“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

For some years, to varying extents, Ruburt and you also to a lesser degree became motivated by ideas of who you should (underlined) be, what you should (underlined) be doing, and what your responsibilities were. [...] To some extent—with some important variances, having to do with quite legitimate ideas of art—such feelings have also been behind many of your own responses to, say, the appearance of the books, as public packages in the world (intently). [...] He felt he should do many things, for example, that he did not really like to do at all. Small doses of such attitudes can be handled, of course: people do not have to be entirely satisfied with their own performances in order to be reasonably happy and healthy. [...]

(9:08.) In the main you do what you want to do. [...] Ruburt felt for years that he should (underlined) become a more public person, do workshops, television shows, radio tours or whatever—that he should (underlined) nearly perform miracles in the psychic arena, that he should have a large class, that he should hold as many sessions for others as possible. [...]

(I do think that it will all serve a valuable purpose, however, if we clear up the one major stumbling block over publicity—whether to do or not to do it. [...]

[...] The young girl made an innocent-enough request about Jane doing a radio-phone interview with a station in Houston, Texas. A few weeks earlier Jane had tentatively okayed with publicity the idea of doing an occasional radio-phone interview, based on the condition that first she obtain one of those desk microphones/telephones so that she didn’t have to hold the phone for an hour or more. [...]

Now the atoms and molecules that compose you are glorious impermanent things, and through the leadership of your consciousness have you led them to consciousness and song and through you do they experience what you experience. And through your organization do they understand realities that would otherwise be denied them. [...] Do you not realize that by doing this you become more than you think you are? And I am not speaking to any of you in terms of self-sacrifice for there is no such thing, and there is no such road, and I do not advocate it. [...]

[...] And you cannot, it seems, continue to do as you are doing. [...] For several reasons, not all of them are religious, many of them simply cultural, you do not relate on a deep level to some of the people with whom you deal, the ordinary, square parishioner with quite conventional religious ideas. [...] You have felt for some time, as you know, that you are living a lie in that regard, and yet you do not know where to turn your abilities or into what field. [...] Now your energies are scattered, and you do not feel accomplishment. [...]

[...] There are human beings on the face of this earth who do not know what love means, or companionship. Who so not have parents, who do not have sisters or brothers who understand an isolation that is bleak and cold even if it is of their own making. [...] And do not underestimate what you have. There are personalities who have traveled through the centuries, literally, without an understanding, and if this was their reality and if it was their own making, still be glad that it is not yours and accept those relationships that you now have and realize their potential and do not close yourselves off to stupid pride and through barriers of your own making. [...]

[...] This life is as important as any other life, and none of you attempt to deny the abilities of another for in doing this you speak against creativity. [...] It is impossible to sacrifice the self, and when you try to do this, it is betrayal. [...]

(Therefore I will make a harder effort to do both my art and to make it available to others and to get money with it, to broaden its communicative necessities—this I am perfectly willing to do once I understand its necessity. I do not seem to be the kind to dash off paintings to sell them and let it go at that. [...]

[...] I must admit I don’t understand why each thing we do seems to make matters worse. [...] What do other people do? [...]

(They had to do with my painting, my lack of financial contributions this year, etc. [...] They also have to do with her teeth and jaw symptoms, and fear of eating recently, we’ve learned.)

(Further, my urge toward doing my best work comes at an age when I feel that I should be doing my best work. [...]

[...] There are no forces outside of yourselves that in your terms cause you to do evil. [...] You are learning how to use the creative energy of which you are a part, and you are indeed quite isolated, so you cannot do much harm, in your terms. And so that the evil that you think you do is an illusion. [...]

[...] Now some of these jewels, as well as the money, went for expeditions that you do not realize were adopted at that time, having to do with commerce and ships sent through Africa, and this interest had to do with my later life when I was involved with the oregano. [...]

I had two illegitimate children (laughter), a mistress that sneaked into my private studies, a magician that I kept in case I did not do too well on my own, a housekeeper who was pregnant every year that I had her, and three daughters who joined a nunnery because I would not have them, and I am referred to in barely three paltry lines, for my reign did not last very long. [...] I did not go for the military, and so there was nothing to do but go to the Church. [...]

I am sorry, I do not have it here, and I will not make any suitable comments that Ruburt might make, following your statement. [...]

[...] To do all the things that he should do, to put in the writing hours that he should, inspired writing hours, then he must automatically be in good health, you see. By seeing himself doing this and by imagining it vividly, he is taking good health for granted, and this of course is what he must do.

[...] They straighten out the first draft (humorously) so that you do not have to do so many revisions.

[...] You know what to do and how to do it. [...]

[...] Somewhat earlier his energies were so depleted that it would have been more difficult for him to do this in a rather sweeping manner, and this is what I suggest.

[...] You must do part of your own work. I shall not do it for you. I even make Ruburt do his own work and I ride him hard. [...]

[...] I can poke your arm so that you move the knob a bit, but that is all that I can do. You can open the door and I am indeed sure that you will do so. I am also sure that a little talk like this will help you do so quicker. [...]

[...] But you do not understand the fear, and therefore you do not know how to speak its language, and when it speaks to you, you do not understand it. [...]

