Creation and Our Perceived Physical Environment

Seth Early Sessions, Vol 8, Session 338

The Perceived Physical Environment

The physical universe as you see it represents in all of its complicated patterns, the far more vast, unbelievably more complicated inner workings that are not physical.

The immediate physical environment of your own apartment, for example, is the result of continual inner processes with which you are not acquainted.  The existence, maintenance, and appearance of that environment depends upon inner manipulations and automatic transfers that are as natural and as necessary to your existence physically, as breath.

Each minute variation of physical matter that you perceive is caused by inner minute variations that you do not perceive.  Each insignificant shading of color, change in texture, in degree or kind, are directly caused by corresponding inner differences.

In many respects the physical body itself aids in these transformations, through chemical interactions, changes in delicate electromagnetic balances, temperature variations, and through other methods that will be discussed shortly.

The physical with its multitudinous and astonishing complexity, merely hints at the full nature of inner reality however, for all of inner reality cannot be translated in physical terms.  Your own physical environment is constantly tended by you automatically.  It constantly reflects in its own way the nature of your inner environment.  Again, this is far from symbolic.  Every least alteration of psychic and emotional existence immediately alters the nature of the physical environment through instant interaction.

If, for example, at two o’clock your apartment appears confortable, cozy and peaceful and twenty minutes later it suddenly seems crowded, uncomfortable and cluttered, then you see this is not imagination.  You have changed the relationships existing within the immediate physical environment, and you perceive the change physically.

The change itself is the direct reflection of inner psychic and psychological alterations; but you have actually altered the nature of the physical environment and the quality that pervades it.  The influence of others is also involved.

You understand now what space is, or is not, in physical terms.  In psychic terms also there is something that can be loosely explained in terms of spatial relationships, but having to do with intensities.  A strong intensity of a particular nature can give you the feeling of clutter or lack of space.  This is the nearest I can come at this moment in telling you how this particular sort of transformation can occur.

There is obviously a cooperative element here, for each living consciousness has its part to play in maintaining the environment, which in turn gives its nourishment.

Thoughts and emotions directly activate the mechanics of physical matter, alter and transform it, maintain it, and also destroy it.

The Beginning Of Our Physical Universe

The beginning of your physical universe occurred when conscious energy directed enough of its attention in what was generalized dimension, to spark the formation of physical properties.  The creation was just that.  The first explosion of psychic energy in an ungeneralized dimension sparked the birth of specifics.

Before this the generalized dimension was simply nonexistent, a vacuum, which consciousness had not yet filled.  Since consciousness or action can never fully materialize itself, there are literally infinities of such nonexistent areas from which new dimensions can spring.

Consciousness or action forms all realities.  What is not simply represents a possibility which consciousness may bring to life.  Consciousness then formed out of itself a new dimension which was the physical one.  The formation, the explosion, of energy, shattered consciousness into an infinity of parts, each with all the abilities in here within consciousness itself.

From itself, therefore, and of itself, consciousness gave birth to its new dimension of experience, and then experienced what it had created, further extending itself and in turn bringing forth further possibilities of development.

Consciousness therefore continually creates and maintains itself, and this includes the physical materialization, the properties of the dimension, and yet basically there is no difference between the creator in these terms and the created.  Nor between inner reality, which forms physical matter, and physical objects themselves, for the atoms which are manipulated to form objects are themselves a portion of consciousness, and alive in those terms.  They respond to emotional and psychic directives as the physical body responds to light.

All of this talk about consciousness and action does not mean that consciousness is without identity.

You could not appreciate nor understand, nor can I, the nature of identity as it is known in the overall.  What we know of identity represents fragments and splinters that we call ourselves.  These are part however of the prime identity.  The splinters are possessed of individuality, and such units will never be dissolved.

They are still but a portion of prime identity, and without them, prime identity could not know itself nor act upon itself nor develop its own abilities or potentials.

Our Perceived Physical Reality Is A Materialized Extension Of Our Inner Self

Now in the same way that consciousness originated the physical dimension, you as portions of consciousness continue to maintain and create it anew.  Your source of energy is that first creation, in which consciousness focused where before it had not.  You also then know and develop yourselves through your own creations, and you automatically create and maintain your physical environment in the same manner that you breathe.  Your physical image and your physical environment are both materialized extensions of your inner selves.

