Seth -- Behind all faces there is one face

 Seth:

'Man desired in one way to step out of himself, out of the framework in which he had his psychological existence, to try new challenges, to step out of a mode of consciousness into another. He wanted to study the process of his own consciousness. In one way this meant a giant separation from the inner spontaneity that had given him both peace and security. On the other hand, it offered a new creativity, in his terms...

'...All of this material now given must be considered along with the fact that beneath these developments there are the eternal aspects and creative characteristics of a force that is both undeniable and intimate. All-That-Is, in other words, represents the reality from which all of us spring. [pause, one of several] All-That-Is, by its nature, transcends all dimensions of activity, consciousness, or reality, while being a part of each.

'Behind all faces there is one face, yet this does not mean that each man's face is not his own. The further religious drama of which I have spoken, in your terms still to come, represents another stage in both the internal and external dramas in which the emergent ego becomes aware of much of its heritage.

'While maintaining its own status, it will be able to have much greater commerce with other portions of the self and also to offer to the inner self opportunities of awareness that the inner self on its own could not procure.'

Excerpted from Seth Speaks by Jane Roberts

Session 587