“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

One evening dancing, he tried consciously too hard, so that he tensed the muscles as he was trying to use them, and there was a physical result then. Now, the point is, he no longer needs the controls. (Pause.) Understand that the whole situation, on a very deep basis, was protective as it tried to reproduce to some extent, though to a far lesser extent, those early conditions that allowed for the controlled and disciplined growth of strong creative abilities. He chose a mock version of those early restraints. Now. The controls are no longer necessary. The reasons as given in this evening’s session should make him realize that. The physical symptoms now remaining are a direct result of these contradictory messages being given—one relax let go, the other wait, now, not so fast, slow up.

The depressions are also caused when he overemphasizes control and smothers spontaneity. Now the writing schedule provides two needs, both control and spontaneity, and is therefore comfortable. A circle is set up: an overemphasis on control leads him to a depression, which interferes with his writing schedule. This bringing on symptoms which further impede the schedule.

It chose an environment where hardship would automatically teach a certain discipline, and yet one in which the psychic nature of the circumstances would also permit intuitive creative growth. In fact the controls were applied precisely in proportion to the intuitive gifts. The purpose was to set up a situation in which both strong facets of the personality could emerge; the intellectual, reasoning, rather practical and controlling aspects, hand in hand with the highly volatile creative spontaneous portions.

[...] You are never controlled. [...] Control leads to rigidity, nonexistence and the negation of all. [...] To control is to court rigidity. No God knows the word or the meaning of control, nor does he exert control as far as his abilities are concerned, for it would lead to dead alleys, and spirituality would go and leave him dried up as a fruit pit. [...]

[...] Freedom knows its own control, but not the kind you are thinking of. [...] There is no such control, then. [...] Control is a result of fear. [...]

[...] During break, Florence brought up the question of the will of God—whether God has control over what happens to us, etc. [...]

[...] At no time do you want your abilities to work full blast without control... Difficulties arise because the individual is not in control... [...]

[...] The healing abilities will automatically teach control in other areas... To help others also helps maintain your own control, and will inspire others...

[...] Such people then issue a blank invite to control the body they no longer wish to control.

[...] Automatic controls are therefore used. (Voice somewhat deeper.) You proceed as your abilities and control develop.

[...] Conscious projections are dependent upon abilities and control. Also this ability and control presupposes a fairly disciplined personality. [...]

You will to some degree learn control amid a conglomeration of energy forces that have no objective form. [...]

[...] She said she was “mad”—an adjective I’d heard her use several times earlier today as she talked about her own physical state, beliefs, control, etc. I asked her now to dictate to me exactly what she wanted me to record: “Now he’s telling us that to take conscious control of your beliefs and life and everything does involve a new manipulation of consciousness, where I’d been knocking my guts out thinking it should be something you can do real easy. [...]

[...] Ruburt is often afraid he has little control over the situation. [...]

You tell yourself you have little control over his actions, or that your feelings make little difference in the face of his actions, but that is the other side of the same coin. [...]

[...] The word seems to suggest elements out of control, or motion that goes from one extreme to another. Only the reasoning mind, it seems, has any idea of order, discipline, or control.

[...] We’re told that a radioactive and potentially explosive bubble of hydrogen gas, which has been preventing cooling water from reaching the upper portions of the control rods within the reactor’s fuel assembly, is now being very slowly and carefully vented into the atmosphere; this is a first step in the bubble’s planned dissolution. [...]

None of them want any disaster, and yet some of them think it would serve the people right — for then the people might realize that politicians do not understand science, and that the scientists should after all be put in control: “We must have enough money, or who knows what can go wrong?”

[...] For all its attempts at stability and control, ego itself constantly changes. [...] It fears the past because it has already lost control of the past. It fears the future because it is not yet in control of it. [...]

Ego also fears spontaneity, for it cannot control action; being a part of action, most of its efforts of necessity are thwarted. [...]

In his art we have the nostalgia of the ego for past time, and for lost control of a self that has already vanished, and changed into something new. [...]

(These experiences always raise the question of control for Jane, but since the sessions began there have been no hints or clues to the fact that she is not in control of them. [...]

(Nor according to Seth would the voice effects be accepted as any kind of evidence, until certain measuring instruments were used in a scientifically-controlled experiment. [...]

[...] This was complicated by her self-questioning over the matter of control, and whether we should have nothing but regular sessions. [...]

