Introduction to Change: Change as the Driving Force to Learning
Tuesday Sept 4, 2007
8:25 p.m.
Seth… Good evening. A pleasure to have you here with me. We shall start with a review from a question that had been asked, and I relayed the answer to that question. Kaetorina, do you remember your question?
Stephanie… How can we learn not to be afraid of change?
Seth… That is not exactly what you said, and I will explain. Kaetorina has a fear of change and her basic premise to her question was simply this: Since change is inevitable how do you not fear it? One must then of course need a working definition of change, and it is the simplistic one that I offer you. It is something that I believe that you can all identify with. Change may be defined as something that is different from your previous normalcy or normality if you will in terms of what occurs from reference point to reference point.
Jasmine… Alright, let me repeat: Change is defined as something that is different from previous normality?
Stephanie… In terms of what occurs from reference point to reference point.
Seth… Does anyone and I am very sincere when I say this have any difficulty with that idea, since I do not want to lose any of you at this point of reference? Change itself is and must be considered the driving force of learning. One at any age, whether it be soul age or physical plane age, cannot progress in their learning unless change occurs. The idea of something being different for most individuals causes or induces panic from mild to panic that is uncontrollable. When the idea of that which is different arises, one must of course first learn to embrace the idea and the fact that something is being offered to you as a present is offered to someone who has a birthday. (It has been a number of years since this was first dictated and while change comes easier for me and others at the table the idea of viewing change as a birthday present still seems difficult at best! Well, it certainly is understood as an opportunity! F.N.)
One may not understand what is occurring around them unless one has made an effort to study that which has come before. Each of you has a readiness for the next step but you cannot progress unless you change that which you accept as factual. The individuals who choose not to accept the idea that the human soul is immortal cannot move to an old soul age since they have not mastered the relationship issues between themselves and the universe in general.
Isabella… But am I allowed to ask a question, now? The human soul is immortal, and you cannot move to an old soul age until they have mastered the relationship issues between themselves and the universe in general but once you cross over is it accepting that the human soul is immortal when you are alive? When you are on the physical plane or is it accepting that the human soul is immortal when you are there? Because I thought that every soul would know that when they are there?
Seth… When you are in a higher realm, a higher state if you will that which you are aware of has no experience to the physical plane. You come to the physical plane to experience that which you know or that which you choose to work upon. Do you understand?
Isabella… Yes, but I thought that there were things that were known to souls specifically that you know, obviously that they know that they reincarnate, they know that they come back to learn, they know that they’re immortal.
Seth… If you were to take a survey…
Isabella… Yeah? I’m not talking about people on the physical plane. I’m talking about souls once they’ve crossed over.
Seth… You cannot use one idea to explain another. Once you have ended your incarnation there are many souls who refuse to “leave the physical plane” and individuals like myself will move into their physical plane reality to move them along into higher realms. Once they have passed into higher realms, they require a reworking at times of their energies. Their abilities are such that the older soul needs little help, the younger soul needs a great deal more. Do not confuse what as even for example an infant soul who’s on the first step of learning about self and survival, which is the most primitive of all, once that soul has ended its incarnation it is aware of a great deal more from its perspective, yet when it reincarnates it reincarnates of course as a physical plane being. One cannot use that knowledge in a way which would be helpful to them because they could not experience that which they need to experience for learning. (Soul Ages are discussed quite extensively during the lecture series having to do with Growth and Development which began in Session 478 November 1, 2011, and continued into the last formal session 673 on January 28, 2020, right when Covid struck in the United States.)
Frank… Is it somewhat akin to the difference between experiential learning and book learning or is it far different?
Seth… It is far different. One may not compare and contrast the two ideas because even in book learning there is an experience that goes on.
Frank… The idea of it?
Seth… The idea of studying it, of reading it, of incorporating it into yourself.
Isabella… But does an infant soul get to go back into their records and read their choices and things like that as would an older soul or they don’t…
Seth… If you at any age…
Isabella… do as much studying?
