“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

To some extent, then, you and Ruburt have been behaving as if the planets from Star Trek could appear in your living room. Your actions were not appropriate—Ruburt’s in particular. You did not know where the action was, so your idea about reality kept you in a state of fighting dragons. Your heart may beat faster and you can become very agitated watching certain television programs. When you believe that you dwell in an unsafe world your reactions are far more agitated.

In Ruburt’s case there was a build-up of tension. His response was to hide. The better known he became the greater the belief that he must protect himself, and the greater his feeling of unsafety, for now he became known in a world in which it was only safe to hide. This applied to you also, though to a lesser degree.

I want to give you some understanding of Ruburt’s physical progress. The arms are important for balance, and are being released. The same process that released them is occurring in the legs. As he said once, he does not walk on his arms, so the improvement in the legs takes place in such a way that balance can be maintained. There is more pressure on the knees than on the elbows.

I will have more to say about appropriate action. You have done very well, helping Ruburt with the bathroom difficulty. You have helped him, but also yourself. While you had no such problem, the difficulty stands for a fear of spontaneous action in an unsafe world.

Physically Ruburt is making great strides, but do not become impatient, again, with the walking, for certain improvements cannot show physically until a certain overall proficiency is reached. Those changes are occurring. Ruburt is subjectively aware of them.

When he is proficient with the bathroom routine, which you were very wise to begin, we will start some other simple new routines, one at a time, instilling appropriate body reaction to a safe universe. Ruburt’s actions were appropriate for the horror program, and so were some of yours when you were afraid of painting because it did not bring in money. Our books bring in money, simply because money at your level of activity is a natural result of spontaneous creativity. Your paintings will bring in money when they are the result of spontaneous creativity. Ruburt’s spontaneity escaped all of his “language,” in other words. His physical mobility will result from the body’s spontaneous creativity. He is not to walk normally because he should, any more than he should write “because he should.” He is a writing kind of being, and he is a walking kind of being.

Your own difficulties in a way lately were part of the entire learning lesson. You recognized your reactions as basically inappropriate and ineffective. Immobility on Ruburt’s part built up further the sense of insecurity. It was a kind of muscular hypnosis, as when you might temporarily tense your muscles during a disturbing drama.

Dramas are built around hypotheses or scenes, and these scenes in physical life determine your experience. When you realize you dwell in a safe universe, such defenses are unnecessary—and later perhaps you will see that they are as comical as a child is who screams in terror at a bogeyman. If there were a bogeyman the child’s screaming would not bother it a bit. You can expect—if you continue as you are—far greater mobility in Ruburt’s neck, head and shoulders, clearing of the ears completely, greater relaxation of the entire face and throat area in rather quick progression.