“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane said the sensations were “like a loss of tension,” and I thought it was a general release from her symptoms, at least temporarily, plus a dissociated state. While sitting in the usual rocking chair she uses during sessions, Jane said that at times she felt as though she were outside the house, enjoying the spring air, grass, flowers, etc. She told me that at various times Seth was around during the evening while we waited, but never did come through.

(Jane experienced a remarkable release from symptoms, but even so her neck was not fully released, as she determined by testing. She had done some yoga this afternoon, but she didn’t think this had anything to do with the present state.

(The next morning, we must note, the symptoms had returned; Jane was tight and stiff, though as the day wore on they lessened.

I suggest however that you continue your own prayer periods, as you have been doing them. Ruburt during his period should imagine feelings of exuberance, energy, and inspiration, general feelings of release and freedom. Let him play a game with himself however as to how long he can honestly forget (underlined) his symptoms in daily activity. Do not give them extra energy through concentration.

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.

Give us a moment. (Pause.) This will drastically reduce his concentration on symptoms. (Long pause.) He can imagine health as a means also of showing others, of setting an example.

(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.

It is exactly what you must avoid, and what you tell Ruburt he must avoid, for it does reinforce the present condition. You both have a tendency to concentrate upon remaining symptoms, or intensified ones, and to give little attention to the improvements. It is as if the improvements did not exist, and they do.

That is an important sentence. You are both concentrating on the remaining symptoms, and the improvements escape you. You do not give energy to them, nor look for them. You look for the remaining symptoms. You do not add reality, physical reality then, to improvements as they first show—you do not nurse them expectantly as you would a seed. You concentrate on the part of the plant that is not doing as well.

(When Jane’s symptoms were intensified following the exceptionally relaxed state of Monday night. No matter what improvements may have taken place, as Seth states, during such times it is very difficult to be aware of anything but the present.)

You have told him not to concentrate upon his symptoms, and yet you also have a tendency to do so. There is nothing that can work against your desires more. This leads to a sense of desperation, and undermines your confidence.