“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Had your goals previous to your psychic experiences been adequate to your natures, and sufficient to you, nothing else would have developed—nor would you have been seeking so avidly answers to the kinds of questions that then and now concern you.

You did not seek goals that could be reached easily by anyone, or even goals that you yourselves could be certain of attaining. You sought instead questions that would stretch your abilities, and develop them, that would bring out all nuances before unknown to you. It is easy enough to at times look at others, perhaps now—for I am not saying that you do this—but perhaps romanticizing them, thinking that you would after all prefer a much simpler, more overtly physical existence, freed of any deep concerns about the nature of reality or the plight of the race.

Now: Ruburt knew he had to have dental work. He wanted it done. His beliefs were not of the best at all, as far as physically getting to the office. He did not, however, imagine himself, for example, falling, except I believe in one or two very brief thoughts. Had you told him “Never mind, when the time comes you will make it,” that would have been adequate enough. You did say, several times, “You’ll be able to make it all right”—and that was also adequate and a good response.

Paul’s activities over the weekend, yours, the time of your call, the fact that he did have the time today, when ordinarily he would not—all of these issues were juggled in Framework 2, to give you, now, the best possible solution, given the conditions in Framework 1, with the desires and beliefs involved.

There are indeed many questions that we have not answered. In a strange way, the depth of your understanding, to some extent now, determines how much I can tell you, and I am not speaking of personal matters here.

Your remark about the dishes was most creative, despite the way the remark was put: “Soon you will be able to stand and do the dishes, and just enjoy the task.” That would have been excellent. To expect Ruburt to do that the next moment, however, brought up instant contradictions. You did remind him of the joy he used to take in that activity, however, and in an important way a conflict was resolved: he enjoys the dishes now, and he can say “Before I know it, I can enjoy it standing up also.”

Granting that probabilities operate, two people in particular will be quite interested. Rather importantly, however, your own view of the art world is changing for the better as you hear from individual artists in connection with our work, and those more positive feelings will definitely help now, where sometime earlier your feelings would have been somewhat detrimental.