1 result for (book:tps2 AND heading:"delet session august 7 1972" AND stemmed:suggest)
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I want Ruburt to read his last session daily (of August 2, 1972). He has not done so. He has made an attempt however to follow the suggestions, and this has given him some pointers about his subjective state of mind. Some improvements have indeed shown themselves. But the entire session is important, and each of the suggestions is geared for him.
He did not tell you the many times he used my suggestions with good results in Rochester, simply because when he had the time to talk to you other matters had arisen, and he forgot some of the instances.
On one occasion he did almost come very close to the feeling of freedom necessary, but all the suggestions need to be followed, not simply the ones he happens to remember at any given time. The suggestions are given in such a way that one makes the other easier to follow. They work as a group therefore also.
[... 14 paragraphs ...]
Some important blockages would therefore come when he tried to tell himself he could do something, such as walk downstairs correctly, when at the same time he did not believe it possible. This was in my suggestions I emphasized the ends rather than the means. It is also why I want the session read so often, assuring him as it does that even in his present physical condition alone he can perform with much better flexibility—
[... 1 paragraph ...]
—than he previously believed. If the suggestions in the session are followed, they will alter his picture of his own reality, and through action. Naturally the session must be followed and not just read, from the sketching or painting suggestions right on. If that session is followed faithfully for two months, you will see some nearly spectacular changes.
[... 24 paragraphs ...]
The two of you represent the loners, of course, who strike out for themselves. There is much more here, but I suggest that we wait. You can have the information whenever you want it, or request it. There are connections with the children, where you serve as counterpoints.
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