“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now neither of you know what difficulties are, in the terms with which most people speak. [...]

[...] With the negative and destructive attitudes you had before our sessions, you are both very lucky that you did not run into more difficulty.

(Also, I took exception to some statements made in the session this evening particularly that we concentrated too much upon the physical problems—granted that we created the problems, I could not understand how we were not supposed to pay any attention to the difficulties Jane had walking, etc, There was much more, and it’s not necessary to detail it all here.

[...] They may speak with seeming compassion about the plight of others, and yet all the while consider that difficulty the simple result of inferiority, of inequality.

[...] (Intently:) A black man who accepts the same system is indeed in difficulty. [...]

[...] It is when ego attempts to confuse itself with identity that difficulties begin.

[...] In other words, if you tie your psychic endeavors with your love of art there will be no difficulties. [...]

In the past because of Ruburt’s own difficulties, I merely hinted at future developments. [...]

[...] Individuals within your system have difficulty relating to those with whom they do not have some fairly strong bond, either of common experience, general beliefs, cultural similarities—the list is endless.

[...] The difficulty with walking, physically now, is caused by the head and neck areas, which are being released. Physically now, tension causes the head and neck difficulty. [...]

[...] Had the dream not ended you would have made your way across to him, in time (smile), to help him up when he fell—this symbolic of his difficulties in the past year. [...]

The main difficulty with the arms now is an absence of relaxation in the shoulder area, a tension that is physically demonstrated. [...]

[...] Retracing (in answer to my question at break) will not occur in any predetermined rigid manner, as it has been described unless there is a psychic or mental return to the mental patterns that caused the difficulties to begin with. [...]

[...] Retracing is a noticeable effect, not understood, highly distorted, in the explanations you have been given, representing an echoing effect that occurs whenever the individual involved touches upon those thought and feeling areas that brought about the difficulty.

[...] Difficulties in the left leg from an old wound. Also difficulties with the right ear and teeth. [...]

[...] So she would try to see how far she could go before I would call her on it and begin a “mini-lecture,” pointing out that her attitude toward other people was largely responsible for her difficulties.

And her difficulties were illnesses—of such variety and vigor that I think it was impossible even for her to recount what had afflicted her in any one year. [...]

“You create your own difficulties. [...]

[...] [See how this ties in with Seth’s advice to the students on the value of spontaneity and the difficulties of repression.] These impediments [illnesses] may sometimes then preserve the integrity of the whole psychological system and point out the existence of inner psychic problems. [...]

[...] If he has difficulty with the exercise, however, then let it go, but continue with the safety suggestions.

(When I read this session to her, I was struck again by Seth’s use of the word “blindness,” and Jane admitted that she’d been worrying about losing her sight because of her eye difficulty. [...]

[...] And it was mistrust of that world, coupled with a mistrust of physical theories and alternatives, that partially caused his difficulties. [...]

The difficulties with the hand were not meant to threaten your artistic self. [...]

The difficulty here is of an ego’s refusal to assimilate subconscious experience.

Due to the difficulty of the material that I am trying to explain as concisely as possible, I suggest a brief break.

It is only because their realities are so distorted that the difficulty is discovered. [...]

At a later time, you see, the difficulty will automatically be passed, there will be a freer flow of energy, and a quicker release of it. [...]

[...] There will be no difficulty in holding students, or in keeping the same income, with only one class.

[...] Here is where some of your difficulty lies. [...]

The difficulty at the drinking establishment was due mainly to the encounter with the college girl, who is connected with the nursery school. [...]

[...] Also on any other portions if they give difficulty. [...]

[...] You will love yourself and have no difficulty in loving your neighbor. [...]

[...] Face your beliefs honestly and find out the reason for the difficulty.

[...] I was then surprised to note that Jane had come out of her trance with no difficulty, and that her eyes were open. [...]

We will here encounter no such difficulties as were encountered in the past. [...]

[...] (True.) In writing the difficulty shows itself because you are trying not to communicate certain things to yourself. [...]