“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] It is only natural to contrast what you want with what you have, and it is very easy to become discouraged in so doing, but looking for errors in the past will not help you. [...]

[...] As Ruburt knows from his reading today (Psycho-Cybernetics) when the dawn suddenly burst, any discouragements should be accepted as part of the learning process with which he is involved—and the failures, particularly of the past, forgotten. [...]

[...] When one managed an overall psychic change for the better, the other would negate it through discouragement or negative patterns. [...]

[...] In the past, the long past, he discouraged your sexual gallantry in his concern for proving himself independent—and also, then, because he felt on the other hand that if he endorsed it you would feel that he was tacitly demanding conventional female protection. [...]

[...] At the same time feelings of discouragement grew. [...]

[...] In the light of normal walking that is hardly significant, and he will become discouraged rather than encouraged, as he should be.

[...] This is not the fault of the pathway and the debris is perfectly legitimate for what it is so do not be discouraged but go your own way, slower, more calmly, and with inner confidence. [...]

[...] Did Ruburt feel like making love during your working hours in earlier years, you actively discouraged him, and told him through actions and words that displays of innocent affection turned you on sexually, and disturbed you when you wanted to paint.

[...] At all such occasions, try to establish some kind of contact if possible, but do not be discouraged if this is not achieved at once.

[...] Your feelings of hopelessness were the result, as given in the last session, but nowhere did you thoroughly work out in the past the problems of self-disapproval; or if one managed to attain a foothold, the other did not, so you could not properly reinforce each other creatively, and became quickly discouraged.

Now I was not able to give you any information, particularly at that time, but this did have something to do with my rather vehement recording, which I hoped would have the effect of discouraging Dr. Instream. [...]

[...] Do not be discouraged if psy-time does not bring instant results—though it well may. [...]

[...] I found this very discouraging, and once again began to question the whole bit about symptoms, recovery, Seth, etc.

I wasn’t used to any messages from Seth when I was out of the house, and I’d been in the habit of discouraging any when I wasn’t having a session. [...]

He therefore did not discuss any issues with you concerning his own discouragements or fears as they happened. [...]

[...] I am pleased that you are contacting others, but do not become impatient or discouraged.

[...] I have neither encouraged or discouraged this effect. [...]

[...] I suggested that he try the experiment too, but he wouldn’t; and his attitude discouraged enough students so that he could say, later, that the low number participating made tests results impossible to evaluate. [...]

[...] An uneasy December followed — bitter and dreary and discouraging on the national scene — and locally the weather was dark, with snow piled high. [...]

This is not meant to discourage the intellect, but the intellect has never yet been used for the purpose for which it was developed. [...]