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DELETED SESSION

(The story of what we’ve been up to the last few days can be found in Jane’s records of her pendulum sessions since March 28. Of course, she has been trying to find out causes for her physical symptoms. I’ve helped her somewhat, but plan to do much more. Several times lately she’s remarked that she’s “desperate,” so when she did so again in bed recently I told her that from the next day on we would put her needs first, regardless of all else. This means working with the pendulum, suggestion, selfhypnosis, whatever’s needed, to get at the root of her troubles. We’ll do this first thing each morning, for however long it takes each day, until we see signs that results are what we want them to be.

(No session was held last Wednesday while Jane worked on the James galleys. I mailed them to Prentice-Hall this morning.

(We wanted a session tonight on Jane’s problem, although we’d settle for something from Seth each time, along with his other book dictation, or whatever. As a result of our work with the pendulum this morning, Jane was so relaxed by session time that she didn’t know whether she could manage a session. I suggested she try, so that her mind would be at ease. Tonight’s session was excellent, and should of course be studied in connection with the material we’ve already accumulated through pendulum work.)

A private session. Some of this material has been given before, but it is important here.

You have a good point of organization with your pendulum work today. Fear of the kind mentioned (scorn and ridicule)is behind the symptoms. Whenever our sessions, your own efforts, or other events, have convinced Ruburt either of the personal safe universe or of the basic safety of the self, that reassurance helped quiet the unconscious fears, and allowed him then to direct his will toward physical improvements.

(“It will. Thank you. Good night,” I said. I knew, of course, that the session had many good things in it. Less than half a minute passed, as Jane and I talked, when Seth returned at 10:35.)

(I mentioned to Jane a question I’d thought of during the session but hadn’t interrupted to ask: If the subconscious can reason, as Seth tells us, why doesn’t it understand that at times it can go too far sometimes?—that obviously the idea of selfprotection can be very damaging if carried to extremes. Why wouldn’t it back off somewhat in such a case? Its own domain could literally be threatened or obliterated if it didn’t act within bounds. Jane listened, but didn’t get anything from Seth in answer, so it’s for next time. She did say that Seth indicated that class helped her to some degree, in that she got approval from it, as in a family situation.)