Session 90

SESSION 90 SEPTEMBER 21, 1964 9 PM MONDAY AS SCHEDULED em>(Jane and I have not yet resumed the study of psychological time, although frequently as we are drifting off to sleep we will have brief experiences. I have had several vivid ones lately, including a fall tree in full color, and the head of a child with an open mouth.

(Company left this evening at 8:55 PM, and Jane had no idea of the material for the session. She had also been too busy to be nervous. She began dictation on time in a rather normal voice, and at an easy rate. Her pacing was average, her eyes dark as usual. And as she has done so often recently, she began without wearing her glasses, not appearing at all handicapped.)

I will here wish you a good evening— em>(“Good evening, Seth.”)

—and open our quiet session.

Our last session proved to be a most beneficial one. It was good for Ruburt’s confidence to hold a session away from home, and before people who though far from strangers, are nevertheless not closely associated in daily life.

It goes without saying that had Ruburt known beforehand the subject matter of the session, he would have blocked it. I certainly did not myself press for a session, though I was glad to be of help, as far as the personality about whose problems the session revolved.

It was however Ida’s quite sincere curiosity, and her open-minded willingness to perceive, that subconsciously caused Ruburt to agree to the session. The rapport existing as a rule between twins, and that does indeed exist, between Loriza, L-o-r-i-z-a and her twin (sister ), goes far to account for Loriza’s latent intuitive, but partial, inner comprehension of the elements that work within, say, telepathy.

Twins use communication of the inner senses all unknowing, and what Loriza read of the material moved her subconscious to intuitive realization. The communication between twins is freer than it is with others. Twins are more used to using inner communication, and instances come more easily to mind.

(And here I must admit that although Seth gave the entity name for Bill’s wife Ida, I did not think quickly enough to ask for the entity name of Ida’s twin sister. Jane and I are curious to see if there is any similarity in entity names under such circumstances, and I will make it a point to ask Seth for the name.)

I knew that the material was being read. However I did not feel it wise to make a point of telling you because this knowledge in itself would have set up blocks, and on both of your parts.

It is reasonable, logical and even necessary at this time that you do not parade yourselves, giving sessions as one would put on a vaudeville act. Nevertheless when an honest request is made either to attend a session or to hold a session, and when you know that the person making such a request is sincere, and if other conditions are appropriate, then by all means it would behoove you to meet with the request.

I am not suggesting for example that five sessions, or four, be held in a week at this time; only that sincere requests should not be automatically denied because they do not fall within the scheduled time. And upon such occasions I will always make adjustments when you request them.

(At this point I began to sneeze. Hay fever season is not yet over, unfortunately. I sneezed many times, and Jane paused at intervals to let me catch up on the copy.)

Knowledge on your physical plane must be applied in human terms and human values, or the possibility of helping someone else either through the sort of a session we held last time, or through a more regular session, should not be ignored.

Would you like a break?

(“No.”)

The last session falls under a category of applied knowledge. I suggest your break.

(Break at 9:20. Jane was dissociated as usual. She said my sneezing did not bother her, that Seth was willing to wait; but also that Seth probably called the break early because of my continued sneezing.

(Jane resumed dictation in the same quiet manner, this time wearing her glasses, at 9:28.)

There must be abstract knowledge and concept before there can be any applied knowledge in real terms. The more philosophic material, or what could almost be called academic material, suits both of you greatly, and is indeed where my own interests mainly lie.

However the human element must not be ignored, and whatever personal help and inner understanding this material brings to others will incite their intellectual curiosity, and this is all to the good. Nor are the recipients of such help alone benefited, but so are you yourselves.

Your personal work, both yours and Ruburt’s, will benefit whoever sees your paintings or reads Ruburt’s poetry. It is performed however in solitary and divorced, as it must be, from an intimate contact with people. It is only natural that you carry this over into our sessions, preferring that they be held without such contact. This is not only understandable but in many instances profitable, in that it allows for a diversity of subject matter.

