“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now I understand precisely what it is that I must do. I must take singing lessons and we must have a prayer meeting, and then you will feel that have [sic] done something. If I told you that I would sing for you, then I do believe you would all be here “en force.” I do not make any such promises, however.

Now my friend Ruburt has been taking a well-earned vacation, but I never take vacations. But I am not retired (looking at Rose). You will find, and I hope you are finding your kinship with All That Is. You are finding, I hope, your own ways. Little by little the knowledge that is your own will unfold within you.

Our Lady of Florence, you do not have to fight so hard for it! It is there all the time whether or not you realize it and it sustains you whether or not you realize it.

Now I ask you, briefly, to imagine that you are outside this room and looking down into this room and seeing yourselves without any great emotional feeling. Simply saying to yourself, “Oh yes, there we are and there I am.” I ask you to try to pick up a slight recognition, a feeling that there is more in the room than you can see; a slight recognition of your own inner selves; a slight recognition. Even that the pussycat is more than it seems to be. I ask you to realize that although you cannot see them, your own thoughts blossom as flowers in an invisible garden. I would like you to realize that within you always is a strong kinship and understanding. A kinship with All That Is that can never he denied, and that even when you doubt most, this kinship is there for it provides the basis of your being. It is always there, and if you look for it, but gently, you will always find it.

You need not rip yourselves apart to feel this kinship. It is there with each breath that you take. Now, I would like you, in this year of yours, in your quiet moments and even in your tumultuous ones, to look gently within yourselves for this living essence. It will never betray you and it will always bring you confidence and strength even in the midst of tumult. You can depend upon it. And it will not lead you into weakness but into strength.

If probabilities continue, then two of you will develop quite well during this year in two quite different areas. One in automatic writing and one in psychological time. This year is nothing but a symbol and yet it is important to you and use it.

I have not said “Good evening” but I am now saying “Good evening.” There were two points I wanted to make. The development of which I spoke involved two students who are not now so involved. I certainly expect our “Dean” (Theodore) to continue with his own development. This involved automatic writing with someone who is not now so proficient. I also expect another member of the class to come awake in the dream state and to do very well after two years. I tell you all this to let you know that there is hope.

That is a correct interpretation. I also expect to give you all some instruction that you can use, but more than that, I expect to give you some instruction that you will use. And there is a difference as even I have learned.

There are no magical properties involved. The same benefits could be achieved in many other ways, but in your cases they are connected with the class. I almost hesitate to tell you, for you will think you will skip out of here like six-year-olds. The fact is that you are managing the physical composition of your bodies in a much more efficient way than you did before, as a result of your changing ideas, so that the cells themselves are more lively. Their movement—the movement within the cells is more flexible. To some extent you are rejuvenating your physical images. This applies to some of you more than to others, according to how thoroughly you are accepting and utilizing the ideas, for the inner youth and vitality is not primarily physical but only materialized in physical ways. And now, I do bid you a good evening and a Happy New Decade.

I will say that you are afraid to move (job). You want to leave your present position and you are afraid to leave your present position; and so you have symbolized the dilemma through the condition in your foot. When you decide that you are free to move, the foot will then clear up. Do you have any other questions?

There is a difference. This one (Rachel) feels utterly dependent upon the position in which she spends her days and, therefore, it has primary importance. Vera’s attitude is different and, therefore she will not take one organ or position of the body and so strongly use it as a symbol. You will have instead symptoms and an overall undifferentiated feeling. She will not incapacitate herself in that manner. This is a tangent to your own position also. The immediacy, the feeling of urgency, is not here in the same way that it is over here (Rachel). The same freedom, however, is involved. You need to realize that you are (Vera) completely free to so change your position. Whether or not you change it is not important. That you feel completely free to change it is important. If the dilemma continued for any length of time, you could then develop a chronic ailment, though not of an incapacitating manner. The freedom and the feeling of freedom to move is the most important aspect in both cases. Do you follow me?

—you must have the feeling that you are free to quit the job and the faith that other positions will be available to you. Your feeling is based upon the fear that you will not find another position. When you realize that other positions are open to you, if you believe that they are, then you are free to choose. It is the fear that is behind your lack of movement. Do you follow me?

There are two possibilities. When the advantages no longer outweigh the disadvantages, then it is sheer stupidity to hang on by your teeth to prove that you can do so. That answers that question very nicely. I can always set up my own employment agency, but where I would send you, you would not go.