Persons

It's always useful to remember that Seth (joyfully) accepted the challenge of presenting his material in a particular time and place (late 20th century America) and through a particular set of circumstances (Jane and Rob). This "colors" the material. For instance, in late 20th century America any new idea, especially a weird one, needed to have some kind of scientific feel in order to be taken at all seriously. (This over-leaning towards science also provoked it's opposite twin, fundamentalism, but that's a whole different post).

In this post I'm thinking specifically about Seth's "consciousness units" (CU) and "electromagnetic energy units" (EEU). In a different, more animistic setting he might have described these as elemental persons (person = embodied desire). Neither of these is more or less true. They're just different in the same way that an idea can be presented in sculpture or painting or music. As persons, these elementals can be understood as enthusiastically following their desires to combine in rich and complex ways. In general, this view point makes the world a more personable place.

All that said, I have a confession. Many times over the years I've thought that I'd found a better way to express something Seth said. Invariably, as my understanding grew deeper, I've discovered that Seth was ahead of me and his expression was more fertile than mine. I've no reason to doubt that this is yet another of those cases.