Seth: Taxes and "Truth is not necessarily in good taste"
"Good evening.
("Good evening, Seth.")
"We will begin with a dissertation on your attitudes toward
taxes.
taxes.
"The reason for the difficulty with the muscles is so obvious
that I am surprised you did not make the connections
yourself. It is not the fact of the taxes so much that annoys
you, as the USES of the taxes, for you resent "being forced"
to contribute your money to what you think of as stupid
national policies.
that I am surprised you did not make the connections
yourself. It is not the fact of the taxes so much that annoys
you, as the USES of the taxes, for you resent "being forced"
to contribute your money to what you think of as stupid
national policies.
"The nuclear power plants are connected in your mind. It
seems not only as money taken from you, or from Ruburt,
which annoys you more, since you think he worked so hard
for it -– but worst of all, the money is being spent to promote
national stupidities of distorted beliefs, to which you are
diametrically opposed.
seems not only as money taken from you, or from Ruburt,
which annoys you more, since you think he worked so hard
for it -– but worst of all, the money is being spent to promote
national stupidities of distorted beliefs, to which you are
diametrically opposed.
"On the one hand, our work and yours is largely devoted to
poking holes into the official one-line consciousness, and on
the other you find yourself financially
responsible to contribute to its policies.
poking holes into the official one-line consciousness, and on
the other you find yourself financially
responsible to contribute to its policies.
"In your mind you creatively envision the ideal -- the sanity
of some future culture that, hopefully, our work and others
will bring about: if not tomorrow, some "time." On the other
hand, you face the evidence of today; almost, though not
quite, it seems, the worst picture possible, the antithesis of
what is desired. And it seems to you that your money is
being used to prolong those conditions.
of some future culture that, hopefully, our work and others
will bring about: if not tomorrow, some "time." On the other
hand, you face the evidence of today; almost, though not
quite, it seems, the worst picture possible, the antithesis of
what is desired. And it seems to you that your money is
being used to prolong those conditions.
"The money is being achieved or accumulated as a result of
your search for the ideal, so it appears twice as ironic to you
that the funds for taxes be used to pursue national goals
bent, it seems, upon the most gross, shortsightedly practical
conditions. This is, if you will forgive the term, beautifully
and cleverly connected in your mind with "Unknown"
Reality -- the book. Here again you find yourself often in a
dilemma of your making, between the ideal and what
seems to be; if not the grossly practical, something close to
it.
your search for the ideal, so it appears twice as ironic to you
that the funds for taxes be used to pursue national goals
bent, it seems, upon the most gross, shortsightedly practical
conditions. This is, if you will forgive the term, beautifully
and cleverly connected in your mind with "Unknown"
Reality -- the book. Here again you find yourself often in a
dilemma of your making, between the ideal and what
seems to be; if not the grossly practical, something close to
it.
"For there, you envision on the one hand the best possible
book, content, production, et cetera; and as if to purposefully
torment yourself, you also envision the opposing "gross
practical product" that could possibly result -- a product that
would only mock by contrast the ideal that is also so vividly
envisioned.
book, content, production, et cetera; and as if to purposefully
torment yourself, you also envision the opposing "gross
practical product" that could possibly result -- a product that
would only mock by contrast the ideal that is also so vividly
envisioned.
"More than this, again, any money thus acquired in the
future, as in the past, would go to promote the continuance
of the very system that, left alone, would mutilate our book,
and continue idiotic cultural and political policies that are
opposed to what you stand for.
future, as in the past, would go to promote the continuance
of the very system that, left alone, would mutilate our book,
and continue idiotic cultural and political policies that are
opposed to what you stand for.
"I will pour some wine, and leave you to contemplate in awe
the way I show that I understand your thoughts.
the way I show that I understand your thoughts.
("The material's excellent.")
"I will do better, for I have suggestions that will help you."
"Now: as Ruburt often imagined the worst possibility, and
thought that he was being practical in doing so, in terms of
his physical condition, gums and all, so you do the same
thing in these given areas.
thought that he was being practical in doing so, in terms of
his physical condition, gums and all, so you do the same
thing in these given areas.
"With the book you are in torment as you contemplate the
difference between what seems to be the ideal, and its
FEARED actuality. It literally seems more practical and
realistic to you that Prentice will somehow ruin the book,
than it does to suppose that they will in any way help in
bringing about the ideal.
difference between what seems to be the ideal, and its
FEARED actuality. It literally seems more practical and
realistic to you that Prentice will somehow ruin the book,
than it does to suppose that they will in any way help in
bringing about the ideal.
"When you let yourself go, your "natural" feelings lead you
to fear that they will mutilate photographs, or in some way
cheapen the book, dragging it down from the ideal. You
have not really gotten it through your head that such
thoughts do not represent practical reality, but impractical
reality. But the main problem is the dilemma caused by
the difference between the ideal and a feared, opposing
actuality.
to fear that they will mutilate photographs, or in some way
cheapen the book, dragging it down from the ideal. You
have not really gotten it through your head that such
thoughts do not represent practical reality, but impractical
reality. But the main problem is the dilemma caused by
the difference between the ideal and a feared, opposing
actuality.
