The Seth Material (Jane Roberts, with sessions of Seth speaking through her; Bantam edition of the 1970 book)

Jane Roberts, in her own voice

1. Our reading

   We form our own reality, now and after death

   Their wordsI believe that we form our own reality—now, and after death.

2. Our reading

   Seth's theories are valid and significant, though each reader must judge for themselves

   Their wordsThe reader will have to make his own judgments, but personally I do accept his theories as valid and significant.

3. Our reading

   "Energy essence personality" is as close as anyone can get to saying who or what Seth is

   Their wordsAs to who or what Seth is, his term “energy essence personality” seems as close to the answer as anyone can get.

4. Our reading

   Psychic abilities flow through us as the wind flows through branches

   Their wordsActually I think that these abilities flow through us as the wind flows through the branches.

5. Our reading

   Examining our own consciousness will reveal a greater individuality and sense of identity

   Their wordsIn doing so, I’m convinced that we will discover a greater individuality, uniqueness, and sense of identity.

6. Our reading

   Psychic ability is an extension of the creative abilities everyone has, so it is normal rather than supranormal

   Their wordsI believe psychic ability itself is an outcropping or extension of creative abilities, inherent in each of us, and therefore normal rather than supranormal.

Seth, in sessions the book quotes

7. Our reading

   There is no static God: whatever you name as God has already become something else

   Their wordsThere is no static God. When you say, ‘This is God,’ then God is already something else.

8. Our reading

   The main difficulty with most ideas of God is that they picture a static God

   Their wordsMost of your God concepts deal with a static God, and here is one of your main theological difficulties.

9. Our reading

   You create your reality by your beliefs and expectations, so examine them carefully

   Their wordsYou create your reality according to your beliefs and expectations, therefore it behooves you to examine them carefully.

10. Our reading

    Time is an illusion, and to the inner self no time passes

    Their wordsThe time you seem to spend within the dream—or within each life—is only an illusion, and to the inner self no time has passed because there is no time.

11. Our reading

    People who see only evil in the world are projecting their own obsession with it

    Their wordsIf an individual sees only evil and desolation in the physical world, it is because he is obsessed with evil and desolation and projects them outward, and closes his eyes to all else.

12. Our reading

    Physical life teaches that thoughts have reality and create the reality you know

    Their wordsIn physical reality you are learning that your thoughts have reality, and that you create the reality that you know.

13. Our reading

    Health is the natural state of your being

    Their wordsYou should desire good health because it is a natural state of your being. You should trust in the innate intelligence of your own being. Health is its natural state.

14. Our reading

    The personality speaking as Seth is not a secondary personality of Jane Roberts

    Their wordsFor my personality is not Ruburt’s, nor is his mine. I am not a secondary personality, for instance.