“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] Either that or you doubt your ability to impress the universe.

[...] You have the individual and joint abilities to aid each other immeasurably in that regard. [...]

[...] And once again, I’m the one who’s pushing you to use your own abilities to save yourself, meaning at least trying to learn what’s going on through the sessions, for example. [...]

[...] Any help you can be results in reinforcing his attractiveness, and your belief in his ability to improve physically. [...]

[...] He used the last episode (on the back stairs) to trigger an important development in walking up the stairs, but he is not to imagine that everyone else is perfect because they look all right; then he deals with absolutes, becomes frightened, and exaggerates his condition, thinking in physical terms alone and forgetting those inner abilities of his, of creativity, that are indeed so important.

[...] He has also undergone in the past few months another level of development where he trusts his psychic abilities more than he ever did.

[...] When you concentrate upon the symptoms you often then forget the abilities of the inner self and the vast reservoir of help available. [...]

[...] (Pause.) Many of you for your own reasons pursue courses that do not involve an even development of abilities, an overall balanced picture, for example, but choose to express and experiment with certain qualities to the exclusion of others. [...]

[...] It is a time and a probability in which every bit of help is needed, and your talents, abilities, and prejudices made you both uniquely fitted for such a drama. [...]

We shall end up not only with excellent results on a fairly predictable basis, but your records will form an excellent document that shows how these abilities are used and translated into practical terms.

With many psychics, the ability is so automatic that you can learn nothing about the process as it occurs. [...]

I am particularly concerned, you see, with this matter of projection, simply because your own abilities will rather swiftly lead you along in that direction. [...]

[...] If your levitation experience seems to carry you outside of your solar system, then you know that you are using the third form, and that your abilities for the time are almost limitless, comparatively speaking. [...]

[...] Yet certainly the use of such inner abilities — or at least an awareness of them — could greatly enhance communication between the members of a “living” family.)

[...] Seth’s explanations in ESP class last night and in this evening’s session helped clear my mind considerably, though: According to him, consciousness has no difficulty in making such alliances while maintaining continuity of identity, though its vast abilities are certainly almost impossible for us to grasp.

[...] I don’t mind noting that I wish she had.² She might have been able to offer insights about it that I couldn’t come up with, especially concerning the seemingly endless abilities of the psyche — call it personalized energy, consciousness, or what-have-you — to travel through its own space and time.

[...] I trust the elements of those perceptions, and my reactions to them, but their conscious understanding and integration remain beyond my abilities at this time. [...]

Excess of chemicals within the body are drained off by the subconscious through its ability to act as a channel between fields of actuality. [...]

[...] And everything that is, is also self-conscious, in degree according to its abilities; and everything that is therefore contains identity and separation, even while it is part of a large and complicated gestalt.

I am not minimizing the necessity or power of intellect, but any activity in which the individual momentarily forgets the props of identity, and immerses himself, such an activity allows him to dispense with the practical limitations inherent in a closed system, and refreshes his psychic ability.

[...] Those fears, however, have been pertinent, since they stood between old beliefs and new ones—that is, they prevented him from taking full advantage of his newer knowledge, and of the abilities and good intent of the spontaneous self. [...]

[...] Dr. S. also described a couple of drugs—penicillin being one—that was used to reduce the clotting ability of the blood—and also reduced the body’s natural defenses.

You are also using your own abilities, however, for your own characteristics largely determine the amount of help you receive. [...]

[...] You contribute your abilities and experience, helping to form the world’s civilization and culture. [...]