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SESSION 159

(Due to the very long unscheduled session of last Sunday, May 30, our regularly scheduled session for the next day, Monday, May 31, was not held. This was more to save me work in finishing up notes than because of any tiredness on Jane’s part. She had no ill effects from the session.

(Jane’s cold still lingered to a lesser degree. She was coughing, but made no mention of not wanting to hold a session. Her cold had been worse when she held last Sunday’s long unscheduled session.

(Jane had no idea of the material for the session beforehand. For variety’s sake she wanted to hold the session in our living room again, as we used to do regularly. I was somewhat concerned about interruptions but as it developed there were none.

(Jane spoke while seated in the Kennedy rocker, and with her eyes closed for this first delivery. Her voice was rather quiet, although easily heard above the traffic noise. She coughed briefly occasionally, and used pauses that were not very lengthy. She opened the session with a smile.)

I was not certain, after our last so-lengthy session, that I would be greeted with open arms this evening.

I know that indeed our last session so involved you, Joseph, in lengthy notetaking, and typing chores. I do regret the amount of such work that is necessary. In the last section of our previous session in particular, I attempted to make a more direct emotional communication, and to some extent succeeded.

There is a certain knack necessary on Ruburt’s part, a difference in the way in which energy is used, a variation of method between sessions in which rather objective material is presented, and in those sessions where we attempt to make a more personal type of contact.

(Break at 9:21. Jane was dissociated more than usual for a first delivery. She said she felt like opening her eyes a couple of times, or rather that Seth did. Her voice was rather dry and hoarse at times but was not strained, and became no worse during the session. She did not appear tired.

(I was a little tired, however, from the extensive typing involved from the last session, and reminded Jane that some of her comments regarding this were not good suggestions. She agreed. She had lit a cigarette during break, and now when she resumed speaking she held the cigarette in a hand. I thought this meant she might be getting ready to open her eyes while delivering material. But she resumed with her eyes closed, in the same quiet dry voice, at 9:27.)

There are many aspects of our sessions, some that we have developed well, others that we have only begun to develop, and others that are yet to be developed.

All of them will be important, and all of them will serve to add dimension to the reality which the sessions involve. This could indeed be thought of in terms of value fulfillment. The sessions also will be helped in general by variety, always of course within our framework.

(Jane now smiled again, then opened her eyes. They were again dark and luminous as she looked at me. This however was not the intent stare of the last session, but a more conversational and quiet one.)

(It remained a quiet and easy session even when Jane’s eyes remained opened. In a slightly louder voice, she resumed at 9:55.)

I am not going to hold a long session, feeling that I have indeed taken much of your time already this week.

If I am, myself, subdued this evening in contrast with my activities in our last session, it is only because I would give you both a needed rest. I particularly enjoyed the session myself. I will now give you a break. I will end the session if you prefer, or I will continue.

(Jane’s eyes now closed. She continued speaking without interruption, and her eyes remained closed for the balance of the session.)

I will indeed now close our session. For Ruburt’s benefit, may I here add that in my remarks of our last session, I was speaking of our sessions only, and did not mean to take credit for any of Ruburt’s own creative work. I am saying this in gentle tones, to avoid upsetting him further.

(End at 10:32. Jane was dissociated as usual. She did not realize that she had closed her eyes before the end of the session. My writing hand felt little fatigue.)