Library » References » Glossary ~ ABCs of Conscious Creation (From the Seth Material)

by Paul M. Helfrich, Ph.D.

2075 probabilities – a transition or shift in collective human consciousness toward greater use of inner senses and a more individualized type of spirituality – without “outside” mediation – by the year 2075. This is one of the few predictions in the Seth material couched in terms of a religious and spiritual reformation intended to push calcified translative religions toward authentic transformational formats. Seth Discussed in detail in Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul.

All-That-Is ~ God/Universal Whole/Tao/Suchness/Gnosis/Wholeness/Shunyata/Consciousness/Great Chain of Being as an Eternal Process and not a “thing” separated from its parts. It is both immanent (in Framework 1) and transcendent (not limited to Framework 1). It is the Primal Cause of all processes and perspectives in the physical field of consciousness (Framework 1). Therefore, all space-time and energy-matter in Framework 1 is sentient and experiences in some way.

CUs (consciousness units) are the causal “force” of All-That-Is within the causal field that forms the subtle field, EEs (electromagnetic energy units) are the causal “force” within the subtle field that forms the physical field, and quantum fields are the form taken by CUs and EEs in Framework 1. Thus, All-That-Is creates all Its reality simultaneously through interpenetrated causal, subtle, and physical fields via CUs-as-EEs-as-quantum-fields.

Seth also used the terms Primary Energy Gestalt, Pyramid Energy Gestalt, Primary Pyramid Gestalt. Discussed in detail in The Seth Material and Dreams, “Evolution,” and Value Fulfillment, Vol. 1.

Alpha States ~ Seth outlined a “map” of a spectrum of altered neurological focus to consciously access “hidden” aspects of our psyche.

There are five main regions:

A1a (enhanced creativity, concentration, study, refreshment, rest, meditation)

» A1b (horizontal into alternate realities)

Group/mass probabilities, racial matters, civilization

» A1c (greater mobility, moving further “away” from present physical laws)

A2 (reincarnational selves, issues, and beliefs)

A3 (mass issues, geographical histories, racial info, species of animals)

A4 (“beneath” matter, source of civilization-changing inspiration, available in sleep state, personal conversions originate here)

A5 (seldom reached, meeting ground of clear communication for any aspect self, no-time, out-of-body experiences can occur here, interaction with Speakers imaged as angels, gods, disciples)

This is not a strictly linear progression through a spectrum of consciousness, like climbing up and down a ladder, but a more multidimensional, sideways, rightways, leftways, topways and bottomways cluster or nest. In other words, you don’t necessarily move through one to get to the next one. If you think of your conscious mind as a radio that receives and translates energy transmissions from your inner self over a spectrum of “stations,” you can simply change to any station by changing your attention to match the appropriate frequency.

Also, the alpha states outlined here do not map directly to those of current dream researchers who define the alpha state as the relaxed state that precedes sleep, occurring in the brain over a spectrum from roughly eight to fourteen cycles per second. So Seth’s use of alpha states should not be confused with the more popular scientific system of alpha states. Still, Seth’s A1-A5 offers a “map” in which to interpret paranormal experiences in terms of lucid dreams, projections, near-death experiences, trance, and other altered states.

Dream research remains in its infancy in the West, having only recently acknowledged lucid dreaming, but mostly from a modern materialist perspective. To date researchers have mapped four main brain states, though there may be others that current equipment can not yet detect:

1. Beta ~ 14-100 cycles per second, normal alert waking state. Higher range associated with anxiety, dis-ease, fight or flight conditions.

» Gamma – a subset of Beta, 40 cycles per second, but range from 24 to 70 cycles per second. Associated with an alert waking state, these have been found in meditative and lucid dreaming (REM) states. (Included as a subset because they are assoicated with a sense of clarity and wakefulness in the brain and mind, even though the rest of the body may be in a sleep, meditative, or trance state.)

2. Alpha ~ 8-13.9 cycles per second, just below the normal state of alertness. Associated with light relaxation, daydreaming, and self-reflection. A non-drowsy, yet relaxed, tranquil state of inward awareness that occurs before sleep. Beginning access to subconscious mind.
3. Theta ~ 4-7.9 cycles per second, deep relaxation, reverie, lucid dreaming, mental imagery, meditation, increased memory and focus, deep-rooted memories, and inspiration. Characterized mainly by light sleep, rapid eye movement (REM) dreams, and hallucinations. Hypnogogic imagery, deep meditation, access to subconscious mind.
4. Delta ~ .1-3.9 cycles per second, the deepest, most rejuvenating stage of dreamless, non-REM sleep and deep meditation. It also produces stress reduction, which can promote healing of the body. Human growth hormones released and loss of body awareness.

The scientific alpha state is what we use as we relax and fall asleep. According to Seth the alpha state provides the natural gateway to the inner ego through the inner sense of psychological time. Discussed in detail in Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul and Conversations with Seth.

American Vision ~ Jane Roberts’s vision of a future in which no single person, group, family, corporation, government, religion, or ideology holds exclusive rights for owning and offering Truth or The Way. A decentralized, democratic vision driven by an innate moral intuition that promotes the individual, unalienable right to define Truth for ourselves, based upon a direct, individual connection to God or All-That-Is without intermediaries adding layers of interpretation and “thou shalts.” No one is to be considered an infallible source. Discussed in detail in The God of Jane: A Psychic Manifesto (An Aspect Psychology Book).

Aspect Psychology ~ Jane Roberts’s theory to explain her extraordinary psychic abilities that involved a variety of altered states including channeling Seth, Seth II, automatic writing, Sumari singing, projections of consciousness, Helper, worldview books, psychic library, heroic dimensions and personages, and more. Jane synthesized Seth’s ideas on the multidimensional psyche into a theoretical framework that is similar to contemporary Transpersonal and Integral Psychology. In her view, the psyche is considered a source self in the subtle field, a bank of infinite potentials constantly seeking expression and fulfillment in terms of forming new personalities in the physical field, which Jane terms focus personalities. Both are considered aspects, hence the terms Aspect Psychology. Aspects are not discrete entities but holonically nested aspects within All-that-Is. The primary aspects of any human being according to Seth are the outer ego, subconscious, inner ego, and pyramid energy gestalts. Jane used the terms focus personality, nuclear self, source self, and pyramid energy gestalts to map the same spectrum of consciousness. Discussed in detail in Adventures in Consciousness: An Introduction to Aspect Psychology.

“Before the Beginning” ~ a metaphor within Seth’s creation mythos that claims there was no absolute beginning or end to our universe, and that creation or cosmogenesis actually occurs in every instant. “Before the beginning” explains how foundational creative forces called CUs (consciousness units) in the causal field created blueprints in the subtle field that precipitated the Big Bang. This is a form of involution, or nonphysical acts of creation that precede the Big Bang. Further, CUs and EEs continue as involutionary forces within causal and subtle fields as evolution unfolds in the physical field. Discussed in detail in Dreams, “Evolution,” and Value Fulfillment, Vol. 1.

Belief systems ~ the fundamental psychological filters we use to create our perception. Many times what we consider to be Absolute Truths and Laws are only beliefs relative to the physical field. Related ideas include bridge beliefs; beliefs used to identify core beliefs that bridge contradictory and conflicting beliefs we often hold simultaneously. Core beliefs are those central beliefs that attract subsidiary, or satellite beliefs. For example, the core belief system of relationships creates our sense of self-esteem, adequacy, self-worth, value in the community, and much more.

