crazy.” [...]

[...] “I suppose I’ve got to turn over, but I don’t want to....” [...]

[...] I’ve also had a number of blue periods lately, but try to keep going anyhow.)

(I had to stop and think, since I’ve been pretty angry and upset about communications with Prentice-Hall lately. [...]

[...] I for one haven’t had any such feelings, since from the very beginning of our relationship I’ve always felt certain that in Jane I’d found the ideal mate—an achievement I’ve considered most fortunate, one I’d hardly dared dream I’d manage to do. [...] I’ve always been intensely proud of Jane’s achievements and abilities, and glad to be able to participate in them to whatever degree. [...] No wonder I say to her that we’ve paid too high a price for our achievements. I want to see her able to manipulate like other people, of course, and to have her achievements also; that things haven’t worked out that way so far can’t but help have a profound effect upon my feelings, hers, and our relationship, which I’ve always taken absolutely as being as solid and enduring as the elements.)

(While we’ve been busy with our endeavors, the shortening, brilliantly colored and often warm days of October passed into November and turned progressively colder through the month; we’ve already had more than a little snow since Thanksgiving; and now in a few days [about December 22] winter will officially arrive. I’ve raked leaves, stacked wood in the garage, installed storm windows, and made sure our hill house is otherwise all set for cold weather.

(So we’ve decided to simply go along with however Mass Events works out in terms of length, whether that length involves time or the number of sessions. [...]

[...] I’ve pinned copies to walls in both my painting and writing rooms.

[...] But more than that, I’ve seen in my own life the steady accumulation of physical symptoms.

As far as I can see, I’ve been living with two sets of “facts” for some years. [...]

We’ve had no Seth sessions yet, either regular or private. [...]

(“I guess I’ve let the fear get into everything,” she said, tearfully.

[...] “You’ve let it rule every bit of your life, every thought almost, and there sure isn’t much left, is there?”

[...] “We’ve got a problem,” I said to her on my way to the closet. [...] “We’ve got to call the police. [...] In all the visitors we’ve had, this one went the furthest, I thought, to the point I’d often wondered about: actually calling the police for help in handling someone. [...]

[...] I’ve come to help you and Jane.” [...]

[...] I know it’s easy to feel bad about what appears to be someone else’s dilemma, but at the same time they live in the reality they’ve created and have their own kinds of protection. [...]

[...] We hope others feel they’ve gained something from the material too. [Actually, I think that what I’ve learned has saved me from bitterness and disillusionment in later life. [...]

[...] Although I’ve added to my notes for Seth’s book since he finished dictating it, I’ve done so very briefly in order to keep them as contemporary as possible.)

[...] I’ve discussed some of the same points while introducing earlier books in the series, of course, although on each occasion I did so in a different way for variety’s sake. [...]

[...] We still have a host of questions about Seth’s reality, his concepts, and Jane’s role [and my own] in all of this — that is, questions about consciousness itself, basically: consciousness getting to know itself in endless variations, as I’ve written before, and whether or not it’s couched in physical form.

[...] We’ve been busy. [...]

[...] We’ve never asked Seth to comment upon either this project itself or anyone involved with it—nor has he volunteered such information, even in private sessions.

During this session hiatus I’ve been spending much time upon a series of letters to the publishers of Seth Speaks in Switzerland and in the Netherlands, as well as to those in charge at Prentice-Hall.¹ Last Saturday night we had a very interesting meeting with a psychologist from New York City. [...]

[...] The story sprang out of the hilarious way she’s taken to addressing Mitzi in regard to that cat’s gifts from heaven; I’ve been telling her that the affair would make a great children’s book.³ In the several pages she wrote this evening Jane presented her material quite humorously, in a manner reminiscent of, yet different from, her second Seven novel, The Further Education of Oversoul Seven, and her Emir.⁴

[...] The cicadas and the katydids still sounded their hypnotic rhythms, I’ve heard geese often lately, moving south in noisy waves, and we’ve had deer in our driveway several times. [...]

Once more, as I’ve done often in recent years, I expressed the hope to myself that in another probable reality very similar to this one I opted for the outdoor life in a much stronger way—even to living outside night and day for most of the year. [...] More and more I’ve come to admire—revere, even—the single-minded, childlike devotion artists like Avery and Cézanne had for their art. [...]

[...] That sublime framework still exists for us in all of its great beauty, and I want to always return to it: We create our human version of it each day, and I think that even now we’ve hardly begun to understand what we are and have. I’ve come to believe that the predominantly outdoor life would give me a certain understanding of our temporal and spiritual worlds impossible to grasp otherwise, and that my painting would inevitably mirror that greater comprehension. [...]

I’ve been expecting Seth to begin Dreams at any time. From him we’ve derived the idea that “value fulfillment” represents the creative development of hard-to-define values which increase the quality of life for any being, whether human or not—and not only in moral terms.