“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(At times Jane wakes me up at night; she’s very nearly crying in discomfort, yet now we understand that those feelings represent her muscles wanting to be used; so far, though, we haven’t managed to get ourselves out of bed at such times, which usually develop perhaps an hour before the alarm is to ring; these bouts, then, happen after she’s usually slept for several hours, and the body wants action. I do think Jane has signaled to the body that it’s time for changes to be made, which marks a learning point for her.

(After supper tonight she walked twice—both times much faster than she has in years—a very surprising and heartening sign. This shows the body can do it. She was exhilarated. She also had other rapid bodily movements, in a more extended fashion, in the arms and legs. Seth said that when the body began to recover, it would be an overall development. At the same time, Jane has been exercising a lot lately, and I’d rather she didn’t overdo this activity.

Briefly—for I have said this before—all of your disciplines have seen the natural self as unsavory in its basic character. You cannot be afraid of yourself and not be afraid of others. Such attitudes lead to overcontrol of body or environment—or of other people. A family tyrant, for example, may have no physical symptoms at all, yet be quite obsessed with controlling the family members, stuffing the household with regulations, limiting the family’s freedom, or whatever.

Tonight Ruburt has evidence for the good intent of his natural self. It surprised him because he allowed it to. He treated his body like a tyrant treats his people, and the body strenuously objected. But the body does not hold a grudge, and so it has begun to respond to Ruburt’s new attitude—and the new attitude allows him to allow the body’s expression.

(9:33) I have said—too often—that the body was not diseased, and it is not. The speed, the normal agility, is there to be unlocked. Forget what you have heard, again, about what the body can and cannot do, or what must happen before such and such a performance appears, for the body itself exults in creative unpredictability, and given the chance loves to perform.

He has decided to walk. The body instantly knows when the decision is made. A prudent understanding of the need for safety is wise, and built-in— but no animal or person can operate fully under constant implied threats. The sense of safety can be amplified by a concentration upon the moment. And by the realization that those feared threats are indeed imaginary, and self-created.