communication

Communication Thematic Archive

1. What are Seth's specific claims about this concept? How many times, in which books, and does the wording change over time?

• The most basic form of communication is the "immaterial, nonphysical communication" of "inner energy," namely so-called "telepathy," which precedes any physical neural structure and serves as the "inner framework" upon which physical structures are constructed [early-sessions-3 §121].
• At the lowest level, telepathy is not thought communication but the communication of "intentions, desires, and purposes"—the communication of inner energy to the parts of itself still in formation [early-sessions-3 §121].
• Without the pre-laid groundwork of telepathy, no physical communication system (such as nerves) could be completed, and these inner telepathic circuits continue to exist after the physical structures are completed [early-sessions-3 §121].
• Telepathy is an innate endowment of cells; even after neural structures evolve, it continues to operate as a communication system within physical structures and handles data that cannot be transmitted through any physical medium [early-sessions-3 §121].
• Telepathy does not operate at the ego level, although its actions may break into the ego's domain; it operates in the inner self and at different levels of the subconscious, where the notions of ego division and limitation are less confining [early-sessions-3 §121].
• When complex forms are formed, inner energy must communicate its intentions and purposes to the gathered physical matter through telepathy, first forming more complex inner telepathic patterns and then filling them with physical matter [early-sessions-3 §121].
• When a surviving personality communicates with a personality within the physical system, a "reshuffling" of the surviving personality's aspects is involved, and the ego is temporarily given greater dominance [early-sessions-6 §242].
• Without this psychological reshuffling, communication would ordinarily be impossible, because the surviving personality would find it difficult to impress a still ego-oriented physical personality [early-sessions-6 §242].
• The surviving personality relies primarily on telepathic communication; it does not think in words but experiences concepts in a more direct manner, and physically oriented individuals cannot understand such direct experience [early-sessions-6 §242].
• The surviving personality therefore temporarily inserts its ego into its old position in order to interpret data into a form that can be received and understood, but this reorganization does cause a certain disorientation on the surviving personality's part [early-sessions-6 §242].
• The reorganized ego then attempts to perceive concepts in terms of sense perception and send them as communications to the physical individual at the other end; sometimes these communications are direct, but they must be filtered through the physical individual's subconscious [early-sessions-6 §242].
• When the physical individual has been correspondingly trained, he assists in this process and constructs a psychological framework resembling a bridge to connect the two personalities [early-sessions-6 §242].
• Seth's own communications are delivered speaking as his "whole self," rather than representing any ego that once dominated in other existences; since he need not adopt a past ego, the "psychological bridge" he speaks of is necessary to render his communications understandable to Ruburt [early-sessions-6 §242].
• The communication between Seth and Jane and Joseph is possible because they belong to the same entity, and because Seth is Jane's "future self"—this special self-connection [early-sessions-5 §218].
• For the same reason of self-connection, such communications are relatively rare, because many conditions and circumstances are required, and the "number-one ego" is forced to sustain unfamiliar tensions and perceive data that is meaningless within its single time system [early-sessions-5 §218].

2. What mechanism does he give?

Mechanism of communication between the surviving personality and the physical personality:

• When communication occurs, the surviving personality performs a reshuffling of psychological components, giving the ego temporarily greater dominance [early-sessions-6 §242].
• This psychological reorganization produces a disorientation similar to what the ego experiences during dreaming in physical reality [early-sessions-6 §242].
• Without this reorganization, communication would be impossible in most cases, because the surviving personality would find it difficult to impress the still ego-oriented physical personality [early-sessions-6 §242].
• The surviving personality relies primarily on telepathic communication; it does not think in words but experiences concepts in a more direct way, which cannot be directly understood by physically oriented individuals [early-sessions-6 §242].
• The surviving personality therefore temporarily places its ego back in an old position in order to interpret data into a form that can be received and understood; but this reorganization causes disorientation in the surviving personality [early-sessions-6 §242].
• The surviving personality's inner self gives this reorganized ego concepts in the same way the subconscious often gives the ego concepts during physical existence [early-sessions-6 §242].
• This reorganized ego then attempts to perceive these concepts in terms of sense perception and send them as communications to the physical individual at the other end [early-sessions-6 §242].
• Sometimes communications are direct, but they must be filtered through the physical individual's subconscious; when the physical individual has been trained, he assists in this process, establishing a psychological framework resembling a bridge to connect the two personalities [early-sessions-6 §242].