Learning to dig down and identify, change, and neutralize core belief systems also changes satellite beliefs. This process can be used to heal ourselves of psychological and physical dis-ease. Many times the process of identification is invisible – still a subconscious process. So a goal is to learn how to make our subconscious conscious through introspection, contemplation, and dream work. Once we learn to consciously recognize our many invisible, satellite, bridging, and core beliefs, we can neutralize their hold on us, create new choices, and promote personal growth. Discussed in detail in The Nature of Personal Reality.

Blueprints for reality ~ each Framework 1 is a probability system that has its own set of inner blueprints in Framework 2. They define freedoms and boundaries that create the most favorable structures capable of value fulfillment. They exist for as individuals, as well as the collective. These are similar to Platonic Forms, but Seth says they are not perfect and static, but dynamic and change with creativity and fulfillment. They exist at every level: physical, biological, psychological, and spiritual. Their Framework 1 aspects are found in our genes and chromosomes. Further, humans are not simply trying to imitate perfect forms in Framework 2, but directly, dynamically shape individual and collective blueprints through creativity on physical, biological, psychological, and spiritual levels. Discussed in detail in The “Unknown” Reality, Vol. 1.

Bridge Personality ~ a term to describe the temporary psychological bridge structure formed when Jane goes into trance, and Seth comes through. The bridge personality is a hybrid, and is neither purely Jane nor purely Seth. For example, Seth was limited to Jane’s vocabulary, memories, emotions, etc. and other aspects of her body/mind. So the Seth persona could never fully express all of the Seth personality’s multidimensional aspects. It’s like a galaxy squeezing itself through a straw. There is only so much that could be translated, or come through in any given session. Discussed in detail in The “Unknown” Reality, Vol. 2.

Camouflage ~ our physical universe is constantly created in each moment by an inner, nonphysical source reality that consists of subtle and causal fields of consciousness. In this multidimensional context, the effects of quantum fields – matter, linear time, space, gravity, the electromagnetic spectrum, the weak and strong nuclear forces – are a camouflage or construction. Jane Roberts also used the term idea constructions to represent the same concept. This has similarities to the Hindu concept of maya and Buddhist concept of samsara. However, physical reality is not an illusion to be avoided or renounced, just understood in relation to causal and subtle source realities. Discussed in detail in Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul.

The Codicils ~ appendices to the human will that serve as alternate hypotheses for private and public experience based upon Jane’s theory of Aspect Psychology. This theory organizes the “paranormal” capabilities of the human psyche into various aspects that reflect its true multidimensional nature.

1. “All of creation is sacred and alive, each part connected to each other part, and each communicating in a creative cooperative commerce in which the smallest and the largest are equally involved.

2. “The physical senses present one unique version of reality, in which being is perceived in a particular dimensionalized sequence, built up through neurological patterning, and is the result of one kind of neurological focus. There are alternate neurological routes, biologically acceptable, and other sequences so far not chosen.

3. “Our individual self-government and our political organizations are by-products of sequential perception, and our exterior methods of communication set up patterns that correlate with, and duplicate, our synaptic behavior. We lock ourselves into certain structures of reality in this way.

4. “Our sequential prejudiced perception is inherently far more flexible than we recognize, however. There are half steps – other unperceived impulses – that leap the nerve ends, too fast and too slow for our usual focus. Recognition of these can be learned and encouraged, bringing in perceptive data that will trigger changes in usual sense response, filling out potential sense spectra with which we are normally not familiar.

5. “This greater possible sense spectrum includes increased perception of inner bodily reality in terms of cellular identity and behavior; automatic conscious control of bodily processes; and increased perception of exterior conditions as the usual senses become more vigorous. (Our sight, for example, is not nearly as efficient as it could be. Nuances of color, texture, and depth could be expanded and our entire visual area attain a brilliance presently considered exceptional or supernormal.)

6. “Each person is a unique version of an inner model that is in itself a bank of potentials, variations, and creativity. The psyche is a seed of individuality and selfhood, cast in space-time but ultimately independent of it.

7. “We are born in many times and places, but not in a return of identity as we understand it; not as a copy in different clothes, but as a new self ever-rising out of the psyche's life as the new ruler rises to the podium or throne, in a psychic politics as ancient as humanity.

8. “Civilizations both past and present represent projections of inner selfhood, and mirror the state of the mass psyche at any given time. We hold memory and knowledge of past civilizations as we hold unconscious memories of our private early current-life experiences.

9. “From our present, we exert force upon the past as well as the future, forming our ideas of the past and reacting accordingly. We actually project events into our own new past.

10. “Each generation forms such a new past, one that exists as surely as the present; not just as an imaginary construct but as a practical platform – a newly built past – upon which we build our present.

11. “Options and alternate models for selfhood and civilizations exist in a psychic pattern of probabilities from which we can choose to actualize an entirely new life system.”

Discussed in detail in Psychic Politics: An Aspect Psychology Book.

Concept patterns ~ a metaphor used by Seth to describe aspects of his native mode of perception that incorporates full use of the inner senses in relation to the process in which he prepares information about to be translated into terms that Jane’s nervous system can manage. Since Seth’s reality is “outside” of space-time, he is aware of the past, present, and future aspects and conceptual intent in consciousness underlying these multidimensional patterns.

Jane writes about how, during session breaks, she often senses entire blocks of material available for her to tap into. This was how she perceived concept patterns as they wait for Seth to translate them into linear, physical terms through spoken language. Discussed in detail in The Early Sessions: Book 1 of the Seth Material.

Conscious creation – the phrase “conscious creation” has been used for decades, possibly longer. Applying the term to the Seth Material can be traced to Lynda Dahl, who published three books in the 1990s that used “conscious creation” to mean “you create your own reality.” The latter phrase was coined by Jane Roberts in The Nature of Personal Reality (1974). It went on to become a New Age mantra uttered by Amit Goswami in the New Age hit What the F%#? Do We Know? (2004). It is popular in the Seth community to use the phrase “conscious creation,” and sometimes YCYOR (you create your own reality) to represent the core ideas in the Seth Material.

This concept has been around for millennia, and is traceable back to the New Thought movement founded by Phineas Quimby (1802-1866) in mid-19th century America. Moreover, it extends all the way back in some form to the Idealist philosophers, from Plato (c.427-c. 347 BCE) to Plotinus (c.205-270 CE) and Nagarjuna (150-250 CE), onwards to Fichte (1762-1814), Hegel (1770-1831), Schelling (1775-1854), Berdyaev (1874-1948), and others. Seen in this light, Jane Roberts’s The Physical Universe as Idea Construction (1963), the manuscript that preceded Seth’s emergence, and the Seth Material that followed are variations of Western idealism. When we compare the Seth Material to premodern and modern forms of idealism we discover three main similarities:

1. Universe As Multiverse: All-That-Is as nested fields of physical, subtle, and causal consciousness (exteriors).
2. Self As Multidimensional: All-That-Is as nested Aspects: I-I-I (interiors).
3. Involution/Evolution: All-That-Is as Primal Cause and Effect (causality).

Therefore, conscious creation can’t be limited to only the Seth material, because the basic epistemology of concept 1 above and ontology of concept 2 above are found in some variation in all premodern and modern traditions.

1. The way that we create 100% of our reality in physical, subtle, and causal fields includes some variation of:

• (Eye of Flesh) - Physical senses/emotions.
• (Eye of Mind) - Mental/rational intelligences.
• (Eye of Spirit) - Inner senses.

