“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] We would like you to close your eyes or unfocus them. [...] In your terms, our forms would be geometrical. [...] The strength behind them would form the world as you know it and sustain it for centuries. [...]

(Following a discussion of everyone’s experiences during the week.) Now I want you to get used to Alpha II and so I would like you to take your eyes off this charming face and close your eyes. [...]

([Ron:] “Would you be aware of, say the pot on the table?”)

([Ron:] “How would it appear to you?”)

If all of your beliefs, not just your “fortunate” ones, were not materialized, you would never thoroughly understand on a physical level that your ideas create reality. If only your “positive” beliefs were materialized then you would never clearly comprehend the power of your thought, for you would not completely experience its physical results.

[...] The interior workings of the body, to be conscious, would have to deal with time sequences that would present the physically attuned consciousness with “mathematical” deductions and calculations far too numerous for it to handle. For example, it would have to keep conscious track of all the muscles, nerves, organs, cells, molecules and atoms, while manipulating the body in space and time.

It often seems, when such ideas as these are presented, that the ideal results in your terms would be perfection — “heaven on earth” — a state in which everyone would be healthy, wealthy, and wise.

[...] Such a course would not, in physical reality, present you with anything like a balanced picture of perfection.

Nearing had turned away from such goods and products, yet he had in his earlier years thought that these if were only distributed equally the world would be changed for the better. [...] And that it would continue after his death. [...]

(She felt pretty relaxed by the time the movie was over, but wanted to have the session because she thought it would contain material on Scott Nearing.)

Now: Few people would see any connection between William James and Scott Nearing, and yet both were in their own ways peculiarly concerned with “the American soul.” [...]

[...] Americans would explore the spiritual world as they pioneered the physical continent.

[...] would make a trip here. [...] was unavailable, the point being that Prentice-Hall would like a name to do the intro. Tam said he would like to visit us again before the holidays.)

[...] Simply as an analogy, it would be as if within physical reality you lived, say, the life of a rich man of great talent, the life of a poor man with entirely different talents, and the life of a mother and career woman. You would be aware of yourself in each of these three roles, and find qualities being developed in each of the separate lives.

[...] Today Tam Mossman confirmed that Eve does ride to work at Prentice-Hall with a woman fitting Seth’s description, including the age given; he said eve would ride with him on the specified days in order to alter the probabilities.

[...] In such a system there would be no breakup of time for example, since time does not exist in the same manner.

If you would try to see your own creative unity, then both your painting and your writing would give greater satisfaction, and become richer—your prose inspired by your imagery, and your painting by your ideas, so that both are sparked, producing not only products but a creative vision that sees reality through an extension that would be the natural art of consciousness, meant to blossom from those abilities. [...]

[...] The concentration in painting should be so intense—should be—that there would be no thought of any other occupation. The concerns of the world, its progress or lack of it, the nature of existence—none of those issues would interfere with such an artistic vision. [...]

As in the case of Cézanne, masterpieces would justify all else. Even relationships would make no difference—and Ruburt in his way made the same judgments about the “writer.” [...]

An artist or writer, believing such selective nonsense, will of course find all of his or her other creative abilities a distraction, a bother, a temptation that is bound to detract from the main genius, rather than add to it, deepen its application, and add an orchestration to its subjective moods that would otherwise be quite lacking (all intently). [...]

It was afraid that psychic endeavor would leave it open for further scorn, and it would not for a while allow ordinary motion, until it was somewhat assured that it would not meet with contempt for its efforts. [...]

These elements would then be put together in such a way that they would give the impetus and the psychic challenge, the need to know, that could result in work like ours.

[...] Many severe illnesses disappear miraculously, it would seem, though an individual has been plagued since birth.

[...] It has solved one problem and decided to use the method to solve another, or it has decided that from its particular vantage point it would rather close the books and begin anew.

The basic personality would be fearful of such communications, knowing instinctively the weakness of the ego. The ego would be extremely insecure. On the other hand, the personality would almost welcome a strong organizing force, regardless of its source, and could tend to latch onto it as much as possible. A study of secondary personalities is most fascinating, since such a study would give you an excellent idea of the manner in which the ego in general is formed, for it is but a unity of energy under auspices of the strongest actions characteristic within the given personality system.

