“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

He has learned that the ego cannot set itself up against the inner self. He has learned to trust and have confidence in the inner self, and to listen to the subconscious which is a part of his inner identity.

The emergence of these psychic abilities was indeed resented by his ego, and initiated a necessary overhaul of personality, against which it protested. Ruburt will be more his natural and uninhibited intuitional self now. The ego had simply overgrown its bounds.

Remember, the normal consciousness is not synonymous with the ego. The ego is only a portion of consciousness. For Ruburt’s benefit yes, indeed, the cure is permanent, as long as he utilizes what he has learned, and it seems fairly certain that he will.

The stubborn part of his nature has been a characteristic of most of his past lives. It is basically a resolute characteristic with great potential for balance, a characteristic that can keep him headed, despite any disappointments in the proper directions. When the ego controls this resoluteness however, it turns into stubbornness, and works against the personality. Perseverance becomes pigheadedness then, you see.

A comparable change occurred in your personality, Joseph, after the sessions began. It was less difficult, mainly since you had been ill earlier, you see, and already forced to know the weight of the body when the ego fights the intuitional self.