“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(When I got to 330 Jane was lying on her left side with a pillow under her left leg, as well as the sponge between her knees. This system had been suggested by Toni, and seemed to work well, since it helped minimize the pressure on Jane’s left shoulder.

(After a good lunch Jane tried to read yesterday’s session. She had some trouble but kept at it until interrupted by Dawn, taking her temperature—97.6—and pulse. Then she finished the session, with but very little help from me occasionally, gotten a late start this afternoon because we watched an old movie that didn’t end until 3:15 PM. I worked on mail while it was running, but couldn’t help Jane with a session, exercises, and so forth until it was over. Then as soon as she’d finished yesterday’s session, she told me to get my pad ready. Seth was there.)

(4:09 PM. I told Jane I was surprised at what Seth had had to say, about her focusing on things she needn’t be concerned about. She’d mentioned her “cancel” method to me yesterday, and it had sounded okay then. I hadn’t realized she was still focusing on how she was going to get to be able to sit in a chair, however. “I don’t do it too often,” she said.

(“But you must,” I said. She finally agreed, and that that was why she’d wanted Seth to talk about it. But right now she wanted to do exercises. I was to read the session to her later.

(In answering my question, Jane said she knows what motions she’s making, but often pays no attention—which is good, since it means she’s letting the body do its thing in its own way. With a small inspiration, I told her that in the light of the session today she should do the same thing as far as her understanding of the roles of the conscious and unconscious minds goes. It was a good analogy—to let the unconscious mind be concerned with how she was going to be healed, and so forth.

(She quickly saw my point, and agreed. She was to do the exercises without wondering which ones to do, etc., just as she was to accept the body’s own order in the unconscious healing process.

(Now I told her that re Seth’s session for me yesterday, I’d tried using his suggestions when I went to bed, and that they worked well, in that I stopped worrying about Jane. However, when I woke up a couple of hours later, with my stomach full of gas again, I actually caught myself in the process of worrying about her. I had to get up and take soda. But I’d presented myself with a clear little demonstration that Seth had been right, and that I should tell myself that Jane was being healed, and that I didn’t have to worry. I intend to keep on with the exercise before sleeping, until the results are in. I would say to myself when I found myself worrying about her: “Jane is being healed. Forget it.”

(Jane ate another excellent supper after she’d rested and I’d taken a short nap. We were almost through the second reading of the prayer when there came a knock on the door. It was Margaret Bumbalo, come to visit. I left. I’d read today’s session to Jane right after supper.