055 Your Senses Are Inhibitors -- Seth on Psychic Teleportation, Conscious Cells, and the Gallbladder Problem.m4a

Session 55 recorded May 20, 1964

The Nature of Self and Identity

A central theme of the session is the composition and perceived limitations of the self. The entity Seth explains that the physical human form is a "psychic gestalt" created and maintained by an "inner ego." This identity is not inherent to the physical structure but is projected from within.

"The important point here is that identity cohesion is projected upon the human physical structure from within, that is, from the inner ego by way of the inner senses."

Seth posits that the self as it is commonly understood is an "arbitrary formation." There are no true boundaries between the self and the "not self"; what we perceive as separation is a construct. He states, "...there is no real boundary neither chemical, electrical or even psychic, between the self and what is usually considered not self."

The Outer Senses as Inhibitors

Contrary to their conventional role as windows to reality, the outer senses are presented as powerful inhibitors that limit consciousness.

"My dear friends, I have been waiting to tell you for some time that in a very true sense, the outer senses can be regarded as inhibitors."

This reliance on the outer senses creates the illusion of a solid, bounded self and a separate external world, thereby hampering both imaginative and intellectual growth.

The New Frontier: Expanding Consciousness

Seth presents the expansion of consciousness as humanity's next great challenge and frontier. He draws a compelling analogy between modern humans, psychically confined within their arbitrarily defined selfhood, and early humans cowering in caves.

"You have not learned to venture forth from an arbitrarily designated selfhood, into an extended environment that knows no space or time. Such a possibility... in no way involves a denial of self... [but] involves instead an expansion or extension."

This expansion is framed not in terms of physical space but as an increase in "value fulfillment."

A Future Application: Consciousness-Based Travel

This expansion of self has radical practical applications, most notably a new form of travel. Seth describes a method whereby consciousness, which is primary, can leave the physical body and re-form it at a destination.

"You will learn that it is possible, through no physical act... to relinquish the physical body, expand the self, using atoms and molecules as stepping stones to a given destination, and reforming the physical body at the other end."

This method, Seth suggests, will be the true nature of practical space travel, a potential humanity could realize now if not for the barrier of fear.

Session Phenomena

During the session, both Jane Roberts and Robert Butts experienced a distinct physical sensation of their hands feeling enlarged. Seth explained this was a direct, tangible effect of the concepts being discussed.

"The extension or expansion of self momentarily and initially involves a slight expansion of tissue... a minute but definite enlargement of tissue. You experience this in slow motion."

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This analysis is based on The Seth Material, Session 55 of The Early Sessions, Book 2, published by the New Awareness Network.

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