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You still do not encourage, now, lovingly (underlined) Ruburt to discuss his fears. The two of you do not consistently bring them out into the open. Some could be easily dismissed if you lovingly said “These are harmless. Don’t you understand how silly they are,” but without accusation.

Loving encouragement in getting rid of those would have taken care of the trip difficulties. Instead he tried to smile and shove the trip fears under, and you let him.

Again, your loving encouragement that he can, for example, go down a step is highly important and supportive. Because of the reasons given earlier in this session, he retreats and hypnotizes his muscles into believing they cannot act such and such a way. He tries quite honestly to perform an act while believing he cannot, so that the muscles do fight themselves, and hurt quite painfully.

Your loving encouragement therefore helps ease the transition into action, again, quite practically, regardless of the reasons for the self-hypnosis—

—and until you encourage the free flow of feeling; and you can. The situation is not nearly as hopeless as it appears, and I tell you, Joseph, that your joint feelings of hopelessness are as hypnotizing as what I just explained to you of Ruburt’s actions.