“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Sensitivity sessions, however, offer you an easy outlet. They satisfy a portion of yourself that can say, “I have been to a sensitivity session and I have seen and felt and touched and I have learned, to some extent, to look within myself,” but you are very careful of where you look. And you are not looking in the correct places and you know it and you do not accept the excuses you are giving yourself. You know that I will verbalize them for you, but you do not need any verbalization, and when you are finished dillydallying about then I expect you to come back to class on a regular basis and to get to work.

(To Sue.) I scarcely feel the need to speak to you since I have spoken to you so often in the dream state and thankfully, from Ruburt’s standpoint, you remembered at least one occasion when such communications were taking place, and when you both recorded them. This had to do with the dream of the session.

(To Mack.) First of all, you are protecting the inner self very well and you have a protective attitude toward it which is good. Our friend over here deliberates, which is also good, but he does not deliberate in a dry manner, but creatively. And while he does not speak often in class, what is said in class sinks into his mind, and he uses it in his own way. He uses what is important and discards what he does not need.

Creativity is its own responsibility. It follows laws that are beyond those that you realize or recognize. It answers needs that consciously you do not know exist. It has its own validity, and it will always work. The defeatist kind of literature, to which you are referring, often serves to bring to the foremost of the mind the deepest fears that have been unrecognized and being unrecognized has done the greatest damage. Also, such information brings issues to the foremost where they will be dealt with. There are gradations of creativity as there are gradations to anything else, but all will be used creatively. And you will get further answers from yourself and doubtlessly from me.

If you feel in that way then you should first of all admit to yourself, honestly, that that is your feeling, and as a feeling it exists and is legitimate. Do not say, “I will not feel in such and such a way, or worse, I do not feel this way.” Do not say, “God bless his soul,” when you hate his guts. You are the one who will feel the pain in the guts in that case, and not him. Instead honestly admit the feeling as a reality. Now, if it is strong, use whatever commonplace methods are available to you, a punching bag, yell your lungs out if you prefer, but when you are finished then say, “This is a feeling that I have, it was legitimate. Soon I will not feel the need for such feelings for understanding will change my emotional makeup. Now, the feeling can vanish from me that I have expressed it in a harmless way that I know.” Then immediately forget it and imagine the vitality of the universe as being strong enough and wise enough to absorb your petty violence and survive.