“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Ruburt is attempting to rid himself of poor habits of years’ duration. He is progressing. Certain incidents, trivial in themselves, will at times carry a tremendous charge, not necessarily because he is repressing thoughts about the particular incident, but because the incident recalls unresolved past issues that he has psychically associated with it.

He pulls out part of the thorn but not all of it, working with the pendulum, in some cases. When the symptom hangs on this is usually the case. The general overall condition of his body represents his general state of inner health. Specific complaints represent usually local reactions brought about by a current problem or current incident.

It may seem that response to a particular episode is out of all proportion in intensity, but attached to it may be past material which does carry a heavy charge. Now Ruburt can learn to use his subjective feeling also as an aid in this manner. He should not identify with it to begin with. It would help him if he could imagine it as having a shape or form, or a weight.

He is in possession of it. He has this mood. Say it is a mood of defeat. He should realize that he is not defeated but that he has a mood of defeat. See it as a form, then as you work with the pendulum close the eyes and see whether the form or the shape is disappearing. The image idea here will be an added reinforcement and help.

When Ruburt is in good spirits and physical condition, at the end of the day let him note down, briefly, what he has been doing and thinking about. Let him use those days as models, the focus of attention being upon them rather than upon the poor days. The idea being to reproduce those daily activities and thoughts that naturally reinforce his strengths. He should not overanalyze, but generally speaking keep such days in mind as models to follow.

He is himself trying to make contact after finally discovering where you were. There are some problems here we have not discussed that are rather involved in having to do with time relationships. He may make contact with you in his now during this visit, but this may not be known by you or experienced by you until some time in your future.

He is aware of this, but you are real to him in all of your Robert Butts time periods. From his vantage point it is a matter of when contact can best be made. He does not realize you do not perceive yourself as one in these separate time intervals. He realizes this about himself but he has not taken it into consideration in his calculations.

I will let you know very shortly what is happening if you are not aware yourself of contact. Conceivably he could make contact with you in the past, and you would have forgotten, but this is not the case. Although both of your realities are physical ones, the environments are entirely different. The forms you make out of matter are only generally similar. His consciousness has been perceiving this sort of unfamiliar environment with some awe. (Meaning our own.)

We hope that you will. (I didn’t.) I suggest that you give instructions to the effect that a portion of you will remain alert in sleep to such an encounter. Give us a moment. There may be a change of air pressure in the room that could alert you. Most probably it would be a telepathic communication, but he may touch you, to see if you feel physical to him. He will only appear in apparition form. The true stuff or material of his body of course will not be here, since its kind of matter cannot exist within your own, that is within your own system.

He should also imagine the future when present symptoms have vanished like the others. Anything but projecting them into the future. You can help him by reminding him of improvements and saying something like: “You used to worry just as much about your—say—feet, and they are fine now.” But remind him of gains. At least keep the gains in your own mind. It may be better not to mention specific past symptoms, while still dwelling on the improved condition. Do you follow me?