Seth… They do more studying than older souls do because they have vastly more to learn. Remember if you look for example at the coloration of souls, well, a newly developed soul is commonly classified as white. As the soul gets older and more developed other colors and hues and yellows and gold come in. All these signify to others around them that they have started to progress in their learning when of course it is very common that the soul itself would go to The Akashic Records. Well, The Akashic Records are a complete history of that soul’s grand cycle, but it is equivalent, you must understand, of trying to explain to a six-year-old the nuances of a very difficult ball game, they are more interested in who won, who lost, who did what.
Isabella… With the younger souls?
Seth… Correct. So, their ability to absorb even that type of information from The Akashic Records as a young soul, you would have done this.
Isabella… Right, well it’s talked about even in “Destiny” and “Journey of Souls” the idea that they are very playful when they are younger and that kind of thing. (“Journey of Souls” and “Destiny of Souls” are books by Dr. Michael Newton that through hypnosis of many individuals explores the reality that exists between lifetimes.)
Seth… In reality which that book is of course, for most a primer of what goes on. There is more play that is done with old souls and souls of my nature than could ever be accomplished with souls who are much younger. Play to individuals like myself use change to promote my learning. My learning is vastly different of course than yours, therefore my play if you will, must be vastly different. My play might be for example creating a universe where there is just one color and how do individuals in that universe receive and look at that color, how do they react to it? There are many individual nuances if you will, in terms of play. Do not be confused that the idea with somebody says a young soul is playful. They are playing at a much different level or ability then someone who is an old soul or a soul who no longer needs to reincarnate.
Therefore, change itself is necessary since stagnation, which is the opposite end of change, causes individuals to become lackadaisical, fearful and in general lose their abilities to create that which serves them, and they tend to become dependent upon others. One of the ideas that I present to all of you is the idea of never doing the same thing as a routine. Unfortunately, teachers are quite guilty of having students fall into a routine in their classrooms. Parents teach children to do things as a routine and a way of learning yet and I tell you this: your Science has proven over and over again that individuals who learn by doing things out of order without routine are vastly more successful than individuals who do things by rote. An example of this is easily seen with the idea of memorization; if I was to give each of you a large paragraph to memorize and then as you are repeating that paragraph back to someone you become disturbed or something causes your attention to wander you lose that which you are, the place in which you left off and you forget your lines. Forgetting your lines in a play is the equivalent of becoming stagnant in your development on the physical plane. When one refuses to challenge themselves, when one refuses to challenge themselves and takes themselves from place to place in a specific method, then learning must become restricted.
Isabella… When one refuses to challenge themselves and take themselves…
Seth… And takes themselves from routine to routine learning becomes restricted. One of the methodologies for learning is to start in the middle and work to the end. Start at the end and work to its final conclusion. Do the beginning last. Individuals are taught properly when taking an exam, especially ones that concern understanding to read the questions first before looking at the paragraph or two or three that the individual who takes the test needs to answer the question. This is starting at the end and working backward to the beginning. It is the change in the way one’s modus operandi if you will works. Far too often one views change as a problem and this occurs because you are unhappy with that which surrounds you.
Isabella… You are unhappy?
Seth… Unhappy. When you fear change you are unhappy with that which surrounds you. It is easier to keep yourself within a set specific set of guidelines even if they do not satisfy you than it is to move outside these guidelines, so it is easier not to be fully content than it is to allow change to occur.
Isabella… You are that scared of it?
Seth… Yes, you are that scared and frightened of that which you do not know.
Isabella… Right so you just continue to allow…
Seth… You would rather be slightly unhappy than you would making the change since the change signifies something different.
Stephanie… So, if you are happy…
Seth… Do not walk down that road; that is not the same thing. (Group laughter.) Good try.
Stephanie… Well, how do you know what I was going to say?
Seth… My research is far better than yours.
Stephanie… I know, I don’t even know why I ask that, but I want to understand what goes on with that. If you are happy, do you seek change more easily?
