“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

The slight but perceivable feeling of lightness in his hands could have given him notice of this fact. The situation began as he completed his psychological time experiment this morning, and has continued. He was neither wholly oriented to the inner world nor to the outer, and therefore was not efficient in either.

I am going to suggest that our friend take a walk when we are finished here, a brisk one. The situation is in no way alarming. He has been used to the trance, and of course with what you call the normal waking state, and has not happened to become acquainted with this transition phase. He passes through it so quickly as a rule. As a transitional step, it is most necessary. Otherwise however it does not allow efficient behavior in any particular reality.

What we are looking for here, and indeed one of the purposes of our sessions, is efficient use of various portions of the self in the perceptions of their own realities, and of an overall perception of each of the various portions of the self by the whole self, which transcends the others even while it is composed of them.

[...] But it would be far more effective and efficient to divide the twenty-four-hour period in a different way.

[...] In any case it is much more bracing and efficient to have the physical body active rather than inactive for, say, eight to ten hours.

[...] But again, the efficiency of sleep is lessened and disadvantages set in after six to eight hours of physical inactivity.

[...] The sharp contrasts and the high efficiency of the natural waking consciousness is barely utilized.

A clear, uncluttered, bright, and powerful consciousness needs frequent rest periods if its efficiency is to be maintained, and if it is to correctly interpret reality. [...]

With the present heating system, high expectations would have increased its efficiency. Low expectations would have decreased its efficiency. [...] You have both steadily doubted your practical efficiency in a material universe, and you will continue to do so, for with your present attitudes you will not test your efficiency. [...]

[...] Efficiency may be developed through understanding, and through the efficient use of psychic energy. [...]

[...] The smallest imaginable particle gives evidence of that basic unity of energy adopting form, materializing the camouflage pattern necessary for efficient manipulation within your universe, that is composed of diverse but interwoven fields of apparent, semi-apparent, or unapparent activities and correlations. [...]

[...] This portion of the self can serve to keep you informed as to the balance and efficiency of the immediate operating personality.

[...] I have been strict concerning our schedule, since conditioning must be set up, and while we always allowed for some spontaneity, it was necessary that Ruburt develop greater efficiency in his handling of the trance state.

[...] When it operates at its most efficient level suggestion is indeed the inner affirmation. [...]

[...] When action is allowed to flow unimpeded, the cooperation that is necessary to maintain the efficiency of the gestalt is maintained. [...]

The whole idea was developed in the most mechanistic of terms, stressing competition among all aspects of life, pitting one life form against another, and using physical strength and dexterity, swiftness and efficiency, as the prime conditions for the survival of any individual or species.

[...] I want to point out the efficiency of faith when you feel it, so take advantage of those moments when you feel faith strong in yourself, for at such times you connect with Framework 2 most securely.

[...] When you manipulate objects you feel efficient. [...]

(10:36.) Your medical technology may help you “conquer” one disease after another — some in fact caused by that same technology — and you will feel very efficient as you do heart transplants, as you fight one virus after another. [...]

[...] That alone relaxes all other parts of the body, and lets the healing processes operate more easily and efficiently.

[...] As you know, I do not make predictions, yet he has reached a point with his beliefs, and an efficiency with some methods of implementing them, that I foresee a dramatic change for the better.

As an automobile is put together at an assembly line, so the body is simply seen as a very efficient machine put together in nature’s “factory.” [...]

[...] You, any human being, represent a capability, an attraction, an electrical field of great intensity that is capable of efficiently acting as a unit within the physical field.

Efficient manipulation within the physical field will soon require that other portions of the self be utilized and recognized. [...]

This reinforces older healthier beliefs in the body’s efficiency, that were discarded before any symptoms appeared. [...]

You are both acquiring a facility in communication between the ego and the subconscious, which is enabling you to increase the efficiency of your overall behavior.

[...] Familiarity with this brief state of tension will allow an individual to use it more efficiently. [...]

[...] It will enable your present personalities to operate in a much more enjoyable esthetic, psychic and practically efficient manner. [...]

[...] To be somewhat prosaic here, it is nevertheless true that the whole efficiency of the personality can be improved if the inclinations of the subconscious are taken into consideration, in the manner of clothes and accessories and living surroundings in general. [...]

The north-south position is extremely important in this context, and indeed a necessity for any efficient dream records. The reasoning parts of the brain can work most efficiently along with the intuitive portions of the self when the physical organism is in that position.

[...] You may reach them in a space vehicle, but the quantitative difference again is so large that it almost turns into a different value, and a trip by camouflage vehicle would certainly not be the most efficient way to make such a journey, by any means.

There will be in the future journey through light beams that will be much more efficient. [...]

—effective and efficient. [...]