“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(After Jane and I had spent an hour talking about the time spent in chores, seeing visitors, other interruptions, etc.)

You block your own energy many times because of old habits. If you faithfully followed through on your moods, inclinations and leanings, in, say, any given week, you would discover that you wanted to work, felt like working, and worked well for certain periods of time.

You then begin to anticipate further distractions. When a so-called distraction at one time is welcomed at another time, then obviously it is no distraction, but expresses a need. You went to the bank today because you thought you should, going against your feelings. You went with your feelings about Maria (Clodes), but this caused you difficulty instead of enjoyment because of the bank. Such a policy would allow you an automatic way of making such decisions, would clear the air, and give you each a far more exuberant flow of energy.

(10:25.) Spontaneity knows its own order. The creative self is the most spontaneous of all. There are hidden rhythms of creativity that you do not take advantage of, and I am not speaking here to you (RFB) alone. They become overlaid with cultural habits. The suggestions I have made will help release these, and allow you to utilize them. It is rather silly to see people every Friday night on schedule unless that policy suits you. It is silly, however, in the same way to force yourself to concentrate at a time when you really yearn for activity. As it is, you often feel guilty whether you work or play, so to speak. Obviously you may not each feel the same way at the same time, but if you clearly communicate your feelings to each other, that is no problem. The material is valuable if you use it. It represents a way of handling your energy that is native to your own being, and permits creativity its easiest, most natural flow.

To some extent you do not trust your own creativity enough, but think that it is so weak that it will be destroyed or dissipated by the slightest distraction. You become so worried for it that you can overprotect it, and deny it its natural resiliency and power. When you want to work, do so, for as long as you feel like it, committed to it freely, having decided then that for that time, nothing will be allowed to interfere.

Do not compare yourselves with people in the so-called work-a-day world. This is a gross error. Your challenges, rewards, interests and ways of life do not match. I am not suggesting that you turn your life upside down, necessarily, and work at night. On the other hand, you do have that freedom with time that others do not possess, and it is one that you overlook.