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Post by stardustpilgrim on Sept 9, 2023 13:27:20 GMT -5
This isn't a book review (yet), but I found a book. It has a rather stupid name, I had to get past that. From time to time, when I'm bored, have nothing to do, I'll just punch in some odd combinations of words on Amazon search. I don't even remember what I put in, but out popped Nursery of the Gods by James Cobban, published December 2022. I might have passed altogether but saw it was about Seth and Jane Roberts. I just thought some dude was trying to capitalize, but I gave it a look. A browse has about 30 seconds with me, especially in a bookstore, which is rare these days, COVID got me past that habit. Sometimes 30 seconds will get a book 30 more seconds. Rare, 3, 4 or 5 minutes. These days I try to only buy irresistible books. Cobban started reading Jane Roberts-Seth when he was 14. At 17 he met Jane Roberts. He has studied the Seth literature since then. I don't recall his career history, but I remember the impression he's probably smart and competent. He gets into how the Seth world is related to quantum physics, he quotes many of the books I've read, two particularly noted, by Norman Friedman. He seems to have a good overall understanding of the Seth world, which I don't, extensively, I've read a few of the books. So, yesterday, Nursery of the Gods became one of those irresistible books and got ordered, it's supposed to show up by Friday. (I don't like reading on Kindle, or computer). 5 ratings so far, only one pretty generic review so far, 5 stars. I shared this as I thought a few of you might be interested. There is a Nursery of the Gods Volume Two, published a month later. The Look Inside feature is pretty extensive for Volume One, so you can get a good idea of the book from it. |
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Post by inavalan on Sept 9, 2023 17:49:53 GMT -5
This isn't a book review (yet), but I found a book. It has a rather stupid name, I had to get past that. From time to time, when I'm bored, have nothing to do, I'll just punch in some odd combinations of words on Amazon search. I don't even remember what I put in, but out popped Nursery of the Gods by James Cobban, published December 2022. I might have passed altogether but saw it was about Seth and Jane Roberts. I just thought some dude was trying to capitalize, but I gave it a look. A browse has about 30 seconds with me, especially in a bookstore, which is rare these days, COVID got me past that habit. Sometimes 30 seconds will get a book 30 more seconds. Rare, 3, 4 or 5 minutes. These days I try to only buy irresistible books. Cobban started reading Jane Roberts-Seth when he was 14. At 17 he met Jane Roberts. He has studied the Seth literature since then. I don't recall his career history, but I remember the impression he's probably smart and competent. He gets into how the Seth world is related to quantum physics, he quotes many of the books I've read, two particularly noted, by Norman Friedman. He seems to have a good overall understanding of the Seth world, which I don't, extensively, I've read a few of the books. So, yesterday, Nursery of the Gods became one of those irresistible books and got ordered, it's supposed to show up by Friday. (I don't like reading on Kindle, or computer). 5 ratings so far, only one pretty generic review so far, 5 stars. I shared this as I thought a few of you might be interested. There is a Nursery of the Gods Volume Two, published a month later. The Look Inside feature is pretty extensive for Volume One, so you can get a good idea of the book from it. I don't recommend his book, but here there's more about the author in his words: - Hi all,
I'm the author of "Nursery of the Gods," and I'd be glad to join a discussion of Seth's metaphysic, or answer any questions about my own take on Seth's philosophy, as described in the books.
Someone mentioned that they couldn't find any information about me, so here's a little about myself, and how I came to the Seth Material.
When I was fourteen, I came across Seth Speaks in my school library. That was in 1977. I checked the book out and when I began to read it I realized that I already agreed with everything Seth said. It was as though Seth was describing a reality that already felt familiar to me, but that I could never have put into words. I continued to read the Seth books as they came out, and even went to Elmira to visit Jane and Rob a few years later, in 1981. I didn't realize at the time how ill Jane was (she would soon become hospitalized), but she was gracious enough to spend a half-hour talking to me, an unknown teenaged stranger. I only knew that Jane, and her work with Seth, were historically important, and I wanted to meet her in person if I could.
I studied philosophy and psychology at university, but found those subjects lacking, and deeply disappointing, when compared with Seth's philosophy. I later learned that both of those subjects are heavily influenced by a philosophical stance called "materialism," which states that matter is the basis of all reality, and that consciousness is an epiphenomenon arising from matter. Materialism is about as opposed to Seth's philosophy as it's possible to get, and dominates scientific thinking.
I put Seth aside for a number of years while I made my way through life, working in IT, but would occasionally re-read one of his or Jane's books, and was always searching for evidence that would back up Seth's ideas. When Rick Stack published all the early, private, and ESP class sessions, I took the opportunity to read through all of the material, and found that the larger picture of Seth's philosophy that emerged from the complete record accorded well with the scientific evidence that I had been slowly piecing together over the course of my life.
I realized that Seth's philosophy, in all its detail, was spread throughout the 30 or so volumes of published material, and not that easy for a casual reader to put together. Of course, the main Seth books provide a good overview, but I thought it would be a good idea to present Seth's complete metaphysic, or theory of reality, in one place. Hence the "Nursery of the Gods" books. I also wanted to place Seth's ideas within the framework of modern scientific thought, showing where science and Seth overlap. I spent the last ten years or so writing those books, and have some ideas for future books, if I live that long!
Although the philosophical stance of science is officially materialistic, and therefore hostile to Seth's contention that consciousness creates reality, Seth readers will be pleased to know that the actual evidence produced by science, as well as the anomalies that science knows about but cannot explain, support all of the main features of Seth's philosophy.
I wrote the books in a way that I thought might appeal to my fourteen-year-old self, who wasn't aware of the scientific concepts the books discuss, nor of Seth's complete philosophy. No scientific knowledge is needed to read the books, and I hope they're written in a way that is easy to follow. I wanted to show that Seth's ideas are very much alive in the real world, if you look for them. They're out there, but usually hidden by an overlayer of scientific-materialism, which obscures them from view.
Anyway, I'm glad to have found this post, and would be happy to discuss the books, or Seth's ideas, with members of this forum.
You can find the books on Amazon, if you're interested. I've kept the price low - $2.99 for the e-book - because I don't want cost to be an impediment to the spread of Seth's ideas. Enjoy!
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Post by stardustpilgrim on Jan 13, 2024 11:11:16 GMT -5
Cheri Huber is a great Zen teacher, I've been reading her for about 20 years. She is simple and profound, she is about practice. She comes to Lake Junaluska, NC every summer, I've never been, I might just go this year. But I finally ordered her latest book, The Big Bamboozle, it came yesterday. When I get home I'm going to quote and quote her until tenka and inavalan get the imaginary person. She is good and accurate and funny, clever funny, not so much ha ha funny. The Big Bamboozle is the 'little man in the head ZD talks about'. The I that we say "I" to, and who leads us around, is just recordings and recordings of recordings, a very clever "AI". She calls it among other names, a parasite, it lives off the attention we give it, literally give it.
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