“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

([Rob:]“Good evening, Seth.”)

Now you have indeed been doing well. And I do congratulate you. You are too impatient both with your own development and the development of others. You want your destination now and you want to get to that destination as quickly as possible, 85-95 miles a minute, you see. You have given yourself several traffic tickets. Now, you have learned a good deal, and I know that you have tried. It does no good to understand issues intellectually, however, or even to understand them intuitively unless you understand them so thoroughly that they become a part of your daily life. Much that you know you have made a part of your life, but you still wish to use your knowledge for your own conscious purposes. You are still not willing to say let me develop as I should develop. You are still saying let me develop as I think I should develop. The I being a highly egotistical I. You are still saying, let me develop as I want to develop. You are still saying I want this person or I want that person or that thing. Therefore shall I use this ability and this knowledge to gain it. And that is why you have given yourself a traffic ticket now and then, What you are learning is a technique for self-development. You cannot use it, therefore, to attain those things that do not pertain to your own self-development and the techniques will not help you get something that you were not meant to have nor that you have before decided as an entity that you should not have. I will leave specifics for later. Nevertheless, the facts remain that your own inner self and your own entity have given you challenges that you have accepted. Now you know these challenges; subconsciously you are aware of them. Consciously you do not want to accept them and this is one reason why you have had difficulty with the pendulum. This is not out of the ordinary. This happens to many personalities. It is nothing to blame yourself for. You are certainly in the midst of a certain line of development. You cannot blame yourself for not being further along the line. The very fact that you are here this evening, the very fact that you are trying as hard as you have been shows that you are indeed developing and that you are indeed learning. There must be an open-minded, an openhearted attitude here. You must not try to use what you have learned in a narrow, limiting way. This hampers your own development. It closes your eyes to many possibilities that will be important to you. It is natural, perhaps, to want to use what you have learned, this information, as a technique to achieve what you at any particular time think desirable, a particular person, a particular thing. But what is important is the inner development. If this is taken care of, it will automatically lead you to the person that is best for you and to the circumstances that will help you develop. To insist that a specific individual or a specific goal be attained through these methods is limiting. There must always be the acknowledgement that you do not consciously as yet realize the depths of yourself, the goals you have set and the challenges, and this material should be used to open up your inner horizons and to lead you in those directions toward which your inner self has already set you. If you then egotistically, say—No—this particular situation is what I want, then you may be blocking the inner direction which has been meant for you. I said I would discuss some particular material and so I shall shortly. But the inner attitude is far more important. I suggest, Joseph, that you take a break and I shall continue.

Now, you see, you have been robbing yourself of an experience of truly knowing these individual men, for you have not permitted yourself to see them as they are and as they have been. After three lives as a male, you have indeed acclimated yourself very well. You have been somewhat envious. I sense you yelling to yourself when you see a male in strong action or performance, I sense you yelling to yourself—I can do that better than you can for I have done it before—again this is reflected in the way you drive your car.

Let our friend Ruburt and that one (Rob) take a brief break. I do not need a break.

([Rob:]”All right.”)

([Rob to Jane:] “Want your glasses? … Suppose you lean forward and take them. Open your eyes. There…”

([Rob:] “I thought what he said about Dick was very perceptive.”

([Rob:] “What did he say about him?”

([Rob:] “Well, don’t forget that no human being is going to see another completely, anyhow.”

([Rob:] “Well, most of the sessions were like this.”

([Rob:] “I think it would be a good idea if you ask questions, also. When certain points are being discussed, ask questions as in a regular conversation. It won’t disturb Seth.”

([Rob:] “That’s a statement that will need explanation later.”

([Rob:] “Well, it will help you and Dick, both.”

([Rob:] “I don’t know whether to tell you to let him hear the tape or not. That’s outside our ability to know.”

([Rob:] “Well, a lot of it depends on background knowledge. I don’t know what he thinks of Seth. That’s why I don’t know whether it would be good for him to listen to it or not.”

([Rob:] “But he needs to understand the nature of Seth and study the concepts involved, or he will reject anything unpleasant.”

([Rob:] “Now if either one of you had mentioned that, it would have been a big help at the time.” During an earlier visit.

([Rob:] “It would have prepared Dick to accept this session.”

([Rob:] “Yes, but when it gets personal, anyone would put up protective devices. It’s only natural to do so.”

([Rob:] “Yes, a session that is personal is hitting them broadside.”)

(At this point, Rob smiled but Pat didn’t.

(Then Seth turned to Rob and said:) Now I have put myself out, Joseph and I’ve joked and for this I get a tear.

([Rob:] “I’m sure it will pass.”)

([Rob:] “May we have a break, Seth.” Tape was running out.)

([Rob:] “It gives you an idea how things can operate on a subconscious level. He feels beholden to his parents. His psychic energy has chosen this way, possibly, of establishing karma. It’s not an idea of punishment, it’s an idea of further spiritual development. In this life he has chosen to be a son to these people, in a way to be of service to them, to help others.”

([Rob:] “So you see, that puts a far different light on a person’s behavior than just to say he’s afraid to get married or he’s afraid of women.” Seth entered here.)

([Rob:] “Have you ever drank beer?”)

([Rob:] “How about cigars?”)

[Rob:] “He worries a little bit because he doesn’t remember what he says, though.”)

([Rob:] “Good night, Seth.”