“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] He was afraid of using his own power completely for that reason; and then he became afraid that it would not work if he did.

[...] He was afraid that despite his efforts he could not get better. [...]

He became afraid of trying again to disrupt the old patterns. [...] Ruburt is often afraid he has little control over the situation. [...]

[...] You are still both afraid—Ruburt primarily, of course—of really trying for fear you will be disappointed, and worried at the disruptions that might occur—again, Ruburt primarily. [...]

(Once again, Jane wrote upon reading the session: “If I’ve been afraid of letting R see me at my worst, don’t be afraid of letting him see me at my best.” [...]

[...] When you do not continue it he is afraid that you are not willing to take the consequences, while you interpret the discontinuation to mean he does not want to improve.

[...] Again, in one night I can only give you so much, but he grew afraid, and you helped him today to combat that fear: He was frightened that the body could not change, and your belief that it could was of great help.

[...] “I’m afraid we’ll have to wait.”)

[...] Ruburt is afraid of disappointing himself and you as well if they do not continue. [...] (This from Jane’s reading of William James lately.) You have been afraid of really structuring the improvements, of really making an important effort, for fear that effort will fail.

[...] They are afraid, however, of going out on their own, so to speak, and many are involved in lives that have been built upon past beliefs.

They are afraid of vulnerability. [...]

[...] They are afraid Ruburt might go too far, and question me out of existence, for they do not understand that Ruburt’s questions, and your own, your sense of integrity, are partially responsible for a “superman” rather than a supermouse.

[...] If you are particularly proud of a given painting, and he does not emotionally relate to it, then he feels guilty, or afraid he will offend.

[...] This is also connected to your work in that he was afraid that his quite natural emotions would frighten you, and therefore impede your work.

[...] In the past you felt and believed that this was not possible, and so your attempts failed, largely because you were afraid—overly afraid —of hurting other peoples’ feelings, and somewhat afraid that your desire for solitude would cut you off too much from others.

Why is it that you are so afraid of hurting peoples’ feelings in that regard? [...]

[...] While you desire it and feel it necessary, you also to some extent are afraid of it, lest it cut you off too much from your fellows.

[...] If you are so afraid of hurting peoples’ feelings face to face, then lock your doors, and put a “people working, come back later” sign outside. [...]

[...] He was afraid he would be swept willy-nilly. He was also afraid, particularly when he tried teaching, that he might be led to give up and settle for another occupation that would bring automatic respectability, money, and some prestige.

[...] Ruburt is afraid that if he can operate in a trailer, and he can, that you will find yourselves losing work time, running all over the country, and you are afraid of the same thing. [...]

He becomes more afraid of them as you speak in such a way, and through your attitude, as he interprets it, the distractions seem more threatening.

[...] Then he was also afraid that this spontaneity and unconventionally attuned energy could be misdirected, again physically away from work. [...]

[...] He felt that when he had initiated action in the past that it had not worked, and he was then afraid of initiating new action, so he kept waiting for you to do so. [...]

[...] As he became afraid that youth left him and that your drives to paint and write were not as secure and overriding, then he became even more in need of reassurance.

[...] If you did not—I am using his terms now—flirt with him and play with him in those terms, he was afraid he would look for that assurance in other men’s eyes.

[...] You, it seemed later, grabbed hold of a job with great tenacity and would not let it go, and he grew more and more afraid of suggesting that you do so.

[...] Do not be afraid or pity him. [...]

[...] You should not be afraid of making errors. [...]

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. In the beginning he was afraid of taking the chance, but not taking the chance became finally unbearable. He was afraid you would not do it. [...]

[...] He was afraid of casting you into a situation before you were ready, and it seemed to him if you did not initiate the action you were not ready. He is afraid, naturally enough of the change, but the fear of not making it is far greater. [...]

He was also afraid of losing what you had, disrupting the pattern of current life, particularly if you did not feel ready. [...]

[...] He was afraid of demanding that you quit for fear you would say “I will quit if you get a job,” and this he could not do because of his own commitment.

[...] He is afraid that such action would put you in a poor mood, but you must both understand that it is therapeutic, and also activates the body in beneficial ways. [...]

You are afraid, each of you to some extent, of needing comfort from the other, or vocally asking for it—quite in keeping with sexual beliefs in certain respects.

You are very afraid of failure—hardly any crime—many are afraid of failure. [...]

[...] You need not be afraid of failure, and this is your main difficulty. [...] You do not have to be afraid of testing yourself against attainable goals. [...]

You have been afraid, you see, for accepting the responsibility for your own decisions and actions, and I cannot help you continue in this direction. [...]

He was afraid that you did not love and cherish him for himself, and too embarrassed, rigid and proud to continue seeking assurances from you, as he used to do.

[...] He was afraid you would flee as your father fled. [...]

He was afraid shortly before our sessions began that you had largely lost your love for him, and he began frantically to initiate methods of insuring it. [...]

[...] He was afraid it did not justify your love. [...]

[...] He was afraid to go in the last analysis, but he was not afraid to go for the old reasons.

[...] He was afraid he would not manage a steady income with the Avon, and already frightened of the mobility it demanded. [...]

[...] This last Saratoga episode was highly beneficial, even though it frightened Ruburt because he was afraid to use the freedom offered to him. [...]

Many adults, sensing their own abilities in one field or another, deliberately play down those abilities because they are afraid of standing out from “the masses” — or they are afraid they will be attacked by their peers. [...]

[...] People became afraid of their own individuality.

[...] They are afraid their children will not get along with others. [...]

[...] Autistic children are afraid of making choices. [...]

[...] At the same time he is afraid of feedback, and he has learned to minimize his hearing to protect himself from criticism. [...]

[...] Frank’s father himself was afraid of showing unseeming love, in his terms, toward his family. [...]

[...] He was afraid of his mother’s wrath. [...]

[...] Ruburt is faced with the fact that he is afraid to eat. [...]

He was also afraid that you would lose self-respect on your own and he could not bear that. [...]

[...] I had become afraid a contract would reinforce the emphasis on psychic work that she wants to get out from under. [...]

[...] Jane herself was displaying a stoicism (I’m afraid to write “acceptance”) regarding her condition that I’d have found unendurable were I the one experiencing it. I reacted very badly at times, I’m afraid, alternating profound moods of despair with those of great tenderness, love, and compassion. [...]

[...] I, for one, was afraid that such an arrangement would not only demonstrate our acceptance of the fact that Jane was really caught in a terrible, permanent situation, but that it would end up destroying us psychologically and creatively.

If you are afraid of your dreams, you are afraid of yourself.

[...] He will be afraid of making errors; and fears that you may blame him for them.

[...] Your illness was a shock to him, and he has been afraid of doing anything that would make you feel insecure.

[...] He was also frightened because of your illness, and literally afraid to make a move. [...]

He has been afraid to try anything new for fear of failure. [...]