126 Your Thoughts Are Concrete Electric Structures

Session 126, recorded on January 27, 1965, questions if our chairs are actually just "psychoelectric patterns" in disguise.

The Great Cosmic Web: Everything is Connected

Seth starts off by basically telling us that the universe is one giant, interconnected smoothie. Even if things look like separate systems, they’re all just different faces of one reality.

• Systems and fields might look closed off, but they aren’t. They all share "inner vitality."
• As Seth puts it: "...no field or system is basically closed, although they may appear closed."
• Basically, when you change something in one system, the rest of the universe feels the vibration. It’s like a cosmic butterfly effect, but with more electricity and fewer butterflies.

Thoughts and Dreams: The Real "Concrete"

If you think your thoughts are just fleeting whispers in your head, think again. Seth argues that thoughts, emotions, and dreams have a tangible "electric actuality."

• Dreams don’t happen in the physical world, but they leave a mark on it.
• Thoughts are more durable than we give them credit for. Seth notes: "A man’s thoughts, then, are far more reaching than he knows... They are as concrete, in effect, as any building."
• Once you create a thought or a dream, it’s out there. It’s like hitting "send" on an email to the universe—you can't take it back.

The Brain is Just a Translator (And Your Mind is the Boss)

In this session, we learn that your brain is basically the hardware, while your mind is the high-level software.

• The mind is psychoelectric and stays with you. The brain is just the physical tool that translates those patterns into "human codes."
• Inspiration is like a VIP pass that skips the line. Seth explains: "Inspiration is often a more or less instantaneous translation... without the benefit of the brain’s intervention."
• This is why inspiration feels so weird and "otherworldly"—it doesn't have your brain's typical "handwriting" on it.

The Ego, The Inner Self, and the Afterlife

Let’s talk about your "I." Seth breaks down the difference between who you think you are and who you actually are.

• The Inner Self is the big boss. It’s electrical and exists outside of physical space.
• The Ego is like a specialized avatar the inner self adopts at birth to navigate the physical world.
• When you "log off" (aka physical death), you don't just disappear. Your personality—all your memories and jokes—turns into an electrical reality.
• Seth reassures us: "At physical death his personality then exists in its complete form, and of course escapes the sort of ending that it would suffer if it were an integral part of the physical system."

Fun Facts and Celestial Housekeeping

• During the session, Jane’s cat, Willy, decided to turn her wool sweater into a chew toy. Jane was so "dissociated" (deep in the zone) that she barely noticed. Talk about focus!
• Seth is also a fan of homework. He’s happy Jane (Ruburt) is keeping a dream notebook because symbols in dreams are "cunningly constructed" to mean different things on different levels.

This mind-blowing material is credited to the Seth Material and the publisher New Awareness Network. If you’re feeling the vibe and want to go deeper, you’ve got to check out the source. Go study the Seth Material books and visit the New Awareness Network website and bookstore at sethcenter.com/the-early-sessions.

Stay electric, friends!