2. The entire “You” who creates 100% of its own reality includes some variation of:

• (I) - Outer ego in the physical field.
• (I) - Inner ego in the subtle field.
• (I) - Pyramid Gestalts/Causal Consciousness in the causal field.

3. Involution/evolution describes the simultaneous action of creation in nonphysical and physical fields. Involution describes how All-That-Is acts as Primal Cause to create causal, subtle, and physical fields. For example, Seth used consciousness units (causal CUs) and electromagnetic energy units (subtle EEs) in this way in Dreams, “Evolution,” and Value Fulfillment (1986). Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950) used the Hindu Vedantic version of involution in The Life Divine (1949). Involution also helps explain pre-birth choices like intent, gender, who our parents will be, etc., that are not made by the outer ego.

Thus, “conscious creation” more accurately applies to any modern or postmodern body of work that explores the simultaneous action of involution/evolution in physical, subtle, and causal fields via physical, mental, and spiritual senses.

Modern examples of conscious creation include Vedanta Hinduism and Vajrayana Buddhism. Postmodern examples include the information offered by Seth, Elias, Kris, Rose, Wilber, and others.

Originally introduced in Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul.

Conscious mind ~ Seth distinguishes three primary qualities of the conscious mind – the outer ego, the subconscious, and the inner ego. Each is fully conscious, aware, and sentient but based upon its own unique order of perception. Seth consistently refutes the idea that anything is unconscious. The outer ego uses outer senses and reason, the subconscious uses outer and inner senses, and the inner ego uses inner senses. Further inward, the conscious mind taps into pyramid energy gestalts. Discussed in detail in The Nature of Personal Reality.

Consciousness units (CUs) ~ the foundational “causal force” or Primal Cause within All-That-Is; Seth’s metaphor for pure source energy in the causal field. CUs are ubiquitous, faster than light, nested “units” of awareized, not humanized, energy imbued with a propensity for creating gestalts of action, energy, and matter. Their unique characteristics include dreaming and inner sensing. Discussed in detail in The “Unknown” Reality, Vol. 1.

Constructions (Primary, Secondary) ~ a metaphor used by Seth to explain how the inner ego creates the outer ego, which in turn creates its own perception. The outer ego in the physical field (Framework 1) is a primary construction of the inner ego. The outer ego, in turn, creates secondary constructions through its perception in the physical field. So the "you" who creates 100% of your reality includes the outer and inner ego.

Constructions are also related to Seth’s use of the term camouflage and divine camouflage, and Jane’s idea constructions. Discussed in detail in The Early Sessions: Book 2 of the Seth Material.

Coordinate points ~ the means of energy exchange between the physical field (Framework 1) and subtle field (Framework 2). There are three kinds: absolute, main, and subordinate. Gestalts of CUs that form into electromagnetic energy units (EEs) that blink on/off beyond the Planck speed – 10(-44). These are the instrumental “black/white holes” that facilitate the actual translation of subtle field source energy – EEs – into physical constructions. In other words, they are key aspects in the mechanics of how we create our physical reality through a psychological, inner “action of translation.” Discussed in detail in Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul.

Cordellas ~ the inner “organizational units from which ... all [physical, biological, and psychological] alphabets are born.” In other words, they function as communications blueprints for “translating” all source energy from its potential subtle Framework 2 state into physical Framework 1 constructions. These “languages of translation” provide “the inner support for the communications and recognized happenings of conscious life,” including quantum fields, biological life, and human perception.

Cordellas also form the basis for the Sumari trance language. Discussed in detail in Adventures in Consciousness: An Introduction to Aspect Psychology.

Counterparts ~ simultaneous “reincarnational selves” that share or overlap within the same periods of history. For instance, we can have four or more lifetimes that share this PRESENT/present, and simultaneously four more that may have been born decades before our birth but died in our PAST/present or are still alive, and four more who will be born during our PRESENT/present but continue after we die in a FUTURE/present. This thesis, as Robert Butts called it, further expands how Seth defines reincarnation more as simultaneous multiple incarnations. Seth also hints that there can be temporary counterpart relationships between people that do not share the same entity. Discussed in detail in The “Unknown” Reality, Vol. 2.

Dis-ease ~ good health is one of our most cherished states of being. If you believe that you create ALL of your reality, then you begin to question the mechanics and purposes of any ill health situation. Dis-ease has many purposes, some of which are restorative to a more balanced state, some initiate the death experience, and some, for example birth “defects,” are for the purity of the experience. If the purpose of experiencing physical reality is to drink deeply of its rich potentials and we experience multiple simultaneous lifetimes, then it makes sense that certain extreme conditions are a pre-birth or involutionary choice of experience, not a punishment from God, bad karma, or the result of natural selection and “bad” genetics.

Dream-Art Science ~ emerging disciplines that integrate multiple ways of knowing, that is, integrate the conscious use of the eye of empiricism (five senses), eye of rationalism (logic), and eye of mysticism (inner senses):

• dream art scientist ~ a generic scientist. [ The “Unknown” Reality, Vol. 1 ]
• true mental physicist ~ a physicist. [ The “Unknown” Reality, Vol. 1 ]
• complete physician ~ a healer. [ The “Unknown” Reality, Vol. 1 ]
• dream archeologist ~ a psychologist or psychiatrist. [ Oversoul Seven and the Museum of Time ]
• the gifted amateur ~ an expert in any field without the dogmatic limitations of calcified organizational cultures. [ The Afterdeath Journal of an American Philosopher: The World View of William James ]

Electromagnetic energy units (EEs) ~ faster than light particles within the subtle field (Framework 2) earmarked for physical manifestation that “slow down” to form all matter, guided by the conscious mind and the pineal gland in the brain. Millions compose each atom. EEs are made up of the even “smaller,” more fundamental, consciousness units (CUs). Discussed in detail in The Seth Material.

Energy personality essence ~ used by Seth to describe the multidimensional nature of the human psyche as soul, source, or spirit in the subtle field. It includes the inner ego, an aspect of the conscious mind (outer ego, subconscious, inner ego) that is simultaneously focused in the subtle field.

The inner ego transcends physical death and is the source of all focus personalities. In Seth’s terms, then, we are all physically focused aspects of an energy personality essence. The inner ego is that aspect “beyond ” gender and sexual preference, though when it expresses itself into physical terms it adopts the physical traits designed into any particular physical field of consciousness. Seth also describes himself as an “energy personality essence no longer focused in physical reality.”

Seth also discussed pyramid energy gestalts that held wider awareness than him. These are focused in the causal field, and appear as ancient and developed beyond comprehension. Discussed in detail in The Seth Material.

Entity ~ another term for psyche, soul, or spirit, but expanded to include the inner ego that is simultaneously focused in the subtle field. Other synonymous terms include inner self, inner ego, source self, and energy personality essence. Discussed in detail in The Seth Material.

Entity name ~ a designation used by Seth that recognizes each individual’s inner ego as a multidimensional source self consisting of simultaneous, multiple personalities. As you read the Seth books you’ll notice that he refers to Jane as “Ruburt” and Rob as “Joseph.” Seth used entity names for help students open to their multidimensional nature beyond sole identification with the outer ego. Discussed in detail in The Seth Material.

Evolution ~ Seth consistently refutes the belief systems of cause and effect, closed energy systems, and linear time as Absolute Universal Truths. Since Consciousness is Primal Cause, there are inner source realities, the causal and subtle fields, from which our physical universe constantly springs. Thus, matter and energy don’t evolve solely according to Darwinian definitions, because there are also involutionary actions within the subtle and causal fields, within EEs (electromagnetic energy units) and CUs (consciousness units).

