“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now: as Ruburt often imagined the worst possibility, and thought that he was being practical in doing so, in terms of his physical condition, gums and all, so you do the same thing in these given areas.

He was indeed expressing the ideal of his life to a far greater degree than most, but in those areas, where its expression lagged, the contrast seemed so varied in your joint eyes as to make the ideal seem a lie by contrast. If others had the same attitudes toward someone in the same kind of difficulty, you would straighten them out at once.

His mental patterns have undergone obvious, very important alterations. His condition was his individual reaction to general mass beliefs of a negative nature. You see those results in all the individuals you know. False teeth, eyeglasses, sacrificed organs or whatever, poverty, poor relationships. Some people are blighted to some degree in all areas of their lives.

When Ruburt as an individual sought to heal himself, and at the same time sought to divest himself of traditional methods of healing, such as doctors and so forth, he embarked upon a journey through his own beliefs—but also through the beliefs of your own culture. He is coming out on the other side. Again, your discussion about the dentist was vital to him, because he finally understood his attitudes—not only in that area but others; and in those areas, no matter what he told himself, he was afraid that the worst was really happening, or would happen.

Prentice’s mutilation of the photographs is the same thing on your part. You are taught that to be practical is to expect the worst. To expect the best is Pollyanna. Despite that belief, however, you have both managed to express the ideal, and to clear, whether you realize it or not, one area of life after another.

If you have difficulties again, speak to the concerned areas gently, in a calming fashion. Tell them that you are working on the problems that have caused them stress. This will help, but the conditions now should vanish with your understanding.

(All louder:) He can direct energy better for that reason. So—I am personally sending you a surplus, and I am directing it in those areas in which you need it most. I am saturating you with it. Seven told Ruburt not to forget to be playful. My existence is quite as earnest as your own—yet may I also remind you to remember and to encourage the playful elements of your own being.