The Nature of Personal Reality- A Seth Book

Seth on Change

Seth: "All of your present experience was drawn from probable reality. During your life, any event must come through your creaturehood, with the built-in time recognition that is so largely a part of your neurological structure; so usually there is a lag, a lapse in time, during which your beliefs cause material actualization. When you try to change your convictions in order to change your experience, you also have to first stop the momentum that you have already built up, so to speak. You are changing the messages while the body is used to reacting smoothly, unquestioningly, to a certain set of beliefs.
There is a steady even flow in which conscious activity through the neurological structure brings about events, and a familiar pattern of reaction is established. When you alter these conscious beliefs through effort, then a period of time is necessary while the structure learns to adjust to the new preferred situation. If beliefs are changed overnight, comparatively less time is required.
In a manner of speaking, each belief can be seen as a powerful station, pulling to it from fields of probabilities only those signals to which it is attuned, and blocking out all others. When you set up a new station there may be some static or bleed-through from an old one for a while.
Any ability you have, then, can be "brought in more clearly," amplified, and become practical rather than probable. But in such a case you must concentrate upon the attribute — not, for example, upon the fact that you have not used it well thus far."
Session 565, The Nature of Personal Reality
L. Davies Butts

I recall at least one other passage when Seth speaks about difficulties that may arise for a certain period when beliefs are changed until the new beliefs take full effect.
Similar to "When you set up a new station there may be some static or bleed-through from an old one for a while."

Magic Show

What magicians we all are,
turning darkness into light,
transforming invisible atoms
into the dazzling theater
of the world,
pulling objects,
(people as well
as rabbits)
out of secret
microscopic closets,
turning winter into summer,
making a palmful of moments
disappear through time's trap door.

We learned the methods
so long ago
that they're unconscious,
and we've hypnotized ourselves
into believing
that we're the audience,
so I wonder where we served
our apprenticeship.
Under what master magicians did we learn
to form reality
so smoothly that we forgot to tell ourselves
the secret?

Jane Roberts, 1979 - from The Magical Approach - Seth Speaks about the art of creative living

"...my water self flows..."

Seth on the language of love

You may have seen Rob Toth's post here, where Seth speaks about some characteristics of the relationship between man and the weather. That passage is originally from session 776 of Seth's book "The Nature of the Psyche", where Seth speaks about "the language of love". I could not resist, I had to share some excerpts of Seth's stunning elucidation. As usual, there is much, much more to read in this session.

Seth: "Dictation. There are channels of interrelatedness, connecting all physical matter — channels through which consciousness flows.

In those terms of which I am speaking, man's identification with nature allowed him to utilize those inner channels. He could send his own consciousness swimming, so to speak, through many currents, in which other kinds of consciousness merged. I said that the language of love was the one basic language, and I mean that quite literally.

Man loved nature, identified with its many parts, and added to his own sense of being by joining into its power and identifying with its force.

It is not so much that he personified the elements of nature as that he threw his personality into its elements and rode them, so to speak. As mentioned, love incites the desire to know, explore, and communicate with the beloved; so language began as man tried to express his love for the natural world.

Initially language had nothing to do with words, and indeed verbal language emerged only when man had lost a portion of his love, forgotten some of his identification with nature, so that he no longer understood its voice to be his also. In those early days man possessed a gargantuan arena for the expression of his emotions. He did not symbolically rage with the storms, for example, but quite consciously identified with them to such a degree that he and his tribesmen merged with the wind and lightning, and became a part of the storms' forces. They felt, and knew as well, that the storms would refresh the land, whatever their fury.

(...)

Long pause.) A person's identity was private, in that man always knew who he was. He was so sure of his identity that he did not feel the need to protect it, so that he could expand his awareness in away now quite foreign to you.

(Long pause at 10:00.) Give us a moment. . .

Take the English sentence: "I observe the tree." If that original language had words, the equivalent would be: "As a tree, I observe myself."

