“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(11:13.) Your suggestions of late have definitely helped. The body begins to rouse. Your part is highly important. You each share some general beliefs that the rest of the world is a threat. You differed only in that Ruburt chose what seems to be more drastic methods in meeting those threats. The suggestions serve as reminders that action is possible, and that spontaneity, not repression, is still the best way of countering the situation as it appears to be. The body is responding. When an animal is playing dead it knows when the immediate danger is over. When Ruburt has some improvements he is elated. Then, however, he stops to make sure that the danger is past, and to make certain it is safe to go ahead. Functionally, as the muscles release, balance in the legs must still be maintained. Certain muscles must be cleared before others. This is being taken care of. Then he stops, sensing the environment like an animal sensing the air. Your part in the suggestions aids in a kind of creature understanding, as one animal might nuzzle another.

Some people play dead mentally or emotionally. Some play dead in a very specific manner, deadening certain organs. In all cases a misinterpretation is being made on the part of the conscious mind, that then triggers bodily responses. It is not safe to eat, or it is not safe to stop eating, or it is not safe to run. Whatever the issue might be, the conscious world-view is bringing about biological activity. Now there are countering body impulses, and a constant set of checks and balances where the mind is meant to take another look, or where the body says that the biological integrity is in jeopardy. There are periods of new adjustment, and ideally the mind would take a new assessment of events.

(11:52.) Give us a moment.... The body is freeing itself, but greater freedom must be allowed as far as impulses are concerned, so that Ruburt can realize that his impulses are not threatening. A new balance is then set up between impulse and action, that will enrich his work as .well as accelerate the body’s flexibility. I want him to again become aware of his impulses, therefore, for physical action of any kind—whether he is at his table or not. His impulses will wisely provide creative inspiration and physical actualization, so that one adds to the other.