“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

In his prayer periods emphasize that his full attention can go into his work and creative endeavors. This automatically takes energy away from the symptoms.

The inner self will see to it that he does. Health should be considered then —and this is important—as a means to a desired end; full productive creative work; full use of abilities; daily enjoyment; helping others. When he focuses upon health itself as such, he overconcentrates. Health as a means to excellent performance in fields that are important to him; health as a means to use those abilities with which he has been honored; health as a means to bring joy to himself and hence to others; health as a source of strength that is available always to help him use those abilities and to fulfill his destiny here, now...

Now this information will help in the most important way—to help him get over those blocks still operating. Health as a means of allowing creative energy to flow through him.

The focus again now therefore, in his prayers, should be on feelings of peace, tranquility, safety and joy in creativity. He need not fight invisible enemies nor brace himself against them. This sort of focus, for his personal makeup, will bring about a quicker complete recovery. Now, you have the season on your side. Give me a moment. (Long pause.)

(My question had to do with the various kinds of experience sought by the inner self. I wondered, with some apparent irritation, why Jane’s inner self would permit such a detriment as the symptoms to continue for so long. Once the experience of the illness had been gained, it seemed to me, it made better sense for the inner self to terminate the particular experience and move on to others. I thought there were many more valuable kinds of experiences to be had in many kinds of healthier, more creative endeavors, instead of letting the symptoms interfere with Jane’s attempts to perform such creative endeavors.

Now. I told you in our last session that the inner self will not take over entirely. In this particular case built-up negative attitudes of years’ standing set up negative patterns that prevented the most creative parts of the self from using their natural potential.