“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

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.

Now: distorted as it is, and it is distorted, the science of mind book, coming from outside of himself, in those terms, is valuable, for it reminded him of his own power. He was afraid that despite his efforts he could not get better. Now you also have shared that belief strongly enough in any case so that your joint beliefs merged. His symptoms represent for him the one point of vacuum, comparatively speaking, where the acceleration that has otherwise occurred has not as yet clearly penetrated; and jointly they represent the area in which your combined beliefs have not caught up to your knowledge.

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.

Another note: if you truly hold in your minds the sense of your combined powers for but a few moments a day, you can work miracles. This is the one area in which separately or together you have not used those abilities. Your own work is bound up with it here also. It represents the invisible area, where Ruburt’s symptoms are visible. You have made ground there.

A few clear moments of belief, again, on both of your parts will let unimpeded nature free Ruburt, and also release other abilities of yours which you symbolically see as Ruburt’s physical symptoms.