Mechanism of communication from the perspective of electromagnetic reality:

• All actions possess an electromagnetic reality that is ordinarily not perceived by the physical senses; the selves at various levels possess such realities, and as actions aware of themselves as identities, they can perceive other realities that fall within their specific range and reject actions outside that range [early-sessions-5 §207].
• For psychic communication to occur, it must fall within the specific electromagnetic reality range that the receiver can pick up, and it must fall within a specific level of the receiver's ego that can translate it into meaningful terms [early-sessions-5 §207].
• Otherwise, the communication is automatically received and executed without leaving a trace, becoming merely part of new action and not displaying its source [early-sessions-5 §207].
• Such matters usually involve an "interruption" of action and the translation or transformation of data from one electromagnetic energy range to another [early-sessions-5 §207].
• In cases where Seth attempted to give sound independence, the electromagnetic components were altered in range so as to be picked up by physical ears; "static" is the manifestation of these components aggregating before words are formed [early-sessions-5 §207].
• In trance states, the electromagnetic aura that surrounds and belongs to the physical body changes, producing a certain electromagnetic instability that enables the individual to handle a larger frequency and range; whereas in fully ego-directed conscious states, the ego continually attempts to maintain a rigid electromagnetic balance [early-sessions-5 §207].

Ontological conditions that make communication possible:

• Communication is possible because the communicating parties belong to the same "entity"; Seth is in a sense a future self of Ruburt, and Joseph, Ruburt, and Seth are three components of the same entity [early-sessions-5 §218].
• It is precisely because of this special connection of selves that communication is possible; and for the same reason, such communications are relatively rare, because they require multiple conditions and circumstances [early-sessions-5 §218].

3. Are there observable corollaries or explicit predictions (including time, quantity, conditions)?

• Lack of communication between the inner self's various levels causes physical disease as an observable physical manifestation; specifically, ulcers are "the physical materialization of this lack of communication," whose purpose is "to force the ego levels to recognize unity," with clearly adverse results [early-sessions-4 §166]. This constitutes an observable corollary: if inner communication is obstructed, it may manifest physically in forms such as ulcers.
• Regarding the Philip case, Seth made an explicit time prediction: because the company was suffering financial losses, a demand for change would inevitably arise; this process had already begun, but would not happen overnight [early-sessions-4 §166].
• Within about six months, the forces currently driving reorganization would suffer an apparent setback, but would thereafter recover; the recovery would take a year, after which the forces would be very strong and reorganization inevitable [early-sessions-4 §166].
• Within five years, Philip would change his workplace and residence, accept a better position, and devote himself wholeheartedly to it; the main change would occur after the inevitable reorganization [early-sessions-4 §166].
• Within six to twelve months after reorganization, Philip's major changes within the company would occur; Seth also predicted that within a year and a half (perhaps six months) a senior person would die, whose influence would not be immediately apparent but would become one of the fundamental causes driving the reorganization [early-sessions-4 §166].
• The transmission process of predicted data involves observable distortion: experimental daily predictions will clearly show a discrepancy between predicted events and actually occurring events; this is the defined nature of distortion; symbols may also represent more than one physical reality [early-sessions-3 §127].
• At the "A-5" level of consciousness, communication can be bidirectional—for example, da Vinci "knew" Picasso; when such contact occurs, enormous energy is generated, and communicated information can cross centuries instantaneously [early-sessions-4 §166]; this is not the level most mediums use, but a meeting place where "people" from any time, space, or probable system can communicate in ways that each clearly understands [early-sessions-4 §166]. The mention here that "future" and "past" can communicate with each other can be regarded as an observable corollary, though no specific time or quantity is given.

