“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(One thing that led to our decision to cut down the visits was that I felt that often Jane seemed worse after the nurses left than she was before they arrived, although her being stirred up for a couple of hours may have contributed to my feeling. But it does seem like a mixed blessing at best. We’re always on the watch for negative suggestions, and some of the nurses dispense these very freely. One of them, Eleanor, visited Jane the last two Mondays and Tuesdays. She is now on vacation, and we trust that the reduced schedule will do away with Eleanor’s visits. She is a nice person who means well, but who also broadcasts negative suggestions like a radio beacon, quite unwittingly. It’s easy to see that she has built her life around such feelings, and is quite pleased with it. [She told Jane she’s had five operations herself.] Jane got so that when Eleanor was here she was constantly saying “no, no, no” to herself as the nurse talked, in order to protect herself from that steady barrage.

(“Are you open to questions tonight?” I asked as we sat at the card table waiting for the session. Jane didn’t know, though I didn’t think she was. I said that I wanted information on the present status and beliefs of her sinful self, for comparison with its earlier stances in life. This question has arisen because of my work on the intro for Dreams, of course, I have the feeling that it might be useful to get something on this so that I could use it to close the intro, but we’ll see. Actually, I regard the attitudes and beliefs of her sinful self as the key to Jane’s recovery, since better attitudes there will leave her free to automatically restore mobility, both physically and psychologically. Hopefully, this new synthesis is taking place now, and will accelerate as Jane responds. I’m of the opinion that her thyroid status is closely involved here.

They are an attempt to throw a spotlight in the physical area. Ruburt’s skin is remarkably healthy, particularly given the situation. (Pause.) It is not given “to breaking down.” He has been doing his own kind of energy exercises, involving the particular “sore” (the ulcer on her coccyx; it’s slowly closing), but I suggest that he does one of those exercises faithfully every day, and that both of you simply see the area healed. You don’t even have to say “It will be healed,” but simply see it mentally in that condition. Do the exercise as effortlessly as possible, and then forget it.

(Jane answered by telling me how she felt this morning—“discombobulated” —meaning that various parts of her body seem to move, or want to move, out of rhythm or sync with other parts—but that overall she recognizes that those are all healthy signs of the body trying to heal itself. She then said that more and more it was going to be up to us to pull ourselves out of our difficulties, since it seemed we’d get little help from others. She wants us to be as optimistic as we can. These ideas are a great improvement over her earlier attitudes, of course, and we’ll see what we can do. They also probably answer some of my questions about the role her sinful self may be playing these days.

(9:10.) Give us a moment.... There is no doubt that Ruburt was deeply shocked by some of the doctors’ pronouncements involving his walking—but already there are signs of loosening in the knees, and in the leg muscles as well. Do not force therapeutic motions. The box idea (propping up her legs while she’s prone on the bed) is an excellent one, but should be tried very gradually and easily at first, and then gradually expanded in time.

(9:22.) You are both provided for. All of the elements in your lives will now work to your overall advantage. Your natural health and creativity and motion will be expressed at all levels of your experience. Your intellect does not have to know the answers to all of your questions—but both of you use the last few suggestions I just gave you daily. The intellect feels the truth of such issues, even if it does not fully understand the inner reasons or technicalities involved. You can certainly expect more improvements in Ruburt’s condition at all of its levels. It is taking him time to build up reassurance again after the doctors’ pronouncements.

Both of you trust that each day brings you closer to your goals. The suggestions I have given are all promoters of energy and motion. They are signposts to inner portions of body and mind, deeply reassuring, and can serve to combat the negative suggestions that are often so numerous. Think of the evening as a creative period. As much as possible, let Ruburt follow his body’s feelings during the night. He is still overly concerned about waking you too often, but his body often is expressing its need for motion and change.

Give us a moment.... You can lift your lives upward, therefore. You have the opportunity of taking great advantage with the use of the magical approach. (Long pause.) There is more material, and I will try to give it to you, for now, at several short sittings per week. I want it to be the best suited to your needs at any given time—but also, such a practice leaves the door open, for example, for the insertion of creative material.

(9:44 PM. “I was aware of that where I started to doze off,” Jane said as soon as she was out of trance. But her delivery had been good, with few long pauses. I’ve noticed lately that in trance her eyes have looked especially dark and luminous as she spoke for Seth.