“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

When it is so materialized much of the creativity is automatically expressed (pause), the individual being aware of only that ability that the mind can understand. Most individuals therefore do not contend with larger portions of their own reality. An individual sets for himself those challenges that lie within his realm at any given time. He does not tackle challenges that in his terms are too great to be solved.

Earlier he experienced high accelerations of creativity and consciousness (pause). These accelerations and the capacity activated the thyroid gland, not the other way around. He sensed the energy, of course, and considered it one of his characteristics, but it frightened him. He had definite ideas of the ways in which energy should properly be used and channeled.

He was afraid of going too far too fast, and worse, of going alone. Controls were applied as he learned to experience and use his growing abilities. The fears about being an official psychic were to see that he did not fall into the temptation of allowing all the dogmas to be tacked upon the phenomena, so that he would not operate within old frameworks, and therefore tacitly give voice consent to them.

In all of this you also acquiesced. It was known that only by presenting the material in writing, and eventually in books, that his personality would accept it. He would also be driven to critically analyze the phenomena (hyphen)—and in books, because he is a writer—before he felt free enough to simply create (period).

The critical writing and the symptoms went hand in hand. They were both cautionary procedures, symbolic and literal, that he felt necessary. Until his own understanding of his nature and the nature of consciousness progressed, he needed those tactics.

Now until Ruburt’s psychic experiences and the beginning of this expansion of consciousness and abilities, he was used to relying upon other levels of trust. He identified completely with his body. Afterward he could not identify with his body in the same way. A whole new orientation became necessary, and it did involve a time of stress.

The expansions of consciousness on Ruburt’s part did involve some natural feelings of disorientation with his body and the world, that all in all were handled supremely well.

Ruburt’s cautionary attitude was his way of maintaining balance. Usually his particular kind of development takes place in two lives, in your terms. Your own unswerving desire to paint is your impetus, as writing was Ruburt’s and is, so that your knowledge would be interpreted in those terms—as, if you continue, it will be.

Ruburt must do his own creative work in his writing hours. He must for his health’s sake take at least 15 minutes a day to relax in any fashion he chooses—but mental and physical relaxation. This is not diversion such as television, you follow me.

He is not to feel at the demand of letters, people, calls or otherwise. He is to feel free of those demands. They are not a part of his work. My book is geared specifically to people. When he realizes he need not be at their demand he can be freely grateful for his mail, and not resentful.

An honest, warm letter will be dictated by me (louder), to be sent out. This absolves him from such responsibility neatly, and it is important that he be so absolved—not only for his own benefit but for other work, from which such demands detract.

Nor need he feel a responsibility to allow people to come to class from afar—but that might, generally speaking, represent his contact with others psychically. He should speak to Hugh, as he mentioned, and that is important.

There are to be some recommendations for diet. Some changes in his tastes have already occurred, to his surprise. He no longer enjoys raw steak as he used to, or even steak particularly, for example.

He finds himself naturally wanting grains such as rice and cereals, and has a yearning for potatoes, baked. His diet, and yours, should follow the following patterns: for him particularly, except for bacon which is dried, very little pork. Steak, if you will excuse me, only on rare occasions.

For him emphasis on potatoes in all forms except deep fried, and greens—spinach, turnip greens and the like. Citrus fruits for him should largely be avoided, particularly with milk together. All other fruits however should be better utilized in his diet. The pear and apricot juices particularly are good.

Later I will suggest that Ruburt cut down on both sugar and milk for coffee, but for now let it stand. The nuts should be kept on his desk however, and nibbled.

On the other hand you must at the minimum (underlined) work 4 and ½ hours a day at your own painting. Chores will be taken care of, and fall into their proper place. The same applies to Ruburt at his work. You can utilize your nap period to a far greater degree than you do. You are to consider yourselves pioneers. Ruburt in particular is now finally to forget other people’s opinions of his activities, and forge ahead. Their opinions never affected you to that degree.

All of these suggestions will release both of you in important ways. He was never meant to give his entire conscious concentration to (in quotes) “psychic” work. The freedom of his own creative work will enhance those abilities, but also free him for some further expansions of consciousness that are meant to follow. The same applies to you, and in these endeavors you must work together.

Ruburt had to understand his own creative necessities as a person, and accept the mobility of his own consciousness and those changes that it would involve. You also have to be free enough, and will be, to stand on your own position, and you must be free enough to cast aside the shackles that invisibly surround the field of painting, and even your own interpretation of it.