“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

It was extremely difficult to choose a few excerpts on any given topic from Seth’s growing body of work. [...]

I am working on some other material just now that you will be given, and so you must bear with me for a few moments. [...]

The next chapter will describe my work, and those dimensions of reality into which it takes me, for as I travel into your reality I also travel into others, to fulfill that purpose which is mine to fill.

During the time that he was working on his book, I was writing four hours a day on a book of my own, conducting my weekly ESP class, and finding myself swamped by the correspondence that followed publication of The Seth Material. [...]

The vitamins do serve to help in the extra work being done by the body, of repair, although without the change in beliefs they would not be effective. [...] Now nutriments are being utilized in repair work. [...]

The session, the late one, dealing with “work” attitudes, should be read at least twice a week now. [...]

[...] The release of muscles takes place in such a way that the tendons around joints are gradually loosened, and then the body works on the joints themselves. [...]

[...] He has plenty to work with. [...]

[...] They all added up to a steady barrage of self-criticism and fear of not writing, of perhaps doing the dishes instead, or cleaning the house, of making more work for me, of time spent answering the mail—whatever it might be. [...]

[...] That might show he is not “working.” [...]

[...] That also involves your joint ideas of work. [...]

[...] I will have more to say concerning the class and the future of such work shortly. [...]

[...] You will have to work out the spelling on this: Minn-a-sap-a (my phonetic interpretation). [...]

[...] Affairs for you are working out as I said that they would, with some changes caused by the probabilities.

[...] You remember that I told you that affairs with him would work out well. [...]

[...] For when you are envious you become angry at yourself, but also angry at him, for you cannot help thinking that if he worked harder, if he did something, of what you are not certain, then he would make more money, and you could still have what envy demands. So here again the penis difficulty, for he sat home full time writing, while you work part time, and yet he has not made all that money.

One the other hand, this fear works for him, because he works harder as a writer to pay you back. [...]

[...] I want to tell you how to handle this positively, for it can work for you.

[...] Much of this has already been worked out by your own subconscious, and with this session the situation should quickly begin to show signs of improvement.

[...] To some extent this feeling for humanity often serves as an impetus for creative work. [...] At the same time they can be relative isolationists, wanting to work in solitude.¹

[...] They may work in flower shops. They may work on assembly lines, for that matter, but if so they will be healers by intent or temperament.

[...] They can work in any field. [...] They then work with all of their minds to bring that probability into physical reality.

[...] During that lapse, that first impression is being modified and enhanced within the psyche by subsequent events and understandings; it starts to build up in importance; then, when all of the intuitive-creative “work” has been done, the original perception emerges — or bursts — into consciousness. [...]

(To my surprise last Friday, October 21, I received a call from an old friend, Bill Ward, with whom I used to do comic books about 1940-2. He asked me to help him, probably on a regular basis, with some work, and I said yes. The work, involving inking, arrived Sunday. [...] I was working with him in the early 1950’s. Also, see Session 290.

[...] I had a dream in which I returned to comic work on September 13,1966—about five weeks ago. This dream also involved a friend at my present job, at Artistic Card Co., and that part of the dream also worked out.

[...] This also makes doing the art something for the “first time,” since I’ve never done this particular kind before. Many years ago, perhaps more than 15, I did other kinds of comic work; that was “serious” comic work.

[...] You wanted to see if you could find work that was not dependent upon this locality. [...]

[...] In Ruburt’s experience,¹⁰ the two finally began to work together as they should. What I call the high intellect then took over, a superb blend of intuitional and intellectual abilities working together so that they almost seem to form a new faculty (intently).

[...] By late November, in other words, Jane had signed a contract with Prentice-Hall for the publication of Politics in 1976, and had also had time to do considerable work on its early chapters. We already knew that she would initiate some transposition of material from Volume 2 of “Unknown” Reality into Politics, since she was so intimately and enthusiastically involved in producing both works at the same time: I first wrote about such an exchange in Note 3 for Session 714 (when indicating that she’d used portions of that session in Chapter 1 of Politics).

[...] Neither of us realized it at the time, but she was to soon embark upon one of the key episodes³ of her psychic life: “My later experiences that day were a practical lesson in how models work” she wrote after it was all over.

The concepts in “Unknown” Reality will help expand the consciousness of each of its readers, and the work itself is presented in such a manner that it automatically pulls your awareness out of its usual grooves, so that it bounces back and forth between the standardized version of the world you accept, and the unofficial⁷ versions that are sensed but generally unknown to you.

[...] I explained my answers to the scratching through the pendulum—that I was “itching” to get back to work on Dreams after several interruptions. [...]

(I worked on mail. [...]

You were correct as you worked with the pendulum. [...]

[...] When I turned her on her side at about 4:50, and massaged her with Oil of Olay, I did as Seth had suggested—gently working her right leg back and forth several times. [...]

[...] It appeared to work, and while I rather easily put myself into some kind of trance state I at the same time gave my beneficial suggestions, etc., aiming principally at relaxation, to reduce the back tension I could feel building up.

[...] I used the fractional technique, starting with my feet and working up to my head, then back down the body to my feet again. [...]