The physical body itself however has much more to do with the maintenance of environment than is realized, for you use it so that your environment becomes almost like a second body, extending outward from the first, through which you express your inclinations and characteristics.  There are intricate complications that arise as environmental elements merge and mix with those of others.  You can see here the formation of nationalistic characteristics on a mass level.

This is constant creation.  The initial creation provided the energy, the dimension, of possibility itself, but every particle of consciousness will always attempt to express itself within as many possibilities as possible.  The inner self therefore creates the physical body and the land upon which it moves.

…  Bear in mind also that as individuals, you are creating new dimensions through which consciousness can know itself, both in physical experience and within other systems.  As a part of consciousness other systems are not closed to you, but as physical organisms other systems are closed to you

Inner Attitudes And War

Seth Early Sessions, Vol 7, Session 337

Inner Attitudes And War

One small note.  The episode last evening was aggressively disrupting to some extent.  Mainly because of the inner attitudes of those involved.  Symbolically, you see, and beneath it all, both men showed characteristics that under different circumstances could have led them into violence for the sake of their beliefs.

A belief must not possess.  They were psychically adding to the unfortunate circumstances over which they argued, and both equally were at fault for this reason.  A battle recreated in the mind reinforces the original psychic explosion and contemplation of war helps project that disaster into the future.  To argue aggressively that war is wrong is ironic stupidity, for such an individual already displays those characteristics that lead to war.

It is wrong to think that restraint under such circumstances or discussions is cowardly, though of course, it may be.  To refrain from argument while simultaneously and deliberately forcing thoughts or pictures of peace, represents a positive action.  The intensity of the peaceful images or thoughts unfortunately rarely match the intensity of the bitterness, you see.  Thoughts of reconciliation or peace actually and practically do their bit to destroy the causes of war.

Now, H at the paper is not doing all of this on his own entirely.  Through poor habits he attracts negative influences from others, and actually amplifies them, projecting them outward in a highly magnified manner.  This takes much of his energy.

There is a connection here between last night’s episode, and the emotionally charged psychological climate behind the overt behavior itself: the behavior for example was not violent in any way.

There are deeply hidden areas of human behavior far below the surface of actions, and these cause the actions.  They are psychic exchanges.  Before the beginning of any war, subconsciously each individual knows not only that a war will occur, but its precise outcome.  Battles like other physical acts exist first in the mental realm.  All of your physical activities, from the political to the economic and to the most insignificant individual concerns have their origin in mental existence, and their outcome is known.

To create a harmonious inner existence is a positive act with far-reaching effects, and not an act of isolation.  To desire peace strongly is to help achieve it.  To accept war helps prolong its physical existence.  These are not idle words nor are they meant symbolically.

Wars are not only disruptive within your system, but cause some severe repercussions for individuals who die while in battle.  The seemingly small episode of last evening presented in miniature the basic attitudes that are behind aggressive acts.

There is a short-circuiting process in which even good intentions are distorted and turned to other purposes.  That which is feared is feared so strongly and concentrated upon so intensely that it is attracted rather than repelled.  The approach should not be fear of war but love of peace; not fear of poor health but concentration upon the enjoyment of good health; not fear of poverty, but concentration upon the unlimited supplies available on your earth.

Desire attracts but fear also attracts.  Severe fear is highly dangerous in this respect and in this context.

Our friend is finally learning to take his concentration away from his symptoms, and he is losing them.  Attention prolongs them.  Intense concentration even upon an object is useful whenever he is bothered.  Concentration, an imagined journey, any exercise that is intense and diverting is beneficial.

Our Electromagnetic Environment and Weather

Seth Early Sessions, Vol 8, Session 336

Electromagnetic Environment During Spring

I told you, Joseph, that I would discuss the magnetic alterations that caused me to call a quick ending to our last session.  Now as a rule these conditions occur only during this particular season.  All living things exist, as you know, in other than material form.  Every living thing has what you would term an astral form or vehicle.  This consists of electromagnetic realities operating within specific frequencies.

In this particular season (Spring), the electrical potentials are highly charged.  The thrust and potential of growing things creates an over exuberance, you might say, saturating your atmosphere and changing the ionic charges both of the ground itself and the atmosphere extending upward.

There is a preponderance of negative ions followed by an opposite effect that occurs with great rapidity immediately following sunset.  On occasion there is an over saturation that amounts to an extra envelope of atmospheric vibrations.  This can persist on occasion until the following dawn.