4. Where did he say the science of the time went wrong, and in what direction should it look?

• The scientific framework has become equated with "rational thought," such that any other line of thought is automatically regarded as irrational; thinking has here become too specialized, biased, and rigid [magical-approach §?].

• Science attempts to insist only on what it can prove, thereby building a worldview based only on certain materials, ultimately forming biology, psychology, physics, mathematics, and so forth as separate branch disciplines that defend themselves against one another, with no comprehensive field that can apply the facts of one discipline to another—so science cannot offer any comprehensive concept of what reality is [magical-approach §?].

• In this picture, intention, purpose, or desire are not applied; the individual is seen as an almost alien, foreign being who must fight the "merciless" forces of environment and genetic determinism; science does not emphasize nature's cooperative forces but takes pride in distinctions, specifications, and categories, blind to the equally real forces of unity [magical-approach §?].

• Science still generally views the genetic system in mechanistic, deterministic, and reductionist terms, and shows no interest in the communication between genetic systems and cultural events such as environment, politics, and economics, or in the genetic system's response to thoughts and emotions, or even in genetic planning for future probabilities [dreams-evolution-2 §910].

• Science has failed to deal with the "inner psychological particles" of consciousness—those nonphysical, "magical," "wondrous" forms of consciousness that are the existence that keeps experience running up and down [dreams-evolution-1 §884].

• The direction lies in recognizing interconnected fields or planes that connect all life in various ways, supporting life at every conceivable point of existence; the environment is conscious and alive, and there is continuous communication between all parts of the body and all parts of the environment [magical-approach §?].

• The direction lies in seeing "new" energy everywhere, that there are no closed systems, that value fulfillment is one of existence's most important characteristics, and that all things act individually and together to provide, in the best way, the overall fulfillment of the entire construction [magical-approach §?].

• The direction lies in understanding the higher meaning in the communication of ideas, namely "psychic projects" or "psychological" discoveries and the use of one's own energy; energetically, communication is at its best during the peak period when the ego is aligned with the soul or entity, when the window of the "now" opens and the power of the entity flows in [personal-reality §668].

• The direction lies in seeking the connection between the "flat" view of the universe and the "flat" view of reality given by the physical senses, and the connection between what physicists see with instruments and consciousness phenomena—science needs to transcend its instruments and reductionist orthodoxy [dreams-evolution-1 §886].

5. What experiments or exercises did he suggest? What did Jane and Rob actually do and observe?

I. Experiments and exercises suggested by Seth

1. Attempt experiments on one's own: In the early sessions, Seth encouraged Jane and Rob to "attempt any experiments they wished," calling it "homework," and believed "you can certainly train your abilities to some extent in this way" [early-sessions-1 §12].
2. Hold séances regularly: Seth suggested holding séances "twice a week, at nine o'clock," and believed "once a week is better than nothing" [early-sessions-1 §12].
3. Use the Ouija board: In séances, the Ouija board was used; Seth called it "a matter of form," and believed "little rituals help to emphasize the data in the mind, making it more prominent" [early-sessions-1 §12].
4. Regularly conduct psychological time (psy-time) experiments: Seth suggested Jane and Rob "regularly conduct psychological time experiments" and "frequently use a pendulum" [early-sessions-4 §153].
5. Experiments with specific postures and environments: In one experiment, Seth suggested Jane and Rob, along with another couple, "sit around a coffee table, holding hands" for the experiment [early-sessions-3 §129].
6. Environmental arrangement suggestions: Seth suggested that for certain experiments, one could "draw the curtains, light a red Christmas light," place "a black triangular cloth" on the table, with participants wearing "dark clothing" and placing their "wedding rings" on the cloth [early-sessions-1 §12].

