“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Legitimate response, legitimate aggressive—(It is interesting to note that Jane stumbled over the word aggressive, even speaking as Seth)—response, is no problem, for there is no buildup behind it. It clears the system, and the other person can handle it. This Ruburt must learn. Often in such situations he will hurt himself because he has an exaggerated (underlined) idea of the hurt any normal aggressive reaction, from a frown to a verbal one, can have.

There is still an exaggerated idea of the power of aggression. It is not nearly as powerful as he imagines. Only when it is not allowed normal (underlined) outlets. Now give us a moment.

When Ruburt finds himself concentrating upon his symptoms, then let it be a sign that normal aggressions are not being recognized, that he is afraid of hurting someone else, and that this is blocking his normal enjoyment of daily activities.

So there was an exaggerated idea of the effect of normally expressed aggression. A normal child at times can slap its parent back, and the parent is obviously immune. The child’s strength is nothing against the parent's. In Ruburt’s case such normal reactions were out of the question.

Normal aggressive acts are like microscopic chunks of ash that barely fly very fast or far. It is only highly charged and repressed aggressive energy that turns into bombs.