“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

A psychic, he thought, should be calm, untouched by physical events, highly disciplined, rather than spontaneous, such as he was, and sensitive to inner moods, which he was. He attempted to make himself over and in a nearly disastrous fashion. For to his subconscious, such a personality pattern represented immobility, and this was reflected in the physical symptoms.

These were meant as checks against impulsive or intuitive behavior. He must then behave, he thought, in a measured, reasoned, quiet, calm and disciplined way: and to see that he did, he slowed down the motions the body could make. Now, this is the heart of the matter, and he would not let me give it earlier. He should, and indeed, must, be himself. Those qualities of his of which he became suspicious are those that made our sessions and his development possible.

Now discipline was somewhat overstressed from the beginning, with the psychic work. This was natural, largely. In his adolescence he was told by many to slow down, to use discipline, and the old adages returned.

He has a natural inner discipline which can be counted upon when he leaves it alone. The results of these feelings have been a loss of spontaneity in psychic matters and in physical ones, from which he is only now recovering.