“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

If you want our books in toto to sell far better, you have only to send out such messages, and imagine them doing so.

I suggest that first of all you ask yourselves what you really want, and what you really believe. (Amused:) I will tell you what you want, my dear friend: you want the books to sell very well, and the message to go out clearly to all. As long as you are not bothered, as long as you do not have to mix with fools—the same fools who compose the various psychological, scientific, or medical societies—the same fools whom you sometimes say do not bother contacting you as long as the Enquirer, that rag, does not annoy you for interviews, and as long as people are not personally affected enough to bother you in any immediate fashion.

Our work is affecting the lives of millions—of millions (repeated in answer to my surprised look at Seth), through direct readership, and through the influence of those readers upon others, who may not, for example, even read the books, or who may read rarely in any case.

(To me:) your feelings have been ambiguous, and so far the books have sold exactly as you really wanted them to.

I am speaking overall—making no divisions here between Ruburt’s books and mine.

It is beside the point to become angry at those who buy the Seth books and not Ruburt’s. Those people do the best they can. Their understanding goes so far at this time. Some of them will go into Ruburt’s books. I said it was beside the point—but beyond that it is somewhat self-defeating. They need encouragement. They act, of course, from their own reasons. Yet your attitudes jointly can telepathically tempt them to Ruburt’s books—or help reinforce their own reluctance.

(We laughed about it. At the same time I was thinking over Seth’s material in this session so far. I remarked to Jane that if we paid attention to that material, then instead of turning away the people who would be influenced by the newspaper notice, we might be able to influence some of them to buy Seth/Jane’s books.

The important point, however, is that if you are not honest with your own feelings and beliefs, then you feel victimized by the society who will not buy your books. You feel more apart from it. Ruburt imagines himself more isolated, and at the same time threatened. You are always better off building bridges to others, in whatever way is natural to you.

The feelings of safety will come as these sessions are followed. The James manuscript will also help. That progression will be what allows your feelings about the books to change, and not the other way around.

Give us a moment.... Your feelings about the books will only change as your joint feelings about the world and your fellows change—so then there will be no problem. Do you follow me?