“The senses serve to blot out many more aspects of reality than they allow you to perceive. They are actually rather rigid limiting devices, yet in many inner explorations you will automatically translate experience into terms that the senses can use.”

— Jane Roberts

Session 284, Page 30
The Early Sessions: Sessions 1-42, 1997, The Early Sessions: Book 7

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American Writer 1929–1984

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