“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

True spirituality is a thing of joy and of the earth and has nothing to do with fake adult dignity. It has nothing to do with long words and sorrowful faces. It has to do with the dance of consciousness that is within you and with the sense of spiritual adventure that is within your hearts. That is the meaning of spirituality and as I have told you before, if I could, I would do a merry dance about the room to show you that your vitality is not dependent upon a physical image. It is not dependent upon your youth. It is not dependent upon your body. It rings and sings through the universe and through your entire personality. It is a sense of joy and makes all creativity possible.

True spirituality is a thing of joy and of the earth, and has nothing to do with fake adult dignity. [...]

[...] You look at him on some (underlined) occasions—far less than in the past—with great impatience and disapproval, as far as his physical condition is concerned, so that he feels he would have greater dignity alone on his knees than trying to walk with you with that look in your eyes.

[...] The church’s concepts at least gave suffering a kind of dignity: It did (underlined) come from God—an unwelcome gift, perhaps—but after all it was punishment handed out from a firm father for a child’s own good.

[...] You are born into belief systems as you are born into physical centuries, and part of the entire picture is the freedom of interpreting the experiences of life in multitudinous fashions (all intently). The meaning, nature, dignity or shame of suffering will be interpreted according to your systems of belief. [...]

[...] The ideal of the country was and is an excellent one: the right of each individual to pursue an equitable, worthy existence, with dignity. [...]

[...] No God can change it for you for He has given you the creative energy to form your own world, and you can change it through joy and not through dignity. [...]

[...] I admit that I sound old and ponderous—and yet, I would go tip-toeing through the tulips—and not feel a loss of dignity—nor worry about who saw me. [...]

[...] Joe B may hold the opposite viewpoint most intently — that sex is at least evil, perhaps sent by the devil, and below or beneath the dignity of a good man.

(9:27.) Your evolutionary science, combined with your psychologists, so served to rob men and women of a sense of dignity and meaning that their problems and difficulties were in a way depersonalized. [...]

I dig my own grave
With dignity.
We are all gone.
There is nothing else to say.

[...] The idea of the spare, poor young artist or writer, living romantically in a garret or poor apartment, has served as a handy self-image for many in their early years, providing a sense of dignity that enabled such apprentices to make their way. [...]

Now I bid you a fond good evening and I would wink at you but it is beyond my dignity. [...]

[...] At one time the males might have been drafted into the army, and, secretly exultant, gone looking for the period before full adulthood — where decisions would be made for them, where they could mark time, and where those who were not fully committed to life could leave it with a sense of honor and dignity.

In other words, I used to watch Seth like a hawk, particularly during the first year or so, but he always behaved intelligently, with dignity and humor. [...]

[...] I feel that after so many dry and studious sessions I owe you a night to remember, but I shall keep my dignity, and you may worry about your own.

I will now, with my true dignity, bring this fateful session to a close. [...]

[...] Old animals have their own dignity, and so should old men and women. [...]

[...] All of this applies quite apart from any other dehumanizing effects, such as overcrowded conditions, the denial of human privacy, and often the negation of dignity.

[...] I have never negated your own individual dignity nor integrity. [...]

[...] The dignity of a spirited life demands that a certain quality of experience be maintained.