“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Fear cannot be ignored. It must be faced and conquered. It always leads to retreat when it is not faced. The physical image is indeed a replica in many ways of the inner self. When a man is ill it is not necessarily because he wants to be ill subconsciously. It is not necessarily because he is receiving some hidden psychological benefit, or because the illness fulfills some need. He is ill often—always in fact—because of a distortion that is occurring within the self, and materialized in physical form.

You can be grateful also. The winter of the spirit must be journeyed through, and it must not only be conquered but the benefits used. Yet without it maturity cannot arrive. The immobility showed itself physically in faithful replica to the inner immobilization caused by fear. You could see, in other words, the exact extent of the distortion in quite physical terms.

Now. In projections the inner self is free to travel within its capabilities—underlined, within its capabilities.

The inner senses are an attribute of consciousness. The outer senses make this information meaningful to the physical organism, and the body consciousness, the ego. This is for Ruburt’s book.

We are scarcely beginning our work. It will grow through the years, and we shall achieve much. We shall in probability continue it in other existences. (Smile.) Basically however you see perception has nothing to do with the outer senses at all. These are dim receivers at best. Some of your dreams tell you far more about the nature of reality than the most vivid physical experience.