Still, Seth does not deny that change, growth, and development occur in the physical field. In his creation myth, found in Dreams, “Evolution,” and Value Fulfillment, Seth is clear that there is an order of play that maps generally to physical (physiosphere), biological (biosphere), and then self-reflexive mental (noosphere) emergence in the physical field.

While this is a hierarchical unfolding that transcends and includes but not vice versa, Seth is also aware that distorted interpretations of involution/evolution have lead to dominator hierarchies that deny the growth and health. And he appropriate critiques those elements of social Darwinism that led to the horrors of the Robber Barons, Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia, Maoist China, and so on. Seth also stresses cooperation over competition and defines value fulfillment as a foundation creative principle or natural law that informs all involutionary/evolutionary actions in the physical field of consciousness. Discussed in detail in Dreams, “Evolution,” and Value Fulfillment, Vol. 1.

“Families” of consciousness ~ Seth introduced the “families of consciousness” in sessions 732-740 in The “Unknown” Reality, Vol. 2 (1979, 1996). The idea of “families” is symbolic for something beneath physical appearances, a nonphysical source attribute that reflects the innate intention of individualized consciousness, as The One (All-That-Is) creates the many in the subtle and physical fields.

Since we can “slice the pie” of human intention any way we want, the concept of the nine “families” is just an orienting generalization that outlines intentionality within a collective that now exceeds six billion people. For example, as a prism breaks white light into component colors, so too does the “families” metaphor break the collective into a spectrum of innate intention designed to promote maximum value fulfillment. When we look at the “rainbow of intention” from a distance, systemically, there is an appearance of nine distinct colors. Yet when viewed up close, it is impossible to clearly discern where one color stops and another begins; they blur into each other. Thus, the “families” work the same way. They are not discrete, separate, or fixed qualities. Instead, they are nested, merged qualities that dynamically change in space-time, even though their source is “outside” of space-time.

As such, it is possible to have subdivisions of the nine primary intents given by Seth that allow for countless variations, permutations, and hybrids. For example, the healing intent can subdivide to specialize in interpersonal relationships, specific areas of human anatomy, or surgery, etc. Or the healing intent can combine with the teaching intent to specialize in teaching the art of healing, or surgery, etc. A simple mathematical way to imagine these permutations is to multiply 9x8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1 (called nine factorial). The result yields 362,880 possibilities. That’s a lot more than just nine. But since that example deals with discrete numbers, and intention isn’t really quantifiable, the possibilities beyond the primary nine are literally infinite.

Within the Integral Conscious Creation matrix, then, the “families” form a typology, the result of a pre-birth or involutionary choice. Thus, we hold a “family” intent as we develop over the course of a lifetime, and there will be in utero, infantile, juvenile, adolescent, adult, and senior variations. Since intention is qualitative and not quantitative, it may alter during the course of a lifetime depending on the complex dynamics of overall life conditions and choices.

Also, notice that the “families” concept is a worldcentric view of intention that doesn’t privilege any race, creed, or ideology, and applies equally to all focus personalities. It thus includes other species in addition to Homo-sapiens, for example, Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon, and possibly others. Elias, for example, has claimed that whales and dolphins recently evolved into focuses of essence. So these “families” of intention would apply to them, too.

Finally, the specific words Seth used to point out the primary nine intents are secondary, so take them with a grain of salt. Regardless of the words we use, the underlying conscious intentions they describe are easily discernable.

The nine basic “family of consciousness” intents:

Sumafi (Su-ma’-fi)

SETH: deals primarily with teaching, passing on their knowledge or that of others.

ROB: to transmit “originality” through teaching.

Milumet (Mil’-u-met)

SETH: composed of mystics, most of their energy is directed in an inward fashion, deeply involved in nature, in that sense more highly attuned psychically than most.

ROB: to mystically nourish mankind’s psyche.

Gramada (Gra-ma’-da)

SETH: specializes in organization, founders of large businesses, statesmen, politicians, vital, active, creatively aggressive.

ROB: to found social systems.

Vold

SETH: primarily reformers, activists, revolutionaries, with excellent precognitive abilities in terms of probabilities, one purpose in mind: to change the status quo in whatever the area of primary interest.

ROB: to reform the status quo.

Ilda (Il’-da)

SETH: they deal primarily in the great play of exchange and interchange of ideas, products, social and political concepts. They are travelers, carrying with them ideas of one country to another, mixing cultures, religions, attitudes, political structures. Seth has great affection for these folks!

ROB: to spread and exchange ideas.

Sumari (Sum-mar’-i)

SETH: innovators, naturally playful, humorous, relatively unfettered. They are impatient however. They will be found in the arts and in the less conventional sciences.

ROB: to provide the cultural, spiritual, and artistic heritage for the species.

Tumold (Tu-mold’)

SETH: primarily devoted to healing, though don’t have to literally be practicing medicine, found as psychics, social workers, psychologists, priests/shamans, florists, politicians, royalty in past history.

ROB: to heal, regardless of individual occupation.

Zuli (Zu’-li)

SETH: involved mainly with the fulfillment of bodily activity, athletes, dedicated to perfecting the beautiful, elegant, and performance capacities of the body, often appear at the beginnings of civilizations where direct physical bodily manipulation within the environment was of supreme importance.

ROB: to serve as physical athletic models.

Borledim (Bor-le’-dim)

SETH: deals primarily with parenthood, often have large families, focus on nurturing healthy children with brilliant minds, healthy bodies, and strong clear emotions. Their ideas often spring to prominence before large social changes, and help initiate them. Closest to Sumari.

ROB: to provide an Earth stock for the species through parenthood.

Discussed in detail in The “Unknown” Reality, Vol. 2.

Feeling tones ~ every aspect of All-That-Is is conscious and has its own inner tone. Just as a clarinet, violin, and electric guitar each have their own timbre when playing the same musical tone, we each have our own personal resonance or feeling tone that is unique to each of us. Learning to consciously resonate with and tune into our own feeling tone helps us connect to our own direct source, entity, or inner self. This provides a gateway, along with our inner senses, to further understand our deeper, inner nature. Discussed in detail in The Nature of Personal Reality.

Fifth dimensional space ~ used to describe the vastness of inner reality with a focus upon the subtle field. Actually looking at the actions of simultaneous time, Frameworks of Consciousness, and All-That-Is from a different angle. Discussed in detail in The Early Sessions: Book 1 of the Seth Material.

Focus personality ~ a term used by Jane Roberts to describe each individual human personality within the context of the larger multidimensional psyche. That is, the psyche actually consists of multiple simultaneous focus personalities. Jane used this term in her theory on multidimensional personality called Aspect Psychology. Discussed in detail in Adventures in Consciousness.

Frameworks of Consciousness ~ a metaphor to explain the multidimensional nature of our universe – Framework 1 represents the physical field, Framework 2 represents those aspects of the subtle field earmarked for physical manifestation in terms of collective consciousness and all probable source events. Framework 2 is “hidden” from our physical senses. Most of Framework 1 is also hidden from our physical senses. For example, the electromagnetic spectrum covers a range of radiation that far exceeds the limits of our optical and auditory systems.

Physicist David Bohm, a student of Einstein’s, postulated the same idea but used the term “explicate order” to describe physical reality and “implicate order” to describe the source reality. Quantum physicists theorize that vibrating “strings” now provide the source energy for our universe. Also, that our space/time universe consists of ten or more dimensions, most of which remain hidden to our physical senses. Discussed in detail in The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events.