I would like to continue with our discussion concerning the nature of the human personality in its relationship to action, and in connection with the matter of illness and health in general.

[...] In many cases it may appear as if exterior circumstances formed such inner shifts, changing the whole unifying structure of the personality, and shifting the personality into what would appear to be entirely uncharacteristic activities.

[...] Without this basic acquiescence, actions would not have been given the freedom to break patterns down and evolve new ones of them. [...]

[...] I would say crusty old Malba, but she is not even toasty.

[...] I am in a quandary, and I admit it, as to which matters you would prefer I discussed first. [...]

I would suggest Joseph, and strongly, that you take up the yoga exercises. [...]

(By now Jane’s voice had reached the state it would maintain for the balance of the session; somewhat louder, a little sharper, a little lower.)

[...] The exercises in the past would not have been effective. You were both lacking the feeling of optimism that would make them work. [...]

Besides this he felt highly inadequate because he knew that all the time your mother of course would have preferred two minutes with you to ten with him, so then he felt unappreciated. [...]

[...] Changing the direction of the bed would automatically help matters some, but (humorously) Ruburt does not like it the other way.

[...] In the summer for example with all the windows open, the closed door would not bother him as much. [...]

[...] Each time the symptoms would return; today, after breakfast, then lunch, etc., so that we spent the whole day coping with them. [...]

[...] If Ruburt simply wrote down each day items that concerned him honestly, and discussed them with you, this would be of benefit. [...]

Another note: He would be better off, you see, if he yelled and screamed in a quite undignified fashion. [...]

(Some interesting notes: We thought the session helped, and that the symptoms would vanish. [...]

[...] They were not physical people, in your terms, and if you traveled to that star now in your spaceships you would not see them. You would walk through their fields and think that the land was barren. You would land in your spaceships and though the whole populous came out to greet you, you would see no one. [...]

Now, to some extent, all of you take advantage of these abilities or you would not have physical bodies to begin with. They simply would not last that long, in your terms. [...]

If I did not care I would not spend so much time talking to you. [...] Now, if you had to speak through someone else instead of through your own voice box, you would find, indeed, that there were many difficulties involved and besides it is fun for me to get you so upset. [...]

I will have you know I would not do such a thing and my performance right now proves I would never do such a thing as you can all tell. [...]

[...] We were both curious to see what Seth would say about basic causes, and as it developed we had some fairly good insights. [...]

Disturbing the image in two ways at once is indeed difficult and I would suggest, as I believe you suggested Joseph, that the smoking problem be tackled. [...]

I would suggest that Jane do what I presume is womanly, and to a woman logical under the circumstances. [...]

[...] It would be advisable if Ruburt enjoyed either light reading this evening, or perhaps your television. [...]

[...] You fear your fears would devour you and are afraid to go among them. [...]

[...] If you were not, I would not be here this evening. [...]

If there is one thing only I could tell you it would be this. [...]

[...] You must know yourself if you would help others. [...]

If the ant spoke, what would he say? Would he step on you if he were as large as you are? [...]

(To Ned.) Though we had an honest answer from someone over here in the corner, I would still like a more adventurous spirit so when you ask yourselves the questions during the week then allow yourself, my dear friend, to feel the uniqueness and the integrity of your own personality as you now know it and realize that there is none like it, in this universe or any other. And it would be a crime indeed to end it. [...]

[...] You could have done far better and therefore, I did not give you an A and in truth you would not give yourself an A and neither would your friend. [...]

[...] Now I knew you would evade the questions, so that is all right and it was part of the lesson but you must encounter your own vitality. [...]

[...] Next, she had an inner flash that “something good, by way of inner experience,” would happen to her while up there. She then seemed to project—she felt that she was hovering in the air over the Glen campground, which we know so well, and that she was looking down at the darkening green trees as they would appear at the present time—at about dusk.

