I’m Starting this Blog on Jane Roberts/Seth Because...

I grew up in a dysfunctional family.  I was told I was crazy, worthless, and always disparagingly compared to others.  Needless to say, I was left with low self-esteem, a poor sense of self and a tendency to be overly concerned with the opinions of others.  As a child, I lived in a fantasy world, wishing I was somewhere, sonewhen and someone else.   As an adult, I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression, addiction, ill health, and a lack of motivation.\

Over the years, I’ve fought to find normality or at least functionality in my life, exploring many avenues in search of answers to my problems.  I started out as a psychiatric nurse, dabbled in the occult, studied Buddhism and Christianity, and dipped into many other forms of religion.  You could say I left no stone unturned in my search: new age philosophies, Taoism, tarot cards and their many variations, alternative therapies, such as naturopathy, acupuncture and aromatherapy, amongst others.  In recent years I’ve studied counselling, sociology and Indigenous philosophies.

The majority of these disciplines promised to solve all my problems and help me achieve my goals, and I did learn a great deal along the way.  However, there were always unanswered questions, or things that just didn’t sit right with me (I may talk more about this later, if readers are interested).

A few years ago, I met a woman with similar interests to mine.   She had a large collection of books, which she kept, stacked in piles about 180 cm high, in a closet.  It seemed that every time I visited her, she opened that closet.   Being an avid reader, I was naturally curious, but, after many years of reading new age books, it seemed that most of them were very similar, or simply regurgitate ideas from Eastern religions, and I was always left with unanswered questions, or information that contradicted my personal experiences.  Consequently, I hadn’t picked up a so-called new age book in some time.


But, when my friend opened her closet, my eye would always light on the same book, and I would hear a voice say “You need to read that book”.   I would think, “I don’t want to read that book; they’re always the same old same old”.  This happened many times.  Eventually, I gave in and asked to borrow the book, which was “the Nature of Personal Reality: A Seth Book”, by Jane Roberts.  Perhaps you’re familiar with the work?  I’d never heard of her.

When I started to read, I found this book wasn’t at all the same old same old.  It was full of new and challenging ideas (so much so I found myself having to reread every page at least once).  My brain literally hurt – I’m not kidding.  Not only that, but it also offered exercises or experiments so the reader could experience and verify the material under discussion.

These exercises are short, enjoyable (I think) and in most cases give immediate results.  There are a number of books, and I’ve read most of them.  The material is always fresh, and offers new insights.  I confess though, I didn’t do all of the exercises…

So, here’s my plan: to work through the book, doing all of the exercises, and blog about my experiences.  I know they work, having tried them before and I’m mainly doing this for myself, because I need to do something to change my life.

I want to share my experiences here, in the hope that others might read the books.  You see, I’ve never met anyone who has read them.  I’m not evangelising, really, I’m not.  I’ve just never had anyone to discuss these ideas with.

So…here goes