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I did indeed communicate briefly with Ruburt last evening. He reported my words correctly.

Ruburt sensed one in particular, and did indeed react in a manner that you found annoying. Ruburt’s feelings and lack of action as far as the publishing house was concerned left much to be desired, and in time his lack of action would have caused an unpleasant reaction on his own part. However he correctly, if subconsciously, interpreted your attitude toward the publishing house as being basically dangerous to you. And so it was.

Your attitude was, in some manner, more realistic than Ruburt’s, and yet his attitude was the healthier. Both of you went too far in opposite directions, as is characteristic of your own natures: you are sometimes inclined, and underline sometimes, to be overly pessimistic; and Ruburt is sometimes inclined to be not overly optimistic but overly docile, as far as his connections with the outside world are concerned.

His nature is independent, but the independence is blunted when he is not sure of what he is dealing with. You felt his reaction to your attitude strongly, and you should have questioned yourself at that point. Ruburt was able to counteract the temporary but overall negative storm by his own creative energies, and focus strongly to protect you both.

Basically this concern for human welfare is indeed virtuous, but overindulged in it becomes loaded with possibilities that could be most unfortunate. You knew I was going to light into you this evening, as Ruburt would say. What I want, here, is the balance. Neither plunge yourself into the ignorance, doubts and injustices, so that you can see nothing else, nor close your eyes to them. But there must be a place within you where these do not exist, or the freedom of the inner self will be hampered, as far as its connection with the ego is concerned. Your deep consideration for human problems has indeed helped lead you to these sessions.

Her anxiety is high upon such occasions. I suggested that Ruburt bring up the mail for her, to cover that period of possibility. He did so. The fall did not occur. But the strong possibility for it did exist.

I am going to suggest also that Ruburt continue with the procedure as far as psychological time is concerned, that is, that he lets it go until I tell him otherwise. The experience, the subjective experience, of the last session, on Ruburt’s part, was meant as a practical demonstration of the limitless self. I am very pleased that we did so well with it, and various other such controlled experiments can be expected in the future.

Ruburt, without realizing it, entered into psychic swordplay with her, for her own chronic and critical inner bitterness sought out your own. On some other occasion I will discuss this particular character with you, for there is much to be learned here.

Had the conditions been different, or the situation worse, they would have so rallied. Philip added his constructive energy to Ruburt’s, in Ruburt’s attempt to counter your inner vehemence, and you helped yourself to the admittedly small degree of which you were capable at the time.

Sonja, all unwittingly, came to prey upon the situation. She herself is in desperate need of help. Ruburt sensed this, and if his own abilities had not been so strong, Ruburt would have ended up in a most unfortunate situation; for he attempted, for a time, to counter the wholesale destructive tendencies open in your house.

And now my best regards to you both. I am glad that we resume our sessions once again. Ruburt had a vacation of sorts, but I will see that there is action enough for him now.