“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Give us a moment.... When the world-view enlarges to include more sophisticated cultural environments then, however, the body must rely upon the conscious mind’s interpretation of events. While the animal may encounter danger, it does not feel that its world is not safe. Fear of a biological nature is in itself healthy. It is only when it is prolonged unnaturally that it leads to difficulties. Again, give us a moment.... Imagined fears, projected into the future, put the body in a state of stress unknown to the animal. When you feel that your world is not safe the body may respond in many ways, according to the characteristic temperament and beliefs. Ruburt has been playing dead. His ideas convinced the body that playing dead was the way to insure overall survival. The body might object, but it still must rely upon the conscious mind’s interpretation of events, that it realizes are beyond its realm.

(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.

The suggestions however also help you as you give them to Ruburt—highly important as far as your joint realities are concerned. Frank has been an important help. Give us a moment.... There is nothing wrong with Ruburt’s body. He realizes that now. Frank’s physical knowledge helped there. At least twice a week Ruburt must write down his feelings, so that he does not inhibit them—highly important as he is recovering.

Now: in a way the game is up—for Ruburt finally realizes that there is nothing organically wrong with the body. For some time he convinced himself that there was. The love implied in the fact that you help him with suggestions is highly important, because that love implies safety. In the past you have reinforced each other’s beliefs in an unsafe universe. These beliefs have become a part of your private and joint realities, affecting you (me) invisibly as they affect Ruburt visibly.

In your society usually, drugs would have been used in the meantime. However, in Ruburt’s case this does not apply.

(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.

Many of the muscles have literally come alive again. The joints are following suit. Give us a moment.... The vitamins are a help, but not when they are taken constantly. They then become a crutch. For now, 2 vitamin C’s are sufficient. You live in a safe universe. It is safe to go outside your door. The most important thing now is to help Ruburt become aware of and react to impulses. If his at any given time clash with yours, then clearly make your feelings known. This will help you in your communications with each other, and clear issues as they arise.

If Ruburt is allowing himself to be spontaneous, then he will spontaneously want to type his script, add to it, clean his house, go outside, see people sometimes, and not see them at other times. The last would apply to you. The results with the arm this evening are a direct result of his writing down his feelings. There is nothing wrong with ambiguous feelings. You cannot set up rules that say you must always react to people in the same way. I want him then to work on his manuscript for two-and-a-half hours, and then to allow himself at least one-and-a-half hours of creative psychic and writing freedom.

Give us a moment.... Your ideas of quality are reinforced and sensed in the books even while they are not physically apparent. I will have more to say at another time on this. For now I am concerned with Ruburt’s specific problem, and I ask you, lovingly, to help him become aware of his impulses and to act upon them. End of session—except that there are several good surprises on the way.