“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane lost an eye tooth early this morning, before we got up. It became abundantly clear that she was going to lose the tooth a couple of days ago, as it began to visibly descend from its socket; I could see it wobble in its socket as we ate breakfast Friday morning, and she expected to lose it at any minute. I found this very discouraging, and once again began to question the whole bit about symptoms, recovery, Seth, etc.

Those experiences may at times be quite jarring, tragic, frightening, but they will happen within a framework provided by the accepted suggestions of the society. People may question the precepts, but generally speaking they live and work within organizational frameworks, each one ruled by various assumptions or suggestions.

Those who come here often are questioners of it. They certainly are not ready to go all of the way, as you are. They may appear quite bizarre. They may form odd theories, but they are between worlds.

Do you have questions?

Please remember that many people get in physical difficulty. They are indeed the norm rather than the exception. People who are not questioning necessarily the nature of life or of reality, creative people, unimaginative people, dumb people, athletes—all get in physical difficulties. What I am saying is that questioning the nature of reality does not cause physical difficulties per se. You cannot justifiably say, then “Had we not taken this route, everything would have been hunky-dory (loudly).” You should know better than that.

Do you have questions?

(“Well, your last line reminded me of my question about the acceptance of “Unknown” Reality by others.”)

The books also find their way, however, to the serious questioners within the establishment itself. Often they are not in high positions—because they are questioners. Yet they deal with the young quite directly, and with the arts and sciences in unconventional ways, but within the system.

There are also a core of individual thinkers who straddle all social or academic categories, who follow our books. There is no overall general reaction, therefore, in the terms of your question. But the effects will be, and are being felt. Cézanne, for example, will reach some people who have not read the other books, and some historians will read James, and hence be led where otherwise they would not go. Psyche will mention my ideas about sex, for example, and will be bought by some people because of that subject alone, who will be again led to the other books.