Seth… One should always seek change. It’s not being happy; one does not seek change. One must seek change every day. For example, how many of you will set their alarm clock to wake up yet when you awake the alarm clock goes off even if it is just a few minutes how many of you get immediately out of bed? Or do you resent the idea I woke up three minutes early?
Stephanie… I don’t have an alarm.
Seth… You understand the point; you depend upon your children to wake you up, which sometimes will of course get you into trouble. (Frank remarked something about her kids being the alarm and laughed.)
Stephanie… Well sometimes I’ll just still sleep, depends.
Seth… That is the answer there.
Stephanie… Yeah.
Seth… It is the routine that you must look to break.
Stephanie… The physical plane is set up around routines.
Seth… Routi… excuse me. I’d like you to prove that to me.
Stephanie… Okay. Work, people work typically nine to five.
Seth… Not all of them.
Stephanie… Not all of them but in general working people in the world work.
Seth… Most people in this world do not work nine to five; most countries in this world rise at dawn and finish at sunset.
Stephanie… Okay but they are working; it is the routine of work and then play.
Seth… Why is work necessary?
Stephanie… To live…
Seth… To do what?
Stephanie… To make money.
Seth… To provide something that they require.
Stephanie… Right, to exist in a way that’s…
Seth… Begging may be considered work as well.
Stephanie… Okay so even the beggars on the street probably have a routine every day where they sit on the street corners with their cans and the drums and the whatever, and they have a routine. Everything is routinized; it just seems to be that way.
Seth… Ah, it seems to be to, but you have not proven anything you are just saying people do things because they do things.
Stephanie… Well, ah, stores open up at a certain time pretty much each morning.
Seth… If you were to tell me that in the nineteen-forties and nineteen fifties there were not stores open on Sundays, I would agree with you. Is that true today?
Stephanie… No.
Seth… So, what you are saying is that according to you, routines never change.
Stephanie… No, I didn’t say that.
Seth… Oh, then routines do change?
Stephanie… Routines change but what I am saying that’s more of the exception. I am saying in general it seems that there… things have routines.
Seth… Things seem to be routine because that is the way you choose to look at them.
Stephanie… So, you are saying that there is nothing on the physical plane to indicate that there is routine?
Seth… The physical plane is not set up for routine. The physical plane is set up to experience change.
Stephanie… Right but man has set up routine on the physical plane.
Seth… When you… (Betty on the phone…) Repeat that again please, Betty.
Betty… I said if there is a snowstorm, people will be late for work or have to leave earlier.
Seth… Each individual looks at something that they enjoy doing in a certain way. Others detest the idea of getting on a train at a certain time, leaving work at certain time. They have become habitual in terms of the way that they do things and when they do this, they become chronically unhappy.
Stephanie… Em hmm.
Seth… A good example is somebody that you live with. (Stephanie giggled.)
Jasmine… They are chronically unhappy because they continue to stay with routine…
Seth… They do not change that which they would choose to if they could; the cry of, “If only I had more money, if only I could do this differently, if only.
Change and fear of change do not allow one to grow. One of the oldest statements to allow change to occur is the idea of trial and error. Something that works at one point of reference may not work at another. One must become open to look, to feel, to experience, look, feel and experience all that you as an individual create and one may only do this with practice and patience. We are going to go ahead and look at beautiful scenery. Which is better, stopping your car getting out and studying the view or driving along at seventy-five miles per hour and taking a quick glance from one side of the road to the other? Patience allows change to flow into you. It allows you to appreciate all that you need to create. The fear that one has of change is lessened by the slowness, by the idea that one may learn to appreciate what you have or will or want to accomplish! Again, the old expression, one cannot make a change overnight is factual. One may come to the conclusion very quickly, I do not like the way I am, and I will make changes. But those changes, if you are going to be successful, must be incorporated into self so that the others may appreciate that which you are becoming.
I believe at this point we shall take a break.