Framework 1 ~ physical field of consciousness in all of its immaculate wonder.

Framework 2 ~ subtle field; the state of collective consciousness where all probable source events earmarked for physical manifestation exist.

Framework 3 ~ subtle field; another source dimension even further removed from physical reality. It was briefly mentioned, but never elaborated upon by Seth. According to Elias, the action of afterdeath transition occurs here.

Framework 4 ~ subtle field; yet another source dimension even further removed from Frameworks 1-3. It was briefly mentioned, but never elaborated upon. According to Elias, his native focus of attention exists here.

The God of Jane ~ a personalized version of our own psyche as the mediator to All-That-Is. The God of Self is local, intimate, and provides us each with a direct connection to our Primary Source. As such, all our answers to good health, spiritual and financial abundance, moral dilemmas, and satisfying relationships are directly available by searching within and getting to deeply know ourSelf. Discussed in detail in The God of Jane: A Psychic Manifesto (An Aspect Psychology Book).

Heroic Personalities, Dimensions ~ Jane's perception of personality aspects within the subtle field (Frameworks 2-4...) in which she sensed vast psychological structures or selves that seemed to straddle entire worlds. Discussed in detail in Psychic Politics: An Aspect Psychology Book.

High Intellect ~ a superb blend of deep intuitions (inner senses) and intellect that forms a higher cognitive faculty. This approach to knowledge and wisdom integrates multiple ways of knowing that include the eye of empiricism (five senses), eye of rationalism (logic), and eye of mysticism (inner senses). Introduced in The “Unknown” Reality, Vol. 1.

Idea constructions ~ there are inner source realities, the causal and subtle fields, in which all ideas originate. Ideas are transformed by the subtle inner ego into physical constructions—any physical form of matter and energy. Jane Roberts wrote an essay in an inspired state called The Physical Universe As Idea Construction (1963) in which she described the physical universe as idea constructions. Seth later said that this inspired state was his first attempt at consciously contacting her. Discussed in detail in Seth, Dreams, and Projection of Consciousness.

Impulses ~ an innate inner language of the psyche designed to lead us to our own deepest value fulfillment. However, they can be repressed, dissociated, or blocked on individual and collective levels. These repressions, dissociations, and blockages can have disastrous results, for instance, addictive, violent, and abusive behavior on individual and collective scales.

Conventional, modern definitions claim that most impulses are chaotic and bad – a primary cause of dysfunctional and anti-social behaviors like addiction, rape, murder, and others. In Seth’s definition, blocking our impulses actually results in dysfunctional and anti-social behaviors. So the goal is to learn to accurately discern and integrate our true impulses and recognize when they become blocked. Discussed in detail in many books; check any index.

Inner ego ~ if we use an iceberg analogy to represent the psyche, then the inner ego would be that vast portion which is submerged and provides the stability and subtle source energy for the tip or physical ego. Other terms used to describe the same concept include inner self, entity, source self, and soul. Discussed in detail in The Seth Material.

Inner self ~ if we use an iceberg analogy to represent the psyche, then the inner self would be that vast portion which is submerged and provides the stability and subtle source energy for the tip or physical ego. Other terms used to describe the same concept include inner ego, entity, source self, and soul. Discussed in detail in The Seth Material.

Inner senses ~ deep intuitions or what’s commonly called the “sixth sense” that complement the five physical senses. Used primarily by the inner self at full strength, the waking ego can learn to manipulate these through a spectrum of altered neurological focus that results from any authentic yoga. I sometimes use the term hyperception to indicate full bore use of the inner senses in waking state.

1. inner vibrational touch
2. psychological time
3. perception of past, present, and future
4. conceptual sense
5. cognition of knowledgeable essence
6. innate working knowledge of the basic vitality of the universe
7. expansion or contraction of the tissue capsule
8. disentanglement from camouflage
9. diffusion by the energy personality [essence]

Discussed in detail in The Seth Material.

Find out more about The Inner Senses – An Introduction & Overview.

Integral Conscious Creation – while the premodern traditions had an understanding of involution – the action of Consciousness as Primal Cause – what’s missing is an understanding of evolution; Consciousness unfolding in broad stages of increasing complexity over time in the physical field, or what Seth called Framework 1. We’re not talking about the crude distortions of Social Darwinism used by Robber Barons or Nazi Germany to justify economic inequalities or genocide, but the kind of evolutionary theories found in Aurobindo, Radhakrishnan, Chauduri, Gopi Krishna, Teilhard de Chardin, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, and Wilber. These modern and postmodern thinkers all show the driving “force” behind evolution, natural selection, genetic mutations, etc., to be none other than All-That-Is, with chance, chaos, and randomness playing a secondary role based upon free will.

However, premodern forms of idealism have tended to demean the physical. Since they correctly intuit that Consciousness is Primal Cause, and not material quantum fields, idealists tend to reduce everything to Consciousness, which is no-thing and immaterial. This has led to extreme asceticism, denial of the flesh, and other “sinful self” ideologies that marginalize the physical as secondary. On the other hand, modern materialist sciences claim that everything is reducible to quantum fields, and consciousness is a mere after effect or epiphenomenon of matter. This has led to alienation, fragmentation, and dissociation from Causal Consciousness that marginalizes consciousness as secondary. The two camps have been at odds for the past four centuries, and have yet to find a viable middle ground.

Therefore, part of what defines postmodernism are attempts to find that middle ground – ways to more adequately situate inner and outer, the ideal and material aspects of reality. Give each its place and don’t reduce one to the other, situate the physical and nonphysical as nested, interpenetrated fields within All-That-Is. Postmodernism attempts to bring Consciousness, which was present in premodern worldviews, back into the picture while acknowledging the advances and limits of modern science. However, this requires a type of cognitive development that can situate multiple contexts, some even contradictory, as all true but partial pieces of a larger puzzle. When taken together, we begin to hone in on more true and less partial explanations. It also requires a paradigm which can disclose and enact data through the use of physical senses, reason, and inner senses. Seth outlined what he called Dream-Art Science in The “Unknown” Reality, Vol. 1 (1977) and later, Ken Wilber’s integral approach refined things even further in Sex, Ecology, and Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution (1995).

Thus, when we combine Wilber’s integral approach with the above definition of conscious creation, we get Integral Conscious Creation. Integral simply means balanced, inclusive, and comprehensive. It doesn’t attempt to reduce inner to outer, or vice versa, but properly situates all dimensions of being in the world. We can have Causal Consciousness and quantum fields jointly creating and co-creating. Though integral theory has a lot of bugs to be worked out, it is the first viable postmodern theory of consciousness that doesn’t reduce all reality to the random, meaningless effects of quantum fields. The integral approach allows us to more adequately explore the physical, subtle, and causal fields of consciousness and the action of involution/evolution. No small feat! As such, it helps us further understand the riches in the Seth material in relation to other premodern, modern, and postmodern gnostic and scientific traditions. As such, it’s an attempt to bridge the disastrous split between science and Spirit. Discussed in A NewWorldOverView and detailed further in Integral Conscious Creation: Rocket Science for the Soul.

“Laws” of the inner universe ~ Universal Truths that impact all aspects of All-That-Is:

1. value fulfillment
2. energy transformation
3. spontaneity
4. durability
5. creation
6. consciousness
7. capacity for infinite mobility
8. changeability and transmutation
9. cooperation
10. quality depth

Discussed in detail in The Early Sessions: Book 2 of the Seth Material.

