259 Your Ego Is Forbidden From Entering Dreams

Session 259: Dream Training and Multi-Dimensional Vibes

Welcome to a deep dive into the cosmic archives. We are looking at Session 259 from The Early Sessions, Book 6 of the Seth Material, recorded on the evening of May 16, 1966. This session is a wild ride through the dream world and the multi-layered structures of the human personality. Grab a drink, relax, and let's get into the heavy—but strangely hilarious—metaphysical lifting.

The Ego: That Small, Bossy Part of You

Seth starts off by reminding us that we are much bigger than we think. If you feel like you’re just a person stuck in a 3D world, Seth says you're basically only looking at one tiny slice of the pie.

• You're Huge (Dimensions-wise): You exist in multiple dimensions right now, even if your ego hasn't caught the memo.
• The Ego’s Job Description: The ego isn’t the whole "waking consciousness." It’s just the small part that handles physical stuff. Seth notes: "The ego is merely a small portion of waking consciousness. The ego is the portion of waking consciousness that deals with physical manipulation."
• Teaching the Ego: While the ego can't directly experience the fourth or fifth dimensions, it can be taught to step aside so you can get some inner awareness going without it freaking out.

Dreaming: From Toddler to Pro

Seth spends a good chunk of time talking about Oliver Fox’s work on astral projection and how we can use dreams to "level up."

• Dream Adolescence: In ordinary dreams, you’re like a kid—just reacting instinctively. When you start bringing your waking awareness into the dream, you’re entering "adolescence."
• Dream Adulthood: This is the goal. When you can manipulate dream reality like you do the physical world, you’re an adult. Why? Because you realize you create both.
• Training for the 5th Dimension: Mastering your dreams is basically a internship for fifth-dimensional life. Seth explains: "You will be forming new gestalts of experience, using past, present and future as a painter chooses his colors, combining them into various paintings."
• The Safety Net: Don't worry about blundering into weird dimensions and getting stuck; Seth says the "whole self" has safeguards to keep you from pushing too hard before you're ready.

The Great Envelope Mystery

The session included the 54th "envelope experiment," where Rob (the scribe) created a weird handmade pattern using "Italian earth color" that felt like roughened stone. Jane (channeling Seth) had to guess what it was without looking.

• Seth’s Psychic Hits: Seth picked up on "dark printed matter," "square shapes," and a "stonelike or rough surface."
• The Instream Data: Seth also threw out some random "Instream" info, mentioning a name "Severn," a mechanical chain from Japan, and two girls who look like twins.
• The "Photo" Confusion: Seth kept sensing a black-and-white photograph. It turns out the dark pigment and the shapes of the "inkblot" pattern looked so much like a man that Jane’s brain interpreted the psychic "vibe" as a photo.
• The Fluid Feeling: Seth correctly sensed the "fluid dark color" of the paint used to make the pattern, describing it as looking like something "overturned."

Study the Material

If this session sparked your curiosity, there is a literal mountain of this stuff to explore. We highly encourage you to study the Seth Material books for the full, mind-bending experience. You can visit the New Awareness Network website and their bookstore to find The Early Sessions and much more at: sethcenter.com/the-early-sessions.

This document synthesizes content from the Seth Material, published by the New Awareness Network.