“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

This applies regardless of the guises that such narrowness might take. In such concepts any natural goodness, or natural intent in man becomes not only invisible psychologically to the fanatic, but man’s natural nature appears as a direct threat to the ideal projected by dogma of any kind.

When ideals are set more or less artificially, greatly divorced from man’s nature, he cannot begin to live up to them. Usually these are, for one thing, too narrow and sterile. The ensuing guilt is the power that turns such a person into a fanatic. I hope to teach you a tolerance for others, for this will ensure the greatest development of your own abilities, and will also give you a more realistic view of the world.

Concentration upon natural data, as mentioned often of late, offers a healthy return to the body’s biological reality, and to its stance in space and time.

I will have a brief session because of the week’s circumstances—but also because I want each of you, by our next regular session, to reread the material thus far. That is just as important, for I do not want it to fade into the background of your attention. You can learn to reinforce each other’s courage, good nature, and optimism. You can help each other by reminding the other at various times to return to the moment’s prime data.

When you brooded about past errors, criticizing Prentice in your mind for past and future errors, you were reacting to implied threats of a kind. The refreshment of prime data, the return to natural stimulation, allows you to react appropriately to any realistic “threat,” without exaggeration.