I still do not understand, however, why earlier Ruburt whispered and why these long serious faces as we sit about the table. [...]

[...] To the extent that you do not know yourself, you do not know your world. To the extent that you do not know yourself, you do not know your husband, or wife, or mother and father. To the extent that you do not know yourself, you do not know what God is. To the extent that you do not know yourself, you do not know what nature is. The unknown reality exists to the extent that you do not travel joyfully through the intimate lands of the psyche, to the extent that you do not directly experience your life as original (forcefully), but accept labels put on it by others. [...] Do not overlay the personal daily aspects of your life with preconceived ideas about who you are, what you are, where you are, why you are. [...]

[...] Do not look for neat answers or tidy solutions, for when you do your explanations and theories will always be too small. [...]

[...] “I’ve got the nostalgic, uneasy feeling that he’s going to wind up the book soon,” she said, “especially after listening to that material just before the Atlantis stuff: I didn’t feel that way when I had the session, but I do now. [...]

[...] You’ll need time to finish the notes and do all that typing….”¹)

[...] Its sources rise from your own being and from the fountainhead of creativity that is within each of you, and the teacher is within each of you, and you are yourselves the teacher that you do not recognize. And the voice that speaks in your dreams is the voice of yourself that you do not recognize speaking from the ancient founts of knowledge that are your own. [...] I am heights that you have reached and do not know that you have reached. [...] I do have my own individuality yet this in no way means that there is not a meeting ground between what I am and what you are. [...]

[...] You do not have to traverse worlds, you do not have to meet hopeless little gods at doorways to let you know whether or not you can enter or follow through on tests as some psychics tell you. You do not have to take upon yourselves definite rituals. [...]

I want you to understand that in this moment in your time, your very cells respond to what I say, not because I say it, but because your cells also speak through my voice and the forgotten portions of you to which you do not listen. The voice that cries in the wilderness is your own, and the voice that answers from eons of time, that you do not understand, is your own. [...] You have brothers and sisters that you do not recognize. [...]

When you listen, do not only listen but feel and within the energy of this voice feel, therefore, the energy within yourselves, within your spirits and your tissues, for you are now presently dwelling within tissue which you have also formed. [...] Get on good terms with it and do not deny it. [...]

We want to do away with the normal punctuation of your experience, for you put periods and question marks and dashes where they do not belong. [...] (To Gert.) Do not be afraid to step off of the words. [...]

(Here Jane came out of trance and indicated that Florence was “supposed to do something” tonight. [...] Thereupon, with Sumari’s help, class got up and walked around in a circle, all of us chanting along with the Sumari, who indicated to several of us to do certain motions. When it was over, we all sat down and Florence remarked that she felt she still hadn’t done what she was “supposed” to do with the symbol.

[...] It is the language beneath touch, and you do not need words for it though you must translate your experience somehow. But you can do that by jangling the words that you know and unlearning what you think you know. [...]

[...] There are revelations within you that do not need words. [...]

Now do not short change yourself. [...] You have much that others more financially secure would envy, and do envy. [...] Do not ignore what you have. [...]

[...] Do you want me to tell you how to better your financial circumstances, or do you want to learn the hard way?

[...] You do not do this naturally, which is why they are required. [...]

[...] He is only now learning to do so, and free enough to do so. [...]

(Pause.) Your dog dream (of March 31, 1979) also somewhat symbolizes that dilemma: do you go with your head, forcing a conscious decision, or do you go with your instincts, symbolized by the dog’s form? [...]

[...] In other words, you are perturbed over what is the proper direction for you to take—not trusting yourself to make the proper decision automatically, but wanting to force a quick conscious decision so that you will know what to do, and have it over with.

[...] Do you follow? [...]

[...] Do you remember them?—

[...] Do laws define what is unacceptable, or do they hint of some perhaps undifferentiated, barely sensed, more positive issues? [...] Do they represent society’s mass definitions of what behavior is acceptable and what is not?

(10:15.) The job of trying to make the world better seems impossible, for it appears that you have no power, and any small private beneficial actions that you can (underlined) take seem so puny in contrast to this generalized ideal that you dismiss them sardonically, and so you do not try to use your power constructively. You do not begin with your own life, with your own job, or with your own associates. [...] What can one person do?

[...] You are left with an undefined, persisting, even tormenting desire to do good, to change events, but without having any means at your disposal to do so. [...]

You may become outraged, scandalized — or worse, filled with self-righteousness, so that you begin to attack all those with whom you do not agree, because you do not know how else to respond to your own ideals, or to your own good intent (with much emphasis).

(10:15.) Now: you can express the same statements in other ways, by being willing to make decisions on their own basis: “Yes, I want to do this. No, I do not want to do that,” instead of providing yourself with a blanket excuse, as Ruburt has done. [...]

(10:06.) Ruburt is doing well with the walking, and he is more and more aware of relaxation of various portions of the body. [...] All of this boils down to what I have said unceasingly (whispering) about trusting the spontaneous self—for in the most simple of terms, you do not need poor mobility as a working method for any reasons, if you trust the spontaneous self in its dealings with the conscious personality and with the world.