(Long pause at 10:03.) Or: 'Taking on my tree nature, I rest in my shade." Or even: "From my man nature, I rest in the shade of my tree nature." A man did not so much stand at the shore looking down at the water, as he immersed his consciousness within it. Man's initial curiosity did not involve seeing, feeling, or touching the object's nature as much as it involved a joyful psychic exploration in which he plunged his consciousness, rather than, say, his foot into the stream — though he did both.

If that language I speak of had been verbal, man never would have said: 'The water flows through the valley." Instead, the sentence would have read something like this: "Running over the rocks, my water self flows together with others in slippery union." That translation is not the best, either. Man did not designate his own as the only kind of consciousness by any means. He graciously thanked the tree that gave him shade, for example, and he understood that the tree retained its own identity even when it allowed his awareness to join with it.

In your terms, the use of language began as man lost this kind of identification. I must stress again that the identification was not symbolic, but practical, daily expression. Nature spoke for man, and man for nature."

session 776 of Seth's book "The Nature of the Psyche"

L. Davies Butts

Letter from Seth:

"Dear Correspondent:

<snip>

My purpose is not to solve your
for you, but to put you in touch with your own power. My purpose is not to come between you and your own freedom by giving you "answers," even to the most tragic of problems. My purpose is to reinforce your own strength, for ultimately the magic of your being is well equipped to help you find fulfillment, understanding, exuberance, and peace.

<snip>

If I presume to solve problems for you, then I deny you your own power, and further reinforce any feelings of powerlessness that you have."

Introductory Notes

By Robert F. Butts

Unknown Reality Volume One

L. Davies Butts

I have been encouraged to share this post in the group. First, from Seth:

"Ruburt was correct: your spontaneous creative self dwells in Framework 2. There, your nature is intimately known, with all of its unique characteristics and capabilities. There, automatically, computations are made so that you will meet, in Framework 1, with the necessary opportunities, situations, or whatever it is that your circumstances require.

Those desires of yours, that are fitting to your nature, will automatically come to pass, unless you block them through disadvantageous beliefs. They cannot be blocked by others. If they seem to be blocked by others, that assumption is incorrect, based on ignorance.

(...)

Those desires that are in keeping with your nature meet no resistance. They are in fact promoted automatically.

(...)

The way of least resistance is always followed for desires that are fulfilling and fitting to your nature.

The only impediments are those you impose through your negative beliefs.

Because the organization is so different, however, in a way you must forget cause and effect, for things fall into place almost in a circular fashion.

Even when nothing shows in Framework 1, if you have properly inserted your desire there, then all the proper circumstances and conditions are being brought together. Again, they may suddenly appear, or they may not appear in the order in which you think they should, because your vision must be limited in comparison to that available in Framework 2.“

Deleted Session November 5,1977 9:42 Pm Saturday

L. Davies Butts



I would LOVE to hear examples in people's lives of specific instances of how knowing the Seth material has manifested for them in Framework 1. To that end, I post the following:

I am a professional cellist. Below is my story that I wrote for my upcoming book of how this principle expounded on by Seth above came about in my life, many years before I actually knew about Seth. It is a good illustration of the power of manifestation, to thought that is unencumbered by resistance:

“My second cello was a Postiglione cello, which I bought in 1985 from the well-known cellist Matt Haimovitz when he was acquiring his Gofriller cello. My parents were not of substantial means and could in no way afford the $35,000 price tag (that’s nearly $85,000 in 2020 dollars). So, without relying on their financial support, how did I do it?

“I altered my mindset. The story of my mindset shift is central to this book, so I will relate it fully, here. Prior to purchasing the cello, I played on it for a few months due to the generosity of the owners. After that time, I definitely felt that it was my cello. I had bonded with it and couldn’t imagine not playing on it anymore. So, the time came for an ultimatum. Pay for the cello in full by Friday or return it. I couldn’t keep it any longer without paying for it. I was devastated. I had no idea how on earth we were going to pay for it. On Thursday night, the evening before the deadline, I was all tied up in knots. I had to find a way to get this cello! It was MINE.

