“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(“That terrible bout of the blues that I had for the last two or three days is gone,” she said. “It just went away.” I should have realized those feelings were contributing to her overall discomfort, for watching her I’d been positive that much of her trouble was caused by her own reactions. Yet she’d also been very uncomfortable today while lying on her back. Indeed, when I tried to position her for supper, she fell off to one side of the bed at such a severe angle that I had to call for help to get her straightened up again.

(After she’d eaten and I was getting ready to leave, Jane said, “I really feel guilty at making your life so hard,” and added more words to that effect. I think this is the first time — at least that I remember — that she’s made this statement in such a simple, direct way. At once I thought it was excellent material for free association, and that we should pursue it. I replied that we’d better forget that and try to focus on the future — yet such guilt feelings could be playing a significant role in her daily life, and we should find out if this is so.

You will shortly see how some diseases are caused by the detriments set up against value fulfillment, often because of fears, doubts, or misunderstandings — and how other diseases may actually lead to instances of value fulfillment that are misread or misinterpreted.