Seth… Let us continue: Change of course, has many shapes. One must learn to reshape anything into something that is more suitable for you at any given point of reference. One’s inability to advance themselves, Lee Chang is a perfect example of this, is the erroneous belief that the status quo is beneficial. (Lee Chang is the Seth given name for a friend and associate of Jerry’s. Lee Chang is a gifted psychic who has spent numerous lifetimes studying from the negative side of things.) When one does not do their homework, any teacher will tell you that that student is robbing themselves of the lessons that have been taught. One must constantly review so that the changes that are necessary take place with ease. If one truly desires to justify their presence on the physical plane one must be able to demonstrate that change was an integral part of their existence. Do not mourn for anything! That which you do not have in reality does not matter. The universe will send you all that you require so that you may prosper at any specific point of reference. Remember my students, you cannot accomplish anything without practice. Lectures that I have given you are but an outline. The words themselves convey only a smattering of the knowledge that you require. It is you who must do the work. If you like mint ice cream, learn to love rum raisin.
Stephanie… Because you hate it or because it is different?
Seth… Because it is different.
Stephanie… So, you are just taking that on purpose?
Frank… You just learn to love something else that is different?
Seth… Would I ever pick anything that is different?
Stephanie… That is just the worst flavor you could possibly pick.
Seth… For some.
Stephanie… Why do I have to learn to love that? I could just learn to like a different one.
Isabella… Right, well that’s the point. I don’t think he means exactly Rum Raisin.
Stephanie… Yeah but… he did that on purpose.
Seth… Let us move along for somebody is balking at change, (Stephanie giggles.) because they don’t like the flavor.
All change has within it the seed for growth. Your development on the physical plane is nourished by the food, water and sunshine that you create from moment to moment. Each of you must first take pride in themselves that you are not a dull repetitious person. Learn to embrace the idea that nothing that you desire cannot be accomplished when perseverance is applied to any problem.
Are there any questions?
Stephanie… I have two but one I want to use this skiing idea. You know at first, I was afraid to try skiing, and you know quite honestly, I really didn’t allow myself to go to a bad place about it and I said, okay I am just going to do this thing. So, I first enjoyed it and now I am afraid of it again because there is a lot of ice, there is a lot, you know you don’t have a lot of control, whatever, whatever. I’m just, I’m not feeling favorable towards it anymore, now I am feeling more fearful about it. So, what started to be something positive that I accomplished, now I don’t feel like I want to necessarily move in that direction. I’m going to try it, see if…
Seth… Do you have to do something that you do not enjoy?
Stephanie… No, I don’t have to, but it would not be great if I didn’t continue.
Seth… What you are really saying is: I am not sure that I may change my idea about something unless I try.
Stephanie… Right.
Seth… And that is factual. One should never be in a position to say I am not going to try. If you have tried something and do not enjoy it, then do not continue. Not everything is for everyone.
Stephanie… Right, but how do I know I’m just not using perseverance about it?
Seth… Once you have tried something a number of times and you do not enjoy it maybe the weather was too cold for you, maybe you do not like being wet, maybe you do not like falling down. All these factors play a part in learning anything. That is not to say that for the next person, they don’t mind being cold or wet.
Isabella… That’s me, I love it.
Seth… There is nothing here that signifies that both of you are doing anything that is incorrect. Just because you do not like something does not mean that you fear change. It is something you have attempted but do not like. That is perfectly acceptable.
Stephanie… So how would I know whether I should continue to pursue it because my family is going to do it, otherwise I would literally be in the lodge doing nothing for hours and my family is skiing?
Seth… That is perfectly acceptable if you choose to make it acceptable. You do not have to do something that you do not like. By doing something that you do not like you force yourself into an unfavorable situation where only problems of health and wellbeing in this instance can happen or do occur.
Stephanie… Em hmm.
