“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(At 8:45 Bill still had not arrived and we were beginning to feel uneasy. We did not want a later arrival; also we had wanted to explain a few things to Bill, among them the taking of his own notes.

(“Mark the mark; Mark has arrived.” At 8:50 this phrase came into Jane’s mind. She said she almost didn’t bother to tell me about it, that she wasn’t sure it was from Seth. She didn’t hear it clearly within as she ordinarily would if it was a message from Seth before a session was to begin. Her own thought was that it indicated Bill’s arrival sometime after the session had begun.

(At 9:00 PM Bill had not arrived. I for one was quite upset by this. Jane was not beginning the session, either. She did say, “I feel a great humorous sense of waiting that isn’t mine.” She said this concept hung above her. As the minutes passed she began to pace slowly back and forth. At 9:05 she began to dictate. Throughout the session her voice was a bit stronger than normal, her pace rather slow, her eyes dark as usual.)

So choices between various alternatives are narrow on your level because of other limitations set by the entity itself. In other words, the entity, using its own— mark the Mark: Mark has arrived. This is a little instance in which Ruburt did not block me. Let your friend in and request that he be seated.

I realize that the distortions bother you more than they bother me. However, to be truthful I anticipated more distortions than we have been getting, and my cronies have been amazed, particularly since Ruburt is not in a deep trance. It was unfortunate that your friend did not arrive on time. It was this extra element of anticipation that kept Ruburt from the usual excellent state of dissociation in the beginning of the session.

Had the visitor arrived on time Ruburt would have been able to handle the situation. It was the extra conscious and subconscious element of anticipation that got him into trouble.

And incidentally, do not blame your friend for not arriving. You are not going to make him over, and he tries very hard within the limits set by his entity. And now if all the fireworks are over, may I return to the subject from which I was so uproariously interrupted.

The ache in Ruburt’s shoulder for example was an indication of nervousness; although consciously he was not bothered, unconsciously he knew that your friend would not arrive on time, and this disturbed him to some degree.