I abhor fanaticism of any type yet I do not feel, myself, that a sincere request under ordinary circumstances should be denied. It is true that conditions were far from ordinary on the evening when Ruburt’s father and the poor personality of the woman were here, and under such circumstances generally, I would certainly not recommend a session.

It was the woman’s deep need which would have let me make an exception, and yet I promise you that on no occasion will I try to coerce Ruburt into giving a session. By the same token I will not be coerced, ever, into giving a session.

(Jane delivered the above paragraph quite forcefully, facing me with one foot up on a chair. She now took a rather long pause, walking over to a window and looking out before resuming delivery. It might be added here that at the time of the visit of Jane’s father, on the night in question Jane had, as she was explaining some of the Seth material to her father and Midge, felt definite emotional “nudges” from Seth to hold a session, whereas upon the occasion of our visit with Bill and Ida in Rochester, she had not. Yet in the latter instance she had finally acceded to the lively curiosity, and because both of us felt this welcome, held the session. Neither of us seriously considered holding a session for Jane’s father and Midge, due to the turbulent circumstances.)

I hesitate because I am not certain whether or not to discuss the other woman, who is a sister to the twin before mentioned. I would strongly suggest however that Zibreth, Z-i-b-r-e-t-h (Louie ), about whom the past session revolved, follow the suggestions given them, and also that he do the following.

He should take a half-hour’s brisk walk. This will allow him to use constructively the aggressive energy which does not have outlet. I also suggest, merely as a matter of discipline, that he contemplate his part in the universe, so that he senses an enlargement of self in which personal worries and obsessions will not loom so large.

This next may sound Pollyannaish to an extreme, but he should make it a point to help another human being in any small way, without expecting thanks, three times a week. I do not suggest, you see, that he do this on purpose daily, lest it develop psychologically into a self-sacrificial ritual. And I also most strongly suggest that three times a week in a very quiet, disciplined but positive manner, he makes it a point to express himself when any matters arise where he holds a diverse opinion from the one being presented.

The personality is extremely sensitive, it does not take me to see that, and intuitional. It is also very strong, and the personality fears its own strength simply because normal aggressiveness has been denied outlet; and building up a practice of quietly but firmly expressing his own viewpoints will also help to release the inner pressure.

The personality should live alone for a while, and work separate from the family establishment. It, the personality, must avoid a rigidity of attitude, for this will not only hamper the native intuition but serve to divorce the personality from his environment.

A balance here is extremely important. There should always be this balance. The personality, being intuitively strong, should apply some of this intuition outward toward other human beings. If solitude is achieved through living alone, then the personality should so be able to relate itself outward.

A confident ego is indeed a prerequisite for psychic venturing, for it is only the confident ego which ultimately feels secure enough to give leeway to the inner self in the long run.

I suggest your break.

(Break at 10:00, Jane was dissociated as usual. She delivered the above material with many pauses, some of them of many seconds’ duration. She resumed in the same manner at 10:03.)

For safety’s sake a firm relationship between the ego and its environment should be considered a prerequisite for serious or extensive psychic investigation. The ego must have something to come back to . This is extremely important.

I do not mean to discourage the personality in his laudable interest in unseen reality. I do want to caution him that first steps must be taken first if his inner goals in this direction are ever to be achieved, without unnecessary difficulties for the ego.

With such a firm foundation he will indeed be most successful, and he can achieve such a foundation. Then he can apply inner knowledge to the ego’s environment. The feet of the ego, of any ego, must not rest on quicksand, or when the venturing self returns there will be no sound foundation to receive him.

If this sounds difficult then indeed it is, because I will not deal in platitudes, and the exercise of the inner abilities demand, as a bulwark, the sometimes difficult achievement of an ego that can adapt itself in the outer environment, and so hold its own while the inner self is then freed to go its way.

