“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(As referred to in the last deleted session, Saturday evening we were visited for a half hour or so by Scott and Helen Nearing, who were participating in homesteading workshops at Mansfield State Teachers College for several days. They are very nice people. He is 95, she is 78. As Jane said, “Scott conserved his energy, but he seemed to do well enough, although his movements were slow, especially walking and sitting down. But he appeared to have the use of all his faculties. Helen was very agile. Scott Nearing was quite interested in how well the Seth books were doing, whether any of the “leading magazines” had interviewed Jane, and so forth. The reasons behind his interest are brought out in tonight’s session, and in Jane’s own brief summary of the visit in her notes.

(This evening we watched a movie on HBO before settling down for the session. Jane was very restless, and had been so for much of the day. She wanted action, was full of nervous energy. Several times today she walked a few steps, with either the aid of the kitchen counter or her table, and did well.

You personally expressed feelings that both of you had had, and then both of you were appalled by the feelings and used them as springboards. Ruburt realized that he had been afraid to try walking again. He recognized fear, challenged it, and found himself surprised. The expression of feelings was therapeutic, and a part of the entire healing process, as far as it involved the both of you.

Symbolically, a boil erupts and the flesh cleanses itself. As a result of the increased walking, motor activity is quickening. In a fashion the body is being massaged from the inside. More circulation is demanded. The ankles are changing to a considerable degree, and they will continue to do so.

Ruburt’s motions—some of them—have quickened since last week, in walking. It was an excellent idea “not to hide” when company comes—but any remarks should be made as statements of facts, simply and quietly, and not as apologies. The ideas of shame are simply new versions of old religious concepts, or of scientific ones: if there is something physically wrong with you, it is either a sign of inner sin or of incompetency in terms of survival of the fittest. Neither concept has anything to do with the basic merit of a personality.