“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

When I say economy however I am not simply speaking of economics in financial terms—rather in the larger meaning of economy in sparing down, cutting out nonessentials, fearing to waste not simply money, but energy or time. All of these ideas are based upon the fear that an individual possesses only so much energy that must be hoarded, directed—not easily, but with fantastic force. The clothes dryer in the basement represents energy that you are afraid to use. You realize you have the money to run the machine, or to buy the washer. It seems somehow sinful, however, wasteful and wrong.

Most of this is out in the open, but you did not understand the connections that existed between your ideas about the dryer and food and frames, and how they applied to your mental and physical habits. Your art is set off by your frames—so you deny your paintings their natural setting.

The frame connects the painting with the world, and yet divides it from it in the most beautiful of fashions. It makes little difference whether you buy a washer, or ever use your dryer or dishwasher, but it does make a difference that you understand your feelings about these items, and know how those feelings connect with your deeper activities.