~Speaking of Seth~

How exciting it is to think we all might have a myriad of personalities to draw on.

Hi Bora, what I like about this topic is that according to Seth the soul is quite mysterious. I remind myself of this when I encounter irksome events in my life.

jbseth, my apologies for confusing you.  I was googling for information on what Seth says about the loss of pets, and ended up....here!  There seem to be many paths leading to this space.  As always, thanks to Deb for creating it.

Hi leidl, Hi All,

leidl, there is absolutely no need for you to "apologize" here for anything here.

At first, I thought that this first post was some sort of glitch, where usmaak's old message showed up. Then after Deb, explained what was going on here, I realized that this is what was taking place and I recalled seeing his same thing being done here previously, on several occasions.

If anything, let me apologize for my unintentional misunderstanding.



What you have going here, I think, is an example of some of the very best of the threads I've seen in the Seth Forum. I greatly applaud both your efforts here and your comments too.

You've pulled up a message from the past, that still touches many of us today.

This thread has touched upon the feelings involved in losing a beloved pet, the aspects of being a recovering "Christian" or "whatever" is the specific background of our pasts, the aspects of both questioning Seth and what to believe and the aspects of coming from the heart and dealing with and feeling some powerful emotions.  I suspect that there of many other members of this forum, who have had experiences with many of these things as well. I know I have. 


Thank "you" for being such a wonderful member of this forum and for starting this post.

-jbseth
 

Yesterday I took my cat Gabby to the animal hospital because she had not been eating. Over $700 later after several tests, nausea and appetite treatments, she was back home. She has begun to eat, though not at a normal level yet. After I got home yesterday, I came here, and the first new post that I saw was in this thread. Synchronicity. Over a year ago, Gabby had a life-threatening event that required constant care for about two months. She recovered and has been stable until now. During the year, I had conversations with her telling her that as long as her quality of life seems to be good, she will be cared for, but that she was free to choose to leave the planet on her own terms. She is my favorite cat ever, but my attitude about death is very Sethian. If she leaves, she will show up in my dreams. She will be there to greet me when I leave. Loss will be balanced by memories as well as an opportunity to shift focus.

usmaak, I am sorry for the pain that you have felt, and I hope the loss has been transformed in some way that you can celebrate and be thankful for.

I've been meaning to get on here and post.

I've never had anything unusual happen to me.  People talk about OBEs and things like that.  That's never happened to me.  I've been reading Seth off and on since the late 80s.  A couple of years ago I finished reading every Seth book and set them aside for a break.  I've always liked the Seth material and I can admit that I understand about ten percent of what I read, especially in some of the later books.  I also find Rob's commentary to be off-putting.  I'm not what you'd call a Rob Butts fan at all.  He wrote like someone who couldn't stand the fact that his wife was the center of attention.  He wrote like someone who wanted the center of attention to be him.  Just my opinion, of course but it made reading some of the last books a bit difficult because they were more about his musings than anything else.

Anyway, in November, I started reading the Eckhart Tolle books again.  I've always liked the message and though it can be quite esoteric and difficult (for me) to understand, I always feel the truth in it.  Anyway, back in November I was driving home after picking up some sandwiches for me and my wife.  As I was coming into my neighborhood, I was thinking about the material and about how Seth called everything that I was looking at "camouflage".  What happened next is very hard to express.  I wish I'd written it down after it happened.  I had this moment where my vision blinked in and out.  It was kind of like a quick gray out of what I was seeing.  It was less than a second and not enough time to risk driving.  When it came back, everything looked different.  It is difficult to explain in what way.  I could see everything exactly as I've always seen it, but it was like there was another layer on top of it all.  Like an overlay.  It's kind of difficult to explain.  Everything looked like it was comprised of little blocks that were monochrome.  I saw a couple of neighbors walking their dogs and they were enclosed in white bubbles.  The dogs weren't, just the people.  I could still see them but there were bubbles surrounding them.  It's like I could see both layers at the same time.  Probably the most stunning thing was how it made me feel.  I have been struggling with depression and anxiety for the last six years.  I've been trying to work out why and have never made any headway.  Even if it is not consuming me completely (and believe me, sometimes it does), it is always simmering below the surface. That was gone.  All I felt was peace and calm.  Nothing but peace and calm.  I have never felt anything like it.

The weird vision thing lasted less than a minute. But the time I pulled into my garage and shut off the car, it was gone.  The feeling of peace lasted another couple of hours after that and then faded out.

That's the only time this has ever happened to me.  Now I'm back to the anxiety ridden mess that I usually am. 

Anyway, that's my weird story.  I've spent the last three months trying to understand it.  The story is from a three month old memory.  I should have written it down after it happened and I meant to, I just never got around to it.

I'd really like that feeling of peace and calm to come back, but it hasn't.

I wish that I could offer some sage advice but I've always struggled with the Seth material and actually putting it into practice.  I'm usually more absorbed in the physical, camouflage world and seeing around it can be a challenge.  It's always been more of a theoretical thing for me.

Believe me, you are not alone. Every one of us works on keeping ourselves on track with what Seth says, and struggles on various levels with implementation. Some things are easier than others. But... that's why we are here. We are F1 human students learning about the nature of reality. Otherwise we wouldn't be here—we'd be graduates.