“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

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.

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.

Of course some restraint is necessary, but he has been leaning toward too much restraint in this respect, trying to be what he is not. His personality pattern is not quiet, nor aloof, but given to spontaneous inner motion that maintains its own individualistic balance. He has attempted to tamper with it. Part of this is caused by a misconception, and it is because of this misconception that he found it difficult to see himself as a so-called psychic.

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.

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.

And in using, it will build up innate systems of checks and balances that will be natural for your own personalities, and effective. Not to use the ability in the face of sudden or spontaneous impressions can, under certain conditions, impede your progress. This applies to you both.