“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(These feelings involved unexpressed emotions stemming from several years ago, on Jane’s part. When she became aware of them, she got a pain in a leg, but a little later did tell me about them.)

They would be well worth the while, however. This is the kind of thing I have been speaking of—the avoidance of a direct confrontation with those (in quotes) “negative emotions” blocks out the one emotional (in quotes) “solution”: an emotional statement on your part that counters it—a meeting of emotions.

The expressed (underlined) emotional anger, accusation or hurt on Ruburt’s part would automatically, or should, bring out in you an answering emotional statement. Answering in that any hurts or reasons on your part would be expressed with feeling, and the way cleared for an emotional statement of love, regret, or on both of your parts an emotional expression of sorrow for having hurt the other.

Instead you get to the point where the emotion barely surfaces and you say “Oh, yes, that came from such and such.” This applies now to both of you. Now you both handled emotional situations involving you both more or less in the same manner. You still do not want to feel and counter the emotions on their level.

This clears the emotions, the spirit and the mind as well as the body. This is what I meant by not moving each other to tears or laughter. By this small encounter this evening you showed your willingness to proceed, and also clearly showed how little you understood about what I really meant.

You want to do anything with the emotions but feel them. Write about them, paint them, talk about them, anything but feel them. Do you see the difference now?

I want to get around your basic fears that emotional freedom is automatically the feeling of negative emotions, though you may initially begin there. Arguments between you for example would have been far healthier. Then you could have kissed and made up, and meant it.

This operates as strongly for you as Ruburt. You have seen him in a very few honest expressions of anger, once when he tried to throw a chair, and felt the suddenly released energy that he usually does not channel physically. That same unexpressed energy is present within you, but it must be felt first, and acknowledged. If you have questions ask them. Now. I mentioned, and you realize the significance of Ruburt turning down the radio when you enter the room. He tried to turn his emotions down in the same way. He felt you equated noise, period, with emotional behavior.

There is a rich bed of energy and emotions for you both. You were afraid to approach it. I will make the practice with your approval of commenting more or less regularly for a while.

Make it a point then to encourage your own expression of emotion, and Ruburt’s. Do you want a break?

Then we will return to other material. (9:35.) Let me add, before your break, a few other remarks to this portion. The very fact that you now must take time out for the clear expression of emotion is telling, in itself. Once you learn, you will express your emotions freely as you go about your day.