“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

It was afraid that psychic endeavor would leave it open for further scorn, and it would not for a while allow ordinary motion, until it was somewhat assured that it would not meet with contempt for its efforts. It was particularly afraid of ridicule, rather say than of hatred. [...]

[...] When he cannot look to the right or the left it is because he is afraid to. [...]

When Ruburt finds himself concentrating upon his symptoms, then let it be a sign that normal aggressions are not being recognized, that he is afraid of hurting someone else, and that this is blocking his normal enjoyment of daily activities.

(Then she wrote: Feeling I’ve been so afraid of my personal thoughts and feelings—thought they were so bad that I don’t know myself. [...] Been afraid to know myself; distrusted so never allowed self to see how good I am.)

[...] (Pause.) He feared the psychic developments, though they were one of my most creative endeavors, because he was afraid they would bring scorn instead.

[...] He was afraid you were not an artist after all. [...]

[...] Do not be afraid of them. [...]

[...] You have each been afraid to really exert all of your energies to rid yourselves of this problem.

You are afraid to trust improvements, so that they could follow no main clear-cut line, but bubbled up here and there, seemingly going nowhere. [...]

[...] Do not be so afraid of failure or of making mistakes. [...]

People who have epilepsy are also afraid of their own energy.

[...] They are afraid that left alone their energy might strike out against others, and so they short-circuit its use, having attacks that momentarily render themselves helpless.

And when the “little” self says, “I am afraid and I will make excuses,” you must imagine the larger self saying, “I am strong. [...]

(To Brad.) You became afraid of the inner self, and what was hidden there, and so you denied it. [...]

([Brad:] “Why was I afraid of it?”)

You were afraid because you were hiding some very basic feelings about your wife, and therefore you closed it off from yourself. [...]

[...] If you are afraid of yourself, if you are afraid of your own memories, you will block your associative processes, fearing for example that they will bring to light matters best forgotten — and usually sexual matters.

[...] Are you afraid of sleep? [...]

Many individuals are afraid that they will be swept away by inner explorations, that insanity will overtake them, when instead the physical stance of the body and personality is firmly rooted in these alternate organizations. [...]

[...] Am I afraid of the world? Am I afraid of my neighbors? Am I afraid of inspiration, or whatever? [...]

[...] He began to feel hopeless when he knew he needed more dental work, and became afraid he could not make it to the office. [...]

“After writing the above poem I felt a sense of faith—and realized that like many I’d become afraid of faith itself. [...]

[...] I am afraid of it to some degree. [...] But then, when I think of it, I’m afraid to let go for fear of being wrong; or of making some sort of display with no legitimate information being given. [...]

(On some occasions with Gallaghers I tried on my own and was conscious of an annoying restraint on my part; I was afraid of making a fool of myself. [...]

[...] Nevertheless there must be conscious control and the ego must be certain of its dominant position—not be afraid of being taken over, willy-nilly.

You all have your roles in class, as you have elsewhere, and you are afraid of disturbing the balance of the class. [...]

[...] You listen to the words and that is all, but the power behind the words, and the power behind the voice, is emotional power and emotional energy and it represents, again, energy that is within each of you and there is no need to be afraid of it. [...]

[...] You have all been afraid of feeling it, you have therefore been unable to direct it. [...]

[...] The point of reality within you that you try to escape because you are afraid of reality and unwilling to accept the responsibilities of it and so you form pseudorealities. [...]

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

[...] The solutions will automatically lead him not only to a solution in practical terms, but toward the areas of development that he has been seeking (emphatically) while being afraid of them at the same time. [...]

You are beginning to awaken your faith, but still afraid to believe. [...] It is highly important that you continue thinking creatively in terms of his condition, of not being afraid to believe that he can indeed walk normally.

You have both been afraid that Ruburt would not return to normal flexibility, to have faith in that situation, for fear your hopes would be aroused then dashed. [...]

[...] You must not be afraid to hope, for hope always leads to faith.

That, I am afraid, you will have to answer for yourself. [...] There is no reason to be afraid. [...]

[...] To the child a parent seems like God and, therefore, a child feels guilty, feels afraid that the parent will cast him out, particularly the mother, so the child then feels he will be completely abandoned. [...]

[...] Ruburt is so used to body tensions that he felt disoriented and afraid. [...]

[...] He is afraid that he cannot undo what he has done. [...]

[...] In reminding him of this you can also be of help, for he was afraid that his will was powerless in that regard.

[...] He was afraid that he would go to the extreme in the other direction. [...]

[...] He was afraid it would make you feel worse. [...]

[...] He is also relieved that you do not see him immediately, and this alone lessons the stress, for he is afraid that his condition bleakens your morning.

For some time until recently he was afraid, as mentioned, that his body could not recuperate. [...]

[...] Earlier Ruburt was afraid to say “My energy can flow freely,” for fear that would mean he would also have children. [...]

[...] He has been afraid to go ahead. [...]

I will say that you are afraid to move (job). You want to leave your present position and you are afraid to leave your present position; and so you have symbolized the dilemma through the condition in your foot. [...]

[...] Do not be afraid of unfamiliar physical sensations. [...]

[...] Earlier, Ruburt was afraid to trust his body, afraid to let his body heal him, for fear he would be attacked by others. [...]

If you are highly talented in any way, play the talent down or be extremely humble in its performance or expression, because other people will envy you, or be afraid of you, or try to drag you down “to their own level.”

(To Ron L.) I am not looking for questions, but you have been the emotional mother that you are now trying to forget, and you have been swept by those emotions that you are now afraid to release, and you have felt them as a river and have been afraid of where they would lead you. [...]

[...] You are much easier now, but at the time, there was an explosion of energy on your part that you did not understand, and you were afraid that in this explosion of energy you would go too far outward and there would be nothing left, so to speak, that you would get away from yourself and lose yourself beyond all hopes of recovery. [...]