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Through his art, Ruburt never had that sense of fitting with the times, or of receiving its ordinary recognition. In any of these discussions, however, remember I am specifying certain important points, for there are, again, many realities. In terms of mental, philosophic, esthetic, and artistic terms, however, you each decided to go ahead even if it meant leaving your times behind.

(10:15.) They do not trust themselves. They do not have the stamina, or the resoluteness, however, yet, to face a reality in which they are the creators of their circumstances. They no longer trust religion or science in organizational terms. If they read Ruburt’s books, they must accept the fact that Ruburt, as a woman, without the world’s credentials, will dare to follow the dictates of the inner self, and this makes the entire affair more frightening to them, to a degree.

(With much humor and irony:) What comic book reader wants to bother with a Clark Kent who, before his transformation, distracts the reader with such beside-the-point questions as “What am I doing? How do I, a mere mortal, suddenly turn into Superman? Is this mission necessary? At what point am I me? When does the transformation occur? What are my motives? What is the nature of the reality that lets this miracle occur?”

Or worse—what comic book reader wants Clark Kent to shout out from the phone booth, or wherever “You can do this too, or your version, because we all have a reality in which we are Clark Kent and Superman at one and the same time?” Such people simply want Superman to perform his miracles.

You imagine what might happen to future books. You do not suitably live in the present. This does not mean you need wear blinders—but when you are not suitably reacting to the validity of the present and immediate sense data, then to some extent you are putting on blinders of a different kind.

The body is well equipped to handle the reality of the moment, and the reality at any given time holds a considerable amount of refreshment. Responding only to the stimuli immediately available will often alleviate the anxiety causing the stomach difficulty.

I repeat what I said about Ruburt’s eyes. I suggest the hot towels be utilized. It does not help when you both reinforce your feelings of apartness from your society. It does not help when you make mental lists of society’s stupidities, and repeat them to each other.

(2. How will “Unknown” Reality do? Seth’s material this evening was making me wonder if my notes were going to be detrimental in that work. But I was also simply curious about whether “Unknown” Reality was going to do as well as the other Seth books.

The trouble with the left eye has to do with changes in the left leg and knee. The towels will help. The entire ear-sinus area is changing. Congested passageways are opening. The eyes felt the change of pressure and congestion. This caused, the initial eye difficulties, and unequal working of the eye muscles. Short periods of deep breathing will help, but mostly it is the confidence in his own body that is important. Otherwise you have the anxiety of believing that any symptoms have the worst possible connotations, and that the body does not know what it is doing.

Without my books, Ruburt’s books would not be the same. He would not have written them. It is impossible to say what he would have written. His books would not have shown the ability that they do now, however. “Unknown” will do well. Most likely it will be put out as one volume sometime in the future. It will be considered a textbook, however, and somewhat of a collector’s item.