Physically, you have storm conditions, but for our session purposes the atmosphere is highly unstable and not reliable.  It place me, though not Ruburt, under additional pressure.  Such circumstances occur infrequently.  They can cause accidents, within your system, sudden and not always advantageous.  Sometimes mass alterations of mood and the exhaustion of energies.

They can be disastrous in a projecting personality, incidentally.

We Collectively Create The Weather We Observe

The conditions of which I have been speaking are one thing.  As far as the effect of weather upon the moods of individuals, we do have something else.  For the weather is created by you, on a subconscious level.  The weather, at any given time, is a direct physical interpretation of the inner mass mind.  You do indeed react, but you have already created the conditions, you see, and you then react to these in both psychic and physical ways.

The inner state of each individual mind is projected outward.  The inner state causes chemical changes in the physical body.  Chemicals are thrown outward into the atmosphere.  Hormones are released of particular varieties.  Very definite and unique electrical changes occur in the skin, which change on a mass level the atmosphere at any given unit.

All of these conditions merge to create the peculiar weather with its innumerable and constant changes.  These exterior conditions then affect the individual physical structures and individuals react to the peculiar conditions which they have themselves created.

The process is constant.  The weather causes psychic activities, to some extent assassinations and accidents.  On the other hand, the atmosphere was originally mental and the weather originates from this mental level.

The Power Of Beliefs And Expectations

Seth Early Sessions, Vol 8, Session 335

The Power Of Beliefs And Expectations

Now.  You must watch your expectations, Joseph.

I am speaking in highly practical terms.  Your expectations literally create your life as you know it.  Your attitude toward transportation needs adjustment.  As long as you believe firmly that you cannot afford the kind of automobile that you want, this will be literally true.

Your expectations alone will change your material circumstances.  The belief that you can afford the kind of car you require will in itself form the circumstances that will make such an automobile literally possible.

Your belief otherwise automatically shuts you off so that the necessary climate, the psychic climate, is a barrier to what you want.  The belief will cause attractions, in which physical circumstances will change.  It is highly impractical to believe as you do, regarding your automobile or prospects, for another.

There are many distortions in the universal mind book that Ruburt reads, and yet overall the ideas presented are highly advantageous.  I cannot put this emphatically enough: your beliefs form a psychic climate that in itself attracts and forms the materialization of those beliefs.

They are made material through quite automatic processes.  Change your beliefs and you change your material circumstances.  Your beliefs now concerning finances and the automobile are actually keeping you from bettering your financial situation.  This is directly caused by the fact that you suspect such ideas as these, beneficial on theoretical grounds, but quite impractical in your actuality.

On the contrary, an understanding of the rule of expectation is the only truly practical step you can take whenever any change in physical circumstances is desired.  You must replace the negative images you have with positive ones.  The negative ones are being faithfully reproduced in physical terms, and this is hardly to your advantage.

There is a resistance here on your part, a resistance to the kind of material that I am giving you this evening.  A rather stubborn resistance that has its roots in your childhood in this life.  The resistance is allowing you to cheat yourself in more areas than one.  While you are somewhat better about this, there has been no profound change in your attitudes in this one particular area.

In other respects of course there have been profound changes.  By your attitude you are effectively forming a barrier against any financial betterment of any significant kind.  You repulse the circumstances in which such betterment could take place automatically, because of the effect of your expectations.

It goes without saying that a full-time job would better the financial situation, but this is not the sort of thing to which I am referring.  Your situation could be bettered financially while you retain basically the same schedule you now enjoy if – and a very large if – if changed expectations were creating the psychic climate in which supply would flow.  Doors would open that you do not know existed.

You are caught between two attitudes that battle each other.  A desire for austerity and a desire for physical materials.

The two of you, working together, could change you material circumstances in truly astounding ways.  I wanted to speak to you about this, since the matter came up this evening.

Our own physical climate is a poor one for a session, however.  The electric currents are not working to our advantage; this being a peculiar circumstance, incidentally, having to do with a changed ionization of the surface of the ground, that sometimes occurs about this session.  This is in connection with the high electrical content of the near atmosphere.

Instead of a steady flow of electromagnetic current, generally speaking, there is a rather erratic bombardment that affects such psychic affairs as ours.  Under different conditions, an electric storm can be beneficial to our purposes.  It is the altered ground ionization, somewhat peculiar to this season, that causes the difficulty.

If it is somewhat bothersome to me, it is of great benefit to growing things however, and quickens the chemical responses of plant life.  This, in combination with the rain, you see.