“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

You must not, either of you, concentrate on “the problem” in your good intentions as you try to solve it. It then becomes the prime reality of concentration. [...]

When you imagine trips or any physical activity and carry them out, you are concentrating upon freedom, not limitations, and then you have those freedoms to build upon. [...]

[...] The belief behind all of this is simple, and you have it—that all of his energy, concentration, and attention had to be devoted to his work. [...]

[...] You have not, either of you, begun to appreciate your physically apparent financial abundance; and you refuse, to some extent, to take comfort from it, but instead concentrate upon high prices without being really consciously aware of the fact that you are able to meet them.

[...] You make a point, each of you, of concentrating upon your financial lacks, rather than your gains. [...]

When either of you concentrates upon your dissatisfactions with Prentice, or number its particular failings, or picture covers you did not like, or whatever, it is like Ruburt concentrating upon his symptoms. [...]

[...] You were changing from old attitudes to ones that would allow you to enjoy financial abundance, without feeling guilty on the one hand, or resentful on the other; to a concentration upon abundance rather that what money the government might take away from you. [...]

[...] You do not concentrate upon the old, comparatively lesser returns, but you consider the account turned over, where for the same amount of effort your rewards will be far more than doubled. [...]

[...] Here their energy momentarily disappears from your system, is immeasurably accelerated, however, and returned through what you might call a miniature white hole — concentrated now, and highly directed back into your system of reality.

[...] They only open however when concentrations of energy build up within your system. [...]

In Atlantis there were those who utilized this knowledge, accelerating certain thoughts through concentration, emphasizing certain feelings so as to send them through these coordination points. [...]

Ruburt should try, again, not to concentrate on the walking area. [...]

The area of concentration now however should be not upon the body but upon daily living, his writing and your plans. [...]

A concentration upon your plans, daily life, writing, and free psychic activity, will best now allow the body to continue its improvements without being watched at every moment. [...]

[...] I suggest you speak with Ruburt for a few moments daily because of the combined nature of your energies, so for that period, however brief, concentrate upon the fact that the new beliefs are, even in those moments, taking hold.

Above all however do not concentrate upon this as a problem, but as a challenge you are even now overcoming, and let the rest of your day flow with other creativity.

And in all cases, your main concentration should always be upon your daily accomplishments, joys, the domestic meal, the hour of dawn or twilight or whatever. That is highly important, for concentration upon negative experiences helped make you ill. [...]

Now: When you concentrate mainly (underlined) in Framework 1 and its communications with Prentice, then while overall you do achieve results of a beneficial nature—the publication and distribution of the books in a largely adequate form—there are glaring discrepancies also: entanglements that you do not like because you have taken your intent from Framework 2, where the creative event began, and placed it into Framework 1’s communication system almost entirely. [...]

[...] You get what you concentrate upon. [...]

[...] Ruburt always concentrated in his own way upon one challenge at a time, boring in, so to speak, and ignoring anything else that might distract him.

[...] For all of your talk you envied Ruburt his concentration. [...]

[...] I have said this it seems literally thousands of times, but there must not be a concentration upon the problem. [...]

[...] Too much concentration, however, upon the desired end—too much concentration —can bring about a displacement target effect. [...]

[...] That blockage may still allow a kind of displacement targeting, however, in which case inner abilities are allowed to operate, but in a rather sabotaged way—not hitting the target with which the conscious mind is so familiar or concentrated upon, but hitting another microscopic target instead, in which effects are then noticeable. [...]

You might have, for example, poor eyesight while you are concentrating upon trying to heal yourself of something else—a broken leg: your eyes might be healed in a displacement effect, while the healing of your leg or whatever might be put off immediately because it is blocked by your own overconcern. [...]

[...] The most pleasurable of bodily sensations prolonged overmuch, or concentrated upon unduly, can appear quite painful. In your latest attempts to remedy the situation, and in your determination to do so, you have ended up concentrating upon the problem, putting it foremost in your minds, searching for the reasons, and giving yourselves no rest. [...]

That is because of the concentration upon the problem, the concentration upon the unpleasant sensations, rather than any pleasant ones, and also because you have indeed determined to settle the problem, and opened up so many issues at once. [...]

[...] The main fact is, however, that you still do not trust the process, and that you concentrate upon the poorest aspects of physical evidence and therefore continue to perceive it.

[...] She had to concentrate on each task in order to see it through, be it shopping, walking, etc. [...]

[...] The concentration of energy on Ruburt’s part is increasing. [...]

The ego simply feared the sudden increase of concentrated energy, and fought on general principles. [...]

Generally speaking, the best policy to pursue is to concentrate not upon the problem but upon its possible solutions, and this process can be a rather intense one. Then, as much as possible (underlined), the situation should be dropped for a period, concentration purposely directed as much as possible elsewhere. [...]

[...] The concentration should not be, again then, on the problems. [...]

(9:10.) A concentration upon painting, or developments about the home, with as many diversions as possible will also help, again, so that the entire personality can activate the entire system for healing processes. [...]

[...] During the time have Ruburt concentrate upon all those other functions of body, organ and mind, that are in excellent condition, quite obviously filled with vitality. This automatically concentrates his attention upon health, which is what you want.

This insures that he does not inadvertently concentrate upon symptoms.

[...] It is his way not to concentrate upon details. [...] In the area of his physical condition, however, he does concentrate upon details: how to get up, how to go to the bathroom, how to do thus-and-so—an uncharacteristic mode of behavior.

Generally speaking, however, in handling Ruburt’s condition over the years, until lately you have concentrated your working efforts in Framework 1, while in all other areas you at least had a good foothold in Framework 2.

[...] That help is blocked, if in Framework 1 you constantly imagine impediments or concentrate upon past poor performance, or project such performance into the future.

[...] You may begin to concentrate upon your own lacks, and in your growing sense of dissatisfaction it may seem to you that most men are driven by a complete lack of good intent.

[...] They have concentrated upon the great gaps that seem to exist between their ideals of what man should be, and their ideas of what man is.

[...] I think that the session tonight was one of those concentrated ones, where you get a lot in a short time….” [...]

[...] The concentration that he used in teaching should tell him something. [...]

[...] (Her eyes open, Jane gestured by clapping her upper arms; she has experienced muscle cramps and spasms in both deltoids recently.) He must now concentrate that same energy into three main fields or endeavors: poetry and the two books. [...]

[...] This often was an aid, you see, simply because he set up circumstances for concentration.

[...] A family can constantly reinforce its joy (louder), gaiety, and spontaneity by concentrating on ideas of vitality, strength and creativity; or it can let half of its energy slip away (deeper) by reinforcing resentments, angers and thoughts of doubt and failure.

You get what you concentrate upon. [...]

From all the available physical data of newspapers, television, letters and private communication, he or she will concentrate only upon those issues that “prove” that point. [...]

[...] All of what I am has been, and is, to keep you from falling off the fine line of concentrated, intensely concentrated, creative endeavor (pause), that is the purpose that drives you both.

I understand you have left, but I expected a full concentration on your work and plans. [...]

(Pause at 9:40.) These themselves led you to concentrate on his condition here. [...]

[...] Beside that, Ruburt was able to help you to some degree—while before you felt that he could not because of his concentration upon his own problems.

[...] Whenever you concentrate upon “what can happen” negatively, you literally cut down your options, inhibit your own and life’s abundance. [...]

[...] Otherwise you concentrate upon the feared result rather than the desired one.

[...] Now concentration should be upon the desired solution. [...]

To some extent, (underlined) you have still been concentrating upon the symptoms that remain, hardly noting those that have been relieved. [...]