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4.5 AVERAGE
4.5 AVERAGE
This was maybe my 12th Seth/Jane book--I hadn't read it before, though it is one of the prominent works--I wanted to save it til I got to the outer fringe of Jane Roberts material, like her novels and... no... sorry, I won't likely buy a book of her poetry.
Whatever the truth of this franchise is, the best evidence of Jane and Seth being distinct, different personalities is the depth of what I feel from the Seth books, yet with Jane's creative writing I feel no connection whatsoever.
This one here I would rate in the top 3. Cohesive, contains several good "exercizes" as RA Wilson put it, to open your mind by thinking in a certain way.
Material of this depth is the reason they call it Self-Help. It kind of feels like a drug trip, gives you a profound experience in solitude, whether you agree with the work or find satisfaction in thinking up responses to debunk it; one is unnerved by statements in the book from 1970 that reflect the way science is going now, with new things being revealed as "conscious" all the time, the whole Rick and Morty multidimensional fantasy (it started right here)... how confidence in one's health creates the health we enjoy, not organs with arbitrary expiration dates.
Be sure, this one is an assertive critique of human perception. If a coworker asks "Read any good books lately?" trying to describe these ideas will make you look crazy, you won't be able to sum up the depth like Seth does, because those ideas come from another world.
But I find myself wanting to bring up some of Seth's ideas in daily conversation. They have less of a right/wrong mentality and more affirmation, more cosmic encouragement. Some invigorating ideas from a long-lost source. And for 460 pages, this is one coherent text. Fans of Vonnegut, Calvino, or the whole Daniel Quinn "Ishmael"/Pirsig Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance will find a kindred spirit here, something intensely far-out to contemplate and dream true.
Funny that a book by someone dead in your hand looks more like some proselytizer's bible than a news site pushing superficial events with bad spelling and poor, unchecked grammar. Because these ideas, and Jane's method of publishing them, don't demand belief. And the more one reflects in that spirit, the richer the works become. So enjoy-- this one, specifically.
Go out of your way to order vintage. The post-1990 reprints look like birthday cards from your grandma, which doesn't help their case.
To clarify my ranking:
1. Seth Speaks
2. Seth Material
3. Nature of Personal Reality (or save for way later, worked out fine)
4. "Unknown" Reality Vol 1./2. (this set is almost 1000 pages, so read it if you liked the above)
5. Nature of Mass Events
6. Afterdeath Journal of William James
7. Dreams and Projections of Consciousness
8. Some Jane nonfiction, and so on
Whatever the truth of this franchise is, the best evidence of Jane and Seth being distinct, different personalities is the depth of what I feel from the Seth books, yet with Jane's creative writing I feel no connection whatsoever.
This one here I would rate in the top 3. Cohesive, contains several good "exercizes" as RA Wilson put it, to open your mind by thinking in a certain way.
Material of this depth is the reason they call it Self-Help. It kind of feels like a drug trip, gives you a profound experience in solitude, whether you agree with the work or find satisfaction in thinking up responses to debunk it; one is unnerved by statements in the book from 1970 that reflect the way science is going now, with new things being revealed as "conscious" all the time, the whole Rick and Morty multidimensional fantasy (it started right here)... how confidence in one's health creates the health we enjoy, not organs with arbitrary expiration dates.
Be sure, this one is an assertive critique of human perception. If a coworker asks "Read any good books lately?" trying to describe these ideas will make you look crazy, you won't be able to sum up the depth like Seth does, because those ideas come from another world.
But I find myself wanting to bring up some of Seth's ideas in daily conversation. They have less of a right/wrong mentality and more affirmation, more cosmic encouragement. Some invigorating ideas from a long-lost source. And for 460 pages, this is one coherent text. Fans of Vonnegut, Calvino, or the whole Daniel Quinn "Ishmael"/Pirsig Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance will find a kindred spirit here, something intensely far-out to contemplate and dream true.
Funny that a book by someone dead in your hand looks more like some proselytizer's bible than a news site pushing superficial events with bad spelling and poor, unchecked grammar. Because these ideas, and Jane's method of publishing them, don't demand belief. And the more one reflects in that spirit, the richer the works become. So enjoy-- this one, specifically.
Go out of your way to order vintage. The post-1990 reprints look like birthday cards from your grandma, which doesn't help their case.
To clarify my ranking:
1. Seth Speaks
2. Seth Material
3. Nature of Personal Reality (or save for way later, worked out fine)
4. "Unknown" Reality Vol 1./2. (this set is almost 1000 pages, so read it if you liked the above)
5. Nature of Mass Events
6. Afterdeath Journal of William James
7. Dreams and Projections of Consciousness
8. Some Jane nonfiction, and so on