Find out more about Seth’s Laws of the Inner Universe.

Life Clouds ~ a metaphor to explain how our Framework 1 was “initially” seeded. “Dream cloud” could serve as well. Seth introduce this term at the end of Dreams, “Evolution,” and Value Fulfillment to help wrap up his “conscious creation myth.” Life clouds emerge from the our own subjectivity and exist in the subtle field (Frameworks 2-4, and further inward). They seek out probabilities for maximum value fulfillment in which to “seed” its creative contents and contain ever-freshening sources of creativity. When we dream, sleep, or think we add to other dimensions of a life cloud. As such, life clouds are powerful progenitor “clusters of consciousness” that literally seed universes. Discussed in detail in Dreams, “Evolution,” and Value Fulfillment, Vol. 2 .

The magical approach ~ a life style more in tune with the rhythms of the natural world and multidimensional psyche. The magical approach includes the use of reason and intellect but is not to be confused with childish prerational magic, for instance, the moon is made of cheese. It is a form of authentic transpersonal, transrational magic that holistically promotes health, creativity, relationships, abundance, and fulfillment. Discussed in detail in The Magical Approach: Seth Speaks About the Art of Creative Living.

Master events ~ involutionary actions created by our inner egos in Framework 2 that fuel all mass events constructed in Framework 1. This does not mean that Framework 1 events are predetermined, but that Framework 2’s function is to explore incredibly complex probable events that seek expression in Framework 1. Master events also factor in the nature of simultaneous time, reincarnation, time overlays, life clouds, and natural laws like value fulfillment. Discussed in detail in Dreams, “Evolution,” and Value Fulfillment, Vol. 2 .

Mechanics of Transition (afterdeath experience) ~ the process the outer ego encounters after physical death in Frameworks 2 & 3. Similar to the Tibetan Bardo, it is a process that involves taking stock of the previous life, opportunities to remanifest as a new personality in the physical field or transitioning toward an inner ego in the subtle field. In any case, death is not annihilation nor is it the end, but a continuation. Thus, there are moral implications that reinforce the idea that every action, decision, and creation in physical life matters and is known within the subtle field. However, there is no threat of eternal punishment as a deterent, only an innate moral intuition based upon our overall stage of development. Discussed in detail in Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul.

Mental enzymes ~ enzymes are complex proteins produced by living cells to catalyze specific biochemical reactions. So mental enzymes are an inner counterpart used by the inner ego to initiate various involutionary actions that fuel physical constructions in Framework 1. Discussed in detail in The Early Sessions: Book 1 of the Seth Material.

Mental genes ~ genes are a specific sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that is the functional unit of inheritance controlling the transmission and expression of one or more traits. So mental genes are an inner counterpart used by the inner ego as involutionary blueprints for the creation of physical constructions in Framework 1. Discussed in detail in The Early Sessions: Book 1 of the Seth Material.

Moment point ~ a perspective defined by the present Now within the spacious present or simultaneous time. An energy personality essence like Seth, as well as each one of us, live in the moment point, limited only by our abilities to focus all of our senses, inner and outer. Discussed in detail in How to Develop Your ESP Power: The First Published Encounter With Seth.

Natural aggression ~ is simply the power to act creatively in the moment. In purely human terms, it is a natural psychological mechanism whose intent is to communicate feelings of transgression in order to avoid violence. In larger terms, a flower bursting forth from its bud, a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, or a human birth all involve a natural aggression which is the creative impetus toward action, growth, and fulfillment.

Natural aggression is an innate part of the conscious mind and our free will. It is not to be confused with artificial or pseudo-aggression and the related violent outbursts of blocked impulses. When natural aggression, in terms of emotions and feelings, is blocked by the conscious mind to any great extent the result are pathologies like neurosis, psychosis, violence, and war. Discussed in detail in The Nature of Personal Reality.

Natural grace ~ a condition in which all growth is effortless. It is a transparent, joyful acquiescence that is an essential part of all existence. Our bodies grow naturally and easily from the time of birth, not expecting resistance but taking their miraculous development for granted; using all of itself with a great, gracious, creatively aggressive abandon.

We are all born into a state of grace. Therefore, it is impossible for us to ever leave it. We share this blessing with the animals and all other living things. We cannot ‘fall out of’ grace, nor can it ever be taken from us. Discussed in detail in The Nature of Personal Reality.

Natural guilt ~ our innate moral intuition that holds the corporeal sense of justness, mutual understanding, and integrity that leads to maximum value fulfillment between all living creatures. It is our innate knowing that there is never a need not kill or destroy more than we need for physical sustenance. When we violate this integrity, we experience an inner knowing that the next time a similar situation occurs that we need not repeat a previous action.

Natural guilt does not require penance or punishment, just a knowing that we crossed a line and should not repeat the behavior. Ignoring, blocking, or repressing natural guilt creates behaviors that lead to a host of imbalances such as war, pandemics, the destruction of environmental resources, and other species. Our conscious minds are graced with the ability to poise and reflect upon any decision or course of action we choose. So natural guilt is an innate mechanism meant to lead us to a sense of balance and equilibrium within All-That-Is.

Artificial guilt is similar to natural guilt in that is also is the result of a moment of reflection. However, it is far more rigid, dogmatic, and inflexible resulting in a set of “thou shalts” that lead to all sorts of imbalances, dysfunctional behaviors, pathologies, and dis-eases. These result in strong beliefs in absolute definitions of right and wrong, good and evil, best or worst that create shame, low self-esteem, and the need for punishment. Our conscience is thus the result of artificial guilt. It is not to be confused with the innate, inner knowing that is natural guilt. Discussed in detail in The Nature of Personal Reality.

Natural hypnosis ~ the acquiescence of the subconscious to conscious belief as the subconscious accepts those orders given to it by the conscious mind. We constantly serve as our own subject and hypnotist, giving ourselves suggestions that constantly reinforce our belief systems. What we believe to be true, is true for each of us. For example, money is the root of all evil, I need a flu shot to protect me during flu season, my body is dirty, ugly, or fat, etc.

When we have our own undivided attention we can use our ability to concentrate our intention and focus our conscious minds to reinforce and affirm any new beliefs that we wish. Five to ten minutes is all you need to accomplish this each day. When selected new beliefs don’t conflict with others and resonate strongly with your own natural intent, the resulting changes in our lives can be immediate and startling. Discussed in detail in The Nature of Personal Reality.

Natural law ~ a related concept derived from the laws of the inner universe. These are not the scientific laws of nature like gravity, but based upon the inner laws of the universe that are intended to guide all aspects of All-That-Is to their maximum value fulfillment. It stresses cooperation over competition, safety, love, and compassion as traits intended for individual and collective balance, harmony, and equilibrium. Discussed in detail in The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events.

Natural time/clock time ~ we live in a universe, a galaxy, a solar system, a planet with a moon that all follow certain rhythms reflecting the great dance of All-That-Is. Natural time guides the seasons, letting the flowers know when to bloom, the trees to sprout leaves and drop their seeds. The seasons guide the birds to know when to migrate to warmer climates with better food supplies, the farmers when to plant their crops, and on and on. Sunrise and sunset mark the boundaries of countless human activities. Following the rhythms of natural time allows us to be in touch with our planetary, seasonal rhythms, all of which reflect the manifestation of inner rhythms that are geared to promote the deepest value fulfillment in all species.

