“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

To him it was a direct action taken against something that annoyed him—the dust—an act of independence since he did it, and a symbolic clearing away of inner debris. To completely redecorate and rearrange your apartment would represent a symbolic and literal statement. At least you would be perfecting what you have, and taking steps within that framework, freely redecorating creatively, changing your environment instead of squawking while staying. Yet he is sure you would consider it a vast annoying distraction, even though not as annoying as moving. But he has not felt free to go ahead in either direction.

You took direct action. You communicated feelings. You roused yourselves, believing that suggestions meant something, and they worked. Good suggestions are not bandages to cover up, unless you believe they are. They represent the power of your conscious intent to change, and the recognition of that power and its use automatically displaces feelings of powerlessness.