[...] If so surely the two of us could find another method or certainly control the volume? [...] Had Rob asked questions about the room, or had someone asked again about the young man’s mother’s maiden name [asked earlier] I am certain that Seth could have given the information—that “I” would have gone out after it while he spoke and controlled the mechanism. [...]

[...] One possibility here is that I do the projecting while Seth controls the physical body and uses the vocal cords to speak and to give verbal expression. [...]

[...] The inexperienced diver cannot really control his body or his movements by willing to control them. He controls such movements by not seeming to control them, and succeeds when certain inner disciplines that have been learned are given free rein.

[...] When the conscious ego desires information, and when the outer ego is in full control, then the information is sought from the outer senses. [...]

When the ego becomes a mere observer rather than a controller, and momentarily suspends its rigid judgments, then inner direct experience is given some freedom and yet the ego is still aware of it. [...]

[...] It started your heartbeat, controls circulation of your blood, regulates digestion, assimilation, and elimination. [...] Your subconscious controls all the vital processes and functions of your body. [...]

[...] It started your heartbeat, controls circulation of your blood, regulates digestion, assimilation, and elimination. When you eat a piece of bread, your subconscious transmutes it into tissue, muscle, bone and blood Your subconscious controls all the vital processes and functions of your body. [...]

[...] They try desperately to control themselves and their environment against what seems to be a raging, spontaneous mass of primitive impulses from within, and against a mindless, chaotic, ancient force of nature. [...] The conscious mind must be in control of all actions as much as possible, for such a person feels that only rigid, logical thought is strong enough to hold back such strong impulsive force.

[...] Many such simple actions show a stereotyped kind of behavior that results from a desperate need to gain control over oneself and the environment.

Now your own dream, Joseph, also involved projection, but with less intent behind it, and some less control, though very little control occurred in either case. You will learn control as you go along.

[...] I saw him coming in for a landing, tiny and green and apparently out of control. [...]

You will learn to manipulate and control various levels of awareness, and the habit will carry over into other aspects of reality. [...]

Your feeling of a door or funnel is quite legitimate, however, and if you felt attacked because of the onrush of data that seemed to crash down upon you, it was only because of your lack of ability to control the volume, so to speak; although in this case such an imaginary knob would control much more.

If you will remember this, inner data will come through much more easily, and you will be able to control it. [...] There are abilities in which you can train yourself, in both recognition of data when it occurs, utilization, and control. [...]

[...] Though this may sound impossible at this stage, nevertheless you can control such data when in a waking state better than you can control a dream. [...]

For one thing, again, almost all situations, including the most drastic, can be changed for the better to some extent, and the very attempt to do so can increase a person’s sense of control over his or her own circumstances. This does not mean that those adverse situations can be changed overnight in usual terms (though ideally that is also possible), but that the sense of control over one’s life encourages all of the mental and physical healing properties.

Such concepts encourage individuals to feel like victims, with no control at all over the conditions of their own lives.

(Then, lying down at 8:15 this evening, Jane felt that she went into a deeper trance state, one that was experimental and yet controlled. [...] She was, however, worried somewhat about what control she would have over the material if, in the prone position, she was in a deeper trance.

The pacing back and forth has always been a symbol and a manifestation of his insistence that he stay on his feet, this of course relating to his invalid mother; also a manifestation of control on his part as far as the sessions are concerned. Nor is he now relinquishing control. [...]

(Jane was not frightened at the new development, but still felt uneasy about relinquishing control, as she put it, during a session. [...]

[...] When a momentary lapse of control happens they both come face to face. It’s as impossible for the entity to control fragment personalities as for the conscious mind to be aware, or control its own heartbeat. [...]

Now you are not using the control that you have. [...] Every time you say, I am helpless, and I am slipping into chaos, whether you get laughs or not, or whether you say it humorously or not, you are indeed pushing yourself further into the chaos you are creating with every breath you take because you make no effort to change the nature of your thoughts and this is what you must do, exert your own control. [...]

[...] Now, you blame many of your difficulties upon subconscious reaction, and you think particularly in your weak moments that you have no control. [...]

[...] You use suggestion in the same way that you read a paragraph from a book that you think you should read perhaps for five minutes, but then you allow your (words lost)to take over completely and it seems to you that you have no control. [...]

Now: Energy must be allowed to flow freely through the physical system, controlled and directed mentally, or psychically if you prefer.

[...] The built-in inhibition resulted in a tied-up system of mutual controls in which the necessary thrusting-out of action became literally impossible.

[...] In some, you see, the built-in controls caused so many blockages of energy in all directions that even their naturally high telepathic abilities suffered.