“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now, there is a point, quite important, that Ruburt will not consciously as yet accept, and that is the influence of telepathic and clairvoyant data. This does affect the personality.

Some symptoms are indeed caused by telepathic knowledge. He reacts to it as he reacts to other information. Personal associations are generated, and so forth. The affair with Muriel was known to him, though again he is not consciously convinced. (Muriel is the daughter of Marian and Jimmy.)

It provides for the deepest spontaneous expression of the subconscious, gives the ego a directive and sense of purpose, and develops the overall abilities of the personality, which in the past were completely denied, for lack of training and out of fear. The poetry was always a part of the psychic nature.

The poetry allows for fullest possible creative expression in the full meaning of the word, art. It also siphons off, expresses and uses subconscious desires and moods and repressions, thus freeing the channels of the personal subconscious so that those deeper areas can find expression in psychic work.

In his case, the two go together and serve each other. The poetic creation, itself art, also serves to free the personal subconscious and to transform personal material into art. The subconscious is thus uncluttered because of the poetic expression, and this helps to make the psychic work possible.

The psychic experiences are then used as poetic subjects, and this cycle of creativity is always enriched as the whole personality continually develops itself and grows. Any undue tampering disrupts this function. The personality could not approach its own promise until the poetic nature led to the psychic development. When this occurred, some personality adjustments were required. The ego felt threatened in direct proportion to the strength of the newly felt abilities, and performed a huge trick.

In Ruburt’s years with Zeh, there was severe splitting of the personality. It is not a new thing with him to push aside the subconscious at all. In all cases when he does, an explosion of one kind occurs. His subconscious intuitive self, you see, is extremely vital, alive, and unusually insistent for expression, even for the subconscious which is known for this.

Now give us a moment. (Pause.) The psychic work offers the personality a perfect method for development and unification. The hands and feet are part of the mother identification and are also important in another connection. Ruburt blames himself for running from difficulties in the past. This way he cannot run, you see, symbolically. He is forcing himself to face his difficulties, but thus far his hands are tied, you see.

The hand development came last when the personality realized that the problems were not being solved, and that symbolically, his hands were tied. He was left in a dilemma. Having decided not to run, yet finding he was not getting anywhere either. The answer, symbolically, is that movement can be toward, and not away from.