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Jo wrote:

Q 1. In Buddhism they say that nothing is still something. So what do they mean in Zen Buddhism when they say," act as though you have been given NOTHING at all?"

Q 2. Just because Jane Roberts is dead, how come we don't hear anything from Seth any more?

Well I'd probably interpret that with the thought that someone who has nothing to lose is capable of anything. Trust me, I know the feeling; when you've gotten literally nothing to lose you'll be tempted to do some fucked up stuff. I'd imagine if you can harness the energy to take that crazy feeling and turn it into doing good for yourself or others, that'd be pretty damn powerful. I don't know a town about Zen Buddhism, but that's how I interpreted it from your post.

New Age philosophy and psychology aren't really my things. I'd assume we don't hear from Seth because Jane was, I believe, the only person who could channel him.

All the Seth papers and recordings are at Yale. I have access to the library. Some day many years from now I'd love to read them (but I probly won't lol).

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Jo wrote:

I was a little bit vague on my first two questions, but your answers were clarifying, so I'll ask more simplisticaly,

In Buddhism, NOTHING is just that...nothing. Negative particles, black holes, nano time lapses and things like..... tree that falls in the Forrest, who hears?....

So, Q 1. : If Nothing is still something, how do you behave as if you have been given nothing at all?

Q 2. : If Seth is a being not focused in this space time continuim, and has such knowledge to travel accross
multi dimentions, how come he hasn't chosen to continue his work through some other mere mortals?

The problem with the explanation of "nothing" is that it requires a scientific explanation. If you need science to back up your religion, is it really a religion at all? I mean, you can relate that to the Big Bang theory. Did the universe really just come out of nothing? I don't know a ton about Buddhism, or Zen Buddhism for that matter, but I'm aware of the principles, the 5 Houses of Zen, etc. I think the "behave as if you have been given nothing at all" is just a guide to achieving experiential meditation. Like I said, I'm a Christian, so I don't know a ton about Buddhism. Very interesting stuff though.

About Seth: ASSUMING HE IS REAL AND NOT A FIGMENT OF JANE ROBERTS' IMAGINATION - I don't think he chose to use Jane as his vehicle, I think Jane had the ability and was gifted enough to be able to channel him.

That being said, the story goes that Seth was first channeled through a Ouija board. My high school english teacher always told us a story about how when she was a teenager in the 70s, her and a bunch of her friends were playing with a Ouija board. One of her friends kept getting the words "End" and "Goodbye". Then a week later, she was killed in a car accident. The story creeped me out, and since then, I keep an open mind to the theories of a parallel dimension. So, I would say that personally, I am not totally sure about whether or not Seth existed, but I do know that the writings are incredibly interesting.

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Where is PJ going to host thier 20th Anniversary?

Somewhere on the west coast

CJMST3K wrote:

What would your alternate answers to all of the questions be?