“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

I did remind Ruburt that the body, the body’s condition, the negative aspects of the body’s condition, that is not the problem.

(In quotes:) “We will be happier when Ruburt is better,” or “We will feel more together when Ruburt is better,” or “We will make love more often when Ruburt is better.” All such ideas are not only beside the point, but lead you to use the symptoms or the result or hide the source.

Ruburt spread his physical problem around more, bodywise; in such a way, he thought he could endure longer, you see, rather than attacking a critical organ.

You have not come off scot free. You held back in your work, and in selling it, feeling that you must make up—not for Ruburt’s symptoms, but because you felt you were not relating as emotionally as you could, and realizing that this same warmth was necessary to your work.

So if you did not give it as freely as you thought you should to Ruburt, then you would also keep it to the same degree (underlined) out of your work. This was not merely some self-punishing situation. You would be led to question why you were not pleased with your work as you thought you should be, and hence back to the original problem.