“At that point, a Bible verse came to mind. One I had read many times, one of the most familiar passages in that much-loved book. It was the 23rd Psalm, “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.” It hit me like a ton of bricks. Now, it doesn’t matter what your cosmology is, that verse is a universal Truth, in whatever form it is meaningful to you. The Lord, or the Universe, or Source, or whatever you wish to call it, is my Shepherd, my guide. I shall not want. All of a sudden, I saw the two meanings of that phrase.



1) I shall not want anything, any item. I needed to release a sense of possession of this particular cello, because I didn’t really know whether it was destined to be mine. It could have been that there was something better in store for me! Being attached to the specific outcome of me getting that cello was misguided. So, I released that feeling of possession.

2) I shall not want also means I shall not be in want; I shall not lack anything. I will always have everything I need to be of service, to grow into the best expression of me that I can. It makes no sense for me to be provided with a talent, and not the means to express that talent.

“With those two full realizations sweeping over me, I literally felt all the anxiety and dread drain from my body. Instead, I felt a sense of peace and calm wash over me that was truly transformative. I was able to go to sleep with no fear of what would happen. I had a calm assurance that everything would be okay, no matter the specific outcome.

“The next morning, around 8 AM, I got a call from a family friend who knew of the situation. He said “I understand you are trying to buy a cello. How much is it?” I told him the $35,000 price tag. He said, “I will buy it for you.”

Wow.

“At this point, it is important to realize how the shift in my mindset allowed this to happen. The money was always there, in the hands of this family friend. He could have mentioned earlier that he would like to help out. But he didn’t. He didn’t know about any deadlines. He didn’t know it was now or never. He just got the idea, at the right and perfect time, that now was the time to call and make his offer. Beautiful! Thus, began my very first foray into playing on a cello owned by another individual. He wired the money to us right away. We paid for the cello. And this great cello, which I had totally released from my clutches, was now mine to play on for good. I still get choked up with emotion when I tell this story, such was the power of the mental transformation for me. I was completely thrilled.”

Taken from the manuscript of the upcoming book "Launch Pad to Your Strad" (c) 2020 Rajan Krishnaswami all rights reserved

It should be added that a mere two years later, I upgraded to a better cello under very similar circumstances. A better cello fell in my lap, and two days before the deadline, someone I had NO idea had any money contacted me, and I met with him and he agreed to put up the rest of the money for that one. And then, 13 years later, I got 10 people to buy a million dollar cello for me - which changed my life - because by that point, I KNEW I could do it. I had the expectation. So, this manifestation kept growing and growing after the initial shift. ---Rajan

WHAT'S YOUR STORY?

"The bones that you call your own will lie a long time in the grave. The physical beings of those that you know change even as I speak. What joy and creativity you can give, then give. What affirmation you can speak, speak. This life is as important as any other life, and none of you attempt to deny the abilities of another for in doing this you speak against creativity. Therefore, it behooves all of you, on a part of all that you are, to expect the best of yourselves and the best of those with whom you are in contact. But the moment is intimate and the voice that speaks beside you in the night, in your terms, will not speak for long, therefore, comfort it when you can."



"I have one point before I close, and it does not deal with concepts except as emotion is concept. Some of you will know to whom I am speaking, but I am speaking also to each of you in this room. There are human beings on the face of this earth who do not know what love means, or companionship. Who so not have parents, who do not have sisters or brothers who understand an isolation that is bleak and cold even if it is of their own making. Each of you in this room who has the opportunity to share with another then know that is grace and be thankful for that which you experience. And do not underestimate what you have. There are personalities who have traveled through the centuries, literally, without an understanding, and if this was their reality and if it was their own making, still be glad that it is not yours and accept those relationships that you now have and realize their potential and do not close yourselves off to stupid pride and through barriers of your own making.



