“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] Although Jane enjoys the sessions, as Seth himself said in the session for February 1, 1981 She is still somewhat afraid of what he will produce in the future—new theories and ideas that either might or will place her in further confrontation with the major tenets of our ordinary world—meaning science, religion, medicine, history, whatever. [...]

(I should add, too, that this latest insight ties in well with the paragraph of Seth’s that I’ve copied from the deleted session for January 28, 1981, to add to my list of quotations from these recent private sessions: Seth discussed Jane’s fear of letting go —not because she is afraid of relaxing per se, but because she fears she will go too far. [...]

If you examine such troublesome stimuli, you will always find that they originally rose after a long process, a process in which you were afraid to take small positive steps toward some ideal. [...]

(All intently at 9:40:) No methods will work if you are afraid of your own impulses, or of the nature of your own being. [...]

[...] You were afraid to take the treatment and afraid not to. [...]

[...] The important thing here, and I’m afraid the difficult thing for you here, is the relaxation of the mind from clock time. [...]

[...] This was a projection of your inability and should not be taken as any condition of helplessness existing in the inner world, as I am afraid you interpreted the image.

[...] It was unfortunate that it was so uncontrolled, but I’m afraid this is to be expected in the beginning. [...]

[...] She was afraid, again, that if she was moving strongly or something like that, that she wouldn’t be able to turn it off right away if someone came in. [...]

[...] She was afraid of her dark room. [...]

[...] Before these days, she wouldn’t let much of this kind of material through, being afraid of wishful thinking, distortion, and error. [...]

[...] I am not afraid that we shall be kicked out of our apartment. [...]

[...] It is a portion that can understand your (TM) being overwhelmed with work; it is a portion that can understand your being full with child (SW); it is a portion that can understand the times when you wanted to leave physical reality (CW); it is a portion that can understand the part of you (SB) that wanted to be a star; it is a portion that can understand the part of you that wanted to conquer, and is afraid to conquer (WL); it is a portion that can understand the guilt you (RC) feel for no reason; it is a portion that can understand the aspirations that you (LD) were unable to fulfill... [...]

[...] The thought-form causes your friend severe harm; and all of this because you were afraid that one stray aggressive thought of yours was more powerful than the vitality that resides in each of you.

[...] You become afraid of projecting ideas or desires outward, for in the back of your mind you think that what is powerful is evil.

[...] He took a routine job in a local business and stayed with it for over 20 years, all of the time hating to go to work, or saying that he did, and at the same time refusing to try other areas of activity that were open to him — because he was afraid to try.

[...] He doesn’t believe that he can change the world by beginning where he is, and yet he is afraid to count upon his own abilities by giving them a practical form of expression.

[...] When he tried teaching he began to get ill, for he was afraid that he would settle for the respectable-enough prestige it afforded, give in and stop his writing and other pursuits. [...]

[...] I’m afraid I think that consciously we’re a long ways from incorporating such ideas into our daily society.

[...] Ruburt’s actions were appropriate for the horror program, and so were some of yours when you were afraid of painting because it did not bring in money. [...]

(“I’m afraid we’ll have to end it, then.”)

[...] And if that’s all you’re afraid of, then there’s nothing to fear. [...]

[...] It is vigorous, and it is not afraid of quiet. [...]

“If you were afraid of getting, say, cancer, I could see it,” Lydia answered.

[...] You have been afraid of your father since infancy. [...]

[...] So you are afraid to ‘come under a man’s thumb’ or domination. [...]

[...] He was afraid his stock would be gone.

[...] Many people are afraid of their own thoughts. [...]

[...] But if you believe that the inner self is dangerous and not to be trusted, if you are afraid of dreams or any intrusive psychic material, then you deny this help and turn aside from it.

[...] In the second one he stressed that although Jane was still afraid of spontaneous bodily relaxation, “[Ruburt] is safe, supported and protected—that is, of course, the message that he is trying to get through his head at this time.” [...]

[...] In relief, Jane wrote a short poem to accompany Seth’s message, then wrote further that she “realized that like many I’d become afraid of faith itself.” [...]

[...] I’ll make out / but hurry— /
go while the tide / is full and take /
advantage of its motion, / to which I’ll add /
all of mine / I can afford to lend. / Let yourself be carried
where the flesh / in its sweet cowardice / would be afraid to
follow.’ / And so I did.”

[...] He did indeed become afraid of faith itself.

[...] People who are afraid that their nation will be invaded by an enemy will often also consider viruses or diseases to be enemies, ever about to threaten their personal survival. [...]

[...] They are afraid that expressions of love, or the need for dependence will only bring them scorn or punishment. [...]