“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

You need some reminders. I am not speaking now necessarily to you, for I have said this before: remember areas of health and vitality. As far as your living quarters are concerned, enjoyment of them, taking spaciousness for granted, loving the idea of it, will bring you more.

Now when your idea of truth, or art, or artistic integrity, is connected with detail then the charged areas show themselves. This applies often in your paintings, and can in certain areas of my book where you are involved.

One wrong or bad apple, you feel, can rot the whole basket. When your idea of artistic vision is concerned then, each detail is of utmost importance to you. Details represent steps to truth, to you, in those areas. Other parts of you realize quite will the importance for example of inspiration, in which the steps or details do not appear in logical terms, so you allow both aspects to balance themselves.

This is done in such a way, when it is done correctly, so that no comparisons against present behavior is involved. The idea of health however becomes as persuasive as ill health was.

The idea of playfulness, and even of fun and ease, must be maintained. Ruburt must find the game fun, not resolutely pursue it. The “as if “ will automatically retrain muscular motion, and without effort.

It shows however a lack of freedom in a pivotal situation. I said pivotal because the dressing brings together both the idea of mobility and womanliness—both past areas of mistrust. The sexual area also combines both the lack of mobility and the womanly aspects, so freedom and the “as if” game in these areas is doubly important and vital.

Again, here particularly the game should not be carried out resolutely but with an idea of imaginative fun. There need be no decision on Ruburt’s part to wear short skirts all the time, for example. That would not be freedom either.

Despite your feelings against this house, generated because of Mr. Spaziani, at least on one level, your love of it was picked up by your present landlady for several reasons having nothing to do with the house. She has great respect for your painting, and for Ruburt’s abilities, and you knew her when she was a soldier in Rome. It is for this reason that she painted the halls, and made the apartment adjustment. In this case the past overrode your negative ideas about the house when she bought it.