“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Instead you are presented, of course, with a picture of man’s body as it reflects, and is affected by, man’s beliefs. [...]

Your beliefs tell you, again, that the body is primarily a mechanism—a most amazing machine, but a machine (louder), without its own purpose, without any intent, a mindless assembly plant of assorted parts that simply happened to grow together in a certain prescribed fashion. [...]

[...] Beliefs about the dishonor of age often cause people to make the decision—sometimes quite consciously—to bring their own lives to an end before the so-called threshold is reached. [...]

[...] You lay your limiting beliefs upon the natural person.

Ruburt was highly creative, and so following the beliefs of his time, he believed that he must watch his creativity most carefully, for he was determined to use it. [...] He loved you deeply, and does, but he always felt he had to tread a slender line, so as to satisfy the various needs and beliefs that you both had to one extent or another, and those you felt society possessed.

[...] No wonder few numbers of creative people persist in the face of such unfortunate beliefs.

Ruburt (Jane) was highly creative, and so following the beliefs of his time, he believed that he must watch his creativity most carefully, for he was determined to use it. [...] He loved you deeply and does, but he always felt he had to tread a slender line, so as to satisfy the various needs and beliefs that you both had to one extent or another, and those you felt society possessed. [...]

[...] No wonder few numbers of creative people persist in the face of such unfortunate beliefs!

[...] Your beliefs exist in the present. [...]

[...] Again, they are beliefs that you least examine. [...]

Dialogues with yourselves may bring those beliefs more into the light, but I have often mentioned them in many sessions, and in different ways.

[...] (Long pause.) Cervical cancer can involve — can involve — distortions of the growth process itself, because of the complicated distortions of belief on the woman’s part. In a way the very pain of cancer — of some cancers — often acts through its intensity as a reflection of the person’s belief that life is painful, tormenting. [...]

[...] The chances for ironies abound in our belief systems, I said to Jane. [...]

[...] In your belief system, however, it is almost imperative to see a doctor in such circumstances (as Jane wrote in Note 2 for Session 805), for many fears are unsubstantiated, and the fear alone, found groundless, gives the person new life symbolically and physically.

[...] Instead, “psychic progress” is hampered by those very negative beliefs that we have tried to bring to your attention.

[...] You do not follow urges through that would hurt others physically, or that seem in direct contradiction to your present beliefs — but you do acknowledge them. [...]

[...] In the face of such beliefs the ideal of psychic development, or astral travel, or spiritual knowledge, or even of sane living, seems so remote as to be impossible. [...]

(“Do you realize the transformations in belief that would have to take place before this material was even considered by the elite — let alone accepted?” I asked. [...]

[...] And I thought that years ago, [and with my own unwitting cooperation] Jane had given over control of her life in certain large ways to the Sinful Self through the symptoms—and yes, abjectly allowed it to exert such power and influence that now she finally found herself in the grip of a strong force, or set of beliefs. [...]

(8:30.) They actually represent very complex matters, and complex ones to explain, for in themselves they contain the seeds of material necessary for any understanding of the nature of reality and beliefs. [...]

Many issues once connected to that Sinful-Self core of belief have long ago either been satisfied, reconciled, or otherwise changed. [...]

[...] Ruburt is working well with his beliefs, and seeing them reflected in all portions of his life as mentioned, Dialogues, some other thoughts he had only beginning to be expressed in Tim’s (Foote) letters and his work, are working together in a therapeutic framework.

These are beliefs of Ruburt’s. He felt in the past that you did not consistently keep with him in any program of improvement, except for badminton. [...]

He should discuss the beliefs that came to mind, with you.

[...] Symbolically, you see, and beneath it all, both men showed characteristics that under different circumstances could have led them into violence for the sake of their beliefs.

A belief must not possess. [...]

He began with their beliefs, and using their references tried to lead them into freer realms of understanding.

[...] Christ spoke in terms of good and bad spirits because these represented the people’s beliefs. [...]

[...] Its great creative power still exists and you use it in your own way, even changing your own symbolism as your beliefs change. [...]

[...] These formed a quite separate framework of knowledge that could be accepted by people who had different beliefs than the Jews at that time. [...]

[...] (Doing this always reminds us of additional points to cover, of course!) Putting it all together is an extremely challenging endeavor as I try to summarize our years of committment to the Seth material—for inevitably we end up dealing with ideas lying outside society’s generally accepted frameworks of belief. Forty-one days have now passed since Jane left the hospital, and this passage of “time” alone has given us more perspective on the whole affair of her illness, and on our beliefs, intents, and desires.

[...] In verbal terms, however, those are the beliefs (if you will) of each c-e-l-l (spelled). They are imprinted in each chromosome, in each atom. [...] Those ingrained beliefs are of course biologically pertinent, providing the impetus of all growth and development.

[...] Whether or not reincarnation has been proven objectively, the belief structures surrounding that concept, or even the idea of it, have served very well as a forum within which certain present-life challenges have been worked out, through the therapists’ use of hypnosis, allegory, association, symbolism, and other very respectable methods.

[...] She doesn’t want to use the concept as a crutch; her caution stems from other beliefs, on which I’ll quote her shortly. [...]

—and evidently some minds do work in such ways that anything not rooted in the “objective, external” world literally does not exist; this orientation includes the belief, the “fact,” that even all thinking or feeling is so related to that outsideness, or is so a part of it, that there is no separation possible.

Whatever program he works with for that time is important, for it is his manner of changing beliefs. [...]

[...] He simply then for a while bumped into some of the old beliefs again, worried that his impulses would not lead him to write sufficiently. [...] It is simply a matter of remembering the new framework of beliefs, and trusting that your impulses are leading in the proper direction. [...]

Now: since out adventure first began, you have each had to learn much, and alter patterns of thought and belief, in your terms deeply ingrained. [...]

[...] In the context of your cultural beliefs his efforts there are remarkable. [...]

(Long pause at 9:23.) A belief in a “God who provides,” by whatever name, is indeed a psychological requirement for the good health of the body and mind. [...]

[...] In a fashion it is an attempt to deal more directly with beliefs regarding time, money, and creativity. [...]

[...] I think the material is very perceptive, and that I may have begun achieving some kind of equanimity between the two men, or opposing sets of belief, that Seth so aptly described in the deleted session for April l8. [I read these sessions daily.] It’s essential that these conflicting beliefs be resolved by the personality, and I’m determined to do so. [...]

[...] My dreams, those I remember at least, have also reflected efforts at reconciliation of opposing beliefs, fears, and so forth. [...]

[...] Your involvement in the private aspects of your living, and your participation in mass events, has much to do with your estimation of the physical situation, and with your beliefs and desires regarding it. [...] There is no conflict between your desires, beliefs, and the execution of the act, so the action itself flows smoothly. [...]

[...] Your own senses bring you information each moment, and that information is in a way already invisibly processed according to your own beliefs, desires, and intents.