In the Seth Material, dictated by Jane Roberts, “The Knower” refers to the deeply individualized portion of your greater multi-dimensional self that has immediate, un-camouflaged access to all the knowledge, wisdom, and solutions your conscious mind seeks. It is the part of the universe intimately attuned to you, actively forming the energetic fabric of your daily personality.
- Seth describes it as instantly aware of personal needs, forming the very fabric of individual being (The Magical Approach, Session 922).
- On Trusting the Inner Knower When Lost: When facing uncertainty, relaxation allows these inner portions to take over (Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul).
- On Impulses as Messages From the Knower: Impulses serve as close communications with the inner self, representing spontaneous urgings from dream-state knowledge (The Nature of Personal Reality).
Memory was so perfected that men at one time were indeed living histories, and carried with their minds their genealogies and backgrounds and the knowledge of their peoples, which were then passed on to their children. It is true that reading and writing have certain advantages over such procedures, but it is also true that knowledge possessed in that old fashion became a part of man, and a society, in a much more personal and meaningful manner.
It was, of course, a different kind of knowing. At its best, it did not lead to rote renditions of remembered material but to dramatic renderings of it through music, poetry, and dancing. In other words, its rendition was accompanied by creative physical expression.
It is true that, practically speaking, a man’s mind, or a woman’s, could not hold all of the information available now in your world — but much of that information does not deal with basic knowledge about the universe or man’s place within it. It is a kind of secondary information — interesting, but not life-giving.
Man did not have to learn by trial and error what plants were beneficial to eat, and what herbs were good for healing. The Knower in him knew that, and he acted on the information spontaneously. The Knower is, of course, always present, but the part of your culture that is built upon the notion that no such inner knowledge exists, and those foolish ideas of rational thought as the only provider of answers, therefore often limit your own use of inner abilities.”