“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now. The concentration that he used in teaching should tell him something. He literally brought a tremendous amount of energy to bear. Automatically he drew upon this energy and focused it for his own purposes.

There was no nervousness. Everything else was forgotten as he strove to project himself to those students.

This same kind of energy can be utilized most handily in projections of another sort. The same amount of energy focused in an out-of-body experience would have resulted in some venture indeed. It is the same kind of energy he utilizes in his poetry.

It is this energy that he must utilize now to finish the two books he has begun. Quite literally again, all he has to do is demand that the energy is available, and it shall be. He uses this energy quite subconsciously in his psychic work. He must demand of himself that the energy be used however under various circumstances. When he does not do this he lets himself down.

He also punishes himself rather unkindly, with sore muscles, incidentally. When he is working at full power he is quite beyond such physical symptoms. He is outside of them. This energy, the use of it, is a natural ability that is part of his personality, and he must use it. For him it results in a smooth performance, for when he does not use it fully then he is besieged by false starts and interruptions.

These are reflected in the physical system, for it is geared, and naturally so, for intense action, and here he functions best. I am speaking now of his ideal performance. When he is working well his rest is in his work. When he demands less of himself and then more, and then less, the physical system, geared for steady highly-focused action, becomes confused; the glandular systems upset, and the nervous system as well.

The unused energy ties him up in knots, you see. (Her eyes open, Jane gestured by clapping her upper arms; she has experienced muscle cramps and spasms in both deltoids recently.) He must now concentrate that same energy into three main fields or endeavors: poetry and the two books. When he is home working the same energy utilized in his teaching must be used for his own work. This will effectively relieve him of all physical symptoms.

If my suggestions here are followed the results will be almost immediate. Yet using more energy he will have more left. Success with his dream work depends precisely upon this excess energy still available at day’s end. His whole physiological structure is geared to high activity. I am not speaking of nervous, erratic or undisciplined action of course.

Put to my service during a session they would allow—the energies would allow—us to explain various principles with utmost clarity, and greatly improve our experimental data. He must learn to call upon this energy when he wants to. In the past he has accepted it but not understood it, nor known how to recall it. His system is simply equipped more than most to handle and utilize high energy intensities.

In his very early adulthood there was the matter of discipline. The energy frightened him because he could not control it. Now he can. Used properly and to advantage, it will be responsible for several major breakthroughs resulting from your joint work.

Erratic use of high intensity energy can be disruptive to the system however, for the change of pace can be too abrupt. The system will automatically pace itself, but he must learn to demand that he himself use the energy. It is not available to all to this degree, and he has a tendency to fall back, so to speak, and not to demand the most of himself. This is when physical difficulties arise. I am not suggesting that he run full steam ahead at every moment. I am suggesting that he use the full force of his available energy for every task at hand. He does not know as yet the full strength inherent in this energy. He is a converter, his system tuned toward converting psychic energy.

This is nothing you do not know, but he should be reminded.

Through personal interests and background this is done through his work. When this is not done the unconverted energy is literally stopped up, and causes definite physical symptoms that represent a blockage of energy. This can lead to general nervousness as well. A vicious circle is then formed. He broods because he knows he is not working correctly, and then because he broods he cannot work correctly.

Circumstances or a general letdown actually lead to a point where he loses touch, you see, with this energy, and this is the basic difficulty. When this is realized then he has only to demand of himself that this energy again be used, and the system will automatically adjust itself. He has in the past changed his working area or conditions. This often was an aid, you see, simply because he set up circumstances for concentration.

The proper use of this energy is the basis for his success however in all fields of his endeavor. The teaching experience was excellent. The energy caught him quite unaware, you see, so that he could study it with some objectivity afterward.

Now I have given our friend Ruburt a boost. However the suggestions must be followed for it to be permanent. If the suggestions are followed there will be no return of symptoms, nor new ones adopted. He should stay away from your friend Piper (the chiropractor) for a while at least. The problems must be solved at their basic level, and once these lessons are learned they are of benefit for the rest of your lives.

As you know now, Ruburt handled himself well in a new situation, and that maturity gained these past two years was instantly felt. He would have hit upon the proper solution to his physical symptoms eventually on his own. This evening’s session has already intuitively made great sense to him, and will save him several months of difficulties. And I take no fee. (Gesture, smiling, eyes open. Then long pause, eyes closed.)