[...] Working this afternoon was most pleasant; I forgot all about my back trouble. [...]

[...] My back was acting up, work was difficult, and by suppertime I was drained. [...]

[...] It is true that much of our work is done outside of session time. Session time often represents the end result of our work. [...]

(Much work went into this presentation, and a response has been materializing through phone calls, personal visits, and the mail. [...]

[...] (Peggy G.) Our friend Ruburt learned something from that article, in that a simple presentation works very well.

The sense of work, dedication and commitment has finally been given on Ruburt’s part, and the energy and vitality that has always been available to him can now be practically used to both of your advantages.

[...] You will be working with two segments of people though you only think you will be working with one segment. You see yourself with young people, but you will also be working with very old people. [...]

It was not Cato but the information, portions of the information, were once given by Cato and the man is a follower of some, though not all, of Cato’s works. Now the works will make you think, so read them. [...]

[...] Now, I would play a Santa Claus for you when I am not playing a Scrooge because I want you to work harder. [...]

[...] When you are working with your consciousness, as you did this evening, you become aware of the inner symbols in your own mind. [...]

[...] While at the bank yesterday noon I met Wanda, a nurse who worked in the office of a doctor I’d seen some years ago for an ear problem. Since I’d been thinking of Wanda rather strongly last week, wondering whether the doctor in question could help Jane and her eye condition, I took our meeting as a clear case of the workings of Framework 2. On impulse I asked Wanda if she could arrange an appointment for Jane, and was surprised to hear that it could be set up for next Monday. [...]

(Driving home, I had misgivings about my actions in making the appointment without consulting Jane, but told myself I trusted my impulse and the working of Framework 2. I also felt that Jane would never see a doctor on her own. [...]

[...] In the back of your mind you questioned whether giving him a new, more comfortable chair to work in was or was not a smart thing to do: would it encourage him to retreat to his room and his writing, and simply serve to intensify old conditions? [...]

[...] You were quite aware of the fact, unconsciously, that Wanda’s employer was in fact not going to work out. [...]

[...] I do not want to overstate the work being involved, for it is natural work. [...]

[...] Even though such people are familiar with the general area of our work, still the book did not fit into a general mold. [...]

[...] The work is not simplistic.

It is not that those challenges would not be met, but in meeting them you would end up with a different kind of work and experience.

[...] Even after I had gone back to work I felt at times a residue of this feeling, very faint, in various parts of my body.

[...] Much of this energy is channeled into his work, but when there is trouble or a lag, then look out. [...]

[...] Good aggressive energy that should go into Ruburt’s work is often misused. [...]

[...] Had you had the opportunity to do more work with psychological time you would have been able to attain greater perception than you did. [...]

[...] These outings will be of benefit here, not only because they allow for spontaneous interaction, but because they serve to break the schedules in ways that do not disturb working hours. [...]

[...] The ego is working with you now, for it grew frightened and is taking steps to change.

[...] More extensive changes, a change in working hours, for example, might frighten the ego and should be avoided.

(“What outstanding clairvoyant and telepathic data is at work involving his symptoms?”)

When he does not believe his muscles will work, he will not put full strength upon them, for example, and physically weakens the muscle. He must work upon his attitude. [...]

[...] His enthusiasm is returning as far as his work is concerned. [...]

Concentration should be upon his love of work, and enjoyment and simple pleasures. [...]

[...] This will involve some work on his part, but all effort must be made. [...]

[...] I’ve had them for some time, actually, and they involve either black-and-white or color illustrations for some of my own psychic adventures, perhaps to be used in a work like Through My Eyes. I wouldn’t mind doing some work on the project when I finish “Unknown” Reality this weekend, along with other things in the works. [...]

People generally in your society find little opportunity to work with the natural self, to explore its characteristics, much less be convinced of its good intent. [...]

[...] Since his work was new, he had only faith in himself to go on, and that faith was indeed shaky at times.

[...] “But the publisher would want it organized according to subject matter, or presented in some orderly way,” I replied, whereupon she wrinkled her face at the work this might involve: “But you could do all that after we got the material....”

[...] He decided early to have no children—but more, to fight any evidence of femininity that might taint his work, or jumble up his dedication to it. [...]

[...] You would not take your art to the marketplace after you left commercial work, because then, in a manner of speaking now, understand, you considered that the act of a prostitute, for your “feminine feelings” that you felt produced the painting would then be sold for the sake of “the male’s role as provider and bringer of power.”

[...] That work, providing the artist’s preparation, now belongs to the male-world manufacturer, you see, so the artist as a male in your society is often left with what he thinks of as art’s feminine basis, where it must be confronted, of course.

[...] This climate is more than the result of the materials or subject matter or nature of which the work is composed. It goes without saying that such a work actually contains a portion of focused psychic energy, which is action, and which has its effects.

(Today Jane received word from F. Fell, Inc., that they would like to schedule her book, Hidden Powers Within You; How to Make ESP Work, for publication in the spring of 1966. [...]

[...] I will indeed help him to some degree, but I will not do all the work for him.

[...] You will both find the coming season to be a most beneficial one, in terms of your work, and indeed of your health.