“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now give us a moment.(Pause.) The sessions with the pendulum are of great advantage. Your part in them is of particular benefit. I suggest, however, for this evening that you hold your pendulum session now and then return here for my comments. This should work very well, I believe.

Now. The yoga exercises are of great benefit. They aid in keeping the channels open between the conscious and subconscious. They help in ridding the personality of harmful influences, and in generating new energy. Ruburt should continue them by all means. He has a habit of ignoring his subconscious, trying to reach other centers, not by going through the subconscious but by attempting to bypass it completely.

Give us a moment. There is no need for him to punish himself now either, because he did not take full advantage of his psychic opportunities. He can more than make up for this from now on. There is one connection that should be mentioned and it can be quickly dispensed with when brought into the light. It is secondary but has had some effects.

When he was in kindergarten his mother was just becoming ill. Now, dealing with small children, this simply was added to the fuel. He can understand now however that this connection can be broken. He is himself and no one else. He is not his mother. They are worlds apart, the two personalities.

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.

Now, if you err, it is far less dangerous to err on the side of spontaneity, given your personalities, than it is to use too much restraint. Too much restraint could eventually make the abilities inoperable. Too much spontaneity at worst could only cause some embarrassing moments. I am speaking of your personal cases only. The ability grows as it is used. This cannot be stressed too highly.

Now, I have shortened your steps considerably this evening. Give us a moment.

We will end our session. If I have overlooked any major point, then I will bring it up in our next session, or earlier. I trust however that this evening’s material will result in Ruburt’s speedy and complete recovery. Much of this has been buried, and instant improvement will show itself now.