“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] This makes you dwell upon any difficulties, so that any blemishes are overly emphasized, any accomplishments taken for granted, and you are left with a sense of disapproval. [...]

He also felt that you reacted to his improvement by feeling threatened yourself, that you disapproved of it. [...]

[...] But more, that you almost disapproved of them, that you expected him to be in poor shape. [...]

[...] It also causes feelings of self-disapproval, where a constant reminder of one’s background puts current situations at least into perspective. [...]

(As I told Jane last night, I didn’t realize that I was so tight, so bound up with tensions and stresses, that I was ready to fall ill because of those basic conflicts with self-disapproval, the male-provider role, money, taxes, and all the rest of the daily paraphernalia of living. [...]

You always recognized and envied his spontaneous nature, without realizing consciously that it operated despite his intellectual disapproval of it. [...]

(She’d even thought I disapproved of her way of dress at times, whereas, if memory serves me correctly, I’d almost always liked the way she dressed, fixed her hair, and so on. [...]

[...] Absolutes must be avoided, however, and you start from Ruburt’s present position, reinforcing through approval—not disapproval—those improvements as they happen.

[...] This generates a sense of disapproval, of course. [...]

The old attitude kept reinforcing the idea of self-disapproval, accusation, period. [...]

[...] That entire climate arouses feelings of disapproval, for the individual can never live up to impossible aspirations. [...]

[...] However, this unjustified sense of inferiority should be conquered to some large extent, now that you realize that what you feel as your parents’ disapproval of you is not based upon any inferiority.

In part, whatever disapproval they feel, and it is not nearly as great as you imagine it to be, is based upon jealousy in a large degree, and yet, conversely, you have given them strength, and even helped to justify them, in that underneath it all they do realize that despite their own shortcomings you have managed to achieve something.

[...] He was not disapproving, but neither did he approve.

[...] He feels some affinity to Ruburt for the same reason, but Ruburt also upsets him, because he disapproves of women who think, and is very frightened because Ida in later years has started to criticize some of their joint beliefs.

[...] He had begun to do this, but your encouragement means much to him along this line, as he still looks to see whether you approve or disapprove. [...]

[...] He felt that you would disapprove of many class events, in those classes you did not attend—that you would think he went too far.

[...] His being demanded expression through the use of its abilities, and despite his need to be accepted by others he began to exaggerate the threat of their disapproval into scorn. [...]

[...] All deep aspirations and unconscious motivations, all unspoken drives, rise up for the approval or disapproval of the conscious mind, and await its direction.

Self-disapproval is always detrimental, so it does not help, as you know, to become angry at yourself. [...]

[...] Parents, however, often half-disapprove of their children if they show unusual gifts. [...]

[...] You disapprove of it.