Now the atoms and molecules that compose you are glorious impermanent things, and through the leadership of your consciousness have you led them to consciousness and song and through you do they experience what you experience. And through your organization do they understand realities that would otherwise be denied them. And when each of you come together in a personal relationship are you then glorifying and adding to the reality of the consciousness that is within those atoms and molecules. You know each other in each life a brief time. What joy and comfort you can give, then give. What support you can render, render. Do you not realize that by doing this you become more than you think you are? And I am not speaking to any of you in terms of self-sacrifice for there is no such thing, and there is no such road, and I do not advocate it. But if you demand the best that is within you then you become more than you realize that you are, and you must also demand more from the other persons within your relationship. All of you, therefore, that are married and have such relationships must inspire each other regardless of what you all know of the nature of reality.



The bones that you call your own will lie a long time in the grave. The physical beings of those that you know change even as I speak. What joy and creativity you can give, then give. What affirmation you can speak, speak. This life is as important as any other life, and none of you attempt to deny the abilities of another for in doing this you speak against creativity. Therefore, it behooves all of you, on a part of all that you are, to expect the best of yourselves and the best of those with whom you are in contact. But the moment is intimate and the voice that speaks beside you in the night, in your terms, will not speak for long, therefore, comfort it when you can."



—TECS3 ESP Class Session, April 27, 1971

Seth: "The most I can do is to acquaint you with the authority of your own psyche -- to give you a trust in the nature of your being. For, if you trust what you are, you can never go wrong in whatever terms you use. You can fly through belief systems as a butterfly flies through back yards."

THE SAFE UNIVERSE SETH CLASS SESSION JULY 12, 1975

“As people lose the kind of ancestral roots that exist in “less advanced” societies, so many sophisticated civilizations, with rapid overturn of goods and products, with printing presses and writing upon fragile paper, are lost to history.

One or two societies had microfilm, but microfilm needs another technological society for its interpretation, where scrawls upon a rock endure physically, to be interpreted by any onlooker.

I said that your conventional geological ages were faulty, along with your theories of the age of the earth, for it is far older than is supposed. Obviously it has changed geographically—that you know. There were vast civilizations, however, where now there is only the endless expanse of the ocean waves, and ruins that most likely will never be discovered, for they are obliterated in the very life of the planet itself.

There WERE electric batteries (as we’ve read lately; see my files). There were airplanes (files). There was not a technological organization however as you know it, so that the technological achievements were considered somewhat in a fashion that your society now considers fine art—esthetic, to be collected by the wealthy, delightful, good for collectors but not particularly practical. The aura of the mind of man simply had a different cast.

In a way mental organization itself was different—psychic priorities, if you prefer. Religious ideas of course held their own sway then as they do now. The earth was felt to be a more lively participator, it was personified. Some of this is impossible to explain. People felt that the sun and the moon would be OFFENDED if electric lights were used, for example, that in retaliation they might refuse to shine.

Reading was generally accepted. Books were numerous, but reading was done in the daytime. Technology was considered a plaything. Airplanes were not generally used. They were novelties. People identified so with the earth, they could see no reason for FAST TRAVEL. There were automobiles, again considered as fanciful, technological art.

In one way or another, the race played with technology through the ages, in a subsidiary manner. Almost any of your modern inventions at one time or another existed on the face of the earth in the past, in your terms. Sometimes in a developed manner, or simply in plan form, but never in the same organized domineering fashion.

Your ideas of the history of your species, then, are largely distorted versions of the latest chapter, IN THOSE TERMS.

The poles at one time were reversed. The earth has formed and reformed and reformed. The inner psychic organizations always determine the kind of challenges and civilizations that emerge. There have been civilizations devoted mainly to art, in which all other endeavors were considered subsidiary, and the quality of workmanship was everything, no matter what the product. Mass production was inconceivable, because the originality of each piece of art, or furniture, or bowl, held its value in that manner, and the idea of producing a copy of anything would have been considered ludicrous, or considered an act without reason.

Give us a moment.... Beside all of that, there were cultures advanced enough for space travel, before the numbering of your geological ages. But even those did not organize life about technology in the way that you do. In the tangled areas of time, in one way or another, messages were left from one group of civilizations to another, whether they could be read at once, or not for centuries.

Take your break."

The Personal Sessions, book 4, Deleted Session November 14, 1977