“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.

Now, I will let you all take an unaccidental break. I have a warning for you—Ruburt is about to let his hair grow. If I hit myself on the head, I would want to know why.

(To Dennis.) I meant for him to allow himself expansion, both mental and physical and do not let him get bound up in his problems.

(To Ned.) And to this one, be gentle with that boy or you will hear from me. Do not think of yourself as an adult relating to him. Instead, identify with your own creative childlike self. Then you will find there are many similarities and that you can understand him and not feel frustrated sometimes. I want you to be spontaneously happy with him and to allow his spontaneous happiness to come across to you, and do not be a bitchy old dog. Do you follow me?

It was a combination of several things. Now, give Ruburt back his wine, and I will tell you. First of all, there were some elements of fear combined with fear having to do with underlying fears that you are having difficulty—in the physical universe, and you acted this out with the hand. This also had to do something with the leg and the foot difficulties earlier, both being limbs and objects of manipulation in physical reality. Now, the hand also represents freedom. The incident represents two opposites. One of freedom as the hand, as a hand being able to rise. And the other, lack of freedom, as for example, the hand not being able to move. You were objectifying, in your mind, two opposites and attempting to correlate them. Do you follow me?

You are correct. When you realize you are free, he will not bother you and you will not feel the need to be hunted. He is, in your terms, a screwed-up human being, as you are, with his own problems. And if you could but realize it you could talk to him but you magnify your differences.