II. Experiments Jane and Rob actually conducted and observations

1. Visual experiments in darkness: Jane and Rob conducted an experiment without Seth's participation, as Seth had suggested. They drew the curtains, lit only a red Christmas light, placed a black triangular cloth on the table, and placed Jane's wedding ring on the cloth. The two sat facing each other, with hands flat on the cloth and occasionally touching, sitting quietly in the darkness to observe [early-sessions-1 §12].
2. Visual phenomena in the experiment: In this experiment, Jane observed that "her hands seemed to disappear," that is, she could no longer see her own hands; she also sometimes observed the same disappearance with a "metal badge" [early-sessions-1 §12].
3. Spontaneous channeling and vision: In the dark experiment, Jane began "spontaneously speaking in a normal voice," and described a past-life scene about "Sarah Wellington," including detailed persons, places, events, and times [early-sessions-1 §12].
4. Psychological time experiences related to external electromagnetic phenomena: During psychological time experiments, Jane once heard "a noise like static," and she was certain the sound came from outside, even checking whether the radio had been accidentally turned on. She experienced this "sound emerging from static" three times during psychological time [early-sessions-5 §207].
5. Repeated induction experiments: Jane, Rob, and friends (Judy and Lee Wright) once sat on the floor in a circle holding hands; Jane spoke in a repetitive voice to induce a relaxed state, but initially "no phenomena appeared." Then, when Rob began to speak, Jane suddenly began speaking for Seth, in a voice "louder than usual, with a deeper pitch" [early-sessions-3 §129].
6. Physical changes and personality expansion: During channeling, Seth said Jane's body would undergo electromagnetic changes in response to his communications, and that sometimes her "physical appearance would change, looking far less like Ruburt (Jane)." Seth also mentioned that Jane's personality was expanded and could handle more perception, requiring training so that the "speech system and mental abilities" could handle the additional data [early-sessions-9 §461].

6. Supplements or contradictions given by other concepts in the corpus related to this concept?

• Seth noted that a certain personality would be extremely successful in the field of communication, because there are communication channels in electronics, and he could use latent eloquence; his interest in psychic phenomena arose precisely from this communication need [early-sessions-3 §89].

• The whole personality is limited by audible communication, and its latent communication desires can gain satisfaction and achievement in suitable fields [early-sessions-3 §89].

• This personality has always been involved in communication across many reincarnations, but in previous lives it was all external manifestation; in this life it has begun to perceive inner reality and finds introverted content that is difficult to express [early-sessions-3 §144].

• Communication has always been the main aspect of this personality, but this life opens a new stage, and the manner of communication will indeed be different [early-sessions-3 §144].

• Energy knots arise from a temporary inability to shift the focus of interest from extroverted communication to introverted communication methods [early-sessions-3 §144].

• The communication desire in past lives was strong, and it still is now; the personality stands between two doors—able to turn the inner door's handle yet unwilling to turn it, and not turning back toward the extroverted door; this hesitation itself is energy expenditure [early-sessions-3 §144].

• In the transitional state after death, messages conveyed through mediums may appear highly contradictory, because the "dead" do not have identical experiences; individuals can only interpret the parts they know [seth-speaks §11].

• Almost all communications come from levels that have not yet reached the moment of choice, especially when there is a past-life connection with living relatives; these communicators can inform about survival continuation and express it in ways understandable to the living [seth-speaks §11].

• Multidimensional teachers must simultaneously communicate with multiple reincarnational personalities of the same entity, requiring full understanding of the basic assumptions of those eras and the overall philosophical and scientific atmosphere of the time [seth-speaks §11].

• The "A-5" level of consciousness opens a dimension that theoretically allows contact with the life consciousness of any personality, including communication with people from the "past" and "future" [seth-speaks §575].

• This level is the "meeting place" where individuals from any time, space, or probable system can communicate in ways each clearly understands [seth-speaks §575].

• Information truly crosses centuries, as from one great person to another; great artists often operate at this level during their lifetimes, where communication is clearest and bidirectional [seth-speaks §575].

