“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Badminton or pounding the pillow should definitely be started this week. He is thinking in terms of improvements now, though, and this is an important development. Do not, in your case, over-remind him of what he is “supposed” to do, for he takes this to mean that you do not expect him to do it. He knows well now of your loving concern, and feels your love, and your love-making endeavors are extremely important to both of you.

I want to say something about beliefs that became obvious to him today concerning time and “work.” The ideas of work have been largely covered. His beliefs about time are important in relationship to his work ideas. As he noted, the belief was that he must be the young American poet, or the young American writer. Now we are dealing with an old belief system once shared to a large extent by you both.

In that system he saw you nearly ten years older than he, and in those terms unsatisfied; so he must work all the harder against time, and cut out everything else. In that system, as he developed it, there was no time for leisurely meals, showers, shopping trips or mundane enjoyments—only the work was important. Only it would survive. The day in which it was produced would vanish and be nothing—only the work would survive as a monument. The trivialities and moods, the feelings of morning and twilight would be extinguished—so he thought as you told him, and so against many of his natural instincts he tried to obey.

At the same “time” his body kept trying to assert its privileges and natural life, but he saw it as a tool to work. He understands now a good deal of this, but I want to put it in form for him. Even his writing time therefore became frenzied. He did not live in the moment, or know his body’s present reality. Sensations and impulse were deadened, unless they could be translated into “work.”

He still does not completely understand the nature of what he calls Sumari time, in relationship with inspiration. This concept is extremely valuable however, in freeing him from old time ideas.

His idea of changing the present through altering pictures in the past is also pertinent and good. Have him continue the practice as he began it—it aids in understanding beliefs, and it does alter the past and therefore the present.

For now he is right to avoid citrus. The vitamin C makes up for that. Tell him to begin cutting down white sugar in coffee, or use brown sugar. Cutting down is better. Apricot is better than pear juice. These are simply aids that will later be unnecessary.

Fresh tomatoes are good. Instead of fresh (so-called)commercial tomatoes, however, use canned ones for him. But not tomato juice alone, canned.

Cottage cheese is excellent. Now bacon for him is good. In moderation that particular kind of fat is good as a lubricant. All greens.