"This applies also to the taxes, for in the back of your mind
you also think of the good sane uses, the ideal in usage, to
which such money could be given. The conflict causes
tensions. The same applies to your feelings, until very lately,
concerning your mother and the photographs. Here you had
your feelings that photographs of the family would disclose
a practical actuality far less than, for example, your mother's
ideal image of herself. You feared that in life she was always
wounded by photographs because they showed her to be so
far less than she wanted herself to be or appear.
you also think of the good sane uses, the ideal in usage, to
which such money could be given. The conflict causes
tensions. The same applies to your feelings, until very lately,
concerning your mother and the photographs. Here you had
your feelings that photographs of the family would disclose
a practical actuality far less than, for example, your mother's
ideal image of herself. You feared that in life she was always
wounded by photographs because they showed her to be so
far less than she wanted herself to be or appear.
"Ruburt's connections the other evening concerning your
mother were correct.
mother were correct.
"Now: your money paid in taxes will go to support a system
that, when all is said and done, presently, tries to support its
citizens despite all its weaknesses and stupidities. It does, as
Ruburt thinks often, support other poor but gifted youngsters,
and poor and UNgifted youngsters. It preserves a quite
necessary organization in which, overall, nationally at least,
changes do occur for the better without massive disruptions.
that, when all is said and done, presently, tries to support its
citizens despite all its weaknesses and stupidities. It does, as
Ruburt thinks often, support other poor but gifted youngsters,
and poor and UNgifted youngsters. It preserves a quite
necessary organization in which, overall, nationally at least,
changes do occur for the better without massive disruptions.
"YOUR MONEY WILL GO INTO VENTURES YOU APPROVE
OF. Underline that sentence. It will be used to support people
or ventures that in one way or another seek goals that are in
line with our work. When you thoroughly understand what is
meant by the entire safe universe concept, then the physical,
cultural climate is understood as a medium through which
the ideal can be expressed -- can be expressed. The ideal is
meaningless if it is not physically manifest to one degree or
another. The ideal SEEKS expression. It seeks those channels
that it instinctively knows will yield expression. In doing so
it often SEEMS to change or alter in ways that are not
understood.
OF. Underline that sentence. It will be used to support people
or ventures that in one way or another seek goals that are in
line with our work. When you thoroughly understand what is
meant by the entire safe universe concept, then the physical,
cultural climate is understood as a medium through which
the ideal can be expressed -- can be expressed. The ideal is
meaningless if it is not physically manifest to one degree or
another. The ideal SEEKS expression. It seeks those channels
that it instinctively knows will yield expression. In doing so
it often SEEMS to change or alter in ways that are not
understood.
"Yet those very DISTORTIONS may be the very openings
that allow others to perceive.
that allow others to perceive.
"The Bantam (pocketbook) covers are a case in point. In poor
taste, it appears -- sensationalized. Copycats, unartistic. Those
books are for the mass market, and they touch certain
elements in the mass mind that yearn for miracles -- looking
for the wrong reasons for the wrong things, displayed it seems
for the wrong reasons.
taste, it appears -- sensationalized. Copycats, unartistic. Those
books are for the mass market, and they touch certain
elements in the mass mind that yearn for miracles -- looking
for the wrong reasons for the wrong things, displayed it seems
for the wrong reasons.
"People will be drawn toward those paperbacks, and led
toward "the ideal." Those people are not used to understanding
their own symbolism, so symbols are used -- again in poor
taste, it seems to both of you. In a way this is a kind of snobbery.
Truth is not necessarily in good taste, and it comes in many
clothes. It can never embarrass you. It can never make the
ideal shoddy, if the ideal is within to begin with.
toward "the ideal." Those people are not used to understanding
their own symbolism, so symbols are used -- again in poor
taste, it seems to both of you. In a way this is a kind of snobbery.
Truth is not necessarily in good taste, and it comes in many
clothes. It can never embarrass you. It can never make the
ideal shoddy, if the ideal is within to begin with.
"This does not mean there are not, for your understanding,
"good products and bad products" from your vantage point.
It means that the ideal takes many guises, speaks in many
forms and voices. What you think of as disclosure is the
apparent difference between the ideal and the actuality, as
you understand each.
"good products and bad products" from your vantage point.
It means that the ideal takes many guises, speaks in many
forms and voices. What you think of as disclosure is the
apparent difference between the ideal and the actuality, as
you understand each.
"Take your break."
Seth, Session 02/09/76, Personal/Deleted Sessions,
Book 3, pages 189-192. [all caps=underlining] by jane Roberts
© L.Butts, taken from Accordtoseth@JohnP
Book 3, pages 189-192. [all caps=underlining] by jane Roberts
© L.Butts, taken from Accordtoseth@JohnP
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