“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Our lives continue to expand in unexpected ways among an incredible variety of probable realities. And I must say that once again Jane and I have been surprised and touched. When I got home from 330 last night I found in the mail a letter from Maude Cardwell of Reality Change, the Seth newsletter she publishes in Austin, Texas. In it she described how she’d been approached by a subscriber who wanted to start a fund to help Jane and me with medical expenses. The letter I’d had published recently in the November issue of Coordinate Point International, describing Jane’s challenges, had come to the attention of the reader in St. Paul, MN, who had called Maude with the idea of a fund.

(2:30. Jane ate a good lunch. Afterward I read my letter and Maude’s to her. “Your letter is terrific,” she said, an excellent piece of writing.” I hadn’t thought of it that way particularly. We discussed many possibilities swirling around the fund idea. The idea was new to Jane, of course, and I wanted to give her time to think about it. I said I’d merely write Maude a note of acknowledgement at this time anyhow. Jane said she’d also dictate a letter eventually to the group. She was very reserved about Seth possibly delivering a message for them. Our answer could range all the way from yes to no, with any combination of stops in between. I thought Seth could comment today, but I expected no detailed response there either at this time. One thing became quite clear as we talked: The fund idea abruptly led us into looking at our beliefs and motives and “work” in new ways—a valuable service right there.

(I told Jane that my dreamlike experiences last night had probably represented my trying out various possibilities regarding the fund proposal.

That is why so many of them promote our work, buy books for others, and form their own kind of grass-roots organizations. (Long pause.) To some extent they have felt closed out, unable to contribute. That is why you received the letter about the fund. The fund idea represents many people’s opportunity to feel a part of our venture. They want to be able to change the world for the better to whatever extent possible. The people are definitely well-meaning, of good intent, and they welcome the idea of expending energy, time, and money on our behalf. To their way of thinking this gives many people an opportunity—

(When we were alone again I reminded Jane that as far as we knew the fund idea was known to only two people, so I was a bit mystified when Seth evidently talked about many people wanting to contribute. Resume at 4:42, after I’d read the session to her.)

(4:13 PM. At once we agreed that Seth had said much more about the fund idea than we’d expected at this time. I told Jane I’d be sending Maude Cardwell a short letter of acknowledgement. I’ll probably at least start it tomorrow.

(In relation to Seth’s material on the fund, I told Jane, it seems that creativity obviously has many more facets to it than we ordinarily think—if we need or want money, for example, with it just serving as a means to an end—our doing our work—it will be provided if we’re not closed to the idea. And it doesn’t matter how it comes, as long as it’s honest—through our “earning” it in the conventional way, or whether we find it on the ground or it falls out of the sky, or someone gives it to us, or it comes through insurance, or whatever. The fund idea is an ideal case in point, being quite unexpected. As we talked Jane said the idea may even have ramifications that may touch Pete Harpending, our attorney.