Clock time or assembly line time is an artificial, manmade creation that is the result of the outer ego’s fear that it is at the mercy of the elements, needing tools to better predict and control its environment. According to Seth, this was one of the most disastrous inventions in human history and has forced the species into an array of artificial habits that are not in sync with the planet, climate, weather, and environment. Time is inherently flexible and plastic, not absolute and clock time provides a false sense of stability where none is really needed.

This concept is not couched in a “back to nature” or “return to innocence” sensibility, but in a forward looking manner that is of critical importance for collective fulfillment and mutual understanding on a global scale. Discussed in detail in The Early Sessions: Book 1 of the Seth Material.

Official line of consciousness ~ there’s an aphorism that sex, politics, money, and religion are the source of most of our human conflicts. From small communities to large societies there is a natural process in which people align with commonly held belief systems to form a consensus reality. Peer pressure often results to force those holding different beliefs conform to its conventions. Most social upheaval occurs when underlying assumptions, called core beliefs, change, Most social harmony occurs when consensus is reached by a large majority. History is an ongoing pendulum that swings back and forth reflecting the natural process of mass belief systems aligning, then changing, then aligning, then...

As cultures evolve over time, a center of gravity or collective worldview emerges that embraces all the belief systems considered normal and abnormal, good and bad, healthy and pathological, etc. Historically, this center of gravity has evolved from foraging, to horticultural, to agrarian, to industrial, to informational. Each period of history, then, consists of belief systems that form the consensus reality of the culture. Discussed in detail in Psychic Politics: An Aspect Psychology Book.

Outer ego ~ if we use an iceberg analogy to represent the psyche, then the outer ego would be that surface or physical portion which “protrudes” into the physical field of space and time, drawing upon the source energy of the inner ego through the inner senses. This aspect of the psyche relies upon the outer senses to manipulate in physical reality. It forms our sense of individuality, our center of gravity of a multitude of personality traits, discerns conditions in the physical world and makes decisions accordingly. Prominent psychological qualities include thoughts, intellect, language, emotions, expectation, desire, and belief systems. Discussed in detail in The Seth Material.

Outer senses ~ the senses of smell, taste, touch, hearing, and sight used by the outer ego to create its perception of the physical world.

Plane ~ what we conventionally consider the physical universe is but the thin outer “crust” of an infinite multiverse. The term plane describes this outer crust in relation to the vast unseen, unknown causal and subtle realities from which it all springs. Other synonymous terms are alternate, parallel, or probable universe. All hint at the multidimensional nature of physical reality. Discussed in detail in The Early Sessions: Book 1 of the Seth Material.

The Practicing Idealist ~ Seth combines the insights from Personal Reality and Mass Events. Taken together, they include four moral imperatives:

1. “Thou shalt not violate” (Nature of Personal Reality)

2. “We have never told anybody to do anything, except face up to the abilities of consciousness.” (Mass Events)

3. A call to Practicing Idealism (Mass Events)

4. “The ends don't justify the means.” (Mass Events)

The first and fourth are the innate, natural deterrents that let us know when not to repeat behaviors that violate. The second and third are clarion calls to personal growth, realization, and transformation toward worldcentric and postmodern worldviews. The former entreat us to act in harmony with natural law, the laws of the inner universe, and the latter to avoid fanaticism, murder, and other violations to achieve our goals in life. Scale that up to six billion people in varying stages of moral development, and we have a frothy mix indeed.

Seth does not provide a complete moral theory in these two books, because he couldn’t possibly explore every variation, but instead presented a general outline. However, when we integrate his cosmology (involution/evolution in physical, subtle, and causal fields), epistemology (high intellect that combines physical senses, reason, and inner senses), ontology (I-I-I), moral imperatives, along with research on moral development, we find a broad framework in which to adequately outline a moral and ethical approach. Discussed in detail in The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events.

Probable realities, probable selves ~ the multidimensional psyche exists as multiple lifetimes within simultaneous space/time frameworks. Each personality creates probable selves that split off into parallel dimensions. In this sense, the psyche is not a singular linear phenomenon, but a multidimensional “cloud” of personality potentials. Discussed in detail in The “Unknown” Reality, Vols. 1/2.

Psyche ~ another term for what is conventionally called the soul or spirit. The psyche is the bank of potentials from which all of our physical personalities emerge. It consists of a series of interpenetrated fields that include outer ego, inner ego, and Causal Consciousness. There is no aspect of the psyche is unconscious, as each one holds its own order of perception and memory. All orders of perception are available to the outer ego through the inner senses. Since the psyche is also innately bisexual, gay, lesbian, and heterosexual choices are all normal, natural, and healthy expressions of the psyche.

Taken together, all of these aspects form the holonically nested conscious mind. Though the specifics are new, the underlying ideas are not new at all. They can be found in premodern works of the perennial wisdom traditions. For example, if we add the Buddhist and Hindu formulations to the above, we get:

Taken together, they all point to the same underlying principles that have been known for millennia. Therefore, conscious creation is much more than just a thought process, visualization, affirmation, emotional affectation, belief system, perception, or cognition. That is only one third of the story! All the former are affects of the outer ego only, all of which, however, are made possible by the inner ego (subtle) and Causal Consciousness (causal) levels of selfhood.

As Seth states repeatedly, we are really conscious CO-creators. Any definition that doesn’t include the inner ego and Causal Consciousness levels of selfhood is really an egocentric and incomplete view. Put another way, only by learning to become consciously aware of our inner ego and Causal Consciousness will we truly become causal co-creators in concert with All-That-Is. Discussed in detail in The Nature of the Psyche: Its Human Expression.

Primary Energy Gestalt, Pyramid Energy Gestalt, Primary Pyramid Gestalt ~ another set of terms to describe All-That-Is. See All-That-Is.

Psychic Manifesto ~ a lengthy poem in which Jane Roberts declared her psychic independence from modern science and premodern religions. Really a postmodern critique of their inadequacies to adequately describe her lifetime of transpersonal experiences. Published in The God of Jane: A Psychic Manifesto (An Aspect Psychology Book).

Psychic Naturalist ~ a postmodern precursor to Seth’s dream-art scientists that move beyond the limits of premodern religion and modern science. This exemplar combines postconventional intellect and intuition to explore subjective and objective qualities of physical experience in a way that transcends preconventional superstition and conventional scientific materialism. Jane Roberts certainly was one. Published in The God of Jane: A Psychic Manifesto (An Aspect Psychology Book).

Reincarnation/Reincarnational Selves ~ the human psyche is a source self capable of manifesting multiple lifetimes. In the context of a multidimensional universe that has multiple, parallel dimensions and space/time frameworks, the psyche manifests simultaneous incarnations, not reincarnations. Since the psyche is also immersed in simultaneous time – Frameworks 2, 3, 4, and “inward” – this means that there is no finished past or preordained future, no cause and effect, no linear reincarnations (but simultaneous manifestations that affect each other), and no karma in the premodern sense. Discussed in detail in The Seth Material.

Root assumptions ~ the term used for what we conventionally believe to be universal laws or scientific laws, but are actually only local to Framework 1 constructions. Discussed in detail in The Nature of Personal Reality.

Seth as a fallible source ~ no one source of information can be considered absolutely infallible. Seth mentions unequivocally in session #47 that he is not to be considered an infallible source. This statement is in no way intended to diminish to depth, subtlety, and richness of the material, but cast it in a postmodern light that reveals its authentic nature and tremendous potential for practical application in a variety of every day situations. Discussed in detail in The Early Sessions: Book 2 of the Seth Material.