Seth… You do something that you do not like then of course you have an ability to change and not accept the fact that this is not for me. One of the classic examples of ideas of change comes with Jasmine. She went on a trip, did not participate in one event going up to the top of a mountain. Yet in another vacation she said I am going to try something different even if she was fearful, she got into a helicopter and enjoyed the ride immensely. All these things are because she did not fear change, she attempted something. In one instance she felt she was not ready to make that change. That is perfectly acceptable. In the other instance she said will give it another try if I don’t like it, I don’t have to do it again. Do you understand the difference?
Stephanie… Yes, so maybe, you know I am just wondering is it the conditions or is it the skiing?
Seth… It may be both.
Stephanie… Right, it may be both. I mean I don’t, I don’t know.
Seth… You do not have to enjoy something that others enjoy.
Stephanie… Right.
Seth… Which is what you are clearly stating.
Isabella… You’re entitled to that, I mean why do you have to like it if you don’t like it?
Stephanie… Well at first, I thought I did but then the ice, you know the conditions are a big deal besides the freezing when you are not a skier.
Seth… If you do not enjoy being cold and wet, why would you put yourself in a position to do that because everyone else does? Does that make sense to you?
Stephanie… No but I was with my family, I thought it would be a nice thing to do.
Seth… Excuse me.
Isabella… If you felt you were a better skier, would you feel better about it?
Stephanie… If I felt that I could be in more control, I guess with ice going downhill. I don’t know.
Shanna… So then take a lesson.
Seth… That is of course, that is her choice.
Isabella… Right.
Seth… But even with lessons she may feel that this is not for her…
Isabella… Absolutely.
Seth… and what I stated clearly, that is perfectly acceptable.
Stephanie… Versus the idea of quitting.
Seth… Correct. As long as you are willing to say I tried, this is not for me, I do not enjoy it then of course you have no problem.
Stephanie… So how would I make ski trips enjoyable for myself?
Seth… You may very simply state I am going to go ahead and take a book. A lodge may have something that you can do, something else besides skiing.
Isabella… Yeah, straight to the bar. (Laughter.) Get a massage.
Seth… There are many things that you may choose to do.
Stephanie… Right but if I go with another family where somebody might not ski.
Seth… Correct.
Stephanie… Okay. So, you still, the other thing is I don’t feel that you addressed how you move toward change when you’re fearful.
Seth… Do you think I am finished with this subject? (There would be at least an additional 65 sessions on the topic of Change!)
Stephanie… Oh, no. (Laughs.) Probably…
Seth… I will have already partially answered that question. You will have to reread your notes.
Stephanie… I mean I’m just saying the idea of your perception of it needs to be completely different…
Seth… That is the first thing that one must do… (Stephanie talking at the same time.) That is the first thing that one must do is a perception of that which is different.
Stephanie… Em hmm, as in bad or…
Seth… It’s not good or bad, it just is.
Isabella… So, in my case, it is just my divorce. I really have two ways that I can perceive it. I can perceive it as a death sentence, and I am going to be alone and miserable forever.
Seth… And you certainly may choose that path.
Isabella… Or on the other hand I could look at it as an adventure and I am starting anew, and I have a new chance to start fresh and I mean there is really two ways that I could look at it. I mean why would I want to look at it as a death sentence? That would be morbid.
Seth… There are many cultures within this sphere of the physical plane where the husband has passed away or ended his incarnation. The women dress in black and are dead. There are many cultures on the physical plane where when the husband dies the woman is buried with him, for she counts for nothing. All these are perceptions; it does not make them correct or incorrect, it depends upon where you are. How you look at an event is up to you. How you choose to perceive is up to you. How you create is up to you. That is the only issue that matters. Do you understand?
Isabella… Em hmm. I was wondering if you could help me in maybe just giving me some advice as to keep towards healing with the sale of my house and being um…
Seth… What did you lose?
Isabella… The success of the actual home. Well, I lost a lot more than that.
Seth… What did you truly lose? You lost what you perceived was love and warmth and comfort. Do you believe that that is the only love, warmth and comfort that the universe will ever provide you with?
Isabella… No.
Seth… So, then you didn’t lose love, warmth or comfort, did you?
Isabella… No.
