“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

You can indeed provided it is within the abilities of the physical self. Now, the teaching abilities are within your capabilities. However, you are at present imprisoned within this false conception of yourself—and within this prison, you do not think of others except as they are related to yourself. Do you follow me?

No. There is a point where you are so imprisoned within yourself that you cannot feel the reality of others. Now, as a teacher, you must be able to sense the reality of others and in teaching relate the self that you are to the selves you sense they are, independently of you and therefore give their integrity full freedom. You can to some extent escape this prison, personally, by attempting several exercises.

You would do much better if your attitude followed thusly: I am in such a position that my seriousness has given me no benefits. My imagination has brought me fear. And I seem to be in a prison. All my hard work has brought me nowhere, and therefore I shall change my tactics and I shall play. I do not care, for I am playing, which game I try first. So today I shall call up and make an appointment immediately as a teacher and I shall pretend with all my might that I am an excellent teacher. And today I shall be a teacher as no teacher ever was! And I will think of all those students that I do not know yet and how I can help them and what fun it shall be! And so I shall call up and make this appointment. And it does not make any great difference whether I get this particular job or not—for if I do not get it, tomorrow I shall be an artist. And I shall call up and make an appointment as an artist—but I shall be free in whatever I do—and spontaneous.