(At 8:59 Jane said, “It’ll take a few minutes, but I can tell, it’s going to be all right,” meaning a session would be held. [...] Jane sat quite still for some few moments; when I noticed her seeming to grope for words, soundlessly moving her lips, I felt Seth’s entity would give the session. [...]

(Jane thought Seth would speak if a session were held, but this did not prove to be the case. [...]

[...] We understand your reality and interpret it in ways that you would not understand. [...]

I would like to make a few remarks concerning such spontaneous sessions as we have had, and particularly concerning our last spontaneous and witnessed session.

[...] If however you consciously do not want a session, and express yourselves in this direction, then no session would be held.

When no conscious decision has been made, I would be following your subconscious wishes in such a manner.

[...] She said the traffic noise bothered her, but that she would make an effort to see that it didn’t continue to do so.

[...] “I felt a whole lot of stuff there on the hostages—stuff it would take forever to get, darn it....” [...] “Before you got through it would cover history, religion, science—the whole works,” Jane said. I agreed that it would certainly encapsulate our whole civilized world structure before Seth finished it. [...] She wanted to know what would happen to Seth’s book on dreams in the meantime, and I explained that it would only wait until the other project was finished. [...]

Years ago, when the Gallery of Silence people began to bug him, he felt threatened, afraid that he would become the brunt of fanatics or extremists. He was nevertheless determined to take some kind of a public stand—for not to do so would mean not to express himself through his books at all. He knew he would never give into that course, but he felt that some of that dates back to childhood habits and beliefs, when his very food and bed was given him by the auspices of the public. [...]

(Jane said she felt Seth around by 9:20, but that she thought the session would be a short one. [...]

You knew ahead of time the kind of world you would be entering. [...]

The procedure I suggested was simply meant as an intermediary, handy method that would allow him to realize he could handle the matter in other ways. The method of itself would also be illuminating enough in many areas to help release him from other beliefs. The effort required is considerable, in a way, yet the knowledge that he could make the effort would be important.

[...] He was afraid it would make you feel worse. Yet the continuing cover-up physically denies the needed feedback that would be quite automatic as he looks into a mirror for example and knows well he needs to gain more weight.

[...] He is also still worried about you; should he suddenly decide he felt like going on a shopping expedition in the middle of the afternoon, what would your reaction be? You would not want to lose the time.

[...] These freedoms used, particularly in view of Ruburt’s literal-mindedness, would do much to weaken the beliefs in powerlessness that exist.

If I were such a secondary personality for example, I would have long ago discarded any semblance of concern for Ruburt’s own identity; and also the fear patterns of which I would have been composed would have long ago asserted themselves.

[...] It was the outlet of creative writing, early adopted, that saved him from becoming a most rigid and frozen personality; and if he had adopted such a stonelike ego, then indeed he would now be in dangerous circumstances, since his strong creative nature would finally and disastrously have shattered the stone image.

[...] He would have finally used his psychic abilities in any case, but they would have under those conditions been tools, or used as tools of the personal subconscious in diverse ways, shattering beyond repair the unity and integrity of the personality.

Without his blocking therefore, he would have access to the previous three lives that he has lived, and in detail. And since his abilities are strong, he would also have access to your previous three lives, since he picks up much information from you telepathically.

The clues which he does not look for would lead toward not mere dry generalized facts, but facts that are at the basis of the universe as he knows it. Facts indeed that make such a universe possible, facts that would revolutionize science, and most of all the science of medicine, and the field of psychology. [...] The reason for this is that the data that would connect such a study to all other fields of interest is not recognized. [...]

[...] If the physical universe existed on a physical field only, indeed this would be the greatest miracle of all, for it would be impossible. The inner vitality of which we have so often spoken, and whose ways I have described, this inner vitality is the force which itself forms the physical universe, and without which no such manifestation would be possible. [...]

[...] This feeling was heightened of course because she was also not sure whether she would sit with her eyes closed during the session, or pace about. [...]

[...] No efforts will be made to determine the existence or importance of actualities when such actualities are not believed to exist to begin with, particularly when such a discovery would shatter the very foundations of knowledge as it now exists.