“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

To one extent or another in your society you are taught not to trust yourself. There are various schools and religions that try, in distorted terms, to express the self’s validity, but the distortions have smothered the basic validity of the teachings.

Ruburt, in those terms, started from scratch as a member of your society who had finally thrown aside, as you had, the current framework of belief. For some time he was simply between belief systems, discarding some entirely, accepting portions of others; but he was mainly a pioneer, and this while carrying largely unknowingly and invisibly the one basic belief of society that you cannot trust the self.

His own personality has indeed blossomed in all aspects, in terms of relating with others, and personal creativity. At the same time he did not realize how all-pervasive was the belief that the self could not be trusted. He saw it in others, and tried to combat it and help them. The belief prevented him from following through, so that the symptoms became a symbol, in a way, because he still did not trust himself sufficiently. They also became a symbol to others: “Look—I am not that sure.” He was quite correct in his written statement concerning the development of consciousness.

I bid you a fond good evening—but I want each of you to sense your own power, and the weakness of the beliefs behind the symptoms. Trust yourselves.