“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

When that challenge was met he used his will and mobilized all of his power to fulfill his abilities, and to bring about conditions in which he hoped Joseph could also fulfill his. The will, again, operates according to the personality’s beliefs about reality, so its desires are sometimes tempered as those beliefs change. Ruburt always concentrated in his own way upon one challenge at a time, boring in, so to speak, and ignoring anything else that might distract him.

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.

You were determined to find the kind of relationship you have with Ruburt, the kind of relationship your parents never had, and you applied the power of your will in that direction. You were at the same time determined to set yourself apart from the world to some extent, while still maintaining and developing an emotional contact with a mate that would be unlike any in your earlier experience.

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.

In that respect, and in that respect alone, he felt helpless. He wanted to feel helpless there, for the reasons given. He has since realized at various times that the method has outlived its purpose—but the resulting feeling of helplessness has impeded his progress. The will and its power must therefore be inserted in that area. He is amazingly resilient. The cold to some extent restored the gums, by activating defensive mechanisms in the mouth and head regions.

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.

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.

There are reasons why he “relapsed,” but the point of power is in the present, and this material and its understanding by Ruburt is more important than “past” causes. I have said this it seems literally thousands of times, but there must not be a concentration upon the problem. Instead there have been a series of challenges that Ruburt has met through using the power of his will, and this is simply the next one to be conquered.