“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] Now you may hallucinate the same sort of thing after death, use it for a symbol, and undergo a spiritual battle of sorts that would, of course, not be necessary had you more understanding. [...]

God was seen as cruel and powerful when man believed that these were desirable characteristics, needed particularly in his battle for physical survival. [...]

Now: In some historical periods it was desirable in practical terms that a man have many wives, so that if he died in battle his seed might be planted in many wombs — particularly in times when diseases struck men and women down often in young adulthood.

[...] Oddly enough, sometimes the given meaning of a word does battle with the psychic and physical meaning of the sounds that compose it.

Little wonder that psychic battles wage, and yet beyond your system there are refinements impossible to describe, and further developments more miraculous than those that have gone before. [...]

[...] This occurring somewhat further west but in the same general area, involving Indians down from Canada, and an 1852 or 1856 resolution of this battle.

[...] Treat it with kid gloves and you are in the middle of a battle. [...]

Little wonder that psychic battles wage. [...]

[...] The body itself is not equipped to fight its battle.

[...] You will see no value in the life of a mouse sacrificed in the laboratory, for example, and you will project claw-and-fang battles in nature, completely missing the great cooperative venture that is (underlined) involved.

[...] Your biology, your abilities, your mind and your emotions, are not conflicting elements, one battling the others so that you must fight to attain your goals. [...]

[...] Overall Ruburt felt quite competent, however, even in battling away at his advances two-thousand dollars at a time. [...]

[...] The conscious mind, however, with its cultural beliefs and fears, usually cut off to a large degree from the animal wisdom, feels as if it is in the midst of a battle. [...]

Self-disapproval always takes resistance for granted, and sees it at every turn, therefore of course leading to battles of one kind-or another. [...]

[...] They stop at one particular point—and at that point he wages his battle against reality.

[...] The battle of the bulge. [...]

[...] He decided to think of his symptoms as an enemy, and to give them form in another plane of reality where he could do battle with them. [...]

Releasing fears will allow new inspiration and optimism to emerge, to battle against any lingering negative aspects however. [...]

[...] When opposing beliefs that directly contradict each other are held for any length of time, and little attempt is made to reconcile them, then a “battle” begins within the conscious mind itself.

[...] If a human was in a catatonic state after a battle, for instance, the “animal medicine man” would purposely shock the patient into an emotional reaction to bring him out of the state.