Session 398 The Cosmic Moving Sale and Psychic Side-Hustles

Session 398 of The Early Sessions, Book 8 of the Seth Material, recorded on March 11, 1968.

Grab a drink, relax, and let's break down how consciousness actually operates when it’s halfway out the door or hogging the psychic spotlight.

The Great Physical Disappearing Act

Ever wonder why some people seem to "check out" mentally as they get older? Seth breaks it down for us. It isn’t that the personality is falling apart; it’s just that they’ve started moving their furniture into the next reality.

• The Gradual Exit: Personalities like Joseph's father or the recently departed Miss Callahan aren't "less" conscious; they just have less control over their physical bodies. They might be bored with the physical system, or they’ve already decided to leave and are doing it in stages.
• The Next System: While the body is still here, the personality is already "gathering its energy" in the next system. It’s like having a month-long overlap on two different apartments.
• The Birth Glitch: Sometimes, at birth, a past self refuses to let go. Seth compares this to an artist who keeps painting the same old picture over a new canvas. The ego is so stubborn it clings to the new life, causing a "lack of understanding" of its new role.

Family Ties and Psychic Vitality Loans

Seth gets into some heavy family business regarding Joseph's father. Apparently, the man Joseph knew wasn't "all there" because he had better things to do in other dimensions.

• The Passive Father: Joseph’s father "left" subconsciously when Joseph was only two years old. He didn't leave out of cruelty; he just couldn't fully materialize in this reality. His love for photography and machinery was his way of trying to feel "physical" since he couldn't quite stick the landing.
• The Vitality Loan: In a wild twist of spiritual accounting, the father "loaned" some of his energy to a cousin's son who needed the extra vitality. Once the father’s physical body finally dies, that energy gets pulled back to the main entity.
• Spiritual Bridges: Personalities aren't "closed units." They make alliances and mergers. Seth explains that your father is a "rung on a ladder," connected to everything above and below him.

The Mechanics of the Soul

If you think you’re just one person in one body, Seth is here to tell you that’s just cute.

• Psychic Gestalts: Personalities are always "becoming." They aren't static or neatly packaged "one to a body" like psychologists think. They are constantly changing, growing, and making new alliances.
• The Value of Struggle: Even the difficult lessons Joseph's mother faced are described as "victories" in the long run. It’s all about development and learning how to relate to reality.
• Multi-Dimensional Living: Seth mentions he is in the room but also in another place and time. Similarly, the father is "in several dimensions at once." Talk about a busy schedule.

Direct Wisdom from Seth

To give you a taste of the raw energy from this session, here are a few choice quotes:

"Personalities are not static things. Entities are eternal. They are not as nicely nor as neatly packaged out, one to a body, as your psychologists believe. They constantly change. They grow."

"In a situation such as your father’s... the overall consciousness is not less, but less of it expresses itself in physical terms. It... has already largely decided to leave the system, but does so gradually."

"The inner identity does not understand that it is simply taking a different guise, fulfilling different obligations, or using unfulfilled energies."

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