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The entire Air Force affair thus far has been beneficial, in that Ruburt sees that his abilities can have great application in physical terms. He needed the confidence, which is why he accepted the situation.

Earlier he did not want to use the body largely, for reasons he now understands and largely dismisses. As a part of that process he convinced himself that he could not use the body. Now those body beliefs have still to be tackled.

You are used to “trusting your physical perceptions,” taught to accept physical evidence above all as the mark of reality. This is a part of your culture. Ruburt, involved in highly avant-garde work, always tried to make sure he had both feet upon the ground—in his terms, to be fairly objective. When he finds himself in such physical circumstances then it is difficult for him to fly in the face of such “physical evidence.”

In areas where he is doing well, such limitations, and resulting limiting behavior, do not occur to him. In the Air Force situation, for example, he did not say “I cannot possibly deny physical laws, or know what is going on in another place, or even at another time.” He enjoyed defying the physical evidence accepted by the scientist and others.

In his situation however he has largely felt powerless to alter the conditions. Part of this is personal, but part is also cultural, and shows the one area of cultural beliefs from which Ruburt has not freed himself. At times it has seemed at best Pollyanna, even to you, in the face of Ruburt’s daily situation, and your intimate experience with it, to pretend playfully that it did not exist.

He must project that same sense of freedom and understanding into the physical situation, and fly as freely in the face of that situation. You were correct, therefore: he must believe that he can indeed be normally flexible. And if he does so believe, he will be. The fear causes him to organize memory and behavior so that all physical evidence then correlates with his belief that he cannot get well.

Can I give you a few practical suggestions, to fit your present situation? Again, when you awaken in the morning, come over to Ruburt’s side of the bed. In your own way, remind him of what I have said. He wants to get up earlier. But when he feels as if his efforts physically are getting nowhere, then he thinks “What is the use?” So your very early morning encouragement can be of value.

(“How about if he just got up?”)

Give us a moment.... Since you understand so clearly the reasons for his problem, his lack of belief in the fact that he can indeed get well, then do your best to remind him that he can get well. And that you are not as hypnotized by his symptoms as he is.

I told you both to do certain suggestions together, because your belief in them and your effectiveness could help him revive his own body beliefs. The fact is that both of you are nearly hypnotized by the physical effects. While the main challenge is his, you can help by reviving your own beliefs that he can indeed return to normal physical behavior.

—sadly, and with a nostalgic remembrance, because you do not believe that Ruburt can change his beliefs enough, and this, you see, is precisely what he fears. It is, however, most probable simply because the evidence is before you in all areas of your lives—that his energy, when it is directed, is most effective. We simply want it now directed in the physical area.