Discipline then should not only be considered, as it is by some schools of thought, as a mere mental discipline over the muscles, or various portions of the body by the inner self, but indeed a discipline in terms of training of the ego by the inner self, so that the ego as a personality achieves a well-balanced relationship with the physical universe.

(Now, Jane’s voice abruptly became deeper and louder, as if for emphasis. It maintained this tone and volume for a paragraph or two, then subsided somewhat, but did not quiet down to a normal pitch until the next break.)

And despite all comments to the contrary, this is by far the most difficult discipline; but without it the inner self is not secure in its journeys, and is like a boat with no harbor to receive it, and like the man without a country, with no place to return. The personality, to some (underline some) degree has been led astray by those who begin such a journey without first making certain of their return.

Legitimate, balanced psychic journeyings will result in a beneficial effect as far as the ego and its ability to handle its concerns are involved; and whenever such journeyings or investigations result in a lessening of egotistic control over circumstance then anyone so involved should instantly ask himself questions, and abruptly halt.

I do not speak here of acquaintances who do not understand the importance of psychic investigation. I speak now of the ego’s ability to handle itself. And psychic investigation will, and should, increase that ability if it is properly begun, and if the ego is properly related to the physical environment.

The suggestions given herein, that the mentioned personality live alone, work apart from the family, walk briskly a half-hour a day, strike a balance between altruistically helping others and quietly opposing their ideas through expression when he does not agree, are very important.

A 15-minute daily meditation period would be excellent for three months. Then 3 weeks of no meditation; a month of half-hour meditation, followed by a week of no meditation; and for a year a daily schedule of no more than a half-hour meditation period, these periods to be regular however.

I suggest that they follow the lines of expansion rather than contraction, in that the personality projects itself outward toward All That Is, hence drawing upon the energy of the universe, and extending the reaches of the self.

This discipline however should be followed rigorously only with a program of ego orientation, in which the ego tries to discipline itself in the most difficult manner, for this particular personality, toward freedom. He should express himself when he feels a diverse opinion, when he feels wronged. It is only when aggressions are unexpressed that they are dangerous, and the repressed rage will hold back the desired psychic development. Even chemically such anger causes reactions that will make desired states of being difficult to achieve.

The personality also contains good intellectual capacities, and he should examine psychic experience in the light of his intelligence also. There are truths which the intellect cannot perceive, but the intellect knows the ego, and represents a firm and reliable pathway between the inner self and the ego; and psychic experience—I repeat, psychic experience—will not suffer from such scrutiny.

A steady program, such as I have outlined, because of its conditioning routine, will allow the personality a progressive and safe entry into psychic experience that is firm, and will also strengthen the ego in its relation to environment. This is not to suggest that the ego is weak in this case, for it is not. But its ability to relate to others on the physical plane needs strengthening, particularly since the personality is vitally concerned with psychic investigation.

I suggest your break.

(Break at 10:40. Jane was dissociated as usual. She said she thought Seth would end the session at about 11:00. My writing hand felt some fatigue. Jane resumed in a normal voice at 10:45.)

I will end the session shortly. This is material that I would have given if we had had the time in our last session, and for that reason I wanted to give it this evening.

We will return to other matters for our next session. I still find you both in excellent overall condition, regardless dear Joseph of the hay fever, and we shall take steps before next season to rid you of that.

Ruburt is coming along well in the gallery situation. You should have a good winter, both of you. If Ruburt can stand it, I would suggest a three-day period after he leaves the gallery, during which he does no writing. Perhaps playing about his apartment while instructing his subconscious to work for him in the interval, and completely divorcing his conscious mind from his writing for that period of time. Such a method will result in maximum use of his abilities, and more practical utilization of energy.

I will now, my two peachies, end the session. It has been most pithy. Soon, very soon however, after a few important sessions, we shall have to indulge in a bit of humor for variety. Even I am sometimes appalled at my dryness. Bon soir.

Good night, Seth.

(End at 10:52. Jane was dissociated as usual. My writing hand was tired.)