“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

I am however directing this particular discussion toward Ruburt. As far as his overall personality structure is concerned, creativity is a must. Without it he does not feel secure. His identity is strongly connected with his creativity. The financial success of his book is extremely important to you both, incidentally, on a conscious egotistical level.

The main energy and concern therefore should be in his work. Inner broodings over whether or not his book will sell well do no good, and drain away energy. All of this reflects itself in the physical condition.

If he first of all focuses his abilities in his creative pursuits, then everything else will follow. He will have the energy to do whatever else he should do. But he must primarily focus his energies in his creative pursuits, for these give him the exuberance that makes other pursuits possible.

When these symptoms show themselves, then he should look out for health difficulties. There is nothing seriously wrong with his system, nor do I foresee any serious difficulties. However he has his own pattern. The symptoms are these: Poor memory, or none, of his dreams; no poetry; a consistent lower-than-usual level of exuberance. These are the main ones, and I am speaking of perhaps a two-month period here.

If these persist for this period, you see, only then can they be considered in this light. For if they endure for this time they will almost certainly give rise to physical symptoms. Readjustment does not lie, in his particular case, in the present, with soaking his foot for example; but with a return to some definite poetry schedule, to finishing one book now at a time, to renewing the dream suggestions which he has discarded. These will take care of the physical symptoms.

He has finally decided to make financial steps. Now, I do not believe they will be necessary. Both of you do believe them necessary. Therefore you see to you, or to Ruburt, this becomes a necessity. He is now ready to accept this rather than brood, and this will be of help, for the brooding drained his energy. The brooding however, rather than the necessity, you see, was the difficulty. The energies and focus must be directed away from the physical symptoms. He is reinforcing them inadvertently. The creative energy, properly used, will drain away the energy that is now forming the symptoms.

Were the symptoms serious, physical therapy would be necessary, but they are not serious. There is no real necessity now for me to tell you this, since his system is at its best in the autumn. But the symptoms could have occurred when a high cycle was not approaching, in which case further difficulties could have arisen.

These symptoms will always be a part of his pattern. They can serve as guideposts therefore. An emergency therapy will almost always bring immediate results: A week of time given to poetry, simply because this pursuit awakens in Ruburt the strongest aspects of his personality, and frees constructive energy from other layers of his personality.

(Pause.) Ruburt here thinks of his corn, and Lois.

(2nd Question: Can you say who is involved? “Ruburt here thinks of his corn, and Lois.” Jane said this is brought about through the chair data, and is a confusion arising from the fact that Barbara, who sent us the object, and Lois and Merle Cratsley live on the ground floor of the apartment house, in adjoining apartments. See the chair data interpretation on page 22.