“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(“Yes,” I said, for I’d felt my stomach act up pretty strongly several times while Seth had been speaking. This had made me change my position while writing in order to compensate—futilely, I might note.

(“Well, taxes come up this week,” Jane told me, “and every time they do your stomach starts up. You’re sure the pendulum said there wasn’t any connection?”

(“Who knows? It told me once that this time taxes weren’t involved. I didn’t keep asking it. The best answer I got was when I laid Through My Eyes aside to work on Mass Events I felt bad about doing that. Not that I resented working on Mass Events. I wanted to do both at the same time, and figured I couldn’t manage that. So I felt guilty—I thought—about not concentrating on Seth’s book. Painting wasn’t involved either....”

(Brother Bill visited last June 1, and Jane reacted more strongly to that event than I did. See the deleted session for June 1. Then on August 12, Bill, Loren and families visited us. That time I reacted much more strongly, and Seth came through with an excellent session about it all. I’ve felt pretty good since then.)

(“It’s bound to,” I snorted. “That means that four times a year, then, I feel lousy because of those damned taxes.... What a dumb position to put yourself into.” Then Seth returned.)

Now: You would be better off saying to yourself: “Everyone has their foibles. Every time the taxes come up I feel poorly, but no one is perfect. To hell with it.” That attitude would be better than disapproving of yourself because of the difficulty. Do you follow me?

(10:27 PM. “There was more there,” Jane said, “but he felt he’d better quit because you were so uncomfortable. Also—he wasn’t justifying that he wheeled and dealed at that time....”)