If you trust the spontaneous self, then automatically you do not need such a framework, but you must learn to allow it its expression. [...] Do not be so afraid, neither of you, of making mistakes, or spending a bad evening or two.

He is doing well. He can do far better, and the way to begin is to allow the spontaneous self as much freedom as he can in daily life, and to trust its expression—that it knows his psychic and creative needs, his physical needs, his social and financial needs, and all of these can be taken care of.

True spirituality is a thing of joy and of the earth and has nothing to do with fake adult dignity. It has nothing to do with long words and sorrowful faces. It has to do with the dance of consciousness that is within you and with the sense of spiritual adventure that is within your hearts. That is the meaning of spirituality and as I have told you before, if I could, I would do a merry dance about the room to show you that your vitality is not dependent upon a physical image. [...]

So do not think you are being spiritual when you are being long-faced—and do not think you are being spiritual when you berate yourself for your sins. [...]

[...] You would think he would not understand, or that he did not appreciate what you were doing. With what he was putting himself through, unnecessarily—but he did not realize it—then he could not understand why you did not insist on doing what you said you wanted to do. [...]

He was afraid that you would grow more deeply to resent this, and that you would not rouse yourself in time to do what you must do. [...] He was afraid you would not do it. [...]

As a woman he appreciated your concern for security, and part of him was frightened to think of your giving up the income then, but the greater intuitive part felt that you should do so. He would not support you with a job, but he would do so through his books and other endeavors.

[...] He felt deeply disloyal to think that you should be doing something you had obviously decided not to do as yet.

I suggest, quite seriously, that Ruburt make up a list of his accomplishments; that he make a list of his good points; that he write down a short list of those things he thinks he is doing right (humorously), and the things he enjoys; and you add to these lists. [...] In a determination to do better, he has begun to concentrate upon failings. [...]

[...] For example, Ruburt is doing very well in his classes, enjoys it, and closes his eyes, relatively speaking, to the improvement he has worked in the lives of his students, and to the freedoms he has allowed himself in class in using his abilities. [...] Both of you do not realize the exceptional impact you have on others in personal relationships. [...]

[...] I’m eager for you to do the book. I know it will be a fine thing, should you decide to do it.” [...]

[...] I’ve told Jane before that typing up this material has always been a job I do gladly, since I believe in it and regard it as having a vital part of a work that is both highly creative and original. It also gives me an opportunity to do some writing on my own in conjunction with Seth’s own data and this I enjoy greatly.

[...]  eons ago we helped create as you are now continuing in what you might call dreams our fantasies now do create. As we peer into your room, so do you peer into other realities all unknowing. You do not physically recall those journeys that you have yourselves made and are now making. [...]

[...] You do this simply because you are afraid of standing on your own two feet, figuratively speaking. You are afraid of going off into your own realities afar from your fellows ...and yet to a large degree you do so all of the time in the daily life that you know. [...]

[...] Many personalities do not operate in such a manner, and I am not speaking merely of survival personalities in your terms. I am speaking in terms of personality gestalts that simply do not operate through matter at all, in your terms, and whose components are of a psychological variety unknown to you. [...]

[...] For many of these ideas are so a part of your mental furniture and you do never change the furniture about. You do not even see it, it is so a part of your mental environment. [...]

[...] To the extent that you do not realize that you exist in Him are you sorrowful. To the extent that you do not develop your abilities and project them into physical realities are you sorrowful. To the extent that you do not live up to your potential are you sorrowful. [...] When you attempt to concentrate on the tiny I that you imagine yourself, then indeed you do not know where you are and you cannot find yourself. [...]

[...] Dreams help form your personality, but they do not take up physical space. [...] Where I am, space and time as you define it, do not exist. I can take advantage of them to some degree to speak to you, but to me they are transparent and they do not basically exist. [...]

[...] The dream locations that you visit you form in precisely the same manner as atoms and molecules, but they are of briefer duration, for you do not focus your energy upon them for the same amount of physical time. [...] You feel that you do not share them with any other. The fact is that you do to a certain extent share them and telepathically, dreams can be dreamed by more than one person. [...]

[...] I still have work to do and you will still have work to do. [...]

[...] A suggestion having to do with projected changes. I do not know whether or not this refers to a change of dwelling, but a large change. A connection here with flowers that I do not understand. [...]

[...] I do not believe he is over 80. [...] The characteristics given however do apply to the man who is ill, whether it is the father or son.

He will, as always, do well. [...] Arrangements having to do with the amount of air, either poor ventilation or failure of an air conditioner. [...]

[...] There will be an inquiry, a request for Ruburt to do a book from another publisher. [...]

He can do this by employing the exercises that you mentioned, that will show him a daily improvement that will help break the negative image and prevent further negative projections. He can do this by the daily walk. [...]

[...] You are doing the same thing with his symptoms that he does with them, that so annoy you: prolonging them in time in your imagination, and you have less reason to do so.

[...] Your thoughts and imaginations do cause your activities. Your negative attitudes also help continue the symptoms, as do his. [...]

[...] Consciously and unconsciously signs are passed and given to the effect that symptoms are persisting now and will continue to do so.