“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(Jane doesn’t appear to be doing too well — her body is up to something, I told her. Today her feet bothered her considerably. There is swelling on her right shoulder, and I also thought her cheeks looked swollen. I’ve seen such signs before, but do not recall what they meant, if anything. Today her temperature was 100 degrees — up again. She’s had such swings in recent days, and ate little lunch and less supper, saying she had to take it very easy in order to keep the food down. No nurses have said anything to doctors, as far as I know.

(I didn’t think she’d want to have a session, or feel like it, but Jane said she did. When she began her voice was quite weak and distant at the beginning. Pauses as usual.)

Their lives became a way of avoiding pain instead of seeking out pleasure or satisfaction. This is true of individuals, but it also applies to many so-called survival groups, who congregate in one or another portion of the country, collecting supplies to carry them over the holocaust and to defend their families from those who might steal their provisions.

These people believe, of course, that any given situation will worsen, and be carried to its most disastrous end. That attitude colors all of their other beliefs and actions. Some use religious dogma, and others rely upon scientific dogma to prove their cases, but in any case, they are presented with a world of deception and vengeance.

Such ideas affect every level of life, from the most microscopic onward. It is not that plants understand your ideas in usual terms — but that they do indeed pick up your intent, and in the arena of world survival, they have a stake.

I do not want to romanticize nonhuman life either, or to overestimate its resources, but nature also has its own ways — and in those ways it constantly works toward survival of life in general. Nature may not bail you out, but it will always be there, adding its own vitality and strength to the overall good and health of the planet.

I am not talking about a natural and healthy interest in the purity of foodstuffs, but of a worrisome overconcern. This is often carried so far that no food seems perfectly satisfying, and the concentration becomes focused upon the fear of food, rather than upon its benefits.

Some concentrate almost exclusively on protein, some on carbohydrates — particularly rice — but in any case the large natural range of available foods and nutrients are cut out.

Other people, in a well-meaning attempt to watch their weight, skip their breakfasts entirely — a very poor procedure. It is far better to eat moderate amounts of food in all of the food ranges, and to consume smaller portions more often. I realize that your social mores also dictate your eating habits — but four light meals a day will overall serve you very well, and give the body a more steady, regulated nourishment.