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(1. About reincarnations Why do people say they remember past lives, but very seldom refer to future lives? If Seth’s ideas on the subject are correct, people should remember both past and future lives.

Now: someone might fall down and badly jar the head or neck area, in which case you have an observable bruise, or wound or whatever. Over a period of time Ruburt’s anxieties brought about a like condition, but not observable in the same fashion.

As mentioned, those areas are being released. During his nap, further important release took place, but it was accompanied by uncomfortable sensations with his eyes. The resulting release of muscular tension was definitely obvious to him, and reflected not only in the neck or head area, but also in the important knee areas, and traveling to the ankles.

Ruburt concentrated, however, on the eye discomfort. The body itself did not experience those sensations as at all frightening or uncomfortable, but as stretching readjustments. Later in the evening, further definitely felt releases occurred in the same areas. The head motion to the right was improved, the shoulder areas further released, the jaws also—and those releases pulled out, so to speak, to the hip areas. Ruburt’s eyes also felt considerably easier.

Neither of you granted those positive experiences as meaning much, in the light of your other concerns. Your confidence fled. Had you made greater effort to understand, both of you, the affair for one thing would have been much more pleasant, but further anxiety would not have been generated. You could have helped each other.

The whole matter then comes down to building up your confidence, and making a creative effort to let nothing take it from you. For now, it is realistic to expect some such episodes: but as you use these ideas, and as the improvements continue, the episodes will be far less, and your confidence will easily triumph.

(10:01.) Give us a moment.... It is highly vital that you do not allow any lack of confidence to cow you. I want the hot towels on the knees however continued, and all of the suggestions given already. The body is responding, and the activation is general and entire. Presently you can reinforce each other’s lack of confidence. But you can also determine to use your own creativity, and your own faith in the body’s efforts and power to combat such episodes.

Now.... The girls’ behavior points out the importance of suggestion as it operates in a negative way. Most suggestions are relatively invisible. They are the result of body language, smiles or frowns, muscular attitudes—but you live surrounded by a psychological environment of suggestion. You have each your ways of expressing to the other silent attitudes of hopelessness or happiness. The return to the natural moment can be used quite effectively, but not if you constantly reinforce your lacks of confidence.

I do not want to go into history here, but to some extent the Catholic church began the mass pattern that ended up putting the individual in such a position, so that the self was trusted least of all. There were cultural reasons connected here also, but the people in the society were taught to rely upon the priests, so that that authority became substituted for deep individual reliance upon the self.

A past death does not bother them, but the contemplation of a future reincarnation implies the death within this present life, and is largely avoided.