“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] Now he may not approve of Ruburt’s habits, but then Ruburt does not approve of his, and that is between he and Ruburt. [...]

[...] Ruburt will not be forced to take any steps toward moving to another location, without his consent and approval—underline approval. [...]

He always needed approval, desperately. I was often forced to structure my work along lines that would bring approval. [...]

[...] Far more than Ruburt suspects from the beginning, his natural creative drives were also used to their ends, both religious, social, and as a way of gaining approval.

[...] Part of this was caused by this need for approval.

[...] To that extent, Ruburt does speak for both of you (as Jane said this noon), and in your own way both of you rewarded him for creative material, and withheld approval for any tendencies that ran counter to those mentioned attitudes.

[...] He is somewhat afraid of mentioning any improvements, for fear either that you will not approve of them, or that you will, and then be disappointed on the following day. [...]

[...] Marian did not approve of her daughter’s companions. And Ruburt’s mother did not approve of his.

“One: I will approve of myself, my characteristics, my abilities, my likes and dislikes, my inclinations and disinclinations, realizing that these form my unique individuality. [...]

“Two: I will approve of and rejoice in my accomplishments, and I will be as vigorous in listing these—as rigorous in remembering them—as I have ever been in remembering and enumerating my failures or lacks of accomplishment.

[...] This you endorse as reality, and anything outside of it does not have your stamp of approval, so therefore, it seems to you that it cannot exist, in your terms. [...]

In between you have the nations’ concerns about world approval or disapproval, and endless versions of face-saving devices. [...]

[...] It wants approval from the world. [...]

[...] Absolutes must be avoided, however, and you start from Ruburt’s present position, reinforcing through approval—not disapproval—those improvements as they happen.

[...] You approve of them. [...]

[...] They were not approved of, and intellectually Ruburt silenced them, before giving them adequate voice or expression.

He told himself he understood what the feelings were, and did not approve of them, but he did not allow them expression at all.

(Jim Poett said that we would see the article before it’s printed, at our insistence; I’d find it strange indeed to cooperate with a venture that would end up taking us apart in ways we didn’t approve of. [...]

Your society teaches a basic distrust of the self, but even then from their organizations people look for a sense of approval. [...]

If you trust yourselves, and approve of yourselves, all of your problems literally dissolve, and playful creativity bursts into its full flower.

[...] I do want you to approve of yourselves as natural creatures, for that approval automatically brings you in contact with nature’s greater source, and your own.

[...] He would through the years begin to approve of spontaneity in one more area—spontaneity in class, for example—or with Sumari poetry, or in finally approving his own psychic writings. [...]

[...] Ruburt is more relieved than he realizes, because he realizes that the book meets with Aerofranz’s (Tam Mossman’s) approval; but more, because he knows he has done a good job. [...]

[...] He had begun to do this, but your encouragement means much to him along this line, as he still looks to see whether you approve or disapprove. [...]

[...] He is usually convinced instead that his body has been invaded by a virus despite his own personal approval or disapproval — despite his own personal approval or disapproval (most emphatically). [...]

[...] If those abilities are extraordinary, or if they do not fit into the social structure, a personality can approve and disapprove, use the abilities, and yet feel the need for protection. [...]

I do want you to find the sessions on self-approval, and to read them—both of you.

[...] And above all, remember what I have said in the past about self-approval, for when you allow yourselves to disapprove of yourselves, you automatically darken your day and its accomplishments.

[...] Going over these two sets of material was routine; nothing had to be returned, and in each case Jane called Tam Mossman at Prentice-Hall to give her approval and to make a few suggestions for changes. [...]

Then I bid you a fond good evening, with a note: I plan to finish our next book very shortly, and I hope this meets with your joint approval.