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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"That man behind the curtain",
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This review is from: The Early Sessions: Sessions 86-148 : 9/9/64-4/21/65 (The Seth Material, Book 3) (Paperback)
Before I began reading the Early Sessions books, I thought there might be much overlap with the previously published Seth books by Jane Roberts. There is, and there isn't. Much of the material covered in other Seth books is there, but the presentation is, once again, different. Seth's style of teaching is to approach a subject from all angles, present his instruction in different ways, often using different terminology, and it isn't until you get well into it that you realize that he's telling you the same thing yet again. Given the brain of the reader (mine) and the nature of the material, I can only say, hallelujah! This volume sometimes reads like a scientific textbook that fell out of a UFO. The detailed explanation of not only the what but the why and the how of aspects of universal law is astounding and very detailed. Seth not only gives us a look at "the man behind the curtain" but lets us stand behind his shoulder to see exactly what he's doing. We also find out who he is-and he's us. We learn of the workings behind our cozy, 3-dimensional existence (not unlike being underground in Disneyland!) and become aware of the part each of us plays in the stunningly complex nature of things. It leaves one with a sobering sense of reponsibility to life and to our fellow creatures. Seth, as a no-nonsense teacher, freely admits that even he does not know everything, although he speaks from a vantage point that transcends ours. His material is given to us to grasp, ponder and apply, but Seth would be, I suspect, horrified at becoming a cult or a religion or even the focus of credulous minds. Seth always stresses the importance of not following anyone blindly, and the value of putting everything through the computer of our own common sense. It is only in this way that each of us can discover our true potential, our psychic heritage, and what my children would have called "the straight scoop" of earthly existence-which is only one of many we inhabit in the "spacious present." By all means, read the Early Sessions-all of them. And hey, after the first two volumes, they fixed those curly covers.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Series!,
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This review is from: The Early Sessions: Sessions 86-148 : 9/9/64-4/21/65 (The Seth Material, Book 3) (Paperback)
This series is great! Seth lays the foundation for most of the stuff in the later books. Seth goes into subpersonalities and how the current personality won the right to represent the inner self in the physical realm. Also discusses the levels of the subconscious where the memories of past lives and the periods between these lives reside. Discussion on the electrical realm and identity as action.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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What We Are, Sorta,
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This review is from: The Early Sessions: Sessions 86-148 : 9/9/64-4/21/65 (The Seth Material, Book 3) (Paperback)
Don't you wish someone would take over the whole Jane Roberts catalogue and index it all? Right!
Those of you who are familiar with the Seth books know almost every one of them is a 5-star volume filled with incredible and useful information about every aspect of life. Seth answers questions we didn't even know to ask. Book 3 is no exception. A lot of it is about dreams, but don't buy it thinking you are getting the usual "meaning of dreams" book. Fat chance. Instead, you get told that the dreams you create continue on something like forever. That could be delightful or terrifying. Here are some highlights overall: good stuff on God -- (new name: "energy gestalt"); reality -- ("There is no one reality."); psychic research -- ("A confident ego is indeed a prerequisite for psychic venturing."); healing -- ("no healing of any sort can ever take place without inner understanding and psychic comprehension"). Which, of course, may take place in dreams out of your awareness. A great deal of space is taken up in the middle section of the book with "unified units" and Jane and Rob's personal angsts. The latter is boring and holds little of value for the reader and the former is so esoteric my eyes glazed over, so sorry. There is much scientific knowledge given about realities, the nature of action, identities and personality. If you hoped for more along spiritual lines, well, as Seth says, "If I do not seem spiritual enough for anyone, let it be said that I have never pretended to be the Holy Ghost." Isn't that cute? However, near the end of the book Seth affirms several key spiritual truths, including that all life is progressing toward its own "value fulfillment," (i.e. ongoing enlightement), that the source of all life is joy and the path to value fulfillment is love. "The man who is capable of joy is capable of changing his world. Joy is not a weak, spineless idiot. Its backbone is stronger than bitterness." Yes, I think this book is well worth the purchase.
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