Seth material ~ the name given to the twenty-four books by Jane Roberts that were dictated by a transpersonal source named Seth and transcribed and edited by husband Robert F. Butts. Conventionally called a channeled body of information, Jane, Seth, and Rob all felt that this term was too narrow to capture the deep psychological connections involved.

In addition to the Seth-dictated books are fifteen books of fiction, poetry, and Aspect Psychology written by Jane Roberts that explore the implications and depth of the concepts offered by the Seth personality.

Jane Roberts lived from 1929-1984 and spent most of her life in Elmira, New York. She began channeling the Seth personality in December 1963 and continued until her passing in September of 1984. Taken as a whole, their life-long collaboration forms a contemporary expression of the perennial philosophy of unparalleled depth and richness in the Western postmodern world. It is consistently referred to as one of the top sources of metaphysical information by numerous scholars (Klimo, Hastings) and lay folk alike.

The Seth material is the second most visited collection and the only metaphysical body of work to be archived in Yale University’s Sterling Memorial Library in New Haven, Connecticut.

Seth Two ~ Jane Roberts was a psychic virtuoso, holding the ability to experience a wide variety of non-ordinary states well documented in body of the Seth material. The Seth personality that she channeled was only the best known one. Seth Two is another personality further “removed” from physical reality who came through on occasion. Seth Two’s characteristics included a monotonal, emotionless voice that seemed somewhat alien to those who encountered “him.” Seth Two said that he did not understand our physical reality in any direct sense, but that he was intimately involved in nurturing and maintaining the inner realities that support it. Discussed in detail in The Seth Material.

Sexuality, Gender, Orientation ~ the inner ego is the transsexual source of all gender and sexual orientation – “a bank from which sexual affiliations are drawn.” Since physical manifestation often includes hundreds of simultaneous lifetimes there are many permutations of gender, including male, female, and in between. As such, sexual orientation for each outer ego includes the potential for heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual, and other choices. This means that all outer egos are inherently bisexual by design to some degree (thinking also of Carl Jung’s anima and animus). Therefore, gay and lesbian orientations are not pathological, but inherent choices for physical experience. In other words, heterosexual orientation, while certainly required for procreation in our Framework 1 is not the only orientation available. Discussed in detail in The Nature of the Psyche: Its Human Expression.

Simultaneous time ~ a paradoxical metaphor used to describe how multiple linear space/time frameworks can co-exist in parallel dimensions. Also, how the psyche can manifest multiple simultaneous personalities throughout the physical field. In the context of Frameworks 1 and 2, there are nine dimensions available within any moment point:

One way to understand this seeming paradox is to imagine each of the nine aspects of linear space/time as “dimensions.” Each dimension has its own integrity and a psychological “boundary” formed by our physical and inner senses. It is possible to “cross” these boundaries through the conscious use of our inner senses. Discussed in detail in The Nature of Personal Reality.

Sleepwalkers ~ Seth’s mythic, archetypal expression of the origin of all physical species and our universe literally dreaming itSelf into existence. The sleepwalkers are subtle field, energy personality essence progenitors that created the blueprints for the physical field “before the beginning.” After the beginning they support and maintain our universe as evolution unfolds. Discussed in detail in Dreams, “Evolution,” and Value Fulfillment, Vol. 1.

Find out more about Seth on “The Origins of the Universe and of the Species” – An Integral Conscious Creation Myth.

Spacious present ~ another term used to describe the vastness of causal and subtle fields of inner reality. Actually looking at the actions of simultaneous time, Frameworks of Consciousness, and All-That-Is from a different angle. Discussed in detail in The Seth Material.

Subconscious ~ if we use an iceberg analogy to represent the psyche, then the subconscious portion is that buffer zone between the air (outer ego) and water (inner ego) that provides a psychological gateway through the inner senses between the outer and inner egos. Its primary job is to support the outer ego by handling the vast amounts of physically related data, like digestion, skin cell growth, breathing, heart rate, etc. that would otherwise overwhelm it. The subconscious also serves to translate inner source energy in the form of innate impulses, impressions, intuitions, and intention into cognitive formats the outer ego can understand such as thoughts, intellect, language, emotions, expectation, desire, and belief systems.

Seth uses this term differently than philosophers like Berdyaev and Wilber. The latter use subconscious to apply to early hominid development that was prepersonal and pre-egoic in the physical field. Seth’s definition applies to a mediating structure between physical and subtle fields. So Seth’s subconscious exists in the subtle field, and Berdyaev and Wilber's subconscious exist in the physical field. Thus, they describe different, though complementary structures of the psyche. Discussed in detail in The Seth Material.

The Sumari development ~ a trance “language” expressed as poetry, singing, pantomime, and math. Sounding like a Romance language, its purpose is to structure inner experience in such a way as to resist being translated into stereotypical belief systems. Discussed in detail in Adventures in Consciousness: An Introduction to Aspect Psychology.

Find out more about Thought-Bird Song — a Sumari poem by Jane Roberts.

“The Point of Power is in the present” ~ all action really occurs in what Seth terms, the Spacious Present – i.e. there is no finished past or preordained future. So our real power lies in our ability to exercise our ability to make choices and take action now in any area of our lives. Discussed in detail in The Nature of Personal Reality.

Tissue capsule ~ the inner, subtle energy boundary found in each individual’s energy field. This energy field is well documented in Eastern metaphysical traditions and recent scientific investigations. Einstein’s famous equation – E=MC2 – reflects that all matter is essentially a super-dense form of energy or light. Thus human body can be thought as a complex energy form with its own boundaries. Each one of us has a physical (outer) and psychic (inner) boundary that helps us maintain the form of our physical bodies. Discussed in detail in The Seth Material.

Value climate of psychological reality ~ describes the vastness and quality of casual and subtle fields. Actually looking at the actions of Frameworks of Consciousness and All-That-Is from a different angle. Discussed in detail in The Early Sessions: Book 2 of the Seth Material.

Value fulfillment ~ a natural law, or law of the inner universe according to Seth. It is a foundational principle in which all consciousness works together in a cooperative venture to allow for maximum development of each individual consciousness in relation to All-That-Is. In other words, individual growth, happiness, abundance, and value are innately nurtured by the universe itself but not at the expense of other life forms, instead, in full cooperation toward the maximum benefit of one and all. Discussed in detail in Dreams, “Evolution,” and Value Fulfillment, Vol. 1.

Vitality ~ causal energy in its most basic context that provides the inexorable impetus for the becoming, unfolding, and development of all aspects of consciousness—All-That-Is. Seth later went on to describe this foundational creative force as consciousness units (CUs) in The “Unknown” Reality, Vol. 1. Discussed in detail in The Early Sessions: Book 1 of the Seth Material

World views ~ “a living psychological picture of an individual life, with its knowledge and experience, that remains responsive and viable long after physical life is over.” While physical, our world view is an action – the living lens through which we each perceive the world. It’s the psychological filter that contains all of our belief systems and experiences about God, life, the universe, and everything. The deepest aspects of our outer egos and inner egos thus express themselves through our world views. Changing any belief alters our world view and changes the way in which we perceive reality.

Nonphysically, world views are that aspect of the outer ego that survives physical death that can contact the living, though according to Seth, contact with a nonphysical world view is not the same as a living world view. Jane Roberts autotyped three books that explored world views of two “dead” artists and a philosopher, The World View of Paul Cézanne: A Psychic Interpretation, The World View of Rembrandt, and The Afterdeath Journal of an American Philosopher: The World View of William James.

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