“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(I told Jane this afternoon that we should get more information from Seth about her eyes. I was especially concerned by their bloodshot, protruding appearance. I didn’t understand how their appearance could mean that improvements were taking place, even though Jane said they’d felt much better the past two days. She agreed that we should get all the information on them that was possible.

Now let us begin.... Despite negative beliefs, false starts, or disappointments, Ruburt’s body has always tried to improve itself. The improvements were relatively isolated—kept apart from each other, not connecting overall, so that main motions could be affected. And despite your joint negativism, and your joint distrust of improvements, and your joint insistence upon ignoring any improvements noted by Ruburt as ludicrously insignificant in the face of what was needed—in spite of all of that, the body has kept up its own struggle.

Those ligaments had been pulled tightly. Only a small, minute alteration in any ligament or muscle affects all others. These ligaments in particular had been in the process of loosening, before Ruburt suddenly found he could thusly move his head, and look up toward the ceiling while walking.

In fact, a significant improvement had begun, for those motions affected all others, beginning to stretch other muscles and ligaments, demanding more circulation, and so forth.

Now: you are at this point presently. You can choose to believe me, and to act upon what I tell you, or you can choose to ignore the implications of what I say. Ruburt made a quiet, or quietly dramatic, decision. He is verbal. Words are important to him. He “hit upon” the word “responsive” in relationship to his body. He decided that above all he now wanted his body to be responsive.

Both of you distrusted those events. Ruburt’s eyes felt better, but both of you discounted that also as insignificant. They felt better because the muscles are becoming more used to their newer motions. They will constantly improve in all ways if you trust the body’s resources and intent.

He can for example begin to copy material for, say, an hour a day. Before there was no trouble. That was all the eyes did, relatively speaking. In the body’s reality, for example, today’s improvements are quite momentous—but your joint attitudes in the past put the body’s efforts down.

To some extent all of Ruburt’s movable parts have, since the sessions lately began, become more pliable. He said he felt a trifle lighter on his feet—again, dismissed by both of you as insignificant. This was the result of increased circulation, but mainly the result of tensions being relieved in those important neck areas.

That softening means that all of the muscles and ligaments involved in locomotion have somewhat loosened—an overall loosening. The position walking has not altered. It has become looser, however, and at times quicker. The overall motion is what is important. And the knees’ stiffness began in the neck areas.

When you focus upon negatives, that is all you see. The idea of being physically responsive can further trigger the final important developments needed. Absolutes must be avoided, however, and you start from Ruburt’s present position, reinforcing through approval—not disapproval—those improvements as they happen.

On the other hand those strides were highly important, for the body did right itself to an important degree, and through all of the difficulty the body has tried to right itself. The idea of responsiveness is vital, and its importance to Ruburt, now that he has attached it to body motion, is extremely significant.

You are another such period, where “conditions are working for you.” I want you to take advantage of them this time, and this session can allow you to do so. You believe the body can improve, or you don’t. The fact that it constantly tries should tell you something. I cannot speak more clearly. Vital improvements have begun. You should see some increased mobility in terms of far quicker motions first of all, followed by a general overall straightening.

(10:44.) It is basically so simple—so simple—that your projected difficulties appall me. You trust improvements, however slight they may appear. You approve of them. I believe I have answered all of your eyes questions. The responsiveness, incidentally, covers a variety of issues, socially as well as physically. I have said what I set out to say. End of session, unless you have questions.

(“All right. Good night, Seth.”