“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

The release of a small “unknown” muscle, short and innocuous in the foot, might activate another in the shoulder in the precise order necessary, that will act as a stimulus, say, for a joint someplace else. Ruburt is aware of many of these sensations, so that he consciously will have some knowledge of how his own body works, and will be able from now on to have a greater conscious knowledge of its condition. He knows, now, as areas are released, and automatically keeps watch. He will understand how the body feelings serve as important informative data.

All of this is occurring because he is beginning to understand that you do indeed live in a safe universe. The body’s condition followed precisely as I said it would when last I discussed it. You can expect, then, continuing improvement following the patterns just given. The cushioning of muscles and joints will allow first for easier motion and easier walking—that is, without such inner gratings.

Now give us a moment.... At the risk of repeating myself, you live in a safe universe (loudly). At the risk of repeating myself you (to me) can no longer equivocate either (loudly). When you find yourself in a period of distress, it is because you do not trust your safety. You cannot live in a safe universe and an unsafe one at the same time. You have to make a complete choice.

If you choose a safe universe then you may indeed find some old habitual ideas, thoughts or beliefs, coming to haunt you. Those belonged to the unsafe universe, and made perfect sense there—and there they still do. When you change your affiliation and find yourself now and then encountering such feelings; and they are always one way or another feelings of insecurity—then admit to yourself that while they made sense in the unsafe universe, they do not belong in the safe one. Literally, such feelings make no sense in a safe universe. They are literally meaningless.

Ruburt has recently used the suggestion “Infinite intelligence leads me and guides me in all my ways.” If you thoroughly understood what that means then you do indeed live and experience a safe universe. Your pendulum will give you the specific reasons for any difficulties, but behind these ever-changing reasons is always the sense of insecurity you feel when you believe the universe is against you to whatever degree. It works with you when you let it, and you attract to yourself all of those conditions that are cooperative to your ventures.

One point: I said that your universe was safe. I never said that it was perfect.

Now: when you anticipate problems from Prentice, you attract them. You do not know what would happen, pragmatically, if you did not imagine such difficulties, because in one way or another you have always anticipated them from the beginning. You had no such ideas of a safe universe then. There are people in any organization who are in the habit of sloppy work. There are also people in any organization who have fairly decent standards of excellence. But even the sloppy workers will indeed pick up your ideas of excellence, and try to translate them, finding even a new satisfaction in their work—but only if you think of what you want as a product, and not what you fear you will get instead.

Ruburt’s symptoms made sense in an unsafe universe. He needed protection, he felt. Your feelings about Prentice made sense in an unsafe universe, where you had to protect the excellence of your vision from incompetence. You can make that leap into the safe universe—just as Ruburt is. The leaping is a process of growth, so in your terms give yourself time, but do not equivocate.

Your own annoying physical symptoms have been caused largely because of the matters just mentioned—either worry over “Unknown” Reality, or painting, or Ruburt. Beneath it all, however, is the insecurity resulting from passé beliefs in the unsafeness of the universe.

When you find yourself at all in any kind of physical discomfort, quietly remind yourself that you do indeed believe you live in a safe universe—and this will remind the body, and allow it to relax.

(Long pause at 10:50.) I know the contours of your minds and consciousnesses far better than you may imagine. It is time when all of your efforts suddenly bear fruit, when inner techniques have been practiced, and suddenly click into focus and actuality. So you are at such a springboard when your understanding does propel you into a quantum leap of understanding. Later it seems simple. This can be compared to what you said to Ruburt concerning your paintings today—only instead life is involved. It is the painting that is suddenly simple.

Give us a moment.... My new book is progressing at its proper pace, following certain contours of Ruburt’s consciousness also, as his psyche “expands.” I do not like an overreliance on terms. Many of the ones that I have used are simply guidelines because people insist upon definitions. My new book will break beyond the concept of counterparts—as that concept broke beyond the concept of reincarnation.

To one extent or another you can “pick up on” any personality living or dead, historically or in the future—but in any future, because in far more complicated ways each psyche contains within it the experience and knowledge of others. “You” change your viewpoint in the universe, and “you” are someone else. Yet you are still yourself....

You (me) even arranged it so that the kind of art you wanted to do could not be done in the accepted framework of artistic reference, but would necessitate such a growth of consciousness. You chose problems, each of you, challenges, that would lead to such a development. I will tell you now that that leap is assured—for had it not been assured in what seems to be your future, I would not have emerged in your past (whispering.