The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events: A Seth Book (Roberts, Jane)

From the Bestselling Author of Seth Speaks and The Nature of Personal Reality Speaking exclusively through Jane Roberts, Seth has repeatedly stressed the concept that we create our own reality according to our individual beliefs. But how do our realities merge and combine to form mass reactions such as the overthrow of governments, the birth of a new religion, wars, epidemics, earthquakes, and new periods of art, architecture, and technology? In this pioneering work, Seth explores the connection between personal beliefs and world events. He pinpoints the unconscious — and often negative — beliefs pervading science and religion, medicine and mythology, and offers thought-provoking reflections on Darwinism, Freudianism, religions, cults, and medical beliefs. With fascinating and inspiring implications, Seth asserts that the personal impulses we are often taught to see as dangerous, chaotic, or contradictory, are instead crucial to the best interests of the species and the natural world, for they lead us to live “not only as loving caretakers, but as partners with other species.” “Only people who trust their spontaneous impulses can be consciously wise enough to choose from a myriad of probably futures the most promising events….” — Jane Roberts, Speaking for Seth From the Bestselling Author of Seth Speaks Speaking exclusively through Jane Roberts, Seth has repeatedly stressed the concept that we create our own reality according to our individual beliefs. But how do our realities merge and combine to form mass reactions such as the overthrow of governments, the birth of a new religion, wars, epidemics, earthquakes, and new periods of art, architecture, and technology? In this pioneering work, Seth explores the connection between personal beliefs and world events. He pinpoints the unconscious and often negative beliefs pervading science and religion, medicine and mythology, and offers thought-provoking reflections on Darwinism, Freudianism, religions, cults, and medical beliefs. With fascinating and inspiring implications, Seth asserts that the personal impulses we are often taught to see as dangerous, chaotic, or contradictory, are instead crucial to the best interests of the species and the natural world, for they lead us to live not only as loving caretakers but as partners with other species. Only people who trust their spontaneous impulses can be consciously wise enough to choose from a myriad of probable futures the most promising events. Jane Roberts, Speaking for Seth A Quotation From Seth A Verse From A Psychic Manifesto by Jane Roberts Introduction by Jane Roberts PART ONE: THE EVENTS OF "NATURE." EPIDEMICS AND NATURAL DISASTERS Chapter 1: The Natural Body and Its Defenses Chapter 2: "Mass Meditations." "Health" Plans for Disease. Epidemics of Beliefs, and Effective Mental "Inoculations" Against Despair PART TWO: FRAMEWORK 1 AND FRAMEWORK 2 Chapter 3: Myths and Physical Events. The Interior Medium in Which Society Exists Chapter 4: The Characteristics of Framework 2. A Creative Analysis of the Medium in Which Physically-Oriented Consciousness Resides, and the Source of Events Chapter 5: The Mechanics of Experience PART THREE: PEOPLE WHO ARE FRIGHTENED OF THEMSELVES Chapter 6: Controlled Environments, and Positive and Negative Mass Behavior. Religious and Scientific Cults, and Private Paranoias Chapter 7: The Good, the Bad, and the Catastrophic. Jonestown, Harrisburg, and When Is an Idealist a Fanatic? Chapter 8: Men, Molecules, Power, and Free Will Chapter 9: The Ideal, the Individual, Religion, Science, and the Law PART FOUR THE PRACTICING IDEALIST Chapter 10: The Good, the Better, and the Best. Value Fulfillment Versus Competition