“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now we will have a relatively brief session, but I would like to give you some important immediate points to work on—not (humorously) that I did not give you enough the other evening.

Loving encouragement will work. Because of the material given the other evening, and Ruburt’s own background, this is what happened in the past: he would manage to show some improvement as your attitude became more loving. He was still looking for signs that you meant the change—do you follow me?

The difficulty showed itself in Ruburt in keeping with the style of life that you were both accustomed to. You did not go out without a reason. The idea was to avoid chores, time taken from work, ordinary mixing with neighbors. You never felt a responsibility to go out, but a responsibility to stay home and work.

Both of you had to acquiesce to some extent in the situation. He did not choose for example a way of action, even physically, that would go against your style of life or ideas, but cleverly wove these into ideas you both initially deeply believed in. when you were working particularly at Artistic, you could not say he was out gadding around and not using his abilities. There he was in his chair. He could not leave it.

You seemed to have no use for neighborliness, particularly. This went along with ideas of dedication to work. In here you need a note concerning Ruburt’s insights of yesterday. (When Jane burned her finger via steam from a baked potato.)

Now all of this can be remedied by interaction on both of your parts, and the willingness on both of your parts to give-and-take and not be afraid. Both of you often try to hide in your work from normal daily intercourse with others, and to make your work carry the burden of your humanity. That can only dehumanize your art, when carried to the extremes.

I am not telling you that dedication to work is not good, as you know, but it cannot take the place of all other human interest and communication.