“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(At suppertime tonight we read a newspaper article about a 27-year-old man from Philadelphia who’d committed suicide in our area by having himself decapitated by a railroad train. Jane said the first thing she thought of when she read the article was that the stranger might have been on his way to see her for help. I thought this a very meaningful projection, reflecting her exaggerated feelings of responsibility to the world because of her psychic abilities. I asked that Seth comment.

(Our daily pendulum work continues, and continues to get good results. Each day brings something new. Jane has been extremely sore in her arms, shoulders, rib cage, and so forth today, yet she was able to stand taller, by leaning against the bathroom door frame, than I’d seen her do in a very long time. It’s part of the rhythmic healing process going on in her body, as Seth described it recently, moving through different areas successively, followed each time by new releases. Jane said her knees felt very light and considerably looser.

The releasing action causes the odd stomach sensations. The eye muscles change constantly almost, as the huge motor area of the neck alternately releases and relaxes. There are rhythms, so that Ruburt had, for example, two excellent days—Thursday and Friday. The body was resting, its activity more or less at a state of balance. He cleaned portions of the house, and was quite active.

The weekend brought new activity in that neck area, bringing discomfort, but also new releases to the shoulders and the rib portions, loosening the stomach muscles. It was natural enough that he has periods of disorientation walking—but overall he has handled this well. The released ligaments can feel unstable, particularly when they first relax. There are other times when he definitely feels like putting his weight upon his legs, and walking, and he should be very faithful about following that impulse. As the muscles change, there can be some difficulties with depth perception regardless, since the muscles are used to reaching out only so far, and must change their orientation.

On the other hand, he becomes upset if people cannot make truth work in literal terms. He is very touchy on that point, and yet he becomes very angry if people try to make truth too practical. Why can’t truth make people want to live? Why can’t truth be used as a prescription? The suicide story bothered him simply because it reminded him of Will (Ives), who had attended classes, and of a friend of Venice’s, who committed suicide many years ago, although a session was held for her.