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Landi Star · 05-14-2009, 06:49 PM

Jane Roberts’ “The Nature of Personal Reality” is what originally got me into LOA//IM back in the mid-70's.

Regarding her young death (& her smoking/drinking), one possible take on it is that those concepts she was channeling were very, very radical for the time. Today they’re becoming more popular and accepted, but back then it may have been difficult for her to fully integrate and live those teachings, especially if her upbringing, conditioning and beliefs were quite conventional.

I tend to believe the authenticity of Roberts channeling Seth even more than accepting that Hicks is always speaking as Abraham when she’s channeling. Jane went through deep, visible changes when Seth came through, including voice & facial changes, etc. (from what I recall reading). Although I love the Abraham-Hicks material, sometimes I’ve wondered if Esther Hicks is occasionally mixing in her own self and views.

But, even if that’s the case, I’ve really connected with the Abe-Hicks books, just like I did with Seth. I think Abe is maybe a little more ‘down to earth’ and easier to get comfortable with than the Seth materials (like for beginners in LOA).

When I got into Seth in the 70’s I had already been meditating for a few years, was very young & with a very open, flexible mind (being an artist helps too), and was in a period of totally breaking away from the conventional and ‘conditioned’ in me…

The Seth material (along with some LOA-based seminars in the 70’s) completely transformed me. After that, I could never go back to seeing myself a victim of any circumstances. The internal “empowerment” and how that grew and changed me over the years was big. And the magical adventure that my life became (at least a lot of the time) has been wonderful (and I never stop learning and “magicking!”)

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Landi Star Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 120	Seth’s impact… J. Roberts, Abraham-Hicks, etc… Jane Roberts’ “The Nature of Personal Reality” is what originally got me into LOA//IM back in the mid-70's. Regarding her young death (& her smoking/drinking), one possible take on it is that those concepts she was channeling were very, very radical for the time. Today they’re becoming more popular and accepted, but back then it may have been difficult for her to fully integrate and live those teachings, especially if her upbringing, conditioning and beliefs were quite conventional. I tend to believe the authenticity of Roberts channeling Seth even more than accepting that Hicks is always speaking as Abraham when she’s channeling. Jane went through deep, visible changes when Seth came through, including voice & facial changes, etc. (from what I recall reading). Although I love the Abraham-Hicks material, sometimes I’ve wondered if Esther Hicks is occasionally mixing in her own self and views. But, even if that’s the case, I’ve really connected with the Abe-Hicks books, just like I did with Seth. I think Abe is maybe a little more ‘down to earth’ and easier to get comfortable with than the Seth materials (like for beginners in LOA). When I got into Seth in the 70’s I had already been meditating for a few years, was very young & with a very open, flexible mind (being an artist helps too), and was in a period of totally breaking away from the conventional and ‘conditioned’ in me… The Seth material (along with some LOA-based seminars in the 70’s) completely transformed me. After that, I could never go back to seeing myself a victim of any circumstances. The internal “empowerment” and how that grew and changed me over the years was big. And the magical adventure that my life became (at least a lot of the time) has been wonderful (and I never stop learning and “magicking!”)