“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

The mind may want to react. The individual may realize that his or her pace has been too fast, and so natural feelings bring about a lethargy of body, or a slight fever, or an indisposition—all quite natural, resilient activities. I do not want this ever to be interpreted to mean, a priori, and in conventional terms, that “suffering is good for the soul.” A reliance and faith in the natural self, however, would be large enough to accept certain indispositions without fear, panic, or doubt. With the best of intent most public health announcements shout the symptoms of critical diseases to the skies, so that the smallest of indispositions becomes the trigger for personal fear on the part of millions. Such announcements actually teach people to fear what might be happening within the body. There is a stress upon disease rather than health.

In the past you would have been ashamed, jointly, to meet this visitor. Ruburt’s satisfaction with his book, and your reinforcement of its value, put the symptoms in the background.

As a result, Ruburt’s vitality—and I am not speaking loosely—radiated health, and that message got across. Before, the symptoms predominated in such an encounter, as with Monroe, because of your attitudes.