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(I told Jane that the variety of opinions we’d received on the anti-amoebic treatment left us hanging in limbo as far as knowing what to do. I don’t think I have the nerve to give her prescription drugs on the sly, in the hospital, as Dr. Blount had suggested I do. I was still amazed at that, especially, I told Jane, when one considered all the ways by which a doctor could get in trouble by advocating such secret behavior. She agreed. This opinion of both of us, though, didn’t necessarily mean that we’d rejected totally the idea of toying with those drugs....

(I turned Jane over on her left side, pillow between her knees, at 4:10. All afternoon she’d complained that she wasn’t doing anything: no Seven, no session.... She was quite uncomfortable on her side, as I tried to help her relax. I told her I was on the point of taking a nap. since it was getting toward the supper tray at 4:45 to 5:00.

It is better, if possible, for Ruburt to be on his back, but this is adequate right now. The answers, as you know, do not lie in drugs, although some, like your aspirin, may be helpful at times because of your belief in their worth.

Now: By all means, continue with the prayer, as you have been doing, for it has been of definite value. The fact of the sessions themselves will be beneficial, and I will pick a rhythm for them that is most advantageous. For now, again, I want to reassure you that Ruburt can indeed improve—and drastically so.

(5:10 PM. “I’m glad I did it,” Jane said as soon as she was out of trance, “even though it was real short. Thank you for encouraging me to do it.”

(I explained to Jane how much I appreciated Seth’s insight about the drugs. Amazingly simple, and a truth we’ve been groping for, I said. It showed how much we were still prisoners of the system: a pill as a remedy.... At the same time, I’d been talking earlier in the day about how any real way out of our dilemma had to come from within. Now it was obvious that the involved, even torturous journey involving drugs was a way of arriving at that simple yet profound inner truth. All we had to do was to see it.