“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

In the past a whole series of counterimpressions would have occurred. Your love and concern would not have been so apparent, you would have become dejected as a result of his condition, he would have interpreted that as disapproval and rejection, and a good week’s time might have been spent under the same conditions, so you have improved.

Now your relationship, as I told you, is a creative springboard for you both. The Sumari development would not have occurred until your relationship had a revival, and further creative developments have already been sparked for the same reason.

Now. I fear I am needed. I told you that in the past a week might have gone on with yesterday’s conditions, plus the fact that I would not have been permitted to give you information, or feedback—and certainly a day such as today would not have followed.

The phrase, “giving into your appetites,” is important here. It is one of the reasons for example why he does not like to eat, generally, in front of others. It is a moral principle to him, but also applies privately. It involves not being fleshy in voluptuous terms, a kind of esthetic discipline that morally disapproves of others. The sexual connotations are obvious, and added on. When he did not feel loved he would not eat—the two appetites, you see.