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Newsletter, July 2009
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Sethnet Journal, July-August 2009
Volume 55, Artwork: Protea Powers by Nardine, Rob Butts: A Retrospect by Frank P. Dorchak, The Winds of Change by Lydia Brescia, A Dream, A Question, and A Promise: Chapter 14 by Pamela Gibson, 10 Little-known Gems by Brent Marchant.
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Read this month's featured article What Did Seth Tell Us? by Joyce A. Kovelman, Ph.D., Ph.D
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Paul is putting the final touches on his new Seth book. It provides an overview of the central concepts, stories, and exercises in a question and answer format designed to reveal the secrets of how you create your own reality. Stay tuned for details on availability. He will also be speaking at the Colorado Seth Conference (Sep. 10-14), Estes Park Kris Workshop (Sep. 18-20), and LA Seth Conference (Oct. 24-25).
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What Did Seth Tell Us?
By Joyce A. Kovelman, Ph.D., Ph.D
Recently, I’ve started to re-read the Unpublished Seth Material and find it a marvelous addition to the previous information I have studied for more than 30 years. I have always been amazed at the consistency of Seth’s information during the weekly sessions he held with Jane and Rob. And today, many of his “way out,” outrageous and startling concepts have been accepted by growing numbers of scientists and thinkers, globally. Now, debate and discussion on topics of simultaneous time, probable selves, parallel worlds, and “You create your own reality” frequently take place on university campuses and are found in recent books.
Personally, I am particularly drawn to Seth’s concepts of Value Fulfillment, The Practicing Idealist, probable versions of self, chair, idea or book (manifesting matter), and the importance of not turning his ideas and sessions into a Seth Doctrine or Dogma. In my view, these ideas are seminal to any understanding and application of Seth’s ideas. Unfortunately, it is these very same concepts that have sometimes led to competition and conflict among Seth’s students and readers in the past. My hope is to instead, foster greater cooperation and harmony among all of us, thereby encouraging renewed interest, discussion and increased dissemination of his ideas.
None of us are “Authorities” on Seth’s Ideas. In other words, Seth is the Teacher and we, his students. We are all learning how our beliefs, intentions, and perceptions shape and form our reality and experience. We are here discovering how to consciously manipulate and transform Energy into physical experience. Gratefully, Seth has been an excellent teacher, providing exercises, stories and lots of ways to practice and to learn. Further, Seth is always telling us that we must create with integrity, that the journey is more important than the destination, and that the use of inappropriate means does not justify the end. This is the essence of the Practicing Idealist. We cannot gain at another’s expense. Only with honesty and integrity, can we hope to achieve our goals and realize value fulfillment.
We are told that value fulfillment is both growth and evolution, a qualitative rather than a quantitative measure that happens outside of space and time. Indeed, value fulfillment is the very first of several natural laws not only in our Universe, but in all other probable spheres and dimensions of reality.
However, my previous experience revealed that some Seth readers have claimed title to Seth’s knowledge and to the “correct” interpretation of his ideas. Is this not the first step to Dogma, the very thing that Seth cautioned us against? So many “isms” and institutions throughout humankind’s history in this probable version of Earth and time, have insisted that they were “The Way,” indeed the only way towards salvation and truth. Many were shamed, ex-communicated, tortured or killed if they did not follow the dictates of a particular government, religion or philosophy. Seth urges us to refrain from turning his ideas into a doctrine or “ism.” Instead, his ideas of probabilities, be it an event, an idea, a Self or an object, clearly tells us that there is no single understanding or version of an object on this plane. He spent many sessions explaining that each person’s version of a room, chair or specific event was not the same, and that each individual draws upon his own energy in creating his/her personal variation. (See Book 2 of Unpublished material for more about probable versions of “any thing.”)
This idea also applies to one’s personal understanding and application of “The Seth Material.” We can only understand Seth’s ideas according to our unique level of perception and awareness. A 10 year old child will not, as a rule, fully grasp ideas of quantum mechanics as readily as a 38 year old physicist. So it is with Seth’s ideas. We can only understand according to our own level of consciousness and beliefs. How we relate to others, how we live out our days, and how we treat one another exquisitely reflects who we are in the deepest places of our being.
If someone finds themselves in conflict with another’s views or interpretation of Seth’s ideas, did they not, on some level, agree to experience this conflict in order to learn and grow from it? Rather than compete or to discredit another’s views, it is more helpful to look at the particular role one is playing in this conflict, and how each individual drawn into this drama might benefit from such confrontation. Is the other person “wrong” or simply inviting you to reconsider your particular attitudes and beliefs on a certain issue? Is it O.K. to not know everything, and to look once more at yourself and your actions? Why do you believe you were drawn into this situation in the first place? What are you to learn from this experience?
[Continued in the Library]