“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Once you accept, you see, that idea then you must, if you follow your thought completely through, accept the idea of a random accidental universe in which you are at the mercy of any accident; in which mind or purpose have little meaning; in which you are at the mercy of all random happenings; in which 300,000 human beings can be swept off the face of the planet without reason, without cause, simply at the whim of an accidental happening. And if that is the universe in which you believe that you live then it is a dire and forbidding universe, indeed. In that universe the individual has little hope for he will return to the nonexistence that his random physical creation came from. Following that line of thought, then accidentally, if you follow this through, a group of atoms and molecules were sparked into consciousness and song and then will return to the chaos from which they came. And the individual has no control over his destiny for it can be swept aside at any point by random fate over which he has no recourse.

If you want to know yourself and to know the reason for your actions, then you should discover why you have, in quotes, “accidents,” end of quotes.

([Arnold:] “You mean consider technical problems that I have at work?”)

I said earlier that two things were involved and one was fear. I did not say the fear was justified. I also connected it up with the foot symptom. Do you follow me now?

Imagine the hammer as a flower next time, and you will have no difficulty. A flower never hurt anyone. See it limp as a flower.

(To Rachel) Now, in your own description of your experience you came close to making the connections of which I spoke, for the impression of the hand frightened you, that it was so old and decrepit and, subconsciously you connected it, at that time, with your foot when it was bad. You thought immediately in terms of the hand being old and dead. If you had not, the hand would have written. You were frightened for your own physical hand and, therefore, you stopped the flow of information that could have come. It was a subconscious connection on your part. You allowed yourself the freedom to begin with but then you interpreted the appearance of your hand as the hand of a very old woman and became frightened. Now, do you understand a little more? Then, by all means, have some brandy.

(To Florence.) You can, and listen to me, allow yourself more freedom. Now, as with Ruburt, oftentimes you believe you are allowing yourself intellectual freedom and being your most intellectual. You are, instead, allowing your intellect to be driven by subconscious rationalization. You are using it as a shield to prevent you from going further, and that is why I always take you up on it as I do the same thing with Ruburt. Do you understand what I mean?

Then allow yourself greater freedom. Now the intellect can be used and should be used beautifully to help you in your search but not when you use it as a shield to protect yourself against true reality. Now, you are progressing as your dreams show, and I am aware of that progression and so are you. Do not judge yourself against the performance of anyone else in this class. You are yourself, you have your own background to contend with and so when I tell you you are progressing I mean that wholeheartedly.

(To Rachel) And I hope when you reread the material for tonight you will see what I mean. I know you are a good soul because you like good brandy.