Seth… You lost the idea that your society where you are residing at this present point makes it so. If you were a nomad, you could care less where you slept and that is the factual matter here. It is not helping you heal that which you have lost. It is the idea of change that you must promote within self so that you may recapture and regain your own self-confidence. That is one of the reasons why when I tell you, do not make any life altering commitments at any one particular point of reference because you may learn to recapture that which you believe you have lost and that will take a number of points of references until you are able to do so. That does not mean do not try. That does not mean do something that interests you. It only means learn, and be prepared to go slowly. That is all that it means. Do you understand?
Isabella… Em hmm and also, I’m wondering if you could give me some advice about the cleanse that I am doing. I know that you felt that it was not good for Shanna or Matthew…
Seth… Let us talk about factual things.
Isabella… Em.
Seth… Most of the nutrition that is ingested in this corner of the physical plane is foolish. The Magical Approach to life is based upon the idea that one must move in harmony with nature. Nature provides grains, cereal, fruits, vegetables, nuts; all these ideas must be incorporated within you. The idea of supplements, nutrients and not eating within a helpful amount, yes, it may tell you to lose weight, it may give you the ability to say I can do anything and of course that is certainly profitable for you. But in terms of being understanding and helpful I would rather see you learn to eat with much less fat. I would rather see you to learn eat whole grains, vegetables, fruits, certain types of protein, eggs…
Isabella… But that is what I am eating on this plan.
Seth… You’re not eating enough of it to make a difference. What you are doing is drinking a powered supplement.
Isabella… No, I am eating protein, I eat chicken and fish and that kind of thing.
Seth… Do you not have a powered supplement protein a day? I am saying that type thing you do not need.
Isabella… I have that yes.
Seth… The idea is simply put as this: what is a poison?
Isabella… Anything that is foreign into your body.
Seth… No, that’s not true; an egg is foreign into your body.
Isabella… Anything that causes toxicity in your body?
Seth… That’s not true either. You eat too many eggs, it is toxic.
Jasmine… So that it has an adverse effect on the body?
Seth… No, poison may be defined as anything that is not nutritionally ingested and digested by the body. For example, if you have a very bad headache and you take an aspirin, the aspirin is a poison. That is a simplistic definition for you. Now, I am not stating that you should never take an aspirin again. What I am saying is that the things that you choose to eat and ingest should be highly beneficial for you as an individual. You may choose to have organic, nonorganic but as long as you feel comfortable with that which you are ingesting keep your levels of fruits, vegetables high. Keep your fats low. Keep your proteins within reason. Certainly, certain types of carbohydrates are more helpful than others. All these things must be eaten and ingested in moderation. Too much of anything, including water is highly detrimental. Do you understand?
Isabella… I absolutely understand. I’m asking you not so much as a physical standpoint but more from an emotional standpoint.
Seth… The emotions are yours; you may choose to look at them in any way you choose to do so. If you believe that they are beneficial, they give you strength, they give you a desire to be strong in learning, then I am encouraging you to do so. If you are doing this because you believe it is going to be helpful to you, my answer is I question that. Because you could not live on this idea for any great length of time and since they are telling you that you may only do this once a year that gives you a large clue of how beneficial it truly is.
Are there any other questions?
Stephanie… Yeah, I have a question. (Said softly.)
Betty… (On the phone.) I have question off topic. Can you give me any information on the health of my mother?
Seth… The health of your mother at this point of reference, as you are well aware of is not as it should be. I believe that a change of positions is probably in order at this point of reference. Do you understand?
Betty… Yes. (Unclear.)
Seth… Then I believe that you are heading in a correct path. Is there anything else that you require?
Betty… No.
Stephanie… How does one know when change is required on a subject?
Seth… One knows that change is necessary on any subject when you are doing something in a routine manner. For example, when your son who abhors change has something thrown at him that distracts him, he does not know what to do with change. Therefore, change to him must be dealt out on a day-to-day-to-day basis so that he may be used to never doing the same thing twice. Change on specific subject or an idea is necessary when you do things over and over again in similar matters. For example, I would like you to please describe to me how a chocolate brownie tastes without the use of the word “cake” or “chocolate” in your description.
