“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

To his way of thinking he cut out all excess baggage, so he had a spare diet, physically speaking. Because the body has its own sense there were always periods when it rebelled, when physical improvements showed. But the power of Ruburt’s will was not directed in those terms. The power of his will said “We are not ready yet. We are still working on one challenge,” so it seemed, finally, that he was powerless or helpless to alter the rigidity of his body.

Yet when he improved he felt that he did not want those “new distractions,” and so the power of his will still kept the body down. The power of his will is amazingly strong. He is not one to work in many areas at once. Each person lives by their intent, which brings about the force of their being. In all of this probabilities are involved, so in all points of the past he touched points of probable healings. No one can be healed against their will. There is no such coercion.

Ruburt does not like the physical results of his plan on the one hand. On the other hand it was part of his method, a way of intensifying focus, increasing perception in a small area while also insuring safety, so that inner excursions would be balanced by a constant worrisome body that would urge him to return.

Until today he did not realize that the intent of his will was purposefully directed to keep the body down. In larger terms, you cannot say that this was a good or a bad method. In your terms it seems like a poor one.

He did not until today connect up the idea of the power of the will and his body, for he has willed his body down. He sees that the challenge has been won, and now it is time to take up the next challenge, to apply the power of the will to the body.

Creativity would have to be involved. You were also intrigued, determined to travel into the nature of reality, and at least glimpse a vague picture of what it could be. For all of your talk you envied Ruburt his concentration. In one probability you did the same thing yourself. In this one you provided yourself with a background that included sports and the love of the body, knowing it would sustain you.

One of the beliefs then was a strong joint one that you had to protect your energy at all costs, and block out any worldly distractions. Ruburt with his practical mind interpreted this more literally than you, and physical restriction was a part of his natural early environment, as it was not in yours. You were half scandalized, yet half approving, for some time. In the physical area in the meantime, Ruburt lost the connection between will and body. This was a natural result of his method.

The methods Ruburt adopted in his 30’s became more frightening in your terms of time, in the 40’s, so he is looking for a way out. But he closed off his will from his body, so in that area he felt powerless.

His paper today is important, not because he has to make that kind of decision, but because he believed in it and chose a physical orientation. He should definitely every day now reread the sessions that he has collected separately on work and spontaneity—and if you value my recommendations, this is a must. He does not have any disease—the body still can right itself, as of now.

Using the body then allows you to relax. When as last night it is sore, it is because it wants to move. It has not been used, and objects. So despite the habits built up at such times, he is to get up and move about. The power of his will is indeed awesome, but he is just beginning now to feel it. Then it can be used in a new directive. The altered directive is all that is necessary. The rest will unconsciously follow.

Again, many people are not even familiar with that power. Ruburt does not need the extravagances of today’s statement, though it is a stepping stone, but he must now realize the importance of a balanced life. He has the body on his side, for it is only waiting for him to allow it to use its power.