• The universe carries on an endless and most meaningful dialogue; this is the "heart of communication" [seth-speaks §575].

• People usually touch this level in deep sleep protection or sudden spontaneous trance states; to preserve this information, it must first be interpreted to the normal waking consciousness [seth-speaks §575].

7. Questions that have not yet been asked

1. How could a controlled experiment be designed to test whether Seth's claim of "cell-inherent telepathy" has a measurable association with gap junctions or extracellular vesicle-mediated calcium wave communication?
2. Could a double-blind distant EEG or fMRI paradigm be used to verify the specific repeatable effects of the receiver's attentional state and intra-brain frequency coupling in the "electromagnetic reality range" hypothesis?
3. Can Seth's prediction of "distortion between predicted events and actual events" be quantified by recording specific event timestamps in mediumistic sessions with subsequent verification, comparing the prediction error distribution against a probability baseline?
4. Under the statement of "bidirectional communication between past and future personalities" at the A-5 level, can experiments involving symbolic or semantic information transmission across time be designed, using event-related potentials (ERP) to detect differences in the receiver's neural response patterns?
5. Regarding the mechanism of "disorientation caused by psychological reorganization," can vestibular function or spatial cognition test scores of mediums before, during, and after communication be measured to verify whether a quantifiable temporary disturbance in sense of direction exists?

Appendix: Claim List (for Stage C)

id	Claim	Type	Source
communication-1	Telepathy is the most basic form of inner energy communication, precedes physical neural structures, serves as the inner framework of physical structures, and is an innate endowment of cells.	Ontological assertion	early-sessions-3 §121
communication-2	When a surviving personality communicates with a physical personality, the surviving personality performs a reshuffling of psychological components, giving the ego temporarily greater dominance; otherwise communication is impossible.	Mechanism description	early-sessions-6 §242
communication-3	The surviving personality relies primarily on telepathic communication, does not think in words, but experiences concepts in a more direct way; physically oriented individuals cannot understand such direct experience.	Mechanism description	early-sessions-6 §242
communication-4	Communication is possible because the communicating parties belong to the same entity; Seth is Jane's future self, hence communication between Seth and Jane and Joseph is possible.	Ontological assertion	early-sessions-5 §218
communication-5	All actions possess electromagnetic reality; psychic communication must fall within the specific electromagnetic reality range the receiver can pick up, otherwise it is automatically received without leaving a trace.	Mechanism description	early-sessions-5 §207
communication-6	Lack of communication between the inner self's various levels causes physical disease as an observable physical manifestation, such as ulcers.	Testable prediction	early-sessions-4 §166
communication-7	Seth made specific predictions about Philip: within about six months the reorganization forces would suffer a setback, recovery would take a year, within five years Philip would change workplace and residence, and major changes would occur six to twelve months after reorganization.	Testable prediction	early-sessions-4 §166
communication-8	At the A-5 level of consciousness, communication can be bidirectional; individuals from any time, space, or probable system can communicate in ways each clearly understands.	Ontological assertion	early-sessions-4 §166; seth-speaks §575
communication-9	The scientific framework has become equated with rational thought, making other approaches be regarded as irrational; science cannot provide a comprehensive concept of reality; one needs to recognize interconnected fields or planes, and the environment is conscious and alive.	Methodological suggestion	magical-approach §?; dreams-evolution-1 §884
communication-10	The direction lies in understanding the higher meaning in the communication of ideas, namely "psychic projects" or "psychological" discoveries and the use of one's own energy; energetically, communication is at its best during the peak period when the ego is aligned with the soul or entity.	Methodological suggestion	personal-reality §668
communication-11	In the dark experiment, Jane and Rob observed phenomena such as hands seeming to disappear and metallic badges disappearing; Jane also spontaneously described a past-life scene.	Experimental record	early-sessions-1 §12
communication-12	During psychological time experiments, Jane heard a noise like static and was certain it came from outside, experiencing sound emerging from static three times.	Experimental record	early-sessions-5 §207