Stephanie… Describe how it tastes?
Seth… Yes.
Stephanie… Good. (Frank laughs.)
Seth… Without the use of…
Frank… Real good! (Laughing.)
Seth… So that somebody who has never tasted a chocolate brownie may know what it is.
Stephanie… It’s creamy and melts in your mouth and makes you happy.
Seth… That does (Stephanie laughing.) not describe it; that is telling me what you are feeling. You understand how difficult that is and it is something you have to learn to look at so that your idea of change may be appreciated.
Stephanie… Em hmm. But there must be signs where change is necessary on a particular subject. Everybody has routines so everybody cannot be stating I must change this now.
Seth… When you are uncomfortable with something, whatever that something is.
Stephanie… On discomfort you’re saying.
Seth… Is one of the first indications that change is necessary.
Stephanie… Or a boredom or…
Frank… Discomfort.
Stephanie… Right. So, does, is everybody aware that, ah…
Seth… The answer is no, people commonly state, that’s just the way it is.
Stephanie… Right, versus that they can do something about it.
Seth… Correct.
Stephanie… It’s harder that way, right.
Frank… I kind of want to make a comment and you could comment on that if it makes any sense. In terms of a lot of what you teach here and a lot of it is in some of the Buddhist material that I have read, for example the idea of everything being impermanent is a major tenet but they don’t go as far as to say something like one needs to treat change like a birthday present.
Seth… Are we not dealing with language here?
Frank… I think…
Seth… Are we not…
Frank… The answer is yes.
Seth… What is the poorest conveyance of an idea?
Frank… Language.
Seth… Words. My words are very carefully measured, and they are used so that the readers or the listeners to my words may take as much as they are able from my word, and from my statements.
Frank… Do you think that therein lies the difference with words that were passed down from you know; the Buddha was two thousand five hundred years ago.
Seth… Of course, the words are different. Your century is different. A word for example that could mean peace in one area may mean war in another. Laws and morals change. The simplistic idea of if a woman decides in New York State to say I would like to have sex with you, and it is going to cost you five hundred dollars; well, that woman is now put in jail.
Frank… Right.
Seth… Yet, if she does it in Nevada it is perfectly legal to do so. Where you are, what state you are in, what century you are in, where you are on the physical plane determines the language that may have meaning. Do you understand? And so, the words because I state them in one way does not and should not mean that the words that were by someone else are less or more valid than what I have said. It is for the reader, the individual, to make that determination.
Frank… Okay.
Seth… Are there any other questions?
Arthur… So, the word Akashic Records and I always heard a different pronunciation they are talking about the same thing?
Seth… What word did you hear?
Arthur… (Pronounced the word with the emphasis on the first syllable.)
Seth… Language! Nonsense. What else?
Arthur… Also, I was thinking about something you said tonight the Barbara Brennan’s (Barbara Brennan is a spiritual teacher and author of “Hands of Light”.) statement about the process of change as being, she talks about as being, starting anywhere as for instance expansion, stasis, contraction, stasis and continuing is that an accurate look at it or?
Seth… Change is development; change must promote development of self. How you choose to define development we shall look at in the future. (This has begun some four years later with Seth’s lectures on Growth and Development.) It is not a question of expansion, stasis, expansion, contraction, those are artificial ideas that are used to express that which that person believes helps another. My ideas of change are the most simplistic possible, that which is different from one point of reference to another. And once something is different one must then if you choose to accept it, incorporate it into self slowly. Do you see the difference?
Arthur… Em.
Seth… Are there any other questions?
Let me leave you with this: Change is inevitable; there can be no growth without it. Where there is not growth, your wants become manifest and your needs suffer. Do not fear change, embrace it for it will give you the ability to promote self.
I bid you all a most hardy good evening.
(Session ended at 9:59 P.M.)
