“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now. You are tired. The analogy was a simple one. You painted a picture, showed great improvement in so doing, but you did not start out with crooked brushes. They were in excellent condition. Ruburt is trying to paint a new physical picture of his body from himself. In the analogy he does not start with your perfect brushes however, but with limbs not straight. His tools had to be adjusted first before he can make the same breakthrough, yet it is just as certain. I thought it was clear.

You have shown an important breakthrough in your work. Your brushes were straight and in good condition. Ruburt’s will allow him to make his breakthrough. You must see how the problem acclimated responses leading to not moving, etc., on both your parts and continued Ruburt’s condition. You focused, both of you, upon the problem.

[...] All of this goes on before any event appears in physical terms, in the same way that much creative activity goes on hidden in your mind, behind each movement of your hand as you apply paint with a brush to a painting. You see the color and the brush strokes but you do not see the inner workings that led you to produce those particular brush strokes. [...] You see instead their effects in the color, the brush strokes and the painting.

[...] Simply stand there with your paints and brushes and begin to paint without waiting for the impression. The brush will paint. [...]

[...] He should use baking soda, and brush twice a day as he does not do. [...]

The brush for stimulation of the gums however is an important adjunct. [...]

The parents who say “Brush your teeth because it is good for you, and I want you to be healthy,” may mean “I love you,” but the child would usually prefer a hug and a kiss. And if the hug and kiss is not given then the brush-your-teeth suggestion becomes an order to the child.

[...] I have mentioned this before: the parent saying “Brush your teeth,” means “Your teeth are beautiful and healthy. [...]

[...] The child, however, according to circumstances, may hear only the order “Brush your teeth.”

[...] The child may think “My teeth are fine, why yell at me to brush them?” Ruburt thinks “What is there that allows you to speak your concern more actively than your love?” He is verbally oriented. [...]

[...] The brushing routine as given must be continued however.

[...] What does your inner identity have to do with the self that brushes your teeth? Yet surely you are wide awake when you brush your teeth, and when you dream surely you will say you are sleeping and your consciousness is dead.

(“With a brush or something that resembles it, with bristles.” Both Barbara and I use bristle brushes in our painting. [...]

[...] With a brush or something that resembles it, with bristles. [...]

[...] We estimated that at the proper time I’d just quit painting for the morning and was washing my brushes at the bathroom sink—a routine task I perform each day, and one that could leave a portion of my psyche free to engage in other adventures. [...]

[...] What impediments there may be, he brushes aside.

[...] (See the 618th session in Chapter Three.) If to you this means, “I give great attention to seeing that my children brush their teeth, eat enough, and perform properly,” then you will interpret the “better and better” suggestion in that light.

[...] There are tiny innocuous instances that come up daily: “Shall I go to the movies, or bowling?” “Shall I brush my teeth now or later?” “Should I write to my friend today or tomorrow?” There are also more pertinent questions having to do with careers, ways of life, or other deeper involvements. [...]

[...] And if you find another brush past you then wish it well. [...]

[...] The paint brush can indeed be a key to other worlds, or course. [...]

Now, each brush stroke of a painting represents concentrated experience, and compressed perceptions. [...]

(On the evening of April 2, while brushing her teeth, Jane got this flash from Seth: “You need to relearn the joy of physical achievement.”)

This session will serve as a reminder, however, to both of you, and will help brush away the remainder of any old lingering beliefs. [...]

[...] I can let my ability flow outward through my fingertips and brush, so that I create an entirely new reality upon the board.”

[...] I “drew” a rough analogy with painting (to make a pun): The artist may start working on a blank canvas, yet each physical brush stroke he or she delineates is built upon inner knowledge and experience; in the painting these qualities are objectified in new combinations, which in turn add further to the artist’s conscious comprehension. [...]